Who is responsible
Tidehold is provided by Ahmed Khelifi in Germany. Questions, privacy requests, or concerns can be sent through the contact options on the Tidehold support page.
The short version
No Tidehold account. No ads. No cross-app advertising tracking. Your training settings, history, progress, markers, feelings, and notes stay on your device. Apple and RevenueCat handle limited purchase information so Tidehold can offer, unlock, manage, and restore Pro access.
Information stored on your device
Tidehold stores training settings, breathing preferences, selected training maximum, course progress, reminder settings, session history, hold results, contraction markers, feelings, notes, and safety acknowledgements locally on your iPhone. Tidehold does not operate a cloud account or server for this training information.
Guided voice and haptic cues run on the device. Tidehold does not record your voice, use the microphone, or collect HealthKit measurements.
Purchases and Tidehold Pro
Apple processes App Store purchases, subscriptions, refunds, and payment information. Tidehold uses RevenueCat to validate purchases, provide Pro access, and restore purchases. Because Tidehold has no account, RevenueCat generates a random anonymous App User ID. RevenueCat receives that identifier, App Store receipt and transaction history, product identifiers, entitlement and subscription status, app version, device and operating-system platform information, locale and currency, and technical request information needed to operate the service.
RevenueCat processes this information to provide app functionality, prevent purchase fraud, support users, and produce aggregate purchase analytics. It is not used for advertising or cross-app tracking. Tidehold does not sell personal information, and RevenueCat is required to protect information consistently with this policy and applicable law.
Apple and RevenueCat process and retain purchase records under their own policies and legal obligations. Read the Apple Privacy Policy and RevenueCat Privacy Policy.
Support messages
If you contact Tidehold through Instagram or email, Ahmed receives the account or email address you use, your message, and any device, app, or screenshot details you choose to provide. This information is used only to answer and troubleshoot your request, protect against abuse, and keep a reasonable support history.
Instagram and Meta also process Instagram messages under their own Privacy Policy. Use a private message, not a public comment, and do not send payment-card details, passwords, medical records, or other sensitive information.
Exports and notifications
A CSV file is created only when you choose Export. It is temporarily written to Tidehold’s local cache before the iOS share sheet opens, and may remain there until overwritten, removed by iOS, or Tidehold is deleted. You decide where to send it, and Tidehold does not receive the exported file.
Reminder schedules stay on the device and are delivered as local iOS notifications. Tidehold does not register a remote push token, operate a remote notification server, or receive your reminder schedule. You can change or disable reminders in Tidehold and iOS Settings.
Retention, deletion, and your choices
You can erase training history from Profile. Deleting Tidehold also removes its local training database from that device unless you exported or backed up the data independently. Erasing local data or deleting the app does not cancel a subscription or erase Apple and RevenueCat purchase records; subscription management remains available through your Apple Account settings.
Apple and RevenueCat keep purchase records according to their policies and legal requirements. Instagram and email support messages are deleted when no longer reasonably needed to answer the request, maintain support history, prevent abuse, or meet legal recordkeeping obligations. You may ask for access to or deletion of support or RevenueCat records through the support page, subject to legally required transaction retention.
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, object to, or receive a copy of personal information. Most Tidehold training data is already under your control because it stays on your device. For a request involving support messages or RevenueCat purchase records, contact Tidehold support; an anonymous App User ID or transaction identifier may be needed to locate a purchase.
International processing and security
Apple, RevenueCat, Instagram, and Meta may process purchase or support information outside your country using the safeguards described in their policies. Information sent to those services is protected in transit, but no method of storage or transmission can be guaranteed completely secure.
Children and changes
Tidehold is not directed to children under 13, and Ahmed does not knowingly collect personal information from children through Tidehold. A parent or guardian should supervise any minor using breathing or breath-hold exercises.
This policy may be updated when Tidehold, its service providers, or legal requirements change. The effective date above identifies the current version.