Privacy Policy

The Short Version

• The scanner reads your screen recording on your phone. Screenshots only leave your phone if you send a scan report or turn on "Help improve the scanner".
• We only measure how the App is used (PostHog) where you allow it, and ads are only personalized (Google AdMob) if you allow tracking.
• You can use Optimon without an account. If you sign in, your collection is stored with your account so you can use it on other devices, and you can delete the account in the App.

Scanning (OptiLens)

When you scan, the App uses a screen recording of Pokémon GO to read the Pokémon, CP and appraisal. This happens on your phone, and the result is saved to your collection on your phone.

Screenshots from a scan leave your phone in only two cases:

• Scan report: if you report a wrong scan, we receive the screenshot, the scan result, your correction and note (if any), your device model, iOS version and app version. We use this to fix the scanner.
• Help improve the scanner (off by default): if you turn this on in Settings, we receive a compressed screenshot of each scan and the scan result, to train and test the scanner. You can turn it off at any time.

These screenshots are stored in private storage at Supabase that only we can access. How long we keep them is described under "How Long We Keep Data".

Account and Collection

An account is optional. You need one to sync your collection between devices and to join groups with other players. If you sign in with Apple or Google (handled by Supabase Auth), we receive your user ID and your email address. With Apple you can choose to hide your email.

When you are signed in, your collection (species, CP, IVs and related details) is stored with your account at Supabase so it syncs between your devices. You can delete your account and its data in Settings.

In the event guide you can note totals from the game: Trainer level, XP, Pokémon caught, PokéStops visited, distance and Stardust. You type them or read them from a screenshot; the screenshot is read on your phone and is never uploaded. When you are signed in, these numbers are saved with your account at Supabase, with the time you entered them, so you keep them on a new phone and can see them over time. Only you can see them. You can change or remove each entry in the app, and they are deleted when you delete your account. Without an account they stay on your phone only.

Playing With Other Players

Groups let you compare numbers with other players during an event. To use them you sign in and choose a trainer name.

What other players in your group can see: your trainer name and the numbers you enter for that event (XP, Stardust, Pokémon caught, shinies, hundos and shundos). They cannot see your email address, your collection or anything else. There are no messages between players. You join a group with a code or QR code shown on another player's phone; groups cannot be searched for. A group closes when the event ends.

Your trainer name must be 4 to 15 letters and numbers and is checked against a list of names that are not allowed.

You can block another player. Then you no longer see each other, and you are not put in the same group. The other player is not told. Your block list is stored with your account, and you can undo a block in Settings.

You can report another player. A report contains the reason you chose, where you met the player (for example which group), the name the player had at the time, and your and the player's user IDs. The reported player is not told who reported them. We read every report and aim to act within 24 hours.

If a report shows that the rules were broken, we can hide a player's name, prevent them from changing name for 30 days, or suspend them from groups for a period or for good.

Usage Statistics (PostHog)

With your permission, we record how the App is used: which screens are opened, which features are used, errors, app version and device type. If you are signed in, these statistics are linked to your account ID. We use them to improve the App and never sell them.

• In the EU/EEA, the UK and Switzerland we ask first, and nothing is sent unless you say yes.
• Elsewhere statistics are on by default, and you can turn them off in Settings.

Advertising (Google AdMob)

The free version of the App shows ads from Google AdMob.

• In the EU/EEA, the UK and Switzerland, Google's consent form asks for your choices before any ad is shown. You can change them later in Settings.
• The App asks for permission to track (App Tracking Transparency). Only if you allow tracking, and have consented where required, may ads be personalized using your device's advertising identifier. Otherwise ads are non-personalized.
• Premium removes all ads.

For more information about how Google handles your data, please review Google's Privacy Policy.

Premium Purchases

Premium is bought through Apple. RevenueCat helps us check your subscription status and receives an anonymous app user ID and your purchase history for Optimon. Payment is handled entirely by Apple, and we never see your payment details.

Events, Reminders and Calendar

Event reminders are scheduled on your phone, and no notification data is sent to us. If you add an event to your calendar, iOS shows its own window to add it. On iOS 17 and later the App gets no access to your calendar; on older iOS versions the App asks for calendar access only to open that window and add the event.

Stored on Your Phone

Your settings, your consent choices, your collection (when you are not signed in) and cached Pokémon GO data are stored on your phone so the App works offline. This data stays on your phone and is deleted when you delete the App.

This Website

optimon.app only measures visits with PostHog if you accept cookies in the banner. If you decline, no statistics are collected and your choice is remembered in your browser.

optimon.app also counts page views anonymously with Vercel Web Analytics. It uses no cookies, stores nothing on your device and cannot identify you, so it runs without the banner.

Who We Share Data With

We never sell your personal data. We only use these services, and only for the purposes described above:

• Supabase: account, collection sync, groups, trainer name, blocks and reports, scan reports and training screenshots.
• PostHog: usage statistics (with consent).
• Vercel: website hosting and anonymous page view statistics (no cookies).
• Google AdMob: ads in the free version.
• RevenueCat: Premium subscription status.
• Apple and Google: sign-in.

How Long We Keep Data

• Scan reports (screenshot and details) are deleted automatically 12 months after they are sent.
• Training screenshots are kept until you turn off "Help improve the scanner" or delete your account, and never longer than 24 months.
• Your account and synced collection are kept until you delete your account in the App.
• Data on your phone is kept until you delete the App.
• Your trainer name, your groups and your block list are kept until you delete your account. The numbers you enter in a group are deleted with the group or with your account.
• Reports about a player are kept while that player's account exists. If the account is deleted, the reports are kept for 12 more months without a link to the account, and then deleted. This is so a player who was removed for breaking the rules cannot simply start over.
• If you are suspended and delete your account, we keep a one-way code made from your sign-in email until the suspension ends. It cannot be turned back into your email address and is only used to keep the suspension in place.
• If you delete your account, reports you have sent are kept without a link to you.

Your Rights

You can ask for a copy of your data, have it corrected or deleted, or object to how we use it, by writing to support@optimon.app. If you are in the EU/EEA you can also complain to your data protection authority (in Denmark: Datatilsynet).

Data Security

All data sent between the App and our servers is encrypted with TLS, and screenshots are kept in private storage. No method of storage or transmission is 100% secure, but we work to protect your data.

Children

Optimon is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their data. If you believe a child under 13 has sent us personal data, contact us and we will delete it.

Groups put you in touch with other players. You should be at least 13 to use them.

Changes to This Policy

If we change this policy, we update the date at the top. For important changes, we also tell you in the App.

Contact Us

Questions about this policy or your data? Contact us at: