REFACTOR

In short: Refactor keeps your training, body and health data on your iPhone. We don't run accounts, servers, analytics or ads, and we never see, sell or share your data.

Who we are

Refactor is a workout tracker made by Jack Nicolson ("we", "us"). Questions about this policy: jack@nicolson.xyz.

What stays on your iPhone

Everything you put into Refactor is stored on your device, in the app's own storage:

Your exercises, workouts, plans, sessions and every set you log, and your cardio sessions with their routes and heart rate.
Your goals, the medals you earn, the kit you tell the plan builder you have, and your date of birth and max heart rate from About you.
Progress photos and body measurements in the progress vault, which only opens with Face ID or your passcode. Photos taken in Refactor are never saved to your photo library.

This data is included in your normal iPhone backup (iCloud or your computer), which Apple protects. We have no access to it.

Apple Health

If you turn on Apple Health sync in Settings, Refactor asks your permission to:

Read body weight, body fat, waist, steps, active calories, heart rate, your date of birth (to work out heart-rate zones), and the food and macros other apps (such as MyFitnessPal) write to Health.
Write your finished workouts with their heart rate, distance and route, and the body measurements you log in Refactor.

Health data is used only to show it in Refactor and to keep Refactor and Health in step. It is never used for advertising or marketing, never sent to us or anyone else, and never stored in iCloud by Refactor. You can change or remove Refactor's access at any time in the Health app, under Sharing › Apps.

Apple Watch

If you use the Refactor watch app, starting a workout on your iPhone starts one on your watch. The watch measures your heart rate and active calories and sends them straight to your iPhone during the workout, and saves the workout to Apple Health. Nothing goes through us or any server.

Location, motion and Bluetooth

Location: only during an outdoor walk, run or ride you start, to map your route and measure distance and pace. The route is stored on your iPhone and, if Health sync is on, saved with the workout in Apple Health.
Motion: only during indoor walks and runs, to count steps from your iPhone's motion sensor.
Bluetooth: only to connect to a heart-rate strap you pair in Settings.

Camera, photos, Face ID and notifications

Camera and photo library: only to add progress photos you choose. Photos imported from your library are copied into Refactor without their location data.
Face ID: handled entirely by iOS to unlock the vault. Refactor never receives your face data.
Notifications: only to tell you when your rest timer is up, and for spoken coaching cues during a programme like Boot Up 5K. They're scheduled on your iPhone.

Subscriptions

Refactor Pro is sold through Apple's App Store. Apple handles the payment and tells Refactor only whether your Apple ID has an active subscription. We never see your name, email or payment details.

What we don't do

No accounts or sign-up.
No analytics, tracking or advertising, and no third-party SDKs that collect data.
No selling or sharing of data with anyone.

Deleting your data

Delete individual items inside the app, or delete Refactor from your iPhone to remove everything it stored. Data already written to Apple Health stays there until you delete it in the Health app.

Children

Refactor isn't directed at children under 13.

Changes

If this policy changes, we'll update the date above and describe the change in the app's release notes.