Apres — Privacy Policy

Last updated 3 November 2026

Apres is a skiing app: snow conditions, a worldwide resort directory, and GPS run tracking. This policy explains exactly what the app does with your data. The short version is that we collect an email address only if you choose to make an account, there is no analytics or advertising of any kind, and your location stays on your device unless you choose to share it with your ski buddies.

Accounts are optional

You can use Apres without an account by choosing Continue without an account. Guests are asked for nothing at all, and their saved runs never leave the phone.

If you do create an account, we collect:

Your email address — to identify the account, let you sign in, and send password resets. It is never used for marketing.
Your password — stored only as a salted hash by our authentication provider. Nobody, including us, can read it.
Your saved runs — the date, duration, distance, top speed, and the resort name you selected, so your history follows you to a new phone.

Saved runs contain those summary figures only. The GPS path you skied is never uploaded; it is drawn on your screen during the run and then discarded.

Accounts are hosted by Supabase, which stores this data on our behalf. Access is enforced per-account at the database level, so no user can read another's data. There is no analytics SDK, no advertising SDK, and no crash-reporting SDK anywhere in the app.

Location

If you use the Track tab, Apres asks for permission to use your location while you are using the app. It is used to:

draw your position on the map;
record a run — distance, top speed, and the path you skied;
notice when you arrive at the mountain you selected, so a run can start automatically.

For run tracking, your location is processed on your device and is not sent to us or to anyone else. The mountain you pick and the lifts you log are stored only in local storage on your phone.

Sharing your location with ski buddies

Only if you turn on Share my location on the buddy map does Apres send your position to our server (hosted by Supabase), so that the ski buddies you picked can see where you are on the mountain. You choose which buddies and for how long — an hour, four hours, or the rest of the day, never more than a day. Sharing carries on while your phone is locked, and iOS shows its blue location indicator the whole time.

Only the buddies you picked can see your position, and only while you are still buddies. Nobody else can, including other Apres users.
We keep only your latest position while you share, never a history of where you have been.
When the time runs out, or you tap Stop, sharing ends and your position is deleted. A position left behind (if your phone switched off mid-share, say) is deleted within a day.
A buddy sees you only if you chose to share with them; turning your sharing on never shows you anybody else.

Apres asks only for While Using the App location permission, never Always, and does not use your location when you are not using the app unless you have started sharing with buddies.

Information sent to third parties

Service	What it receives	Why
Open-Meteo	The coordinates of ski resorts from the app's built-in directory. Never your own location.	Snow depth and temperature for the snow map
Google Maps	The map area you are viewing on the Snow Map screen, plus standard technical data such as your IP address	Rendering map tiles
Apple Maps	The map area shown on the Track screen, handled by iOS	Rendering the satellite map

These companies handle that data under their own privacy policies. We never send them your identity, because we do not have it. Opening a resort's webcam or ticket page hands you off to that resort's own website, which is outside our control.

Payments

Apres is free and takes no payments, so we hold no payment details of any kind. Buying a lift ticket through a resort's own website happens on that website, between you and the resort.

Children

Apres is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has made an account, email [email protected] and we will delete it and its data.

Your choices

You can revoke location access at any time in Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services → Apres. The Snow Map and the resort directory work without it; only run tracking and buddy sharing need it. You can stop sharing with buddies at any time from the buddy map.

If you use the app as a guest, deleting the app erases everything Apres has kept about you, because none of it left the device.

If you have an account, you can delete it from within the app at any time. Deleting your account permanently removes your email address and all saved runs from our systems. You can also email us at the address below and we will delete it for you.

Changes

If this policy changes materially, the updated version will be posted here with a new date. Continuing to use the app after that means accepting the revised policy.

Contact

Questions about this policy: [email protected]