Overview
Tailstock is developed by Honed Software, LLC. This policy explains what the app collects, why, and who can see it. In short: there are no accounts, no ads and no tracking across other companies' apps or websites, and your projects stay on your device.
Your Projects
Your bowl designs and turning calculations and your settings are stored on your device and are never sent to us. When you export or share something, it goes only where you choose to send it.
Usage Analytics
Tailstock uses Google Firebase Analytics to understand which features are used, such as which screens are opened, which tools are used and whether a purchase was made, and a few app settings like the unit system and whether Pro is unlocked. This data is tied to a random identifier, not to your name, email or Apple Account. We use it only to improve the app; it is never used for advertising and never sold or shared for marketing.
Crash Reports and Performance
The app sends crash reports and diagnostic logs through Google Firebase Crashlytics, and performance data (launch time, hangs, memory and scrolling smoothness, by screen) through HitchScope, which relays the diagnostics Apple's MetricKit provides. These reports contain technical details about the device and the app, not your projects or personal information.
The app also loads remote settings from Google Firebase Remote Config so we can turn features on or off without an update.
Support ID
The first time it runs, Tailstock creates a random support ID and saves it in your device's keychain. It is attached to crash reports so we can find yours if you contact us, and it is shown in Settings. It is not linked to your name or Apple Account unless you send it to us.
Feedback
If you send feedback from Settings by email, your message, the app version and your support ID go to us by email. If you send anonymous feedback instead, the same details (without your email address) are posted to our team's private Slack workspace. Feedback is only sent when you choose to send it.
Purchases and Shop Pass
Purchases are handled by Apple through the App Store. We never see your payment details or your Apple Account.
So that Shop Pass can unlock Pro in every one of our apps, Tailstock saves the signed purchase record Apple provides in your iCloud key-value storage and in a keychain group shared by our apps. That storage is kept by Apple and can be read only by Honed Software's apps on your Apple Account; we never receive it.
Third-Party Services
Tailstock uses Google Firebase (Analytics, Crashlytics and Remote Config) and HitchScope as described above. You can review Google's privacy policy at policies.google.com/privacy. No advertising SDKs are included.
Children's Privacy
Tailstock does not ask for or knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children under the age of 13.
This Website
On honedsoftware.com, Vercel Web Analytics counts page views anonymously and Vercel Speed Insights measures how fast pages load. Neither uses cookies or collects anything personal, and neither is part of the apps.
Changes to This Policy
If we change this privacy policy, we will update it on this page with a revised effective date.
Contact
If you have questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at contact@honedsoftware.com.