Privacy Policy.

Bici is a cycling computer for iPhone. It is built to keep your data on your device. We don’t run accounts, we don’t show ads, and we never sell your data. This policy explains what the app uses, why, and the few services it talks to so its features can work.

What stays on your device

Your rides, routes, saved places, bikes, and settings are stored locally on your iPhone. If you turn on iCloud sync, that data is synced through your own private iCloud account so it appears on your other devices — it is not sent to us or anyone else. You can turn iCloud sync off at any time in Settings.

Location

Bici uses your location to record rides, show your position on the map, and navigate routes. Your GPS track is stored on your device. To provide certain features, coordinates are sent to the mapping services listed below — for example, to calculate a route, look up elevation, or fetch the weather where you are. These requests are used only to return the result and are not used to identify you.

Health & fitness

With your permission, Bici reads heart rate (including from an Apple Watch) and saves your completed rides — distance, duration, calories, route, and heart rate — to Apple Health. This data is handled by Apple Health under your control and is not sent to us. You can revoke access any time in the iOS Health settings.

Bluetooth sensors

Bici connects to Bluetooth cycling sensors (heart-rate monitors, power meters, speed/cadence sensors, and radar) to display live data during rides. Sensor readings are processed on your device.

Services Bici connects to

To power specific features, the app sends the minimum information needed to these services. None of them receive your identity or your full ride history.

• OpenRouteService — turn-by-turn routing. Receives the start, destination, and via points of a route you plan.
• OpenTopoData — elevation profiles. Receives route coordinates to return elevation.
• Open-Meteo — weather. Receives your approximate location to return current conditions.
• OpenStreetMap / Overpass — nearby bike racks. Receives a map area to return points of interest.
• Apple Health — reads heart rate and saves workouts, on your device, with your permission.

Optional connections you control

These are off unless you connect them, and can be disconnected any time in Connections. Each has its own privacy policy governing what it does with the data you share.

• Strava — when connected, uploads rides you choose to your Strava account.
• Wahoo — when connected, syncs routes and workouts with your Wahoo account.
• Spotify — when connected, controls music playback during rides.

What we don’t do

• No user accounts on our servers.
• No advertising and no third-party ad or analytics trackers.
• We never sell or rent your data.

Children

Bici is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect data from them.

Changes

If this policy changes, we’ll update this page and the “last updated” date above.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Email bici@alnouri.dev.