Privacy Policy
Last updated 28 October 2026
BoltClock is published by Botanic Rain FZE, Business Centre, Sharjah Publishing City Free Zone, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates ("we"). This policy explains what the app collects and why.
What we collect
- Account: your email address and a sign-in ID from Apple, Google or our email-code sign-in.
- Saved places: the name, position and settings of places you save, so we can check them for lightning.
- Trip mode: while you turn trip mode on, your phone sends its position every few minutes so alerts can follow you. Trip positions are deleted when the trip ends.
- Notifications: a push token for each of your devices, used only to send you alerts.
- Subscription status: whether you have Pro or Team, received from Apple or Google through our payments provider RevenueCat. We never see your card details.
- App usage (Google Analytics for Firebase): which screens and features are used, such as opening the subscription screen or adding a place, plus basic device type and app version. This helps us improve the app. It does not include your name, email or positions, and no advertising ID is collected.
- Language preference and basic error logs.
What we do not do
- No advertising, no advertising ID, and no tracking across other companies' apps or websites.
- We do not sell or rent your data.
- We do not track your location in the background except during trip mode you start yourself.
Who we share data with
Only service providers that run the app for us: Google Cloud and Firebase (hosting, sign-in, notifications, usage analytics), RevenueCat (subscriptions), Apple and Google (app stores and notifications). People you share a place with see its name and lightning status, never its exact position.
Lightning and weather data
Lightning data comes from NOAA's GOES satellites and warnings from the US National Weather Service, both US government public data.
Keeping and deleting data
We keep your data while you have an account. Lightning observations are kept for about two hours; lightning history per place is kept until you delete the place. You can delete your account and all its data at any time in the app under Account > Delete my account, or by emailing us.
Children
BoltClock is not directed at children under 13.