TakeMeBack Privacy Policy
Last updated 30 October 2026
TakeMeBack keeps the places you save on your own phone. There is no account, no sign-in, and no copy of your library on our servers. This page explains the few things that do leave your phone, and who handles them.
The short version
We do not have your places. We cannot read them, we cannot lose them, and we could not hand them to anyone if we were asked. Six things send something out: address search, places shared in from Maps, the AI lookup and itinerary scan, sharing, checking whether you bought Pro, and checking for an app update. Your device location never leaves the phone.
What is stored, and where
Your cities, places, addresses, notes, tags, ratings, visit history, photos and menu pictures are written to a database and a folder inside the app’s own storage on your device. They are included in your device backup if you use one. Deleting the app deletes all of it. We never receive a copy.
A backup file you create yourself goes wherever you choose to save it, such as Files or iCloud Drive. That file is yours; we do not see it.
What leaves your phone
| What | When | Who receives it |
|---|---|---|
| Text you type into address search, the name of a city you add, and the address of a place saved or imported without a pin. A rough location for the city, to about a kilometre, can go with them to rank the answers | When you search for an address, when a city needs a pin for the map, and after you save or import a place that has an address but no pin | Photon, a geocoding service run by Komoot GmbH in Germany, using OpenStreetMap data |
| A place you share into TakeMeBack from a maps app: its Google Maps short link, or its pin when it has no address | Only when you share a place into the app | Google, which opens the short link the way a browser would so the app can read the place from it; and Photon, which looks up the address for the pin |
| Your question, or a screenshot, photo or PDF you pick, plus the name of the city you chose as context; or the name of a ship and its cruise line | Only when you tap “Ask AI about it”, “Read a screenshot”, “Scan or upload it” on a cruise itinerary, or “Look them up” for a ship’s bars and restaurants | Our own server, which forwards it to Anthropic, the company that operates Claude |
| A place or a trip you share | Only when you tap share | Whoever you send it to. A shared trip travels inside the link itself and is not stored on a server |
| An anonymous purchase check | When the app starts | RevenueCat, which tells the app whether this device owns Pro. No name, email or account is attached |
| Your IP address | Any request to our server | Us, held only in memory to stop one device flooding the AI lookup. Not written to a database |
Your location
If you use “What’s near me”, the app asks the system for your position and measures the distance to your saved places on the device. That position is not sent to us, to Anthropic, or to anyone else. You can refuse the permission and every other part of the app still works.
Photos
Photos and menu pictures you attach to a place are copied into the app’s own storage and stay there. The one exception is the screenshot you deliberately pick for “Read a screenshot”: that image is sent to our server and on to Anthropic so the place can be identified. We do not store it. Anthropic may retain it for a short period to prevent misuse, under their own terms.
Travel documents you add to the Docs tab (a passport copy, a ticket, a booking) are copied into the app’s own storage on your device and stay there. They are never sent to us or to anyone else by the app, and they are left out of the backup files the app makes. If you have device backup switched on (iCloud Backup or Google’s), your device may include them in that backup along with the rest of the app’s data; that is between you and Apple or Google. The tab opens only after your device confirms it is you with Face ID, a fingerprint or the device passcode; that check is done by the device, and we receive nothing from it.
Who else is involved
- Komoot GmbH (Photon) — address and city lookups, map pins for saved and imported addresses, and the address for a pin you share in.
- Google — opens a Google Maps short link you share into the app, so the app can read the place from it.
- Anthropic PBC — answers the AI lookup, reads the screenshots and itineraries you submit, and looks up the bars and restaurants on a ship you name.
- Vercel Inc. — hosts our small API. It keeps a copy of each ship’s list of bars and restaurants so the next person to ask does not wait. That copy is about the ship; it does not record who asked.
- RevenueCat, Inc. — records that this device owns the one-time Pro purchase.
- Apple and Google — sell the app and the Pro unlock through the App Store and Google Play.
- Expo (650 Industries, Inc.) — the app asks Expo’s update service whether a newer version is available and downloads it. That request carries no name, no account and none of your places.
We do not use analytics, advertising or crash-reporting services, and we do not track you across apps or websites. We do not sell or share personal information, and we never will.
Children
TakeMeBack is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect information from them.
Your rights
Because we hold no account and no copy of your library, there is nothing for us to export or delete on your behalf. You are in full control: delete a place, a city, or the whole app, and it is gone. If you would like to ask us anything about this policy, write to imler.ai.info@gmail.com and we will answer.
Changes
If this policy changes in a way that affects what leaves your phone, we will update this page and note it in the app’s release notes.
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