cartab

Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 27, 2026

cartab is an iPhone app for keeping track of work you do on your vehicles. This page explains what it stores, where that lives, and what happens to it. It is written to be read, not to be skimmed past.

What the app stores

When you use cartab, the app saves the things you enter:

• Your account. Your name and email address, so your records can be tied to you and restored on another device.
• Your vehicles. Nickname, year, make, model, engine, mileage, colour and cover photo.
• Your service records. What you did, what it cost, the mileage, the date, your notes, and any parts or links you saved.
• Your projects. Titles, notes, costs, tools, vendors and dated updates.
• Your photos. Pictures you add to entries, projects and vehicles.
• Your settings. Reminder intervals, whether alerts are on, and miles or kilometres.

If you use the app without signing in, all of this stays on your iPhone and nowhere else.

Photos are treated differently

Photos are the one thing the app deliberately handles apart from everything else.

On the free version, your photos never leave your phone. They are saved on the device and are not uploaded anywhere. That means they are not backed up — if you lose the phone, the photos go with it, though your written records do not.

If you buy Unlock Unlimited, your photos are also stored on the server so they come back when you sign in on another device. That is the difference the purchase makes.

Where your data is stored

When you sign in, your records sync to a database hosted by Supabase on servers in the United States. Only your own account can read your rows; this is enforced by the database itself, not just by the app.

Sign-in is handled by Apple. cartab never sees or stores your Apple Account password.

Purchases

Unlock Unlimited is a one-time purchase handled entirely by Apple. cartab never sees your card number, billing address or any payment details. Apple does not share them with the app.

To know whether you have bought the unlock, the app uses RevenueCat, a service that keeps track of purchases. RevenueCat receives your account identifier and details of the purchase itself, so that your unlock still works when you get a new phone.

What is not collected

• No advertising, and no advertising identifiers.
• No third-party analytics or tracking software.
• No location tracking. The app never asks for your location.
• No contacts, no microphone, no browsing history.
• Your data is never sold, rented, or shared with data brokers.

The app asks for access to your photo library only when you choose to add a photo, and only reads the pictures you pick.

Reminders

Maintenance reminders are calculated on your own device and delivered as local notifications. Nothing about your reminders is sent to a server for this to work.

Deleting your data

You are in control of this and do not need to ask anyone:

• Delete a vehicle from its Vehicle Info screen. This removes that vehicle along with its service history, parts and photos.
• Delete your whole account from the Profile screen. This permanently removes your profile, every vehicle, all service history, projects, photos and reminders.

Deleted records are removed from the servers. Copies may remain in routine encrypted backups for a short period before those backups are cycled out.

You can also export everything you have logged as a CSV file at any time, from the Profile screen.

Children

cartab is not directed at children under 13, and does not knowingly collect information from them.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes in a way that affects how your information is handled, the date at the top of this page will be updated. Significant changes will be noted in the app.

Contact

Questions about this policy, or about your data, can be sent to e.avina16@gmail.com.