MovaiQ Privacy Policy
Effective: 10 October 2026
MovaiQ is a GPS running coach that works, by design, with almost nothing about you stored anywhere but your own phone. This page explains exactly what the app touches, what — if anything — ever leaves your device, and why.
1. The short version
MovaiQ has no user accounts, no login, and no server-side database of who you are. Your runs, your training plan, and your history are stored locally on your phone using Apple's on-device storage. The only things MovaiQ ever sends off your device are, when you use a Pro feature, a small, anonymous summary of your training and the text of the coach's spoken announcements (never your name, never the GPS track of your runs, never a recording of your voice), and — only when you ask MovaiQ to plan a route — your starting point, all sent through MovaiQ's own coaching service. Separately, there is whatever you choose to save into Apple Health, which Apple governs under its own privacy rules.
MovaiQ does not use advertising, does not use analytics or tracking SDKs, and does not sell or share your data with data brokers or advertisers. There is nothing in the app whose purpose is to identify you across other apps or websites.
The one exception outside the app is voluntary: if you enter your email address on the movaiq.com launch waitlist, we store that address so we can tell you when MovaiQ is released. See Section 6.
2. Data that stays on your device
The following is collected and processed entirely on your phone, and is never transmitted to MovaiQ:
- Location (GPS) — Stays on device
- Used to measure your route, distance, and pace while you run, including briefly in the background if your screen locks mid-run. The GPS track of your runs is never sent to MovaiQ's servers. The one exception is route planning, described in Section 3, which you start yourself.
- Motion & fitness sensors — Stays on device
- Step count and cadence, read from your phone's motion sensors, to complement your GPS-based run data.
- Heart rate from a Bluetooth sensor — Stays on device
- If you pair a heart rate strap or a watch that broadcasts its heart rate, MovaiQ connects to it over Bluetooth and reads your heart rate during the run. While the app is open between runs, MovaiQ stays connected to the sensor you chose so you can see before a run that heart rate is coming through. After a run the connection stays open for about a minute to measure your heart rate recovery, and is then released. Those readings are used on your phone — shown during the run, saved with the run as its heart rate curve, and used on the phone to work out heart rate zones, training load, recovery and the coach's feedback if you've asked for it. Neither the readings nor anything calculated from them is ever sent to MovaiQ's servers. Bluetooth is used for nothing else: MovaiQ does not scan for beacons, does not track your position with it, and has no interest in any device other than the heart rate sensor you chose.
- Heart rate from Apple Health — Stays on device
- If you allow it, MovaiQ reads the heart rate readings recorded during your runs from Apple Health — during the run, for example from an Apple Watch, and after it, once another watch (such as a Garmin) has synced them to Health. They are turned into the run's heart rate curve, zones and training load on your phone, and are never sent to MovaiQ's servers.
- Date of birth (from Apple Health) — Stays on device
- If you have a date of birth in Apple Health, MovaiQ reads it once to estimate your maximum heart rate, which is what makes heart rate zones mean anything. The estimate is stored on your phone; your date of birth and your age are not stored by MovaiQ and never leave your device. You can enter a maximum heart rate yourself instead, in which case this is never read.
- Microphone & speech — Stays on device
- If you ask MovaiQ a question by voice during a run, your speech is turned into text on your device (or via Apple's own speech recognition service — governed by Apple, not MovaiQ). The raw audio itself is never sent to MovaiQ.
- App settings — Stays on device
- Preferences such as language, units, and voice settings, stored locally on your phone.
3. Data that leaves your device
MovaiQ Pro's coaching features work by sending compact, de-identified data to MovaiQ's own coaching service, which asks Google's Gemini AI model to generate the coach's replies and Microsoft Azure AI Speech to turn the coach's words into a natural voice. This happens only while you use a Pro feature — during a run you've started, when you ask the coach something, or when you plan a route — never when you aren't using MovaiQ. MovaiQ asks for your permission the first time you use Pro, and you can withdraw it at any time in Settings; without it nothing is sent to these services.
- Training summary — Sent for AI coaching
- Figures such as your distance, pace, training goal, and a short summary of recent weeks — never your name, an account identifier, or raw GPS coordinates. The heart rate recorded on your runs, and anything calculated from it (such as heart rate zones or training load), is not sent.
- Recovery signals (if you use a connected watch or sensor) — Sent for AI coaching
- If you grant access and a wearable device provides it, heart-rate variability, resting heart rate, or sleep duration from Apple Health may be summarized and included, to help the coach judge readiness. The heart rate recorded during your runs is not sent.
- Voice questions (as text) — Sent for AI coaching
- The transcribed text of a question you ask mid-run, so the coach can answer it — the audio recording itself never leaves your device.
- Spoken announcement text — Sent for voice synthesis
- The words the Pro coach is about to say aloud during a run — for example your distance, pace, or the coach's reply — sent as plain text so a natural voice can read them. Audio that has already been generated is kept on your phone, so a repeated phrase isn't sent again.
- Route planning — Sent to plan a route
- When you ask MovaiQ Pro to plan a route, your current location (the starting point), the length you chose, your route preferences, and the shapes of the few routes MovaiQ recently suggested to you (so it can offer a different one) are sent to MovaiQ's coaching service, which asks OpenRouteService to calculate the loop from your starting point. Your starting point is usually close to where you live or are staying. Nothing is sent unless you open the route planner and request a route. MovaiQ does not store your starting point as such and does not link it to you. So that asking for another route option is quick, calculated route suggestions are kept on MovaiQ's server for up to 24 hours without any identifier: no name, account or device ID, under a lookup key that cannot be turned back into a place. They are then deleted automatically. The list of recently suggested routes is kept on your phone.
