SchoolTracker Privacy Policy
Summary
SchoolTracker helps a student or parent keep track of college applications. The developer collects no data. There is no account, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking. Your schools, notes and settings stay on your device. The only network requests are the ones listed below, and each starts when you use the matching feature.
What stays on your device
- Your schools, deadlines, costs, aid, notes, tours and settings are stored on the device only. The developer has no server and cannot see them.
- School passwords and API keys you enter are stored in the iOS Keychain on the device. They are not kept in the app’s database and are never included in a request to any AI service.
- If you back up your device (for example with iCloud or a computer), app data may be part of that backup. That is an Apple feature under your control.
What the app sends, to whom, and when
The developer receives none of this. Each request goes straight from your device to the service named.
- College Scorecard (api.data.gov). When you add or look up a school, the app sends the school name you typed (cleaned up for searching), plus an API key. If you saved your own free api.data.gov key in Settings, that key is sent; otherwise a shared public demo key is used. The U.S. Department of Education publishes the data. See api.data.gov for its terms.
- School Updates feed (this site). When you tap Check for Updates, the app downloads a public file of school facts from
d33irrysni1tyo.cloudfront.net. It is a plain request that includes nothing about you or your schools. Like any web server, the host (Amazon CloudFront) can see your IP address. Nothing in your data changes until you review and approve it. The feed address can be changed in Settings; if you change it, that other host receives the request instead. - Public school web pages. When you use Update from Web Page and paste a link, the app downloads that page to read its text. This is a plain request to the page you chose.
- Claude by Anthropic (optional). This is off unless you add your own Anthropic key in Settings and choose Claude as the provider. Then, when you ask for an update, the request carries your key (to authenticate), the school name, and the URL and public text of any page you pointed at. Claude may also search and fetch the school’s own public pages on Anthropic’s side, whether or not you provide a page. Notes, aid amounts, net cost, logins, passwords and tours are never sent to any AI service, on the device or in the cloud. Anthropic handles that data under its own privacy policy and your own account terms. Suggested facts are shown for your review before anything is saved.
- On-device AI. The default provider runs on the device (on supported devices) and sends nothing.
- Optional support purchases. The Support section in Settings uses Apple’s In-App Purchase. Apple handles payment and receipts under Apple’s privacy policy. The developer receives no personal data from the app and keeps no purchase records. Support does not change what the app does.
- Reporting inaccurate data (email). If you choose Report inaccurate data… and then send the report, your own mail app opens with a draft you can read and edit. It lists only the public school facts you flagged, never aid, net cost, login or notes. Nothing is sent unless you send the email. It then goes to the support address, school.tracker.2026@gmail.com, along with whatever your email account adds, such as your email address.
Maps links open in the Apple Maps app and website links open in your browser. Those are not requests made by SchoolTracker.
Sharing files
A school leaves the device only when you share it. In a school’s Share menu there are two choices:
- Share Public Info leaves out private details: aid, net cost, login, notes, status, decision, priority, favorite and tours. Custom fields are included only if you turned them on for sharing.
- Share Everything (Includes Private) includes those private details, including notes, aid and tours. Saved passwords are not part of a shared file.
You choose the recipient in the iOS share sheet. The developer does not receive shared files.
Calendar and notifications
Both are optional. If you allow Calendar access, the app adds and removes deadline and tour events on your device. If you allow notifications, the app schedules reminders on your device. Neither is uploaded anywhere by the app.
Children
SchoolTracker is meant for parents, guardians and students managing college applications. It has no accounts and collects no personal data from anyone, including children.
Retention and deletion
- Data stays on your device until you delete it. Nothing is stored on a server, so there is nothing for the developer to delete on your behalf.
- Deleting a school removes its data, its saved password, its deadline reminders, and its tour reminders and tour Calendar events.
- You can remove your Anthropic and College Scorecard keys in Settings. Deleting the app removes the app’s data. iOS can keep Keychain items after an app is deleted, so remove saved keys in Settings first if you want them gone.
No sale or tracking
The developer does not sell or share personal data, does not track you across apps or websites, and shows no ads. This website has no scripts, cookies or analytics.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date, and material changes will also be mentioned in the App Store release notes.
Contact
Questions: school.tracker.2026@gmail.com. See also the support page.