Privacy Policy

The short version

Northpup is a local-first app. Everything you enter — your dog's profile, weight log, vaccine records, milestones and completed tasks — is stored only in the app's private storage on your iPhone. The care features do not upload these records to our servers. You can choose to share a card or record file yourself.

What we collect

Northpup does not upload your pup records. It has no account system, no analytics SDK, no advertising SDK, and no tracking. Care features do not upload your pup's records automatically. A picture or activity excerpt you choose to send with a bug report may show care information. The app fetches an anonymous catalog of our other apps from api.aiappnation.com. This request carries no device identifier or pup record. Apple handles subscription requests. Optional feedback actions and notices are described below.

Feedback you choose to send

Northpup includes an in-app feedback tool (Settings ▸ "Help shape Northpup", or shake your phone to report a bug). It's entirely optional. When you choose to send feedback or vote on an idea, the feedback tool sends limited information to api.aiappnation.com. A message submission may include:

• The message you wrote (your bug report, idea, or note)
• Your email address, only if you choose to enter one so we can reply
• Basic diagnostic context: app version, device model, iOS version, language/region setting, and your subscription tier (free/Pro)
• A pseudonymous identifier (a random ID stored on your device, which can persist if you reinstall the app) to link your feedback, votes and notices. If you add an email, it appears in the same feedback record. We do not receive your Apple ID
• A picture you choose to attach to a bug report — one optional screenshot (up to 512 KB) that you pick yourself from your photo library in the Bug tab. That single image is uploaded to our feedback service with your message; Northpup's feedback form never reads or sends any other photo.
• Recent app activity in a bug report, such as the names of care steps marked done, to help diagnose a problem

This information is used solely to read, answer and act on your feedback. It is never used to track you, never sold, and never shared for advertising. After you send feedback or vote, the tool checks its random device identifier for notices about shipped ideas. No pup care record is part of those checks. Before you engage with the feedback tool, those identifier-based checks stay off.

What stays on your device

• Your pup's profile — name, breed, birthdate and sex
• Weight entries and the growth curve computed from them
• Vaccine and health records, milestones, and completed daily tasks
• Your app settings and preferences (stored in the standard iOS settings store)

Because this data lives only on your device, deleting the app removes it. It is included in your encrypted device backups if you have those enabled through Apple — that backup is governed by Apple's privacy policy, not ours.

Subscriptions

Northpup Pro is sold through Apple's In-App Purchase system. When you subscribe, the transaction is handled entirely by Apple — we never see or store your name, card, or Apple ID. We receive only the anonymous subscription status Apple provides so the app can unlock Pro features. See Apple's Privacy Policy.

Notifications

If you allow notifications, Northpup schedules one daily local care reminder directly on your device. These are local notifications — no push server, no data sent anywhere.

Children

Northpup is designed for adult puppy owners and is not directed at children under 13. The feedback tool is optional and intended for adult users. We do not knowingly collect feedback from children under 13.

Changes

If a future version of Northpup ever changes how data is handled, we will update this page and the app's privacy manifest before that version ships, and note the change date above.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Email [email protected] and we'll get back to you.