Laterlace is published by an independent iOS developer (Apple Developer Team ID ZM8LF8494F). For any privacy question, write to captainlongevity@gmail.com.
Is there an account or a login?
No. You open the app and begin writing. There is no sign-up, no email, no password, and no profile. There is no developer-operated letter account or synchronization service. Apple purchase processing, website requests and support correspondence are separate.
Where do my letters live?
In the local App database on this iPhone. Each letter you write, the date you choose for it to open, and the context you seal alongside it — the weather you typed in, your one-tap mood, the song you named, the time of day, and an optional selfie — are stored in the app's local database on your device. The App does not automatically upload or synchronize letter records. You may send supported text through PDF sharing, and Apple device backups depend on your settings.
Does the app collect analytics or track me?
No. Laterlace contains no analytics framework, no advertising network, and no third-party tracking of any kind. It does not build a behavioral profile or sell your letter records. PDF sharing happens only at your direction. Its App Store privacy label is "Data Not Collected."
Does Laterlace use the internet?
The entire writing, sealing, and reading experience is offline. Weather is something you type in yourself — the app does not use your location or any weather service. Apple StoreKit loads purchase information, checks eligible access, and handles the optional one-time purchase and restoration. Opening legal pages or sharing a file uses the destination you choose. Apple handles payment processing; Laterlace never sees your payment details. Legal-page hosting and sharing destinations handle their own requests and copies.
Does the app use my camera, photos, location, contacts, or health data?
It uses none of those for its core experience and never reads your location, contacts, or health data. The Camera is used only if you choose to add an optional selfie to a letter; that photo is stored on your device, attached to that letter, and nothing else. The only other optional permission is Notifications, used to remind you on a letter's unlock day. Decline either and every other feature still works.
What about the keepsake PDF export?
If you unlock the app, you can choose to export your letters as a readable PDF. The file is generated entirely on your device and then handed to the iOS Share Sheet for you to save wherever you like (for example, the Files app, AirDrop, or email). You may optionally protect it with a password that only you set and hold. The App creates a temporary local PDF for the sharing flow; its retention is explained below. Where you send your own copy is your choice. Letters that are still sealed print only their dates, not their text.
What happens to my letters if I delete the app or lose my phone?
Letters are kept locally. Apple device backups may include them according to your settings, but recovery requires a usable completed backup. Removing the App normally removes its local letters, not separately saved PDFs or earlier backup copies. Keepsake PDFs preserve readable content, not the complete database, and cannot be imported to restore it.
Device-backup contents and recovery depend on your system settings, a successfully completed usable backup and Apple’s restoration process; enabling backup alone does not guarantee recovery of every record or original file. We cannot retrieve or restore your device backups.
Laterlace is a general-audience keepsake app intended for personal use. It has no developer-operated letter account or analytics collection. Support messages, legal-page hosting and Apple services have the handling described in this policy.
If a future release ever introduces any feature that would change how data is handled, this policy will be updated before that release ships, and any such feature would be clearly described in the app. The App does not automatically upload letter records. Apple StoreKit exchanges, legal-page requests, support correspondence and user-directed sharing have the separate handling described here.
For an opted-in read-once letter, the first successfully saved opening clears the stored main body, contextual song and contextual photo, rather than deleting the whole letter. That reading keeps a temporary main-text copy in memory until the reading view closes. Dates, weather, mood, time-of-day, seal configuration and timed-segment records remain. The updated Timeline keeps a cleared-record entry so you can view retained details and timed parts when their dates arrive, or choose a confirmed permanent deletion. Deleting the letter also deletes its segments after a successful save; separate reply letters remain stored with their existing parent identifier. Clearing fields is not a promise of physical secure erasure or removal from backups and external copies. A generated PDF is a readable copy, not a restorable database archive; the App has no full-archive import or Recently Deleted recovery. Removing the App normally removes its local container, not independently kept original media, exported files, recipient copies or older backups. Manage those copies separately. Device-backup recovery requires a usable completed backup; the developer has no record archive to retrieve.
Questions about privacy? Email captainlongevity@gmail.com.
These legal pages are hosted on Vercel. Opening a page sends ordinary request information, such as the IP address, browser information and requested URL, to the host for delivery and security; see Vercel’s Privacy Notice. This website request is separate from App record storage. If you email support, we receive the address and information you choose to send so we can respond. Send only the details needed for that request.
The updated App pauses the normal record interface if its persistent database cannot be opened and only a temporary in-memory store is available. New recording and editing through that interface are blocked. The App keeps the existing database and attachment files rather than treating the temporary empty store as your archive. Database-dependent startup work in that interface is paused; previously scheduled reminders, widget snapshots or independent copies may remain.
Check available device storage, close and reopen the App, and contact support before deleting or reinstalling it. This recovery screen is not a backup, a repair guarantee or an automatic restoration of missing records. Older installed versions may behave differently until updated.
The updated App checks sealing, opened-state updates and whole-letter deletion. A failed sealing attempt keeps the current writing, photo and timed-part drafts in the open writing flow and does not report sealing as complete. Those drafts are temporary process/view state, not durable backups. Failed opened-state persistence keeps original stored text and media; the current reading can remain visible with a retry message until you save successfully or leave. Failed cascade deletion keeps the letter and its timed parts. A reminder refresh reads stored letters successfully before replacing existing reminders; failed reads keep the previous schedule and show a notice. Reopening or returning to the App retries reminder refresh. Date-based unlocking remains independent of notification delivery, which is controlled by iOS and is not guaranteed.
The keepsake PDF contains letter dates, supported textual context and currently available main text. Still-sealed letters show dates without main text or contextual text; opened read-once main text that was already cleared is not recovered by export. Long available main text is paginated. Photos, timed segments and the complete database are not included, and the PDF cannot be imported to restore the App. An optional password protects that PDF, not every App record or copy. A temporary local PDF is written for sharing, normally using the export date in its filename; it can remain until a later export overwrites it or the operating system clears it. No guaranteed cleanup deadline or secure erasure is promised. Destinations and recipients you choose keep their own copies.