Privacy Policy

Effective June 3, 2026 · Last updated July 20, 2026

Privacy at a glance: RotorPulse has no third-party ads, does not sell or share personal data for cross-context behavioral advertising, and does not track you across other companies' apps or websites. Optional permissions are requested only for the feature you choose.

RotorPulse ("RotorPulse," "we," "our," or "us") provides a website, an iOS app, and an Apple Watch companion for RC helicopter pilots. This policy explains the information RotorPulse collects or processes, why it is used, when it is shared, and the choices available to you.

1. Information We Collect or Process

Account and identity: email address, username, RotorPulse user ID, an authentication record managed by Supabase, age and policy confirmations, and an Apple or Google provider identifier, email, and name when that provider makes them available. RotorPulse does not receive or store your plaintext password.
Profile and social data: avatar or profile photo, bio, user-entered location and country, flying experience, profile color, public-hangar setting, transmitters, followers, following, and favorites.
Community and messages: posts, replies, votes, mentions, watched content, direct-message text and images, conversation participants, timestamps, read state, pins, mutes, blocks, reports, and moderation context.
Hangar and flight data: helicopter and custom-build details, photos, battery records and cycles, flight durations and dates, optional flight coordinates and place names, maintenance logs, notes, and Apple Watch flight transfers.
Events and marketplace: event attendance choices, saved events, marketplace listing titles, descriptions, price, condition, category, user-entered location, photos, saved listings, and listing or seller reports.
Notifications and support: device push token, notification preferences and records, watched subscriptions, bug reports, support requests, app version, iOS version, device model, severity, report type, and user-provided diagnostic details.
Optional purchase interaction: the app processes StoreKit product availability, localized displayed price, purchase state, and completion status for optional tips. Apple processes the purchase; RotorPulse does not receive payment-card information.

2. Public, Shared, and Private Data

Your username, profile details, profile photo, social connections, public hangar, community content, event attendance where shown, and marketplace listings may be visible to other RotorPulse users. Direct messages are shared with their participants. Private hangar records, batteries, flight logs, maintenance records, notification settings, and account details are used for your account unless you intentionally share them through a public feature. Reports may be reviewed by RotorPulse and may include relevant content and context.

3. Sign-In and Device Security

You may sign in with Apple or Google. RotorPulse receives only the basic identity data the provider supplies and never receives your Apple ID or Google password. Apple may provide a private relay address if you choose Hide My Email. If you enable biometric sign-in, the credentials needed for convenience sign-in are stored in the Apple Keychain and protected by the current biometric set. RotorPulse does not receive Face ID or Touch ID biometric data.

4. Photos, Camera, and Automated Image Safety Review

RotorPulse accesses only photos you select with the system photo picker or images you choose to capture with the camera. Images may be used for profiles, community posts and replies, direct messages, hangar or custom-build records, and marketplace listings.

Before an image is uploaded, RotorPulse sends the selected image to Google Cloud Vision SafeSearch for automated classification of adult, violent, or otherwise unsafe content. By selecting an image for upload after acknowledging this policy, you instruct and authorize RotorPulse to perform this review. Google processes the image as RotorPulse's service provider under its applicable privacy and data-processing terms. Automated results can be imperfect; an image may be rejected or referred for human moderation. RotorPulse does not use images for advertising or cross-app tracking.

5. Location, Maps, and Weather

RotorPulse requests location only while the app is in use and only for a feature you choose. Event-distance sorting uses your current location on the device and does not save it to your RotorPulse account. A flight log stores coordinates and a resolved place name only when you choose to save a flying location. RotorPulse never collects location in the background. Profile and marketplace locations are user-entered and may be public where displayed.

Apple MapKit, geocoding, and WeatherKit may process coordinates needed to show maps, place names, event distances, and venue weather. Event weather uses the event venue's coordinates, not your live device location.

6. Calendar Integration

When you choose Add to Calendar, RotorPulse asks iOS for permission to create the selected event in a calendar you choose. The app supplies the event title, dates, venue, location, and related event details through Apple's EventKit framework. RotorPulse does not read or upload your existing calendar events.

7. Apple Watch Companion and Local Data

The iPhone app sends a limited Hangar snapshot to your paired Apple Watch, including your account identifier, helicopter and battery details, and recent selections. The watch stores it locally so you can time a flight, then sends completed flight details to the iPhone for saving. Account credentials are never sent to the watch. Watch account data is cleared when you sign out, enter guest mode, switch accounts, or delete your account, including after a disconnected watch reconnects.

RotorPulse also stores limited settings and caches on your devices, such as theme and onboarding choices, recent selections, notification state, and optional Keychain-protected credentials.

