Privacy Policy
Last updated: 3 September 2026
Bead Board is designed to keep your data with you. The app has no user accounts and no backend server: your designs are stored locally on your device. The only data that leaves the app is anonymous, product-usage analytics (only if you explicitly opt in) and, if you choose to buy Bead Board Pro, the purchase information needed to process and restore that purchase.
1. Who we are
Bead Board ("the app", "we", "us") is an iOS application for iPad and iPhone for planning beadwork designs. This policy explains what data the app handles and how. For any privacy question, contact info@bead-board.app.
2. Data stored on your device
Your designs, color palettes, collections, and app settings are saved locally on your device using the operating system's standard on-device storage. This information:
- stays on your device and is not transmitted to us or any server;
- is not linked to any account, name, or email address;
- may be included in your device's encrypted backups (for example iCloud or iTunes/Finder backups) according to your own device settings, which are governed by Apple's terms, not ours;
- is removed when you delete the app from your device.
3. Analytics (optional and opt-in)
To understand how the app is used and to improve it, Bead Board can collect anonymous product analytics. This is strictly opt-in: nothing is collected or sent until you grant consent, and you can change your choice at any time in the app's Settings.
When analytics are enabled:
- We record anonymous, aggregate usage events — for example that the app was opened, a design was created or saved, or a particular feature was used.
- Events are not tied to your identity. We do not collect your name, email address, or precise location, and we do not collect the contents of your designs.
- Analytics are provided by PostHog and processed on EU-hosted infrastructure.
- If you decline, or have not yet decided, no analytics events are sent.
Because the app collects only first-party, anonymous usage data and does not track you across other companies' apps or websites, it does not present Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt.
4. What we do not do
- We do not require you to create an account.
- We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information.
- We do not use your data for advertising or cross-app tracking.
- We do not collect the contents of your beadwork designs.
5. Purchases
Bead Board is free to download, with optional in-app purchases ("Bead Board Pro"). If you make a purchase, the transaction itself is handled by Apple through your App Store account — we never receive or store your payment details. We use RevenueCat to verify and manage your purchase so that Pro features unlock and can be restored on your devices. For this purpose RevenueCat processes purchase information (such as which product you bought and whether it is active) together with an anonymous, randomly generated app-user identifier. That identifier is not your name or email, and purchase processing never involves the contents of your designs. If you never make a purchase, no purchase data is processed.
6. Third-party services
When analytics are enabled, anonymous usage data is processed by PostHog as our analytics provider on EU-hosted infrastructure. If you make an in-app purchase, purchase data is processed by RevenueCat as described above. PostHog and RevenueCat act on our behalf and are each subject to their own privacy and data-processing terms. The app is distributed through Apple's App Store; your interactions with the App Store itself, including payments, are governed by Apple's privacy policy.
7. Your choices and rights
- Analytics consent: turn anonymous analytics on or off at any time in the app's Settings.
- Your designs: you can delete any design from within the app, and uninstalling the app removes all locally stored data.
- Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights over personal data. Since the analytics we collect are anonymous and not linked to your identity, we may be unable to identify data relating specifically to you; please contact us with any request and we will help where we can.
8. Children's privacy
Bead Board is intended for a general audience of bead crafters and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date above. Continued use of the app after changes take effect means you accept the updated policy.
10. Contact
For questions about this policy or your privacy, email info@bead-board.app.