Peak List Privacy Policy
Peak List keeps the record of the hills you have climbed. This policy explains what information the app does and does not handle.
What we collect
Nothing. We do not collect, access, transmit to ourselves or share any of your information. The app has no user accounts, no analytics, no tracking, no advertising, and no third-party analytics or advertising SDKs. Your data belongs to you and syncs only through your own iCloud account.
Your data and where it lives
Everything you record in the app (the summits you have climbed, the dates, route names, distance, height climbed, time taken, conditions and notes, along with the hills you mark as favourites or add to your list to climb) is stored on your device and, if you are signed in to iCloud, in your personal iCloud account.
Your settings — units, appearance, preferred map — are stored on your device only.
Every ascent can be edited or deleted at any time, either from the hill’s own page or from Settings → Ascents.
iCloud sync and backup
Peak List uses Apple’s iCloud to back up your ascents and keep them in sync across your devices. This data is stored in your private iCloud database, protected by your Apple Account and encrypted by Apple in transit and at rest. We have no access to it: iCloud sync happens directly between your devices and Apple, and Apple’s handling of it is governed by the Apple Privacy Policy.
You can turn iCloud sync off for Peak List at any time in your device Settings under your Apple Account’s iCloud options. Note that deleting the app from one device does not remove data already synced to iCloud or to your other devices.
Location
Peak List asks for location access only while you are using the app. It is used to centre the map where you are and to work out which summits are nearest to you.
Your location is not recorded, not stored and not sent to us. We have no server for it to be sent to. You can refuse location access and the app still works: the map opens on the Lake District instead of on you, and distances are measured from the middle of the map rather than from your position.
Network access
Peak List has no servers of its own. It connects to the internet for three things.
Map data. As you move around the map, the app downloads public elevation data from the AWS Open Data registry to draw its contour map, or map tiles from Apple if you have chosen the Apple Maps basemap. These requests carry the area of the map you are looking at and your IP address, as any web request does. Downloaded map data is cached on your device, so returning somewhere you have already looked does not ask again, and the map works without a signal.
Place names. When you pan the map, the app asks Apple to name the area shown on screen, so it can display something like “Keswick, Cumbria”. This sends the coordinates at the centre of the screen — not your location — to Apple.
iCloud sync, as described above, between your device and Apple.
No other network requests are made, and the app remains usable offline for anywhere you have already viewed.
Children’s privacy
Peak List does not collect data from anyone, including children under 13. It has no social features, no messaging and no user-generated content visible to others.
Data sources
Hill data comes from the Database of British and Irish Hills, used under its Creative Commons licence. Elevation data comes from the AWS Open Data registry, and coastline data from Natural Earth. These are credited in the app under Settings → Data.
Changes to this policy
If this policy ever changes, the updated version will be posted here with a new “Last updated” date.
Contact
Questions about this policy: support@r3id.dev