- Request verification — Sent to protect the service
- MovaiQ's server checks that requests come from the genuine MovaiQ app, using Apple's App Attest. This uses a random, device-specific key identifier that is not linked to you and is kept for up to about 400 days. It prevents misuse of the service and is not used for anything else.
This data is used only to generate the response, audio, or route you asked for. MovaiQ does not maintain an account tied to it, and does not build an advertising or marketing profile from it.
4. What MovaiQ does not do
- No user accounts, sign-up, or login of any kind
- No advertising, and no third-party advertising SDKs
- No analytics or usage-tracking SDKs
- No crash-reporting SDKs
- No selling or sharing of your data with data brokers
- No cross-app or cross-website tracking
5. Third-party services we use
| Service | What it's for | What it sees |
|---|---|---|
| Apple HealthKit | Storing your workouts, and reading the heart rate recorded on your runs, recovery signals and your date of birth if you allow it | Governed entirely by Apple's own privacy rules and your Health app permissions |
| Apple StoreKit | Processing MovaiQ Pro subscription payments | Your purchase is handled directly by Apple; MovaiQ never sees your payment details |
| Google Gemini API | Generating the AI coach's responses | The de-identified training summary described in Section 3, for the single request being answered. MovaiQ uses Gemini's paid service, under which Google does not use the data to improve its products; Google may keep requests and responses for a limited period solely to detect and prevent misuse |
| Microsoft Azure AI Speech | Turning the Pro coach's spoken announcements into a natural voice | The plain text of each announcement described in Section 3, for the single request being answered |
| OpenRouteService (HeiGIT gGmbH, Germany) | Calculating round-trip running routes when you plan a route | Your starting point and the chosen length and preferences, for the single request being answered. Calculated route suggestions stay with MovaiQ's coaching service for up to 24 hours without any identifier and are not passed on |
| Cloudflare | Hosts the small server that relays requests to Gemini, Azure AI Speech, and OpenRouteService | Standard infrastructure-level request handling; MovaiQ does not use Cloudflare for advertising or analytics |
| Lovable (Cloud hosting) | Hosts the movaiq.com website and stores the launch waitlist database described in Section 6 | The email addresses submitted to the waitlist, and standard web-server request logs; Lovable is not used for advertising or analytics |
6. The launch waitlist on movaiq.com
The MovaiQ app itself has no accounts and asks for no email address. Separately from the app, the movaiq.com website offers an optional launch waitlist: if you choose to, you can leave your email address so we can tell you when MovaiQ is released on the App Store.
- What is collected
- Only your email address, a record that you agreed to receive launch updates, and the date you signed up. No name, no location, no running data, and nothing from the app.
- Why it is collected
- To send you a notification when MovaiQ launches on the App Store, and closely related launch updates. It is used for nothing else — no unrelated marketing, no advertising, no profiling, and it is never sold or shared with data brokers.
- Who runs the list
- We do — the addresses are stored in our own secured database hosted by Lovable Cloud. No third-party email marketing service (such as Mailchimp or Buttondown) is involved, and the addresses are not shared with one.
- Legal basis
- Your consent, given when you submit the form. You can withdraw it at any time.
- How long it is kept
- Until you ask us to remove it, or until the launch communication is finished — whichever comes first.
- How to unsubscribe
- Every launch email includes an unsubscribe option, and you can also unsubscribe at any time by emailing us at the address in the Contact section.
- Deletion and access
- Email movaiq@movaiq.com and ask us to delete your address, or to tell you what we hold. We will remove it from the waitlist.
Waitlist addresses are stored in a secured database that the website can only add to — the list cannot be read from the browser or by visitors. This section applies only to the movaiq.com website, not to the MovaiQ app.
The website itself uses no analytics, no advertising and no tracking cookies. The only thing it stores in your browser is your language preference (English or Finnish), so the site opens in the language you last chose. That preference never leaves your device.
7. Your controls
Because MovaiQ keeps your data on your own device rather than in an account you'd need to ask us to close, most of your control already lives in your phone's own settings:
- Delete everything at once
- Deleting the MovaiQ app deletes your training history, coach profile, and settings from your device.
- Location, Health, Microphone, and Motion access
- Grant or revoke any of these any time in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security, or Settings → Health → Data Access & Devices.
- AI coaching features
- Pro's AI features are opt-in by nature: nothing is sent for AI coaching unless you actively use a feature that requires it.
- Route planning
- Your location is only sent when you request a route. If you don't use the route planner, no location ever leaves your phone.
- Launch waitlist
- Unsubscribe from launch updates, or ask us to delete your email address, at any time.
8. Children's privacy
MovaiQ is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect data from children under 13 (or the relevant minimum age in your country). If you believe a child has provided us data through the AI coaching feature, contact us using the details below and we'll address it.
9. Changes to this policy
If MovaiQ's data practices change, this page will be updated and the effective date at the top will change accordingly. Meaningful changes will also be reflected in the app's own release notes.
10. Contact
Questions about this policy or your data can be sent directly to:
MovaiQ is an independent app by Daniel Königsmann.