Privacy Policy
Effective November 3, 2026
- No accounts, no ads, no analytics and no tracking.
- Your hives, journal, photos and settings are stored on your device, not on our servers. We don’t have servers that store your data.
- To show weather and what’s blooming, the app sends your apiary’s approximate location to a weather service.
- We don’t sell your information, and we don’t share it except as described here.
This policy covers the Hivecast app and hivecastapp.com, both run by Wildfield Labs LLC (“we”).
What stays on your device
Everything you enter: your hives and how they’re set up, inspection notes, mite counts, treatments, photos you add, and your settings, including the location you picked. It’s saved in the app’s private storage and is included in your device’s regular iCloud or computer backup. Hivecast’s widgets read a summary of it on the same device.
If iCloud backup for Hivecast is turned on, a copy is also kept in your own private iCloud account. That storage is yours and is run by Apple under Apple’s privacy policy. We can’t see it.
What leaves your device, and why
- Weather. Your apiary’s location is sent to Open-Meteo to get the forecast and this year’s past weather. That’s what drives bee activity, bloom timing, treatment temperature windows and alerts. If you searched for your town, this is your town’s location. If you tapped “Use my location,” it’s your location rounded to about half a mile.
- Place search. When you search for your town, what you type is sent to Open-Meteo’s place search.
- “Use my location.” If you tap it, the app asks your device for your location once, rounds it to about half a mile, and sends it to BigDataCloud to find your town’s name. Your exact location is never sent.
Like any internet request, these services can see your device’s IP address. They get only what’s listed above: never your journal, photos, hive details or name.
Location permission
Hivecast asks for your location only when you tap “Use my location,” and only while the app is open. It doesn’t track you or use location in the background. You can always type your town instead.
Notifications
Reminders and weather alerts are scheduled on your device itself. No notification server is involved, and nothing is sent to us. You can turn notifications off in the app or in your device’s Settings.
Backups and exports
If you export a backup or your records, the file contains your Hivecast data, and a backup also contains your photos. Where it goes (Files, AirDrop, email) is up to you.
Subscriptions
Purchases, free trials and renewals are handled by Apple under Apple’s privacy policy. We don’t receive your name, Apple Account details or payment details. The app checks with Apple on your device whether your subscription is active.
This website
hivecastapp.com has no accounts, no ads, no analytics and no cookies of ours. It’s hosted by Cloudflare, which, like any web host, handles visitors’ IP addresses and basic request details to deliver the site and keep it secure.
If you email us
We receive your email address and whatever you write, and we use them only to answer you. Our email runs on Google Workspace. We keep messages as long as they’re useful for supporting you, and you can ask us to delete yours.
Children
Hivecast isn’t directed at children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect personal information from them.
Your choices and deleting your data
Because your Hivecast data isn’t on our servers, we have nothing of it to show you, correct or delete. You control it directly. Deleting the app deletes its data from your device. If iCloud backup is on, you can also delete Hivecast’s iCloud data in your device’s Settings under your name, then iCloud, then Manage Storage.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here and in the app with a new date at the top.
Contact
Questions about privacy: support@hivecastapp.com