Last updated October 5, 2026
Your places, photos, notes, visits and memories live in your own private iCloud and on your devices. I don't run any servers your data touches, and there are no analytics, ads, trackers or third-party SDKs in the app. To show weather, cross streets, the land and a field guide for a spot, Paacha asks a few public services about a location rounded to about 100 meters, never anything else. You can turn that off in Settings.
Paacha uses Sign in with Apple to identify your journal. Apple gives the app a unique identifier for your account, and optionally your name and an email address (possibly a private relay address). This stays in the app and your iCloud. It is not sold, shared, or used for marketing.
If you add a name and photo to your profile, they are stored in your private iCloud (iCloud key-value storage) so they appear on your other devices. They are never shared unless you choose to share a collection that shows them.
Paacha asks for camera access so you can take photos of places, and lets you choose existing photos from your library. Photos are stored with your places in your private iCloud and on your device. If you turn on "Also Save Photos to Photo Library" in Settings, photos you take in Paacha are also saved to your Photos library (optionally in an album named Paacha); Paacha asks for permission to add photos first.
Paacha asks for your location while you use the app, to show how far and which way your places are, to calculate travel time, and to add a place where you are. Your location and your places' locations are stored in your private iCloud and on your device. Travel times and directions use Apple Maps (or Google Maps or Waze if you choose them in Settings).
When the map or a place shows extra information about a spot, Paacha sends only that spot's location, rounded to about 100 meters, to these public services. No name, note, photo, account or device identifier is sent.
These services receive your device's network address, as any website would, under their own privacy policies. You can turn all of them off with Settings > Privacy > Open Map Data.
Your journal is stored in your private iCloud container (iCloud.com.cinderstep.paacha.Places). It belongs to you, lives under your Apple ID, and only you and your devices can access it. Apple's CloudKit stores and syncs it, and Paacha encrypts your journal's fields in iCloud. I cannot access your data. If you share a collection, only what you choose is shared, with the people you name.
Paacha also keeps a copy on your device so it works offline, plus a cache of map, weather and lookup results you can clear in Settings > Backup and Import > Clear Cache.
To be explicit about what is not happening:
The paacha.app website uses Google Analytics 4 and Microsoft Clarity to understand how visitors use it. A cookie consent banner appears on your first visit. If you decline, neither service loads and no data is collected. This applies to the website only and has no connection to your in-app data.
Paacha is not directed at children under 13 and I do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13. If a parent or guardian believes their child has used the app and wants the associated data removed, please contact me at contactanthony@weddle.tv and I will assist.
Your data is retained as long as you use the app. You can delete individual places at any time from within the app. To remove all of your data, delete the app and remove the associated iCloud data from Settings > [Your Name] > iCloud > Manage Storage > Paacha. Once removed from iCloud, the data is gone.
I may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. If there are material changes, I'll note them here.
Questions? Email contactanthony@weddle.tv.