This policy covers the Āpex Suite apps from HYTimes Group LLC — currently Anticipāt, Pāck, Rōute, Trāce, and Spēnd — on both iOS and Android, plus apps we add to the suite later. Here's what actually matters:
The Āpex Suite apps are developed and published by HYTimes Group LLC ("we," "us," "our"), a US-based company. This Privacy Policy applies to the Āpex Suite apps listed above, any additional Āpex Suite apps we release, the future unified Āpex Suite app, and their home-screen and lock-screen widgets, on both Apple iOS and Google Android. When a new app introduces a data practice not described here, we will update this policy before that app relies on it.
If you have questions about this policy, contact us at privacy@hytimesgroup.com.
Every Āpex Suite app is built to work fully offline. The information you enter — trips, dates, packing lists, itineraries, places you've visited, expenses, loyalty programs — is stored locally on your device in the app's private storage. We do not operate a backend server, database, or cloud sync that receives this data. When data does leave your device, it is only for a specific feature you've chosen to use, and only as described in Section 4 and Section 6.
Your on-device data may be included in your device's own backup (Apple iCloud Backup or Android's backup service) if you have that enabled. Those backups are governed by Apple's and Google's privacy policies, not ours — we have no access to them.
Across the entire suite, we do not collect:
Any data an Āpex app does process is described per-app below, and in every case it is handled on your device for a feature you've chosen to use.
Each app's data practices and the device permissions it may request:
Countdowns, dates, destinations, emoji, and any photo you attach are stored on your device. Optional permissions:
Packing lists, items, and templates are stored on your device. You can export or share a list as text or PDF — that share is initiated by you through your device's share sheet. Pāck includes affiliate links to travel gear (e.g. Amazon, REI) that open in your browser; see Section 5 and Section 6.
Trips, day-by-day itineraries, confirmation numbers, and notes are stored on your device and work fully offline. You can export a trip as a PDF itinerary, initiated by you. Rōute includes affiliate links (tours, car rental, flights, travel insurance, hotels) that open in your browser; see Section 5 and Section 6.
The places you mark (visited, lived, booked, want to visit, transited) and your stats are stored on your device. Trāce's interactive world map is rendered using the Mapbox Maps SDK. To draw the map, Mapbox receives standard map-tile requests and, by default, collects de-identified usage and approximate-location telemetry from the map view. We do not receive or store this telemetry — it is handled by Mapbox under Mapbox's privacy policy.
You can opt out of Mapbox telemetry directly on the map: tap the information (ⓘ) icon and choose the telemetry setting. Share images you create are generated on your device. Trāce has no accounts, no ads, and no third-party services other than Mapbox and links to our own Āpex Suite apps and HYTimes Travel.
Budgets, expenses, categories, currencies, and exchange rates you enter are stored on your device. If you attach a receipt photo, Spēnd requests Camera and/or Photo Library access for that image only; receipts are stored locally and never uploaded. You can export your expenses as a CSV file, initiated by you. Spēnd includes affiliate links that open in your browser; see Section 5 and Section 6.
Some Āpex Suite apps (including Anticipāt, Pāck, Rōute, and Spēnd) include affiliate links to third-party services such as travel-gear retailers, tour operators, car rental, flights, travel insurance, eSIMs, and hotels. As required:
"HYTimes App Studio may earn a commission on purchases made through links in this app. This never affects our recommendations or your price."
Affiliate links open in your device's external browser (Safari or Chrome), not inside the app. Once you leave the app, the destination site and its affiliate network may set cookies and process data under their own privacy policies — that activity is outside our apps and outside our control. Trāce contains no retail affiliate links; its only outbound links are to our own apps and to HYTimes Travel.
The complete list of third parties any Āpex Suite app may interact with:
None of the Āpex Suite apps contain third-party advertising SDKs, analytics platforms (such as Firebase Analytics, Mixpanel, or Amplitude), social-login providers, or data-broker integrations.
Apps request permissions only when you use the feature that needs them, and the apps work without them. You can revoke any permission at any time:
The Āpex Suite apps are not directed to children under 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your jurisdiction) and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. Because the apps require no account and store data on-device, no special parental-consent process is involved.
Because we do not collect or transmit your personal data to a server, there is no Āpex Suite database that could be breached to expose your information. Your data is protected by your device's built-in security (passcode, Face ID, Touch ID, fingerprint) and the operating system's app sandboxing.
Privacy laws such as the GDPR (EU/UK) and CCPA (California) give you rights to access, correct, and delete personal data a company holds about you. Because we hold no personal data about you on any server, there is nothing on our side to retrieve, port, or delete — all of your data lives on your device and is permanently removed when you delete the app. We do not sell or share personal information. If you have a request or question about your rights, email privacy@hytimesgroup.com.
If we update this Privacy Policy, we will post the updated version here and update the "Last Updated" date above. For material changes, we will provide a more prominent notice in the affected app. Your continued use of an app after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
HYTimes Group LLC
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Email: privacy@hytimesgroup.com