Privacy Policy

Last updated 28 October 2026

The short version: FourCast has no accounts, no ads, no analytics and no tracking. Your places and settings live on your device (and in your own iCloud, if you allow it). We don’t run a server that stores anything about you.

Your location

If you allow it, FourCast reads your device’s location while you’re using the app, only to fetch the forecast for where you are. The coordinates are sent to the weather service (Open-Meteo) to get your forecast. To show a place name, your device’s own geocoder (Apple) is used; on the web version a geocoding service (BigDataCloud) is used. Neither we nor these services link the request to you, and we never store your location on a server. You can turn location off at any time in your device Settings and search for places instead.

Places you search for

When you search for a place, the text you type is sent to Open-Meteo’s geocoding service to find matching places. Saved places are kept on your device.

iCloud sync

On iPhone, your saved places and preferences (units, layout, Gus’s personality) can sync through Apple’s iCloud key-value storage in your own iCloud account, so they follow you to a new device. This data is held by Apple under Apple’s privacy policy; we can’t access it. You can switch sync off in FourCast → Settings → iCloud. Your current location is never synced.

Widgets

FourCast’s widgets read the place you’re viewing and your settings from storage shared only between the app and its widgets on your device, and fetch the forecast from Open-Meteo in the same way as the app.

Smart alerts and Live Activities (FourCast Pro)

If you turn on smart alerts, FourCast works out your morning summary, rain, frost and “tomorrow’s nicer” alerts on your device from the forecast, and schedules them as notifications on your device. To keep them up to date, iOS may wake FourCast in the background now and then to fetch a fresh forecast for the place the alerts follow, in the same way as the app. Nothing about your alerts is sent to us. When rain is close, FourCast can show a countdown on your Lock Screen (a Live Activity); that also stays on your device.

FourCast Pro purchases

FourCast Pro is an optional subscription sold through the App Store. Apple handles the payment; we never see your name, Apple Account or payment details. FourCast checks your subscription on your device using Apple’s StoreKit, and we don’t keep any record of purchases. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings.

What we don’t do

• No sign-up, no personal profile, no email collection.
• No advertising, no third-party analytics or crash-reporting SDKs, no tracking across apps or websites.
• We don’t sell or share your data — we don’t have it.

Children

FourCast is suitable for all ages and doesn’t knowingly collect personal information from anyone.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes, we’ll update this page and the date above. Questions? Email support@flavrapps.com.

FourCast is made by Flavr Web Dev Ltd.