MoveStory Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 4, 2026

MoveStory is a free step and activity app by Mercury Project. It has no ads, no accounts and no tracking. We do not collect, store or share any of your data.

Apple Health

With your permission, MoveStory reads the following from Apple Health on your iPhone: steps, wheelchair pushes, wheelchair use, and the distances you move by walking and running, cycling, swimming, wheelchair, skating, rowing, paddle sports and skiing.

MoveStory never writes anything to Apple Health.
Your Health data is used only on your iPhone, to show your steps, distance, history and goal.
It is never sent to us or to anyone else, never used for advertising or marketing, and never sold or shared.
MoveStory keeps a small summary of recent days in its own storage on your device, so the app and its widgets open instantly. This summary never leaves your iPhone.

You can change what MoveStory may read at any time in the Settings app › Health › Data Access & Devices › MoveStory.

What stays on your iPhone

Your settings: which activities count, your goal, units and notification choices.
A cache of your daily and yearly totals, used by the app and its widgets.
If you use the optional Journeys feature: your chosen journey and its progress.

Notifications

If you allow it, MoveStory shows today's step count on its app icon. If you turn on journey milestone notifications, it shows a local notification when you reach a milestone. These are created on your iPhone; nothing is sent through a server.

Maps (optional Journeys)

The optional Journeys feature shows routes on Apple Maps. When you create your own journey, the place names you search for are sent to Apple to find the places and the walking route, as with any Apple Maps search. Your Health data is never included.

Buy the Dev a Coffee (optional tips)

MoveStory offers optional tips as In-App Purchases. Payments are handled entirely by Apple through the App Store; we never see your name, payment details or Apple Account. Tips unlock nothing, and every feature is free for everyone.

No analytics, ads or third parties

MoveStory contains no analytics, advertising or tracking code, and uses no third-party services. The only online services it uses are Apple's: the App Store for the optional tips, and Apple Maps for the optional Journeys.

Deleting your data

Deleting MoveStory removes everything it stored. Your data in Apple Health is not affected, because MoveStory never writes to it.

Children

MoveStory is suitable for everyone and collects no information from anyone, including children.

Changes

If this policy ever changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new date.

Contact

Questions? Write to info@mercuryproject.cz.