Tripmaxx Privacy Policy

Last updated: 11 July 2026

Tripmaxx turns your travel photos and walks into short recap videos. It is built to keep your data on your device. We do not run servers, we do not have accounts, and we never upload your photos, videos, location or audio to us. This policy explains exactly what the app reads, what stays on your device, and the few cases where data leaves your device — and to whom.

What the app reads

Library metadata and previews. With the Photos access you grant, Tripmaxx automatically reads capture dates and GPS geotags for photos and videos in the period shown. It also loads preview images for discovered trips and the Photo Activity view.
Media used in recaps. Photo and video content is read for trips you open, photos taken during a recorded walk, and items you select manually, so the app can build your recap.
Location during a walk. While a walk recording is active, your GPS location is read to draw your route. Recording runs only while the walk is active; it is not collected in the background otherwise.
Motion & steps. Your step count is read to show it in a walk recap.
Audio you import. If you add your own music track, that file is read to use as the soundtrack.

What stays on your device

Trip detection, offline city lookup, map compositing and video rendering run on your device. Drafts and finished videos are stored locally. After an export, Tripmaxx automatically adds the finished recap to Photos if you grant add access; it shares content with other people or apps only when you ask.

When data leaves your device

Tripmaxx has no backend of its own and never uploads your library or walk trace to the developer. Apart from content you explicitly send through the system Share Sheet, data can reach external services only in the cases below:

iCloud Photos. If media or a preview needed for discovery or a recap is stored only in iCloud, Apple's Photos framework downloads it from your own iCloud. After export, a recap automatically added to Photos may sync to your iCloud Photos library according to your device settings. This is between you and Apple, under Apple's Privacy Policy.
iCloud Drive. If a music file you choose in Files is stored in iCloud Drive, iOS downloads it before Tripmaxx makes the local imported copy.
Place enrichment. Individual stop coordinates may be sent to Apple's reverse-geocoding service to look up a street, venue name or time zone. Tripmaxx still works offline without this enrichment.
Maps. To draw the map for your recap, the app requests map imagery for the region of your route: Apple Maps snapshots (the default style, handled by Apple), or satellite/street tiles from EOX Sentinel-2 and OpenFreeMap for the other styles. Tile requests identify the map area and expose normal network information such as the IP address to the provider. Providers may retain request logs under their policies. No photo, audio or Tripmaxx account identifier is sent. The app does not upload the ordered walk trace as a file. Offline, it falls back to bundled maps.
Device backup. If you enable iCloud Backup, iOS may include app preferences and local counters, draft metadata, cover previews and imported music in your device backup. Rendered videos, reproducible caches, the active GPS trace and local diagnostic logs are marked for exclusion from backup. Backups are controlled in iOS and handled by Apple.

The developer receives none of this data. There is no analytics SDK, advertising or third-party tracking in the app.

Data retention & deletion

Drafts, rendered videos and imported music remain until you delete them. You can delete a recap from My Recaps, or delete all recaps, imported music and reproducible caches from Settings. Deleting the app removes its local data from the device. Neither action removes a recap already saved to Photos. iOS manages any device-backup copies under Apple's retention rules.

Children

Tripmaxx is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect data from them.

Changes

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted here with a new date.

Contact

Questions about privacy: theluruous@icloud.com