Privacy Policy
SimRoutes · Last updated October 9, 2026
SimRoutes has no accounts and keeps your flying on your device. We never ask for your name or email. The only data that reaches us or our providers is an anonymous app ID used to manage Pro purchases, and the route searches the app needs to work.
1. Data stored on your device
Your logbook, schedules, saved routes and airports, custom aircraft, Route Wordle progress and settings are stored on your device. We do not receive them.
2. Data we collect
App User ID. On first launch the app creates an anonymous ID for your installation. It includes a device identifier (the Android ID on Android, the identifier for vendor on iOS). It isn’t linked to your name, email or any account. We use it to check whether you have SimRoutes Pro, to restore purchases and to make sure each installation can start the free trial only once. It is sent to our purchase provider, RevenueCat, and to our own server for these checks. You can see it in Settings → About.
Purchase history. When you buy SimRoutes Pro, the App Store or Google Play processes the payment. RevenueCat records the purchase against your App User ID so the app knows you have Pro. We never see your payment details.
Route searches. The app downloads route, airline and airport data from our servers. These requests contain your search, not who you are. Like any web service, our hosting providers (Railway and Cloudflare) briefly process your IP address to deliver and protect the service; we don’t use it to identify you.
3. Advertising
SimRoutes does not currently show ads. Some earlier versions showed ads to free users through Google AdMob, which collects your device’s advertising ID and may use it to personalise and measure ads under Google’s advertising policies. Where required, those versions asked for your consent first. You can reset or delete your advertising ID at any time in your device settings.
4. iCloud and Google Drive sync
On iPhone, SimRoutes can sync your logbook, schedule and favourites through your own iCloud account. On Android, you can turn on sync by signing in with Google: your data is then kept in a hidden app folder in your own Google Drive. In both cases the data goes between your device and your Apple or Google account only. We cannot access it, and your Google account details are used on your device only to show which account is syncing.
5. SimBrief
When you open a route in SimBrief, the app passes the route details (airports, airline, flight number, aircraft) to SimBrief, operated by Navigraph, to start your flight plan. We are not involved in that transfer. Your use of SimBrief is covered by Navigraph’s own privacy policy.
6. Who we share data with
We don’t sell your data. The only third parties involved are:
- RevenueCat: purchase management, using your App User ID and purchase history.
- Apple and Google: payments, and iCloud or Google Drive sync if you use it.
- Google AdMob: in earlier versions that showed ads, as described above.
- Railway and Cloudflare: hosting our servers.
7. Data retention and deletion
We keep your App User ID and purchase record for as long as you use SimRoutes, so Pro keeps working. You can ask us to delete them at any time; see how to delete your SimRoutes data. Data on your device is removed when you uninstall the app.
8. Security
All data the app sends is encrypted in transit using HTTPS.
9. Children
SimRoutes is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.
10. Changes to this policy
If what SimRoutes collects changes, we’ll update this policy at https://thesocialbutterflies.co/privacy-policy and change the date at the top.
11. Contact us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us: