Privacy Policy
Arrow Tempo ("we", "us", "the app") is an archery practice tracker for Apple Watch and iPhone, operated by Arrow Tempo ("the developer"). This policy explains what we collect, why, and the choices you have. Arrow Tempo has no user accounts — there is nothing to sign up for and we hold no login or profile data.
1. Data we collect
- Practice data you create — sessions, arrow counts, scores, ends, distances, bow setups, notes, and tags.
- Health & motion data — heart rate and workout/motion samples read from Apple HealthKit during a session, plus draw-hold timings derived on-device. We only read the data types you grant in the HealthKit permission sheet.
- Microphone audio — Apple Watch uses the microphone only during an active recording session to detect the sound of a release. Audio is processed on-device in real time and is not recorded, stored, or transmitted.
- Purchase data — your subscription status, provided by the App Store. We never see your payment card details.
- Diagnostics — anonymous crash reports and basic usage events (e.g. "session completed") if you leave analytics enabled. No practice content is included.
- Camera training photos (optional, off by default) — if you turn on training-data sharing, the target-face photos you score and the corrections you make. Nothing is uploaded unless you enable it; see Section 2.
- Waitlist & beta email (if you sign up) — the email address you submit on our website to join the iOS beta or the Android waitlist, plus, for the Android waitlist, an optional smartwatch model. Used only to email you about that program.
2. Optional: camera training data
Arrow Tempo includes an optional camera scoring feature that detects and scores your arrows from a photo of the target face. To help us improve this automatic detection, you can choose to share the photos you score together with the corrections you make. This sharing is off by default — nothing is uploaded unless you turn on "Help improve detection" (when first prompted, or in the app's Settings), and you can turn it off again at any time.
When — and only when — sharing is enabled, we receive:
- the photo of the target face you scored;
- the app's detected arrows and the score and position corrections you made;
- basic context — target-face type, distance, and the app and model version — plus a random sample reference.
We strip location and other photo metadata before upload, and the data we receive contains no name, email, account, or device identifier. These photos are ones you capture for scoring; we use them solely to train and evaluate our arrow-detection model. We do not sell them, use them for advertising, or share them with third parties for their own purposes. To request deletion of data you have contributed, email support@arrowtempo.com with the date(s) you used camera scoring and we will remove the corresponding samples.
3. How we use it
- To run the app's features — counting arrows, charting heart rate and hold time, scoring, heatmaps, and history.
- To sync your data between your devices and, if enabled, your private iCloud account.
- To improve automatic camera scoring, using the training photos and corrections you choose to share (Section 2).
- To provide support, fix bugs, and improve the app.
- To process and restore purchases.
We do not sell your data, and we do not use it for advertising or share it with data brokers.
4. Where your data lives
Your practice data is stored on your device and, if you enable iCloud sync, in your personal iCloud account (encrypted in transit and at rest by Apple). Health data stays in Apple Health and is read into the app under the permissions you grant; you can revoke access at any time in Settings → Privacy & Security → Health. Camera training data you choose to share (Section 2) is uploaded to our storage hosted by Cloudflare (R2) and held under contractual data-protection terms; it is the only practice-related content stored on our own servers.
5. Third parties
We use a small number of service providers strictly to operate the app, which may include:
- Apple — App Store, iCloud, HealthKit, StoreKit.
- Cloudflare — object storage (R2) for camera training data you choose to share, and a database (D1) for emails you submit to our beta or waitlist forms.
- Crash/analytics provider — to receive anonymised crash and usage diagnostics (only if analytics is enabled).
These providers process data on our behalf and are not permitted to use it for their own purposes.
6. Your choices & rights
- Decline or revoke HealthKit and microphone permissions in iOS/watchOS Settings.
- Turn camera training-data sharing on or off at any time in the app's Settings ("Help improve detection"); it is off by default.
- Turn off optional analytics in the app's Settings.
- Export your sessions from within the app.
- Delete your data: deleting the app removes on-device data; disabling iCloud sync and deleting the app's data in iCloud removes the synced copy; email us to delete camera training data you have shared.
- Depending on where you live (e.g. EEA/UK, California), you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict processing of your personal data. Contact us to exercise them.
7. Children
Arrow Tempo is not directed to children under 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your country), and we do not knowingly collect their data. If you believe a child has provided us data, contact us and we will delete it.
8. Data retention
Your practice data stays on your device (and in your iCloud, if sync is on) for as long as you keep the app installed; deleting the app and its iCloud data removes it. The data we hold on our own servers is limited to the camera training data you choose to share (Section 2) and any email you submit to our beta or waitlist forms. We keep training data to improve our detection model, keep beta/waitlist emails until the program ends or you ask to be removed, and delete either on request.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. We will post the new version here with a revised "Last updated" date and, for material changes, notify you in the app.
10. Contact
Questions or requests: support@arrowtempo.com.
See also our Terms of Service.