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Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 2, 2026

Overview

RunWeather (“we”, “us”) helps runners make better training decisions by scoring running conditions from weather data. This policy explains what we collect, why, who we share it with, how long we keep it, and the rights you have over your data. It applies to the RunWeather mobile app and the RunWeather.app website.

Who We Are

RunWeather is the data controller for the personal data described here. For any privacy question or request, contact us at hello@runweather.app.

What We Collect

  • Location. With your permission, your device's GPS location, plus any locations you save in the app, so we can fetch the right local forecast and score your conditions. You can revoke location access at any time in your device settings.
  • Account & device identifiers. A device-generated identifier we use to keep your settings, saved locations, and subscription in sync. RunWeather does not require you to create an account with an email and password to use the app.
  • Strava data (optional). If you connect Strava, we import your run activities and related metrics (route, pace, heart rate, timestamps) to add weather context and insights. You can disconnect Strava at any time.
  • Health data (optional). If you ask the app to import them, your recent running workouts from Apple Health on iOS or Health Connect on Android, so runs you did not record on Strava can still be scored against the weather you ran in. Access is read-only and only happens when you tap import. See “Apple Health & Health Connect” below for exactly what we read, what leaves your device, and how to turn it off.
  • Subscription & purchase data. When you subscribe, your purchase is processed by Apple or Google. We receive subscription status (active, expired, trial), never your full payment card details.
  • Usage & diagnostics. App events, feature usage, device type and OS version, crash reports, and performance data, used to operate and improve the product.
  • Session recordings. We record in-app session replays (screens viewed and interactions) to understand how the app is used and to fix usability problems. See “Session Replay” below for details and how to opt out.
  • Contact data. If you email us, send feedback, or subscribe to product updates, we collect your email address and the content you send. Setting up the app may also offer you a step to enter your email address. That step is optional and you can skip it. If you do enter it, we store it with the device identifier above so we can restore your runs on a new device and write to you about the product.
  • Push notification tokens. If you enable notifications, a device token so we can send daily run-condition alerts.

How We Use Data

We use your data to deliver weather-aware run scoring and forecasts, generate run insights, sync your subscription and settings, send notifications you've enabled, diagnose crashes and performance issues, understand product usage, and respond to your messages.

Service Providers We Share Data With

We do not sell your personal data. We share the minimum necessary data with the following processors so the app can function:

  • RevenueCat: subscription management.
  • PostHog: product analytics and session replay.
  • Sentry: crash and error reporting.
  • Strava: activity import, only if you connect it.
  • OpenAI: generating run insights. Relevant run and weather data is sent to produce your insight; it is not used to train their models.
  • Mapbox: rendering static maps of your run routes.
  • Open-Meteo: weather forecasts (receives location coordinates, no identity).
  • Apple & Google: app distribution and payment processing.

Some of these providers process data outside your country, including in the United States. Where required, transfers rely on appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses.

Session Replay

We use PostHog session replay to record how people use the app: the screens they view and the actions they take. These recordings are not masked, which means on-screen content may be captured. We use them only to improve usability and fix issues, retain them for a limited period, and never sell them. You can opt out by emailing hello@runweather.app and we will exclude your device and delete existing recordings on request.

Apple Health & Health Connect

RunWeather can import runs from Apple Health on iOS and Health Connect on Android, so a run you recorded on your watch or another app can still be matched to the weather it happened in. This is optional. Forecasts, scores and the rest of the app work without it.

  • Read-only. We ask only for permission to read running workouts and their routes. RunWeather never writes anything back to Apple Health or Health Connect and never changes your health record.
  • Only when you ask. Every import starts with you tapping the import button in the app. There is no background reading, no scheduled sync, and nothing is read while the app is closed.
  • What we read. Running workouts from the last 30 days, and the route saved with them. We do not read heart rate, sleep, steps, body measurements, or any other health category.
  • What leaves your device. For each imported run: its start time, end time, duration, the distance where the workout records one, whether it was marked as an indoor run, and, when the workout has a saved route, the single coordinate where the run started. The rest of the route stays on your device. If a workout has no route, we use your saved forecast location instead so the run can still be scored, and the app labels the score as based on that location.
  • Why we send it. Those fields go to RunWeather's own servers to look up the historical weather for that time and place, calculate a Run Score, and add the run to your history. Each import is tied to the device identifier described above, not to a health account or a name.
  • What we never do with it. We do not use health data for advertising or marketing, we do not sell it, and we do not share it with anyone for their own purposes. Once a run is imported it sits in your run history like any other run, so the service providers listed above may process it on our instructions to run the app.
  • Turning access off. On iOS, open the Health app, find RunWeather in your profile under app permissions, and turn its access off. On Android, open the Health Connect app and remove RunWeather's permissions. That stops any further reading. To remove runs you already imported, delete your account in the app or email us.

Data Retention

We keep personal data only as long as needed for the purposes above or as required by law. Diagnostic and session-replay data is retained for a limited period and then deleted or anonymized. When you delete your account, we delete the associated data as described below.

Your Rights & Controls

Depending on where you live (including under the EU/UK GDPR and the California CCPA), you have the right to access, correct, delete, export, or restrict processing of your personal data, and to object to certain processing. To exercise any of these, email hello@runweather.app.

You can delete your account and data directly in the app under Settings, revoke location or notification permissions in your device settings, disconnect Strava at any time, and turn off Apple Health or Health Connect access as described above. EU/UK users also have the right to lodge a complaint with their local data protection authority.

Children

RunWeather is not directed to children under 13 (or the minimum age in your country), and we do not knowingly collect their data. If you believe a child has provided us data, contact us and we will delete it.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy as the product evolves. We will revise the “Last updated” date above and, for material changes, provide a more prominent notice.

Contact

Questions about your privacy or this policy? Reach us at hello@runweather.app.