Your notes are yours.

Effective June 12, 2026

GeoJSONic is a field-journal app for iPhone. It has no account, no backend, and no tracking. Your notes — text, photos, location, and the captured context — are stored on your device. We never see them, and we don't sell, rent, or share your data with anyone.

What the app stores, and where

Every note is saved on your device as a GeoJSON file in the app's own storage. That includes anything you write or attach, and the context the app captures when you make a note: GPS coordinates, elevation, accuracy, speed, heading, your timezone, the reverse-geocoded place name, and a weather snapshot. None of this is transmitted to us — we operate no servers that receive your notes.

Because your notes live in the app's Documents storage, they are included in your own device and iCloud backups, which are controlled entirely by you through Apple's settings. The app itself does not run any sync service.

Permissions we ask for

Location (while using the app) — to tag a note with where you made it. Location is optional: deny it, or capture a note without it, and the note still saves with no geometry.
Camera & Microphone — only when you choose to attach a photo, video, or audio recording to a note. Captured media is stored with that note on your device.

When data leaves your device

A few features need to ask a service a question. In each case, only the minimum needed is sent — typically a coordinate — and the result is stored with your note. These services never receive your identity or your note's contents. Mapbox uses an anonymous identifier to count map usage for billing — it isn't linked to you and we couldn't connect it to you if we wanted to.

Weather (Apple WeatherKit) — when a note has a location, the app sends that coordinate to Apple WeatherKit to fetch current conditions. Governed by Apple's Privacy Policy.
Place names (Apple Maps) — the app sends the coordinate to Apple's geocoding service to turn it into a readable place name. Also governed by Apple's Privacy Policy.
Map globe (Mapbox — paid Globe only) — if you unlock and use the 3D globe, the area you're looking at is sent to Mapbox to render the map tiles. We disable Mapbox's location telemetry at launch. Rendering the map sends the area you're viewing, and the SDK may process limited anonymous usage and diagnostic data — none of it linked to your identity, and never your notes. The free tier never loads a map and never contacts Mapbox. See Mapbox's Privacy Policy.

Sharing and export

You can export a single note or your entire journal as a GeoJSON file. This only happens when you initiate it, and you choose where it goes through the standard iOS share sheet. Once you share a file, how it's handled is up to you and the destination you picked.

No ads, no cross-app tracking

GeoJSONic has no advertising SDKs and no cross-app tracking — we don't build a profile of you, and we don't track you across apps or websites. The only third-party SDK in the app is Mapbox, used solely to draw the paid 3D globe, and we disable its location telemetry at launch (see the map note above) — anything it does process isn't linked to your identity. The free tier never loads Mapbox at all.

Children

GeoJSONic is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from them.

Deleting your data

Delete any note from within the app to remove it and its attachments. To remove everything, delete the app — its on-device storage goes with it.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, we'll update the date at the top of this page. Significant changes will be reflected here before they take effect.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Email jason@geojsonic.com, or visit our support page.