Strike Window Privacy Policy
Last updated: 10 November 2026 · Applies to the Strike Window app for iPhone.
In short
- No account, no ads, no tracking, no analytics SDK.
- Your saved spots, catches and catch photos are stored only on your iPhone. We, the developer, never receive them.
- To build a forecast, the app sends the coordinates of a spot to Apple Weather, and for US saltwater spots asks NOAA for tide predictions from the nearest station.
- When you add a spot and the place you pick (or your current location) isn't a lake, river or beach, the app sends its coordinates, rounded to about 1 km, to Photon, a search service run by Komoot on OpenStreetMap data, to list the water nearby.
- Location is used only if you choose "Use my location" for a spot, and only to set that spot.
- The app also contacts Apple's App Store, to show prices and handle purchases and restores, and RevenueCat, which we use to keep track of subscriptions. Each time the app opens, RevenueCat gets a random ID and technical details about the device, and later the purchase records. None of it carries a name, email or Apple Account.
- Purchases go through Apple. We never see your name, Apple Account or payment details, only purchase records under a random ID.
Who we are
Strike Window is an iPhone app published by Marouane Gazouzi, an individual developer ("we", "us"). RevenueCat, Inc. processes the data described under Purchases for us, as our subscription provider.
Contact: hello@aveniaconsulting.com
What stays on your iPhone
Your saved spots (name, coordinates, freshwater or saltwater, nearest tide station), your catches (time, spot, species and note if you add them, and that hour's score and conditions), catch photos, your settings and cached forecasts are stored on your device. A catch photo, taken with the camera or picked from your library, is saved as a file in the app and is never uploaded. Spots and forecasts are shared with the Strike Window widget on the same device. We have no server that stores any of this, so we can't see, sell or share it. Deleting a spot, a catch or the app removes it.
What leaves your iPhone, and why
Apple Weather (WeatherKit), operated by Apple
What is sent: The coordinates of the spot being forecast
Why: Hourly pressure, wind, cloud cover and temperature
Apple Maps (MapKit), operated by Apple
What is sent: The text you type when searching for a place, or your position when you tap "Use my location"
Why: Place names, coordinates and time zone for a new spot, and finding a lake, river or coast by name
NOAA CO-OPS (US government)
What is sent: The ID of the nearest tide station and a date range
Why: Tide predictions for US saltwater spots
Photon, operated by Komoot GmbH (Germany)
What is sent: When you add a spot and the place you pick, or your current location, isn't a lake, river or beach: its coordinates rounded to 2 decimals (about 1 km), and the app's name and version. No account, no ID
Why: Listing lakes, rivers, beaches, marinas and fishing spots near that point, from OpenStreetMap data. The answer is not kept beyond the add-spot screen
App Store (StoreKit), operated by Apple
What is sent: Purchase and subscription requests
Why: Strike Window Pro
RevenueCat, Inc. (United States), our subscription provider
What is sent: A random ID, the identifier for vendors (IDFV), app and iOS version, device model, language and store country at every launch; then the purchase records (see Purchases)
Why: Confirming Strike Window Pro and giving us sales totals
Like any internet request, these services can see your device's IP address. They handle data under their own policies: Apple Privacy Policy, NOAA privacy policy, RevenueCat privacy policy, Komoot privacy policy.
Sun and moon times and solunar periods are computed on your iPhone and need no network.
Location
Strike Window asks for location access only when you add a spot with "Use my location". The position is used once to set that spot's coordinates and is not tracked in the background. You can add every spot by search instead and never grant location access.
Apart from Apple Weather (for the forecast) and Apple Maps (when you tap "Use my location"), one more service can receive a place's coordinates: if the place you pick when adding a spot, or your current location if you tap "Use my location", isn't a lake, river or beach, the app sends its coordinates, rounded to 2 decimals (about 1 km), to Photon (photon.komoot.io), a search service run by Komoot GmbH in Germany, to find water nearby. The request carries the app's name and version and, like any internet request, your IP address; nothing else, no account and no ID. The list of lakes, rivers, beaches, marinas and fishing spots comes from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), and Strike Window does not keep it beyond the add-spot screen.
You can change this at any time in Settings › Privacy & Security › Location Services › Strike Window.
Purchases
Strike Window Pro (monthly or yearly, each with a 3-day free trial) is sold by Apple through the App Store. Apple handles payment, receipts, renewals and refunds. We never see your name, Apple Account, email or payment details.
To keep track of subscriptions, the app uses RevenueCat, Inc. (United States). Each time the app opens, even before anything is bought, it gives RevenueCat a random ID that RevenueCat creates for this install, Apple's identifier for vendors (IDFV) for this device, and technical details such as the app version, iOS version, device model, language and store country; like any internet request, the connection also shows an IP address. Once you have bought something (on this or another device), RevenueCat also receives the purchase records from the App Store: what was bought, when, the price and currency, the store country, and renewals, trials and refunds. It never receives a name, email or Apple Account, and never your spots, catches, photos or location.
RevenueCat uses these records for us to confirm purchases and to give us sales totals. They are pseudonymous: tied to these IDs, never to a name, email or Apple Account. They are kept as long as needed to provide the service and to meet accounting rules, and deleted on request.
You can cancel Strike Window Pro at any time in Settings › your name › Subscriptions.
Crash reports
If you have chosen in iPhone Settings to share analytics with app developers, Apple may send us anonymous crash reports and usage statistics. You control this in Settings › Privacy & Security › Analytics & Improvements.
Children
Strike Window asks no one, children included, for a name, email or account, and your spots, catches, photos and location stay on your iPhone except for the lookups described above. The only records kept for us about an install are what RevenueCat receives, described under Purchases: random IDs, technical details about the device and, once something has been bought, the purchase records.
Your rights
Under the GDPR you can ask to access, correct or delete personal data and to object to its use. Apart from the lookups described above and what RevenueCat receives (see Purchases), everything stays on your device and is under your control: delete a spot, a catch or the app to remove it. To have the records held by RevenueCat deleted, write to hello@aveniaconsulting.com. Apple holds the purchases themselves. If you have a question or want to exercise a right under the GDPR or another privacy law, write to the address below. You can also complain to your data protection authority (in France, the CNIL).
Changes
If this policy changes, we will update the date above. If a change affects what leaves your iPhone, we will say so in the app before it takes effect.
Contact
Questions about this policy or about Strike Window: hello@aveniaconsulting.com
Weather data: Apple Weather. Tide predictions: NOAA CO-OPS. Apple Weather data sources