Relic

Privacy Policy

Effective October 28, 2026

Relic is a map of historic and abandoned places, made by Reclusiv Studio. This page explains what Relic collects, why, and what you can do about it. Questions: contact.relicmaps@gmail.com.

Using the map without an account

You can browse the map, places and historic maps without signing in. Relic doesn't collect anything that identifies you while you do.

What Relic collects when you have an account

Account details: your email address and, if you sign in with Apple or Google, the name that service shares. If you use Hide My Email with Apple, Relic only sees the relay address.
Your profile: the display name, handle, profile photo and banner you choose. These are public.
What you post: Community posts (photos, caption and any place you tag), comments, likes, saves, follows, and field reports (photos, notes and the historic place they belong to). Posts, comments and field reports are public.
Safety records: reports you file about posts or people, people you block, and moderators' decisions.
Subscription status: whether you have Relic Premium and until when. Payment is handled by Apple; Relic never sees your card.

Your location

If you allow it, Relic uses your phone's location while the app is open to show where you are on the map, find field reports near you and suggest nearby places to tag. Relic doesn't store your location or track it in the background. A place appears on a post or field report only when you choose to tag it.

Your photos

Relic only reads the photos you pick for a post, field report or profile. It shrinks them before uploading.

Who else handles your data

Supabase stores accounts, posts, comments, field reports and photos.
Anthropic receives the photos and caption of each new Community post so its AI model, Claude, can check that the post is on topic and safe. Anthropic processes them only to return that check.
Apple and Google sign you in if you choose them.
Apple processes subscription payments. Relic will also use RevenueCat to keep track of who has Premium.
Cloudflare serves the map's place data. It sees ordinary web request details, such as an IP address, like any web host.

Relic doesn't sell your data, doesn't show ads and doesn't use your data to track you across other companies' apps or websites.

How long it's kept

Your account and what you post stay until you delete them or ask for your account to be deleted. Deleting a post removes it from Relic.

Your choices

Edit your profile, and delete your posts and comments, in the app.
Turn off location or photo access at any time in your iPhone's Settings.
To delete your account and everything you've posted, email contact.relicmaps@gmail.com from the address on your account. It's done within 30 days.

Children

Relic isn't meant for children under 13, and doesn't knowingly collect their data.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new date.