Privacy Policy for Ricodia

Privacy information about the Ricodia app, its local data, voluntary feedback and external services.

Date: June 14, 2026

Ricodia is an offline-first app for daily morning impulses, weather context, sayings, local notifications, widgets and voluntary challenges. Many data points remain only on your device.

Controller

Patrick Benkö e.U.
Contact: office@patrickbenkoe.com
Support: support@patrickbenkoe.com

Summary

The app uses no advertising, analytics SDKs, attribution SDKs or third-party tracking. Location, weather, air quality, pollen, notifications, Health steps, feedback, content ratings, Supabase content and in-app purchases are processed only for the relevant app feature.

Health data is read only for the voluntary step challenge. Raw HealthKit/Health Connect records, step counts and challenge data are not sent to Ricodia servers in the current release variant. Optional sync sends only non-sensitive gamification/Easter egg IDs and is visible only when the server-side entitlements are enabled.

Data processed

• Local app data: Settings, language, theme, location mode, manual places, archive, daily impulses, weather, air quality and pollen values, challenge state, widget data, notification scheduling and local unlock information.
• Location, weather, air quality and pollen: Coordinates, search terms, place name, time zone, language, request time, weather data, UV index, air quality values such as AQI, category, dominant pollutants and region, plus pollen values, pollen types, categories and recommendations when these features are used.
• Health and activity data: Today’s step count from Apple Health, HealthKit or Android Health Connect when permission has been granted.
• Feedback and support: Voluntarily submitted title, message, category, language, screen and time.
• Content ratings: Thumbs up/down, content type, rated text, language, impulse date, screen, optional weather code, a locally generated random rating client ID and server-side fingerprints for deduplication, rate limits and abuse prevention.
• Purchases: Product-related purchase and restore status data for Plus and optional add-ons. Payment and billing are handled by Apple App Store or Google Play.

External services

Ricodia may use Google Weather API for weather data, Google Air Quality API for air quality, Google Pollen API for pollen forecasts, Open-Meteo Geocoding API, OpenStreetMap/Nominatim, Austrian administrative data for place matching, Supabase, Apple App Store, Google Play, Apple Health/HealthKit, Android Health Connect and operating-system services for local permissions, notifications and widgets.

Purposes

Processing is used to provide daily impulses, weather, air quality, pollen and location features, local notifications, local challenges, optional content delivery, voluntary feedback, content curation, abuse prevention, deduplication, rate limits, purchase unlocking and optional sync of non-sensitive gamification data.

Retention

Local data remains stored while the app is installed or until it is deleted through app or system settings. Feedback, support requests, content ratings and inactive sync snapshots are cleaned up regularly and should be stored for no more than 24 months unless longer retention is needed for legal claims, security or abuse investigation.

Sharing

Ricodia does not sell personal data. Data may be sent to external services when technically required for a feature, such as weather, air quality or pollen lookup, location search, Supabase content, feedback, ratings, optional sync, payment processing or Health permissions. Internet requests may involve technical request data such as IP address, time, headers or user agent for delivery, security, deduplication and abuse prevention.

Rights and deletion

Depending on applicable law, you may have rights of access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, objection and withdrawal of consent. Many data points are stored only on the device and can be removed through app/system settings or by deleting the app. Requests about server-side feedback, rating or sync data can be sent to support@patrickbenkoe.com.

Children

Ricodia is not aimed specifically at children. If minors use the app, this should happen within applicable legal requirements and, where needed, with guardian consent.

Changes

This privacy policy may be updated when app features, data processing, external services or legal requirements change.