Privacy Policy

Effective October 16, 2026

The short version

Vankaro has no account system and no servers of its own. What you enter stays on your iPhone, except the few things you choose to share with a crew through your own iCloud account. We do not sell data, show ads, or use analytics or tracking tools.

What stays on your iPhone

Your profile answers (goal, experience, equipment, injuries, age, height, weight and first name if you give one), workouts, sets, notes, weigh-ins, measurements, check-in photos, meals, mood notes and settings are stored in the app's private storage on your iPhone. They are included in your iPhone's own backups. We never receive them.

Apple Health

Only if you turn it on in Settings, Vankaro saves finished workouts and weigh-ins to Apple Health and reads steps, sleep, heart rate variability and resting heart rate. Health data is used only on your iPhone, for the recovery check and step goal. It is never sent to us, never used for advertising or marketing, and never shared with third parties. You can change access at any time in the Health app.

Motion and steps

If you allow Motion & Fitness, Vankaro reads your step count from your iPhone to show progress against your daily step goal. Steps stay on your iPhone.

Camera and photos

Progress photos you take or choose are saved only inside Vankaro on your iPhone. They are never uploaded or shared unless you share one yourself.

Crews (optional)

If you start or join a crew, Vankaro uses Apple's iCloud (CloudKit) to share these items with your crew members only: your first name, how many workouts you've done this week and your weekly goal, your active-day streak, and the day and name of your last workout, plus cheers and nudges you send. Your weight, photos, measurements and health data are never shared. Crew data is stored in iCloud under Apple's privacy terms. Leaving the crew in the app removes your entry.

Training nearby (optional)

Train Together and Spotter mode connect directly to a nearby iPhone over your local network or Bluetooth. Only the workout details needed for the session (exercise, set, target and rest) pass between the two phones, and nothing is stored by us.

Notifications

Rest timers, workout previews and check-in reminders are scheduled on your iPhone. No notification content is sent to us.

Children

Vankaro is not intended for anyone under 18, and we do not knowingly collect information from children.

Your choices

You can export your data from Settings → Your Data, erase everything with Erase All Data, turn off Apple Health, Motion, camera and notification access in iOS Settings, and leave a crew at any time. Deleting the app deletes its data from your iPhone.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new effective date. Questions: jasonj.direct@pm.me.