Fishing Log is a decision tool for fishing weather. We treat "collect less" as a feature: the app needs no account, and your spots, catches and photos stay on your own phone by default.
| Data type | Purpose | Linked to your identity | Used for tracking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coarse location (city level) | Fetched once, only when you tap "Use Current Location", to look up local weather and to reverse-geocode a city name for display | No | No |
Everything you enter — spots, sessions, catches, notes and photos — is stored on this device (in the iOS database) and is never synced to our servers. Uninstalling the app or deleting a record deletes the data.
Weather and index data are cached locally so the app works offline; that cache is local too.
MKReverseGeocodingRequest on iOS 26 and later, Core Location's CLGeocoder before that) to obtain a place name such as "Hangzhou" for display. This step is provided by Apple; its purpose is to avoid showing you the placeholder word "Current location". The place name and that coordinate are kept on this device only as part of the single "current city" setting (otherwise the next launch could not query weather directly); they are not uploaded, no history is kept and no track is formed.Beyond these services we share data with no third party, and the app contains no advertising or analytics SDK.
| Permission | Purpose | If you decline |
|---|---|---|
| Location (while using) | Fetched once, only when you tap "Use Current Location": a coarse position used to look up weather and to reverse-geocode a city name for display | You can still choose a city by hand; every feature works |
| Photos (add) | Only when you tap "Save share card", to write the card image to your photo library | You cannot save the share card; nothing else is affected |
Fishing Log is intended for a general audience. It is not designed for children under 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from children.
If this policy changes (for example, if a new category of data is collected), we will update the effective date at the top of this page and tell you inside the app. Material changes will be announced in advance.