Privacy Policy

Effective: when the app is first released. Last updated: October 29, 2026.

Mile Steward is built to keep your information on your iPhone. There is no account and no analytics, advertising or tracking in the app. We do not receive your trips, locations, invoices or vehicle records.

What the app stores on your phone

Your trips (times, start and end places, miles, purpose, category), places you save, vehicles and service records, invoice photos and PDFs you attach, and your settings. Location and motion data are used to detect and measure drives. All of this stays on your device unless you choose to export a backup or report.

Information that leaves your phone

Apple Maps services. To show maps, name places and estimate the distance of drives it recovered, the app sends start and end coordinates to Apple, under Apple's privacy terms.
Vehicle lookups. When you add a vehicle by VIN or check recalls, the app sends the VIN, or the make, model and year, to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) public service. No other information is sent.
Purchases. Handled by Apple. We do not see your payment details.
Files you share. Reports, backups and records-request letters leave the app only when you share them, to wherever you choose.

Permissions

Location (to record drives; Always lets the app record when it is closed), Motion & Fitness (to tell when you are driving and to recover missed drives), Calendars (optional, read on your phone to suggest a business purpose), Camera and Photos (optional, to scan VINs, invoices and odometers), and Notifications (reminders). You can change any of them in iOS Settings.

Your choices

Export your data any time from Settings → Backup. Delete everything from Settings → Privacy, or by deleting the app. Because we hold no copy, we cannot recover deleted data for you.

Children

The app is not directed to children under 13.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes we will update this page and the date above. Contact: [email protected].