Privacy

River Ranker is private by design. It's not a social network. There are no accounts, no followers, no feeds, and no way for other users to see your data.

Your Data Stays on Your Device

Location

River Ranker uses your approximate location to calculate distances to nearby rivers. This happens locally on your device. Your location is not stored or transmitted. During trips, GPS tracks are saved locally and never uploaded.

What We Do Collect

River Ranker collects basic, anonymous usage analytics to help improve the app — things like which features are used most and crash reports. This data contains no personal information, no location data, and no fishing data.

No Accounts Required

You don't need to create an account, sign in, or provide any personal information to use River Ranker. The only personal data involved is if you purchase a State Pack through the App Store — that transaction is handled entirely by Apple.

Data Sources

River condition data comes from public government sources: USGS, NOAA, CDEC, USBR, and LADWP. River Ranker fetches this data to display conditions — no user data is sent to these services.