Privacy policy
The short version
PubCrawler collects the minimum it needs to work: your account details when you sign in, the crawls you build, your mates list, the photos you take on a crawl, and - while a live crawl with mates is running - where you are, so the people on that crawl can find each other. Photos are only ever visible to you and the people who were on that crawl with you. We don't show ads, we don't sell your data, and we don't use third-party tracking or analytics.
What we collect
- Account details. When you sign in with Apple or Google we receive your name and email address, and you choose a username. You can add a profile picture; like most profile pictures, it can be seen by anyone who has its link. You can use most of the app without an account.
- Your crawls. The pub crawls you build and choose to save or share, including the pubs on the route. A crawl you submit to Discover is public once it's approved.
- Your pub notes, ratings and stamps. The notes you write about a pub, your thumbs up or down, and the stamps in your passport, so they follow your account onto a new phone.
- Mates. Mate requests, your mates list, and anyone you block, so you can share crawls and follow each other's live crawls - and so someone you've blocked can't reach you.
- Live crawls. When you run a crawl live with mates, your progress through the stops is shared with the people on that crawl. So is your position on the map, updated as you move, so you can see where each other are. Only your latest position is kept, it is only visible to the people on that crawl, and it is removed when the crawl ends. We do not keep a history of where you've been.
- Photos. Photos you take during a crawl are saved on your phone and, when you're signed in, backed up to your account. If mates joined your live crawl, everyone who was on that crawl sees the crawl's shared album. Nobody else can - photos are never public, and mates who weren't on the crawl can't see them. A photo is only saved to your camera roll when you ask.
- Notifications. If you allow notifications, we store a push token for your phone so things your mates do - requests, invites, live crawl updates, photo tags - can reach you. You can turn notifications off any time in your phone's Settings.
- Feedback. If you send feedback from the app, we receive your message, your username and the app version.
What stays on your phone
If you use the app without signing in, everything - crawls, history and photos - stays only on your device. Your saved home location always stays on your phone and is never uploaded. Your sign-in is kept encrypted on the phone. Your phone's own backup (iCloud on iPhone, Google on Android) may include the app's data, under Apple's or Google's policy.
Location
The app uses your location, only while you're using it, to show you on the map, tell you how far the next pub is, plan routes and work out your way home. To do that it sends map, place and journey queries to Google and Transport for London. A search for pubs in the area you're looking at, and a pub's opening hours, rating and price when you open its page, go through our server, which asks Google on your behalf and keeps what it found for up to 30 days so the next person looking there doesn't need a fresh search. Your position is shared with other people only during a live crawl with mates, as above. We do not keep a history of your location on our servers.
Where your data lives
Account data, crawls, mates, photos and feedback are stored with Supabase, our database provider, and are protected so that only you (and the mates you share with) can see your data.
Services the app talks to
- Apple - sign-in, and notifications on iPhone.
- Google - sign-in, the map, pub search and walking routes, and notifications on Android (Firebase Cloud Messaging).
- Expo - delivers notifications to your phone through Apple or Google.
- Transport for London - live tube and journey times.
- Supabase - data storage, as above.
Each handles data under its own privacy policy. We share nothing with anyone else, and we never sell your data.
Deleting your account
You can delete your account at any time in the app under Profile → Delete account. This permanently removes your account, username, mates, crawls, notes, ratings, stamps, shared data and uploaded photos from our servers, and removes that account's crawls, history and photos from the phone you delete it on. Photos you saved to your camera roll stay in your camera roll. Feedback messages you've sent may be kept, but are no longer linked to you.
Your rights
You can ask us for a copy of your data, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it - email support@pubcrawlerapp.com and we'll sort it out.
Age
PubCrawler is about pubs, so it's intended for people of legal drinking age (18+ in the UK).
Changes
If this policy changes, we'll update this page and the date at the top. Questions? Email support@pubcrawlerapp.com.