DiscoverX

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 20 September 2026 · Developer: Zoltán Tóth (Dexterlabs)

DiscoverX helps you discover places around you anywhere in the world. This policy explains exactly what the app does with data. It is deliberately specific rather than generic, because the honest summary is short: DiscoverX has no user accounts, no servers of its own, no analytics and no advertising.

In one paragraph: DiscoverX does not collect, store or transmit personal information to us. We never see your data, because there is no DiscoverX server to send it to. To show you what is nearby, the app sends your approximate coordinates directly to the public map and information services listed below, and keeps your favourites and downloads only on your own device.

1. What we collect about you

Nothing. There is no sign-up, no login and no user profile. We operate no servers and receive no data about you, your device or your usage.

2. Location

With your permission, the app uses your device's location to show what is around you. Location is used in two ways:

  • Precise location (GPS/Wi-Fi), if you allow it. Used only while the app is in use. It is never recorded, never stored on the device beyond the current session, and never sent to us.
  • Approximate location from your IP address. So results can appear immediately at launch, the app may make one request to ipwho.is, which returns a rough city-level position. Like any internet request, that service sees your IP address.

You can refuse or revoke location access at any time in iOS Settings. The app still works: it falls back to the approximate location, or you can search for any city manually.

3. Services the app contacts, and what they receive

To show live information, the app queries public services directly from your device. These requests contain the coordinates or place names needed to answer them, plus the technical information any internet request carries (such as your IP address). They do not contain your name, your device identifier or an account, because the app has none.

ServiceWhyWhat it receives
OpenStreetMap / Overpassoverpass-api.deoverpass.kumi.systemsoverpass.openstreetmap.ruoverpass.private.coffeePlaces, opening hours and facilitiesA search area (coordinates or bounding box)
Nominatimnominatim.openstreetmap.orgCity and country searchThe text you typed
Apple Maps (MapKit)Place search and map displayHandled by Apple under Apple's privacy policy
Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidataen.wikipedia.orgcommons.wikimedia.orgwww.wikidata.orgPhotos and descriptions of notable placesCoordinates or an article title
Open-Meteoapi.open-meteo.comCurrent weatherCoordinates
Frankfurterapi.frankfurter.devExchange ratesA currency code
ipwho.isFast approximate location at launchYour IP address

Each of these operates under its own privacy policy. We have no agreement with them, receive nothing from them, and pass nothing to them beyond what a single query needs.

4. What is stored on your device

All of the following stays on your iPhone or iPad and is never uploaded. Deleting the app removes it.

  • Favourites — the places you save, including a copy of their photo, so they work with no connection.
  • Offline city packs — places you chose to download for offline use.
  • A small summary for the widgets and Siri — such as how many places are open nearby and the nearest cash machine — stored in a shared app group so the Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets can display it.
  • Settings — for example whether you have seen the welcome screens.

5. Purchases

DiscoverX offers an optional premium upgrade: a weekly subscription, a monthly subscription, or a one-time Lifetime Access purchase.

All payments are processed entirely by Apple through the App Store. We never see or receive your payment details, card number or billing address. The app asks Apple only whether a valid purchase exists for your Apple ID, so it can unlock the premium features. No purchase information is sent anywhere else.

Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel them at any time in your App Store account settings.

6. Analytics, advertising and tracking

There are none. DiscoverX contains no analytics framework, no advertising SDK, no crash-reporting service and no third-party tracker of any kind. The app does not track you across other apps or websites, and there is no identifier that could be used to do so.

7. Children

DiscoverX is a general-audience travel app. It does not knowingly collect information from anyone, including children, because it does not collect personal information at all.

8. Your rights

Because we hold no data about you, there is nothing for us to export, correct or delete. Everything the app stores is on your own device and under your control: remove individual favourites or downloaded cities in the app, revoke location access in iOS Settings, or delete the app to remove all of it at once.

9. Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be published at this address with a new date at the top.

10. Contact

Questions about privacy in DiscoverX: zpark22@gmail.com