8. How We Use Information

Authenticate users, maintain accounts, synchronize app and Watch data, and provide requested features.
Display public profiles and user content and deliver private messages to their participants.
Provide hangar, battery, flight, maintenance, event, marketplace, notification, weather, calendar, and optional tip features.
Filter unsafe images, enforce community rules, investigate reports, prevent abuse, and protect users and the service.
Send authentication, preference, support, bug-report, moderation, and notification communications.
Diagnose user-submitted problems, maintain security, comply with law, and operate the service.

9. Website Data and External Resources

When you visit rotorpulseapp.com, the site's hosting and delivery providers may receive standard request information such as your IP address, browser and device type, requested page, referring page, and request time. This information may be retained in security and operational logs.

The public site requests the Inter typeface from Google Fonts and loads an affiliate verification resource from AvantLink. Those providers receive the information needed to serve the requested resource and may handle identifiers or cookies according to their own policies. RotorPulse does not use these resources to build cross-app profiles or serve targeted advertising.

10. Service Providers and Data Sharing

RotorPulse shares data only as needed for a feature you use, security, moderation, support, or legal compliance. Current providers include:

Supabase: authentication, database, realtime messaging, Edge Functions, and file storage. RotorPulse's primary Supabase project is hosted in the United States.
Apple and Google: optional account sign-in, subject to the providers' Apple Privacy Policy and Google Privacy Policy.
Apple services: APNs, Keychain, biometric APIs, MapKit, geocoding, EventKit, StoreKit, and WeatherKit.
Google Cloud Vision SafeSearch: automated image safety classification before upload.
Resend: account, preference, bug-report, and moderation email delivery.

Providers may process data in the United States and other locations where they or their subprocessors operate, subject to their applicable safeguards and data-processing terms. External retailers, manufacturers, event sites, and sellers have their own privacy practices after you choose to leave RotorPulse.

11. Legal Bases Where Applicable

Where privacy law requires a legal basis, RotorPulse processes information as needed to provide the service you request and perform its agreement with you; with your consent for optional permissions and choices; for legitimate interests such as security, moderation, fraud and abuse prevention, support, and service improvement; and to comply with legal obligations. You may withdraw consent for an optional permission at any time through iOS Settings or the relevant in-app control, without affecting earlier processing.

12. Notifications, Marketplace, and Optional Tips

If you enable push notifications, RotorPulse stores a device token and the preferences and context needed to deliver alerts. You can disable push in iOS Settings and manage app preferences within RotorPulse. Marketplace is a classifieds service only: RotorPulse does not process private-deal payments, shipping, escrow, or transaction disputes. Optional tips are processed by Apple through StoreKit, do not unlock features, and do not provide RotorPulse with your card details.

13. Retention and Account Deletion

RotorPulse keeps data only as long as needed to provide and secure the service, satisfy legal obligations, resolve disputes, and prevent abuse. You may initiate account deletion in the app under More → Profile → Account Controls → Delete Account. Deletion removes or anonymizes account data and associated personal content, including profile data, provider identity, images, messages, marketplace listings, hangar and flight records, notifications, device tokens, and preferences.

Limited records may be retained where required for legal compliance, safety, moderation, abuse prevention, backup integrity for a limited period, or a record belonging to another user after you are no longer identifiable. Deleting a conversation from your message list removes it from your view but does not delete another participant's copy.

14. Your Choices and Rights

You can edit profile data, control public-hangar visibility, choose whether to save a flight location, manage notifications and email preferences, manage watched content, block users, delete conversations and listings, report safety issues, sign out, and delete your account in the app. You can manage camera, photo, location, calendar, biometric, and notification access in iOS Settings. Sign in with Apple or Google access can also be revoked in the respective provider's account settings.

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, or portability, withdraw consent, or appeal a decision about a request. You may also have the right to complain to your local privacy regulator. RotorPulse will not discriminate against you for exercising an applicable privacy right. Contact [email protected] to make a privacy request.

California notice: RotorPulse does not sell personal information and does not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising as those terms are defined by California law.

15. Children

RotorPulse is intended for people age 13 and older. We do not knowingly collect personal data from a child under 13. Contact us if you believe a child under 13 has created an account so we can investigate and delete it.

16. Security

RotorPulse uses reasonable technical and organizational safeguards, including encrypted transport, secure authentication, database row-level access controls, least-privilege service access, and Apple platform protections. No internet service can guarantee absolute security.

17. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy as features, providers, or legal requirements change. We will update the date above and provide additional notice or request a new acknowledgement when appropriate.

18. Contact

Privacy or data request: [email protected]
Support: rotorpulseapp.com/support
Terms: rotorpulseapp.com/terms