This notice explains what ClearNight does with the observing archive you keep on your iPhone. ClearNight is a personal log of targets, gear, places you name, sky impressions, photos, sketches, and voice notes. It is not an account service, a public feed, or a star chart.
No account is required
You do not register, sign in, or create a profile. ClearNight does not ask for your name, email address, phone number, or contacts in order to use the Observe, Targets, Gear, or Sites tabs.
What stays on this iPhone
Unless you choose an action that sends text off the device, the archive is stored locally in the app’s private storage. That archive can include:
- Log titles, start and end times, session notes, and the status you choose for a target (observed, partial, not found, or uncertain).
- Target names, aliases, categories, and your own notes.
- Gear names, optional model text, setup notes, and the impression tag you attach to a night.
- Place names, a rough area you type, open directions, and obstruction notes. These are words you enter. The app does not request location permission and does not collect GPS coordinates.
- Sky grades you pick yourself, such as cloud, transparency, seeing, light, moonlight, and wind. These are your impressions, not instrument readings.
- Photos, sketch photos, voice recordings, captions, and transcripts you add as evidence.
- Preparation cards and summaries you confirm.
Camera, photo library, and microphone
The camera is used when you choose to photograph a sketch, a piece of gear, or the sky for a log. The photo library is used when you choose an existing picture to attach. The microphone is used when you choose to record a voice note. You can refuse these permissions and still type a log. Refusing a permission limits only that attachment method.
Image files and voice recordings in the archive remain on the device. Deleting a voice file can leave a transcript you already saved. Deleting a place name does not delete the log that mentioned it.
When text is sent to OpenRouter
Organize is optional. If you open a log, choose Organize this log, and confirm, ClearNight sends the captions and transcripts you have marked for that action, together with the written target notes needed to restate them, to OpenRouter (openrouter.ai) so a language model can propose an editable summary. Image files are not uploaded. You review each line before it is saved as fact. Unconfirmed lines are not treated as confirmed observations.
OpenRouter processes that text to return the draft lines. ClearNight does not sell the text, and it does not use it for advertising.
Sharing a file
Export of JSON, PDF, image, or a preparation-card text file happens only when you tap a share action. The file goes to the iOS share sheet you choose, such as Files or Mail. Place names are omitted from a PDF or image unless you turn that option on. ClearNight does not operate a social network and does not publish your log.
What this app does not collect
- No advertising identifier and no ad network.
- No third-party analytics or crash-reporting SDK.
- No precise location.
- No contacts, Bluetooth scan, or background location.
- No purchase history, because the app has no in-app purchases and no subscription.
Apple may process standard App Store and device diagnostics under Apple’s own policies when you download or run any iOS app. ClearNight does not add a separate analytics service on top of that.
How long it is kept, and how you delete it
Data remains on the device until you delete it or remove the app. In Settings you can delete the whole archive on this device. You can also delete a single log, target, setup, place, evidence file, or preparation card from its own screen. Deleting the app removes its local sandbox, including logs and media stored there. Export a JSON copy first if you want to keep one.
Children
ClearNight is a personal observing notebook for a general audience. It is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Changes
If this notice changes, the effective date at the top of the page will change. The archive remains on the device except for the night-guide request above and an Organize request you confirm.
Contact
Questions about this notice: dengs636@126.com.