No account. No server. Your diary stays yours.
See You Soon has no account and no server of its own. It reads and writes your own calendar and contacts through iOS, and keeps only its settings on the phone. Route and address lookups go to Apple Maps. Your calendar and contacts may sync through your own accounts, as they did before you installed the app.
Kept on the phone.
- Settings.
- Support bookkeeping.
Leaves the phone, and to whom.
- Travel times, address lookups and address suggestions
- Apple Maps
- Support products
- the App Store
- Texts you send
- the iPhone's Messages app
Everything else the app writes goes into your own calendar or your own Contacts, where you can open it and read it.
How it works
Nothing to sign up for. There is no account and nothing to sign in to.
Your calendar and contacts are the database. Jobs you add are saved in your calendar. Customers and suppliers you add are saved in your Contacts.
Each permission is asked for by the screen that needs it, after the app's own explanation. Calendar is the only one the app must have.
Requests go through Apple. Travel times, address lookups and suggestions go to Apple Maps. The support options use the App Store.
The facts
| Account | None |
|---|---|
| Server of its own | None |
| Analytics and tracking | None. The privacy manifest declares no tracking and no collected data types |
| Third-party code | None |
| Stored on the phone | Two values: settings, and support bookkeeping |
| Calendar | Full access, required |
| Location | When in use only, optional |
| Contacts | Optional |
| Notifications | Optional. Scheduled on the phone, nothing pushed from a server |
| "Delete what the app has stored" | Resets every setting. Your calendar and contacts are untouched |
Permissions
| Permission | Required | System reason string (exact) | Without it |
|---|---|---|---|
| PermissionCalendar, full access | RequiredYes | System reason string (exact)"Today's jobs are read from your calendar to work out when you need to leave. Jobs you add, change or delete in the app are saved back to it. The app has no server and keeps no copy of its own." | Without itThere are no jobs to show. |
| PermissionLocation, when in use | RequiredNo | System reason string (exact)"Your location is used to work out how long it will take to reach your next job, and, when you ask it to, to fill in the address of a job you are standing at. Working out the route means sending where you are to Apple Maps, exactly as the Maps app does. Nothing is uploaded anywhere else, and the only copy kept is the address you choose to save onto a job." | Without itThe first journey of the day has no starting point unless you set one in Settings. "Here" cannot read where you are. |
| PermissionPrecise Location for one use. Asked only when Precise Location is off and you tap "Here" | RequiredNo | System reason string (exact)"Filling in a job's address needs your exact position for a moment. A rough one names the wrong house, and that address is written into your calendar." | Without it"Here" cannot offer an address. You can type it with "Add". |
| PermissionContacts | RequiredNo | System reason string (exact)"Contacts are used to show your customer list, to look a customer up when you book a job, and to find their number so you can call or message them in one tap. A customer you add in the app is saved there, and you can save a job's address onto a customer you already have. Nothing is ever uploaded, and nothing is ever removed from your contacts." | Without itThe Customers and Suppliers tabs stay empty. Names and numbers already in the calendar still work. |
| PermissionNotifications (alerts, sounds, badges) | RequiredNo | System reason string (exact)iOS shows no reason string for notifications. | Without itLeave times still show in the app. Nothing interrupts you. |
What it needs
- Full calendar access. The other permissions are optional.
What it doesn't do
- It keeps no copy of your jobs or customers.
- It doesn't run in the background, and asks for location "when in use" only.
- Deleting what the app has stored doesn't cancel a subscription. Subscriptions are managed in the App Store.
Questions
Do I need to sign up?
No. There is no account, so there is nothing to sign up for and nothing to sign in to.
What does the app keep on my phone?
Its settings, such as your starting point, working hours and message wording, and a small record for the support screen. It keeps no copy of your jobs or customers.
What is sent to Apple?
For a travel time, the start, the destination, the travel mode and the departure time go to Apple Maps. Address lookups and suggestions go there too. The support options go through the App Store.
Does it use analytics?
No. The app has no analytics and no third-party code, and its privacy manifest declares no tracking.
How do I remove what it has stored?
In Settings, tap "Delete what the app has stored". Your settings go back to how they started. Your calendar and contacts are untouched.
Related pages
The full policy: Privacy. Where customers come from: Customers and suppliers.
About See You Soon
See You Soon is a free iPhone app for tradespeople. It reads the calendar you already keep, works out when to leave for each job with travel times from Apple Maps, and writes the text to send when you are running late. You send it.
