LEGAL

Privacy Policy

Last updated 11 July 2026

RouteRush ("RouteRush", "we", "us") is a fitness app that records your runs and other activities, maps your routes, and provides an optional AI running coach and social features. This policy explains what we collect, why, and your choices. By using RouteRush you agree to this policy.

Information we collect

• Account information — when you sign up we store your email address (or Apple sign-in identifier), display name, and an optional profile photo, to create and secure your account.
• Location data — to record a run we collect precise GPS location while a workout is active, including the route path, distance, pace, and elevation. We do not track your location in the background when you are not recording an activity.
• Health & fitness data — with your permission we read workout and fitness metrics from Apple HealthKit (such as workouts, distance, active energy, and heart rate) to display and summarise your activity, and we may write completed workouts back to HealthKit.
• Activity content — runs you save, titles, notes, achievements, and anything you choose to share with clubs or other users.
• AI coach conversations — if you use the AI coach, the messages you send are processed to generate a response.
• Voice data (optional) — if you turn on live voice coaching, your microphone audio is streamed in real time during that run so the coach can hear you and reply, and transcripts of the conversation are generated to power it. Voice coaching is off by default and only activates after you give explicit consent in the app and grant iOS microphone permission. RouteRush does not store your voice recordings on its servers.
• Usage & device data — basic app analytics and diagnostics (feature usage, crashes, device model, OS version) to keep the app working and improve it.
• Subscriptions — purchases are handled by Apple. We receive your subscription status from Apple but never see your card or payment details.

How we use your information

• To record, map, and summarise your activities.
• To provide social features (clubs, leaderboards, following) you opt into.
• To generate AI coaching responses when you use that feature.
• To operate, secure, troubleshoot, and improve the app.
• To manage your subscription and entitlements.

Apple HealthKit

Data obtained from HealthKit is used solely to provide in-app features (showing and summarising your activity). We do not use HealthKit data for advertising or marketing, and we do not sell it or share it with third parties for those purposes. You can revoke Health access at any time in iOS Settings › Privacy & Security › Health.

Live voice coaching & microphone

Live voice coaching is an optional feature that lets you talk with the AI coach by voice during a run. When (and only when) you have enabled it for a run, your microphone audio is streamed in real time to Google LLC (the Gemini API) to understand your speech and generate a spoken reply, together with basic live run stats (such as distance, pace, and estimated calories) so the coach can answer questions about your run. This processing happens under Google's Gemini API terms, with Google acting as our service provider.

• Voice coaching is off by default and never listens outside a run you started with it enabled — there is no wake word and no always-on listening.
• It activates only after your explicit in-app consent and the iOS microphone permission.
• RouteRush does not store your voice recordings on its servers, and voice data is never used for advertising or sold.
• You can turn voice coaching off at any time with the in-run toggle, withdraw consent in the app's settings, or revoke microphone access in iOS Settings › Privacy & Security › Microphone.

How information is shared

We do not sell your personal data. We share data only with service providers that help us run the app, and only as needed:

• Supabase — hosts our database and authentication (your account, activities, and social data).
• Apple — sign-in, HealthKit, and in-app subscription processing.
• Mapbox — renders maps and route overlays.
• AI providers — when you use the AI coach, your messages are sent to a third-party large-language-model provider to produce a reply; when you use live voice coaching, your microphone audio and live run stats are processed by Google LLC (Gemini API) as described above.
• Analytics/diagnostics — aggregated usage and crash data to improve the app.

We may also disclose data if required by law or to protect our rights and users.

Data retention

We keep your account and activity data for as long as your account is active. When you delete your account, we delete your associated personal data, except where we must retain limited records to comply with legal obligations.

Your rights & choices

• Access and update your profile in the app.
• Delete your account from the app, which removes your associated data.
• Control Location and Health permissions in iOS Settings.
• Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, or erase your data — contact us to exercise them.

Security

We use industry-standard measures (encryption in transit, authenticated access) to protect your data. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, but we work to protect your information.

Children's privacy

RouteRush is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect data from them. If you believe a child has provided us data, contact us and we will remove it.

Changes

We may update this policy. Material changes will be reflected by updating the date above and, where appropriate, an in-app notice.

Contact

Questions? Email [email protected].