Privacy Policy

MatePath is a travel route planning app published by independent developer Turan Ali Ateş. It does not require an account and does not collect your name, email or phone number. It shows no ads, does not sell your data and does not track you across other apps or websites.

What stays on your phone

Saved routes, packing lists, expenses, language and display name are stored only on your device and are deleted when you delete the app.

What is sent to our server and why

• Route requests: city, dates, number of travellers, interests, pace, traveller profile (e.g. family with children, accessibility needs) and places you want to see — used to build your route. Identical requests are cached for up to 6 hours for faster answers.
• Location: only when you tap “My location”, “Start from my location” or use the step-by-step guide, your current position is sent to calculate the route; it stays in the 6-hour route cache at most and is not stored elsewhere. The app never reads your location in the background.
• Anonymous device code and usage counts: on first launch the app creates a random code. It is used for the daily route limit and to count app opens, routes created, route cities and app language per day. The code cannot be linked to you; usage records older than 90 days are deleted.
• Team feature: if you create or join a team, the name you choose, the shared route and the expenses you enter are stored on the server to share them with team members.

Service providers

Each receives only what it needs for its task:

• Cloudflare (server and storage)
• Anthropic (AI-generated route text)
• Google Maps Platform (places, photos, directions and transit)
• Open-Meteo (weather)
• Ticketmaster (events)
• Travelpayouts / Aviasales (flight prices) and Frankfurter (exchange rates)

Links to buy flights or tickets open partner websites, which have their own privacy policies. MatePath may earn a commission from these links.

Your rights and contact

To ask about your data or to delete team data or usage records linked to your device code, contact turanaliates@gmail.com. Your device code is shown at the bottom of the app’s home screen. You can exercise your GDPR rights through this address.

Children

MatePath is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect data from them.

Changes

If this policy changes, the updated version will be published on this page.