Privacy Policy

AcreRuler is made by Tinkerer (Pratik Poddar) (76, Vrindavan Vihar, Ajmer Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302019, India). This policy explains what happens to your data when you use the AcreRuler website and app.

What stays on your device

Your measurements, projects, notes, settings, business name, phone, email, logo and quotes are stored only in your browser's storage (IndexedDB and localStorage) on your device. We don't have servers that receive them and we don't have accounts. Clearing your browser data deletes them; export first if you want a copy.

Location

If you tap the location button or use GPS walk, your browser asks permission and your position is used on your device to show you on the map and record the boundary. It is not sent to us.

Third-party services your device contacts

Map imagery and tiles: USGS The National Map (aerial imagery and topo) and OpenStreetMap (street map). Your device requests map images for the area you view, which reveals that area and your IP address to these providers. USGS is also asked for the photo date at the map centre.
Address search: what you type in search is sent to Photon (Komoot) and, as a fallback, OpenStreetMap Nominatim to find the location. Coordinate searches are handled on your device.
Section-Township-Range (Pro): when you turn on the PLSS overlay, tap the map, or open a shape, the coordinates of that point (or the shape's centre) are sent to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's public PLSS map service (gis.blm.gov) to draw township and section lines and look up the Section, Township and Range.
Elevation and slope (Pro): when you tap Elevation & slope, the bounding box of that shape (a rectangle slightly larger than it) is sent to the USGS 3DEP Elevation ImageServer (elevation.nationalmap.gov), which returns a small elevation grid that is read on your device. If it does not answer, the coordinates of up to 25 sample points in or along the shape are sent to the USGS Elevation Point Query Service (epqs.nationalmap.gov). If that does not answer either, elevation map tiles (derived from USGS 3DEP and other public sources) for that area are downloaded from the AWS Open Data "Terrain Tiles" bucket (s3.amazonaws.com) and read on your device.
Hosting: Netlify serves the site and keeps standard server logs (IP address, pages requested) for security and operations.

We don't use advertising trackers or sell data. We don't use analytics cookies at this time; if that changes, this page will say so first.

Payments and license keys

Pro is sold on the web through Dodo Payments (dodopayments.com), which acts as merchant of record: when you buy, you enter your name, email, billing address and payment details on Dodo's checkout page, and Dodo processes the payment and handles tax, receipts and refunds under its own privacy policy. We never see your card details; Dodo shares order details (such as your email and the product bought) with us so we can support you. After payment, Dodo issues a license key. The app stores that license key, the Dodo activation (instance) ID, the plan, your checkout email and when it was last checked in your browser's storage (IndexedDB) on your device. To activate, check (at most once a day while online) or deactivate your license, the app sends the license key and activation ID, plus a device label such as "AcreRuler web · Mac · date", to Dodo Payments (live.dodopayments.com). Nothing about your measurements is sent. In the App Store app, purchases will be handled by Apple In-App Purchase.

Children

AcreRuler is not directed at children under 13.

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