Privacy.

Last updated: May 23, 2026

Short version: GoParks doesn't track you. Your visits, favorites, stamps, photos, and notes live on your device. If you're signed into iCloud, they also sync across your devices automatically through your own iCloud — Apple's storage, encrypted, we never see it. There's no separate account to make. We never sell data. We never serve ads.

What we collect

One thing: anonymous usage analytics through Firebase. We see things like "someone opened the Profile tab" or "a check-in happened" — never who, never where, never tied to you. Firebase also receives the standard set of device facts it collects by default: device model, iOS version, app version, country (from IP), session timing.

That's the whole list.

What stays on your device

Everything you create in the app:

None of this leaves your device unless you choose to share it (via the iOS Share sheet) or iCloud syncs it across your other Apple devices. We don't have servers that store any of it.

iCloud sync

If you're signed into iCloud on your device (most iPhone users are), your visits, favorites, achievements, stamps, and photos sync across your Apple devices via your own iCloud account. We use Apple's CloudKit for this. The data lives in Apple's storage, encrypted end-to-end under Advanced Data Protection if you have it enabled, and is accessible only to you through your Apple ID.

We never see your data. There's no GoParks account to create — sync happens at the iCloud layer, scoped to your Apple ID by Apple itself.

You can disable sync any time by signing out of iCloud on the device, or delete all synced data from your iCloud account in iOS Settings → Apple ID → iCloud → Manage Account Storage → GoParks.

Voice journals

When you record a voice note at a park, the speech-to-text transcription runs on your device using Apple's Speech framework. If your device supports Apple Intelligence, the transcript is also polished on-device using Apple's Foundation Models — fixing punctuation, removing filler words, no content changes.

Audio files and transcripts stay local (or sync via your iCloud if you're signed in). They never reach our servers. They never reach Apple's cloud servers either — the speech recognition is offline.

Location

If you grant location permission, we use it for two things: showing parks near you on the Explore tab, and verifying check-ins against the park's coordinates (so the app can mark a visit as GPS-verified vs. honor-system).

Location is fetched once per use, never stored, never sent anywhere. If you deny permission, the app still works — Near You is hidden and all check-ins are honor-system.

Camera and photos

The app asks for camera access to capture passport-stamp photos, and for photo library access when you attach a photo to a visit. Captures and attached photos stay on your device (and sync via your iCloud if signed in). Both are optional — the app works without them.

What we don't do

Your choices

Public park data

GoParks uses public and open park data from external sources to display park information in the app.

This source data is separate from your personal app data. GoParks does not send your saved parks, visit history, stamps, notes, or check-ins to those park data providers. For details on data sources, see Data sources.

Children

GoParks is intended for users 13 and over. We don't knowingly collect data from anyone under 13. If you're a parent and believe your child is using the app, contact us and we'll help.

Changes

If we ever change this policy, the new version appears here with an updated date at the top. Material changes (anything that affects what data is collected or how it's used) will be flagged in the app's "What's New" on update.

Contact

Questions, concerns, or anything else: hello@goparks.app.

GoParks is a one-person project, made by Tim. There's no support team — emails come to me directly.