Privacy Policy
Effective 11 July 2026 · applies to the OreScout mobile app and orescout.app
OreScout is published by Coconut Island Apps, who is responsible for the processing described on this page. OreScout is built to need as little of your data as possible. There are no accounts and no sign-in, and the app's core features run entirely on your device.
What stays on your device
Seeds you enter, saved seeds, custom markers, found-checklists, and app settings are stored locally on your device and are not uploaded to us. If you use your platform's device backup (for example Android's app backup), your operating system may include this local data in your backups under your platform account's terms.
Diagnostics we collect
To keep the app working we collect, via Sentry (see below):
- Crash reports: device model, operating-system version, app version, and technical stack traces.
- Usage events: content-free feature counters (for example "an ore search ran" or "the paywall was viewed"). These never include your seeds, coordinates, or anything typed into the app.
- App-integrity signals: a coarse install source (app store / sideload) and whether the app's code signature matches the official build. These are coarse categories and contain no device identifiers.
Service providers
The app relies on a small set of processors. Each receives only what its function requires:
- Google AdMob (ads in the free tier) may process device advertising identifiers and coarse location to serve and measure ads, subject to your consent choices. In the EEA/UK a consent dialog is shown before any ad request, and you can revisit it any time via Settings → Ad privacy options. Ads are always requested with a general-audiences content rating. See Google's privacy policy.
- RevenueCat (purchases) processes purchase receipts and a pseudonymous app-generated identifier so your one-time unlock can be delivered and restored across devices. We never see your payment details; billing itself is handled by Google Play or the Apple App Store. See RevenueCat's privacy policy.
- Sentry (crash reporting and the diagnostics above) processes the technical data listed in the previous section; personally identifying fields are disabled in our configuration. See Sentry's privacy policy.
- Cloudflare (app configuration) serves a small configuration file the app fetches from Cloudflare's network at launch. Like any web request, this exposes your IP address and a generic client identifier to the host for the duration of delivery; we set no cookies and store no per-user data there. See Cloudflare's privacy policy.
Your choices
- Ads: adjust or withdraw ad-personalization consent in Settings → Ad privacy options (where applicable), or remove ads entirely with the one-time unlock. On iOS, the system tracking prompt governs the ad identifier.
- Local data: clearing the app's storage or uninstalling removes all on-device data.
Children
OreScout is not directed at children under 13. The app carries a 13+ content rating and requests only general-audience ads.
Retention
Crash and usage diagnostics are retained by our providers for a limited operational period and then deleted or aggregated. We hold no user database of our own.
Your rights
Depending on where you live you may have rights to access, correct, or delete personal data. Because the app holds no account, there is usually nothing we can link to you. Email us and we will help with whatever exists, including relaying requests to the providers above.
Changes
If this policy changes materially we will update this page and the effective date above.
Contact
Owner and data controller: Coconut Island Apps, Löbtauer Str. 60, Dresden, Germany.