Privacy,
by design.

Information processed on your device

When you explicitly choose Use my location, Android may provide a one-time foreground location so RAIL ATLAS can suggest the nearest bundled rail station. The location is used only for that suggestion. Raw coordinates and location history are not stored.

The app stores your selected and current stations, focus task text, focus-session timing, completed rail logs, train progress, Credits, XP, visited routes, and settings in its private on-device storage.

Optional anonymous usage analytics

Anonymous usage analytics is off by default. If you enable Share anonymous usage analytics in Settings, RAIL ATLAS uses Google Analytics for Firebase to record coarse events such as onboarding completion, journey start, journey completion, cancellation, and Engine upgrades.

RAIL ATLAS never sends task text, station or route identifiers, raw location, exact timestamps, or your local trip history. Google Analytics may process app interactions, an app-installation identifier, device/app metadata, and approximate location inferred from network information. Advertising-ID collection and ad-personalization signals are disabled. You can turn analytics off at any time in Settings.

No account or journey backend

RAIL ATLAS has no account, advertising, cloud sync, or production journey backend. The rail graph, map boundaries, and visual assets are bundled with the app. RAIL ATLAS does not sell personal information. If analytics is enabled, Google processes only the limited data described above as our service provider.

Permissions

Location permission is optional and is requested only after you choose the location action. You can deny it and select a starting station manually with the same core functionality. RAIL ATLAS does not request background location.

Retention and deletion

Local records remain until you use the Debug reset in a non-production build, clear the app's storage in Android settings, or uninstall the app. Android cloud backup is disabled for RAIL ATLAS, so uninstalling the app removes its private atlas.

Third-party data and changes

Bundled station, schedule, and route-shape data is derived from the official Amtrak GTFS Schedule feed. Bundled state boundaries are derived from U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data. These sources are not contacted while you use the app.

If this policy changes materially, the updated policy will be included with an app update and its effective date will change.