Last updated: October 22, 2026
VisitedStates respects your privacy and does not collect or share any personal information beyond what is explicitly described below.
VisitedStates optionally uses your device's location to automatically track the U.S. states you've visited. Your precise location, coordinates, routes, and travel dates remain on your device and, if enabled, in your private iCloud storage. We do not store or access this information on our servers.
If you separately choose to share anonymous statistics, the name of a state confirmed through location detection may be reported as described under Anonymous Analytics below. Precise coordinates, routes, and travel dates are never included in those statistics. Optional Game Center sharing is described separately below.
You can disable location tracking anytime in your device's Settings.
If enabled, your visited state data synchronizes across devices via Apple's secure iCloud service. We do not access or store your iCloud data on our servers.
VisitedStates does not use advertising or cross-app tracking. If you choose to share anonymous statistics, the app uses TelemetryDeck to report detected state names, earned badge identifiers, background-mode status, app version, and an anonymous identifier. These statistics help us understand how the app is used and improve its features and badges.
Anonymous statistics never include precise coordinates, routes, travel dates, names, email addresses, advertising identifiers, or other personal information. They are not linked to your identity, sold, or used for advertising.
Participation is optional. Analytics remains disabled unless you choose to enable it, and you can change your choice at any time in VisitedStates Settings.
With the updated analytics disclosure in version 1.4, statistics also include Game Center invitation views and choices, whether sharing and sign-in are enabled, successful progress synchronization, broad failure categories, and requests to open leaderboards, achievements, or profile screens. We do not send Game Center player identifiers, player names, friend information, or raw error messages to TelemetryDeck. An anonymous installation identifier lets us count related events from the same installation; it is not linked to your Game Center account. Event receipt times do not represent travel dates.
Users who accepted the earlier analytics disclosure are asked to accept this expanded disclosure before analytics resumes. Earlier opt-outs remain off. Actions taken while analytics is off are not recorded for later reporting. Game Center sharing does not require enabling analytics.
If you choose Enable Game Center in VisitedStates, the app shares your existing and future selected detected-state total, earned badge count, and individual badge progress and achievements with Apple through Game Center. Manually added states do not count toward Game Center scores.
Apple associates this progress with your Game Center account. Friends and other players may see your player profile, scores, and achievements through Game Center features according to Apple's privacy settings. Geographic badges and their progress can reveal places you have visited or travel-related accomplishments. VisitedStates does not send precise coordinates, routes, travel-event timestamps, a state-by-state activity feed, or your anonymous analytics identifier through this integration.
The app uses your Game Center player identifier locally to remember your sharing choice for that account. Your Game Center identity is not linked to TelemetryDeck analytics. You do not need to create a separate VisitedStates account.
You can decline the invitation and continue using the app privately. You can stop future submissions in Settings > Friends & Community > Stop Future Sharing. Stopping sharing does not delete scores or achievements already submitted to Apple. You can manage your Game Center profile and activity visibility in Apple's Game Center settings.
Game Center sharing and anonymous analytics are separate choices. Enabling one does not enable the other. Apple's handling of Game Center data is described in Game Center & Privacy.
For questions or support, contact visitedstates@neils.me.