Privacy policy

Draft — September 2026

The short version. smthng collects what the app needs to work and to learn what you like: your Apple sign-in details if you make an account, the events you save, like, post, and swipe on, and an optional ZIP code. Nothing is sold, nothing is used for advertising, and there are no third-party analytics or tracking in the app or on this site. You can delete your account and everything in it from inside the app.

This page covers the smthng iOS app and getsmthng.com.

Browsing without an account

You can use the map, the list, the feed, and every event page without signing in. In that case nothing about you is stored on our servers, unless you report an event or send us feedback (both below). A few things live only on your phone:

• Events you marked "not for me" in the feed (kept for seven days, then forgotten).
• Organizers you've blocked.
• A random identifier the app generates for your device, used only so a reported event isn't counted twice from the same phone, to limit how much feedback one phone can send in a day, and to count how many people open smthng each day.
• Once a day, when you open the app, it tells our server that it was opened: the random identifier above, the app version, and whether you were signed in (yes or no, not who). That's how we know how many people use smthng. It isn't linked to your account.
• Swipes you make in the feed while signed out. They stay on your phone and are sent to your account only if you later sign in.

When you sign in

Signing in uses Sign in with Apple. We receive the name Apple shares, your email address or the private relay address if you chose Hide My Email, and a random account ID. We never see your Apple password. You can add a ZIP code to your profile; it sets the map's starting area and helps choose picks for you, and you can leave it blank.

What the app keeps as you use it

• Saves and likes. The events you save and like, stored with your account so they follow you across devices.
• The feed. What you do with each card: save, not for me, skip, open, share, tap through to the event page, and how long the card was on screen. This is how the feed and your daily picks learn your taste.
• Events you post. The title, description, venue, time, and photo you submit. Once approved, an event is public and shown to everyone, with a community badge.
• Reports. If you report an event, we keep the reason you give and the random device identifier above. Reports are not linked to your account.
• Feedback you send. If you use Send feedback in the app, we keep the message, the kind you picked, the email address if you chose to leave one, and the app version, iOS version, and device model that are sent along with it so bugs can be reproduced (the form says so). Feedback is linked to your account when you're signed in; otherwise only to the random device identifier above. It goes to us, never to other users.

What it's used for

• Running the app. Your saves live in your account; reminders for saved events are scheduled on your phone.
• Personalization. Picks and the feed rank events using what you've saved, liked, and swiped.
• Improving the app. We look at how the feed is used in aggregate — how many cards people see, what gets saved or passed on — and at how many devices open the app each day, from our own database. There is no analytics SDK and no third party involved.

Location

If you allow it, the app uses your location on the phone to center the map and sort events by distance. Your precise location is not sent to or stored on our servers. When the app fetches the events in view, it sends the map's current area; that isn't kept. Location permission is optional, and if you decline, the map opens on Greenwich Village. The only location we store is the optional ZIP code on your profile.

Permissions the app may ask for

• Location, while using the app, for the map.
• Calendar, only when you tap Add to Calendar. The app writes that one event and doesn't read your calendar. Google Calendar opens as a link instead.
• Photos, only when you attach a photo to an event you're posting.
• Notifications, for reminders about events you've saved. Reminders are scheduled on your phone; we don't send push notifications from a server.

Who else sees your data

No one, for their own purposes. The services that host smthng process data on our behalf: Supabase (database, sign-in, and photo storage), Cloudflare (this website, the app's map tiles, and share-link pages), and Apple (Sign in with Apple and the App Store). Event photos from listings load from the venues' own websites, so those sites see an ordinary image request from your phone. We don't run ads, sell data, or track you across other apps and sites. We would share data only if the law required it.

Keeping and deleting

Your account and everything in it stay until you delete the account, which you can do in the app under Profile. Deleting removes your profile, saves, likes, feed history, and any events you posted, and revokes the Sign in with Apple link. It takes effect immediately. Feedback you sent stays in our inbox but is no longer linked to you. Anything stored only on your phone goes away when you delete the app. Our hosting providers keep ordinary server logs for a short time as part of normal security.

Children

smthng is not directed to children under 13, and you shouldn't create an account if you're under 13.

This website

getsmthng.com serves this page, the event pages behind shared links, and the file that lets iPhones open those links in the app. It sets no cookies and runs no analytics. Cloudflare, which hosts it, may log requests for security.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new date.

Contact

Questions or requests about your data: privacy@getsmthng.com.