Last updated: June 13, 2026
Reality Walk turns the walking you already do into a journey around a virtual globe. We built it to collect as little as possible: there is no password, no email address, no advertising, and no tracking. This policy explains what little data exists and what happens to it.
With your permission, Reality Walk reads your step count, walking and running distance, and step length from Apple HealthKit to draw your journey. This data is processed and cached on your device only.
We never write to HealthKit, and your HealthKit data is never sold, never shared with third parties, never used for advertising or marketing, and never used for any purpose other than showing your own progress. The only derived value that leaves your device is a single number — your lifetime walking distance total — and only if you create an optional username (see below).
Reality Walk never accesses your device's GPS or real-time location, and never tracks your movements. During onboarding you choose a starting "anchor" by typing an address, which Apple's geocoding service converts to a single map coordinate on your device. The address text you type is only ever stored on your device — it is never uploaded.
The position of your walker on the globe is a virtual point computed purely from how far you have walked; it is not your physical location. However, if you create a username (see below), your chosen anchor coordinate and your current virtual position are stored on our servers so that the friends you accept can see your journey drawn on their globe. If you never create a username, none of this leaves your device.
Creating a username is optional and only needed for the friends feature. If you create one, we store: your username, your chosen walker character, your lifetime walking distance total, your starting anchor coordinate and the journey "lap style" you have chosen (together these let your friends draw your path on their globe), the virtual coordinates of your walker on the globe, and the country or ocean that virtual point is currently in. No password, email address, phone number, or real name is collected. This data is visible only to friends you have explicitly accepted (maximum of three).
Account data is stored with Supabase, our hosting provider, on servers located in the United States. All traffic between the app and our servers is encrypted in transit (TLS), and your session credentials are stored in the iOS Keychain on your device.
You can delete your account at any time from Settings → Delete Account. Deletion is immediate and permanent: your profile, username, and friendships are removed from our servers.
If you simply stop using the app, your account is automatically and permanently deleted after 60 days of inactivity. Your walking history itself always remains safely in Apple Health on your device, so nothing about your journey is ever lost — you can recreate an account at any time and your globe will be rebuilt from HealthKit.
Reality Walk is completely free, with no in-app purchases or subscriptions, so we never handle payment information. The app contains no third-party advertising, no ad SDKs, and does not track you across other apps or websites. We do not sell, rent, or trade any personal data.
Reality Walk is not directed at children under 13 (or the minimum age in your country), and we do not knowingly collect personal data from them. If you believe a child has created a username, contact us and we will delete it.
Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR or CCPA), you may have rights to access, correct, export, or erase your personal data. Because we hold so little, the simplest path is usually the in-app Delete Account button, which erases everything we have. For anything else, contact us and we will respond within 30 days.
If we change this policy, the new version will appear here with an updated date. Material changes will be highlighted in the app before they take effect.
Questions or requests: lakshya.gupta.ug24@plaksha.edu.in