This Privacy Policy explains how Quarry (“Quarry,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) handles information when you use the Quarry app for iPhone and iPad, an Android test build, or this website. Questions may be sent to quarryoutdoorsapp@gmail.com.
Summary
- Quarry does not require an account.
- Your trips, notes, pins, outcomes, gear, and imported photos are stored locally on your device.
- Quarry does not sell personal information, serve ads, or track you across apps and websites.
- Online maps and weather are optional. Providers receive the requested map area, approximate forecast pin or historical station, and your IP address.
- Guided journal personalization runs on the device. Android offers an optional model download; journal writing and photos are not sent with it.
Information stored on your device
You may create trips, notebook entries, range records, dog training records, and unfinished drafts containing dates and time zones, locations and pins, measurements, outcomes, gear, weather, notes, photo captions, and imported photos. Quarry stores this content and your preferences inside the app’s local storage.
We do not receive this archive. You control it through the app’s editing, deletion, and backup tools. Drafts, shared photo references, and the previous-journal recovery copy may retain content after a saved record or attachment is removed. Deleting the app generally removes its local container, subject to Apple’s device backup and restoration behavior. Android disables automatic app backup. Manage copies you exported separately.
Location and maps
If you choose “Use Current Location,” Quarry requests foreground location permission to position a trip pin. You may deny access and enter a place or pin manually. Selected coordinates are saved with the local record; background location access is not requested. Place search sends your query and platform request context to Apple Maps on iPhone/iPad or the device’s geocoding provider on Android. Review a result before applying it.
After “Load online map,” MapLibre displays OpenFreeMap basemaps with optional Mapzen terrain served through AWS, USGS/USDA NAIP US aerial imagery, or EOX worldwide imagery dated 2016. Requests reveal the viewed tile area, IP address, and technical request information to the selected providers. Saved pin labels, journal text, and photos render locally. You can hide the online map and continue using saved records offline. Source credits and imagery limits are available from the map.
Photos
Quarry uses the system photo picker so you can select images. Selected photos are copied into app-private storage and associated with your records or drafts. Quarry does not upload them to map, weather, or assistance providers. Captions and original photos are included when you choose to export a full backup.
Weather requests
Weather retrieval happens only when you request and confirm a lookup. For current and future forecasts, Quarry sends MET Norway a pin rounded to two decimal places, approximately kilometer-level precision. The app selects a sample for your date from the returned forecast. For past conditions, Quarry chooses nearby weather stations on the device and requests station IDs and the year from Meteostat; your journal pin is not sent directly to Meteostat. Journal titles, writing, photos, species, and gear are not included.
Providers receive your IP address and technical request information. MET Norway retains IP addresses and possible requested coordinates in access logs at its data center in Oslo, Norway. Map and weather providers may retain request information for operation, diagnostics, and security under their own policies. OpenFreeMap describes anonymized routine logs and temporary IP logging during security incidents. Review returned weather, its source, and sample time before saving it; manual entry remains available. Earlier Quarry versions used Open-Meteo, which received the approximate pin, selected date, and network request information.
On-device guided journaling
Built-in prompts and suggestions work offline. Supported Apple devices can use Apple’s on-device Foundation Models. Android offers an optional Qwen3 model running locally through LiteRT-LM. If you request that download, Hugging Face and its download infrastructure receive your IP address and the requested model file; your writing and photos are not sent with it. You can remove the model in Settings, and it is excluded from journal backups. Assistance runs on the device; generated suggestions are writing aids that require your review.
Website and support email
This website is hosted by Ploy and uses its website analytics to measure visits, referrers, device categories, and page engagement. The website also uses HeyCatch to measure visits, sessions, and interactions such as clicks. HeyCatch processes IP addresses, browser and device information, and SDK identifiers for website analytics. HeyCatch does not receive records stored in the Quarry app. See HeyCatch's privacy policy. Hosting and analytics infrastructure process technical request data such as IP address, browser type, and timestamps. Website visits do not give Ploy or Quarry access to records stored inside the Quarry app. The website does not require an account or offer a journal-upload form.
If you contact support, we receive the email address, message, attachments, and other information you choose to provide. Email is handled through Google’s Gmail service. We use support messages only to respond, maintain service quality, prevent abuse, and meet legal obligations. Please do not send precise field coordinates, private photos, or full archives unless needed and you choose to do so.
Analytics, advertising, and tracking
The Quarry app does not include third-party advertising, attribution, or behavioral analytics SDKs. We do not sell personal information or use information for cross-context behavioral advertising. The Quarry app does not track you across third-party apps or websites. Website analytics are described separately above.
Retention, deletion, and export
Quarry has no hosted journal account or remote recovery service. Full Backup creates a portable ZIP with the current journal, drafts, captions, and original photos. It excludes the local previous-journal recovery copy and Android’s downloaded model. You choose a local folder, connected drive, cloud document provider, or share destination; that destination’s terms apply to information you send there. Importing a supported ZIP replaces the current journal after review and keeps the previous journal locally for recovery. Compatible Quarry builds on the other platform can import the ZIP; CSV alone is for spreadsheets. Keep an exported backup outside the app before uninstalling or clearing storage. Support emails are retained only as long as reasonably needed to respond, maintain records, resolve disputes, or satisfy legal requirements.
Your choices and rights
You can deny or revoke location access in your device settings, avoid online maps and weather, enter conditions manually, use built-in prompts, remove Android’s optional model, discard drafts, delete records, and export your current journal. Depending on where you live, you may also have rights regarding information you send us by email. See Privacy Choices for instructions.
Children
Quarry is a general-audience outdoor journal and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. A parent or guardian who believes a child sent information to support may contact us for deletion.
Security and international processing
Quarry relies on the operating system’s app sandbox and device protections. No method of storage or transmission is completely secure. Map, weather, model-download, platform, and website hosting providers may process request information outside your country under their own policies. We do not control their retention practices.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as Quarry changes. The revised policy will be posted here with a new effective date. Material changes will be communicated through an appropriate channel when required.
Contact
Privacy questions and requests: quarryoutdoorsapp@gmail.com.