Hardfix Hardfix — Privacy Policy
Last updated 26 August 2026
Hardfix does not collect, transmit, or share any personal data. The app contains no networking code, no analytics, no advertising, and no third-party SDKs. Nothing it reads ever leaves your iPhone unless you deliberately export a file and choose where to send it.
What the app reads, and why
- Location — Hardfix exists to show you the raw location fix your iPhone receives: coordinate, altitude, speed, course and the accuracy figures attached to each. It requests While Using access to display those readouts, and Always access only at the moment you start recording a track, so a recording can continue with the screen off.
- Motion & Fitness (barometer) — read only to refine the altitude reading and to display raw barometric pressure in the Raw tab. This is optional and can be turned off under Settings → Barometer fusion.
Where it is stored
Recorded tracks, waypoints and app settings are written to your device's own app storage
and to UserDefaults. They are not uploaded anywhere. They are included in your
encrypted iPhone or iCloud device backup only because the whole app container is, and Apple —
not Hardfix — controls that backup.
Deleting a track in the app deletes its file. Deleting the app removes everything it stored.
What leaves the device
Only what you explicitly export. Choosing GPX, CSV or GeoJSON writes a file and hands it to the iOS share sheet; where it goes from there is your choice, and is governed by whichever app or service you send it to. Hardfix has no server and receives no copy.
Third parties
None. Hardfix uses only Apple's own frameworks — Core Location, Core Motion, MapKit and Swift Charts. Map tiles on the Track screen are served by Apple Maps and are subject to Apple's Privacy Policy. Hardfix sends Apple no identifier of yours.
Children
Hardfix is not directed at children and collects no data from anyone.
Your control
Location and Motion access can be revoked at any time in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security. The app keeps working with reduced or no access, and says plainly on screen what it can no longer show.
Changes
If this policy changes, the revised version will be posted at this address with a new date above.
Contact
Questions about this policy or the app: meetsoftwareco@gmail.com