We don’t collect your data

Watchkeeper has no accounts, no login, and no servers that receive your information. Everything you create in the app — your schedules, vessel details, routes, crew and team names, notes, and any positions you mark — is stored only on your own device. We have no copy, no access, and no way to read any of it. We don’t run analytics, we don’t use third-party trackers, and we don’t show ads.

When you share a schedule, it’s private between you and the person you send it to

Watchkeeper lets you share a watch bill or a storm update with a shipmate — as a QR code, an AirDrop, a message, an email, or a printed page. When you do this:

• The sharing happens directly between your devices (peer-to-peer) or through an app you already use, like your own Mail or Messages. It does not pass through us.
• We never see, collect, or have access to the email addresses or phone numbers of the person sending or the person receiving. Those belong to your email and messaging apps, not to Watchkeeper.
• We never see the contents of what you share — the schedule, the vessel, the crew names. The shared code is read only by the Watchkeeper app on the other person’s device.

In other words, sharing a schedule is like handing someone a piece of paper: it goes from you to them, and we’re not in the middle.

Permissions, and why the app asks

Watchkeeper only uses a device feature when you ask it to, and only on your device:

• Location — used only when you choose to set boat time from your position, mark a position (including a man-overboard reference to steer back to), or save a position to your log. Watchkeeper never tracks your location in the background and never sends your position anywhere.
• Camera — used only when you point it at a QR code to bring in a shared schedule. Nothing from the camera is stored or sent.
• Notifications — used to alert you before your watch. These alarms are scheduled and delivered entirely on your device.

You can change or withdraw any of these permissions at any time in your device’s Settings.

Children

Because Watchkeeper collects no personal information from anyone, it collects none from children.

Data you delete

Because your information lives on your device, deleting a voyage in the app, or deleting the app itself, removes that information. We hold no separate copy to delete.

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, we’ll update the date at the top and post the new version at watchkeeperapp.com. Because we don’t collect contact details, we can’t notify you directly — please check back if you’d like to stay current.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Email support@watchkeeperapp.com.