Road to Ithaka is a walking adventure. This policy explains what the app stores on your device, what its anonymous online profile sends to Firebase, and how you can delete that data.
Developer and privacy contact
Halit Aldemir · halitaldemir23@gmail.com
The app uses the phone's motion/physical-activity sensor to count steps and turn them into walking distance. Raw step readings, daily walking history, body/stride settings, quest progress, trophies, preferences and quest backups are stored locally on your device. The app does not request or collect precise or approximate location.
Local data is used to run the journey, display progress and calculate distance. It is not uploaded, except for the total walking distance described below. You can erase local quest data in Settings → Quest Management → End Quest, or remove the app.
There is no sign-up, email address or password. The first time the app is opened it creates an anonymous online profile for that installation, using Firebase Authentication and Cloud Firestore, services provided by Google. The profile holds:
Friends, and only people who know your username, can see your display name, username, total distance and last-update time. The install record and the account identifier are not visible to other users.
This information is used only to reserve usernames, connect friends, show shared progress, keep the service running and secure it. It is not sold and is not used for advertising or tracking. Road to Ithaka currently contains no advertising, analytics or crash-reporting SDK.
Firebase Authentication also automatically processes technical information such as IP address, user-agent strings, Firebase app ID and device/app metadata to provide authentication, security, abuse prevention and service operation. Cloud Firestore requests made while signed in include the Firebase user ID.
Road to Ithaka offers an optional auto-renewing subscription. Apple sells and bills it; the developer never sees your payment details. To know whether a subscription is active the app uses RevenueCat, a service provider, which receives an anonymous RevenueCat identifier, the app and device platform, and the purchase and subscription status. It does not receive your name, email address or payment details, and it is not used for advertising or tracking. Without a subscription the story advances up to 1 km per day; the app stores this day counter and the subscription status on your device.
Google (Firebase) and RevenueCat process the online data as service providers for the developer. Data sent to Firebase is encrypted in transit; Firebase Authentication and Cloud Firestore also encrypt data at rest. Firebase may process data in the United States and other locations where Google or its service providers operate.
Road to Ithaka does not sell personal information. It does not share data with independent third parties for advertising or marketing. Data may be disclosed when required by law, to protect users or the service, or to service providers acting on the developer's instructions.
The online profile is kept until you delete it or ask the developer to do so. In the app, choose Settings → Privacy & Data → Delete Online Profile. This deletes your profile, username reservation, install record, friend links and Firebase Authentication account. The app does not create a new profile afterwards unless you tap Create Online Profile. The local quest stays on your phone unless you also end it.
If you no longer have the app, you can request deletion on the data deletion page. Firebase may retain limited backup or security records for a period described in Google's terms and privacy documentation.
Road to Ithaka is not directed to children under the minimum digital-consent age that applies in their country, and the developer does not knowingly seek personal information from children.
Material changes will be reflected by updating this policy and its effective date. Privacy questions and deletion requests can be sent to halitaldemir23@gmail.com.