Privacy Policy — Timeline Exporter

Last updated: 2026-11-07

This policy covers Timeline Exporter for Android and for iPhone / iPad.

Summary

Timeline Exporter does not collect, transmit, or store any personally identifying information on remote servers. Everything you do in the app happens on your device.

What the app processes

• The Timeline file you choose (Timeline.json on Android, location-history.json on iPhone). The app reads it locally to extract GPS points. The file is never uploaded anywhere.
• The exported file you save. Saved through the system file picker (Android’s Storage Access Framework, the Files app on iOS) to the location you pick (local storage, iCloud Drive, Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.), or handed to the system share sheet. The app writes the file there and forgets about it.
• Map tile requests. To render the in-app map preview, the app fetches map tiles over HTTPS from tiles.openfreemap.org (a free, donation-funded OpenStreetMap tile service). These requests are standard web requests containing only the tile coordinates and the device’s IP address as visible to any HTTPS server. No user account, no device ID, no Timeline data is sent. See OpenFreeMap’s policy for what they log on their end.

What the app does NOT collect

• No analytics
• No telemetry
• No advertising IDs
• No user accounts
• No location tracking (the app reads your existing Timeline; it does not collect new location data)
• No crash reporting beyond what you may have enabled at the OS level

Permissions

• Internet — used only to fetch map tiles from tiles.openfreemap.org.

On iPhone and iPad, if you choose Save Image for a map picture, iOS asks once whether the app may add photos to your library (add only: the app cannot see your photos).

Other than that, the app does not request location, storage, contacts, camera, microphone, or any other permission. File picking uses the system file picker (Android’s Storage Access Framework, the Files app on iOS), which doesn’t require app-side permissions because the user explicitly grants per-file access.

Open source

The source code is available at github.com/NikkittaP/timeline-exporter. You can verify any of the above claims by reading it.

Contact

For questions about this policy or the app’s behavior, contact nikitapetrovapps@gmail.com.

Changes

If this policy ever changes, the new version will be published in the same location with an updated “Last updated” date. The repository’s git history records the diff.