Privacy Policy
1. Overview
Somatic is a fitness and meditation app by Ruckus Labs, LLC. The app stores your information locally using Apple's on-device storage. We do not operate a cloud account or workout-sync service, and the app does not automatically upload your workout history or profile to us.
2. Data stored on your device
Depending on the features you use, local data includes:
- Sessions, Movements, sets, weights, reps, timed-set durations, rest settings, personal records, and workout notes
- Cardio distances, pace, elevation, GPS routes, laps, and heart-rate summaries
- Meditation practice settings, active mindful intervals, and notes
- Saved Routines, Session cards, sections, and custom Movements
- Your optional profile details, including name, photo, body weight, birth year, goals, training preferences, and exclusions
- Soreness check-ins, Soma suggestions and feedback, planning information, and app preferences
Device backups or transfers provided by Apple may include app data according to your device settings. Somatic does not provide its own cloud sync. Files and links you choose to export are described below.
3. Apple Health
Apple Health access is optional and controlled by the permissions you grant. Somatic can request permission to read heart rate, active energy, resting heart rate, heart-rate variability (HRV), sleep, step count, VO₂ max, and workouts. These signals support workout displays, history charts, and Soma's training context.
For physical workouts, Somatic can write workouts, active energy, and walking/running or cycling distance to Apple Health. Meditation requests permission to write mindful minutes. Only active meditation intervals are saved; meditation does not start a physical workout or collect heart rate.
Somatic does not sell Health data, use it for advertising, or send it to an external AI service. Apple manages the Health store and any Health syncing you enable. Permission availability and sensor connectivity affect which readings the app can show; missing data is not a medical finding.
You can review or revoke permissions in the Health app or iOS Settings. Deleting information inside Somatic does not automatically remove information already saved to Apple Health.
4. Location and maps
With your permission, Somatic uses precise location during GPS-enabled outdoor cardio Sessions to calculate distance, pace, elevation, and a route. An active Session can continue receiving location updates while the app is in the background or your phone is locked. Tracking stops when the Session is finished or discarded; manual pause stops location updates until you resume.
Recorded routes are stored with your local Session history. Maps use Apple's map services, which may make network requests under Apple's policies. You can revoke access in Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services → Somatic.
5. Photos
If you select a profile or background photo, Somatic stores a local copy for display in the app. Somatic does not automatically upload these images to us.
6. Soma and on-device intelligence
Soma uses your logged training, preferences, check-ins, and available Health signals to prepare workout suggestions. Supported Apple Intelligence features use Apple's on-device Foundation Models framework. The app does not send this context to an external AI service. Feature availability depends on your device and system settings; the app also uses its own local planning rules.
7. Notifications and Live Activities
Workout sounds, timer alerts, meditation bells, reminders, and inactivity nudges use on-device scheduling. Live Activities can show workout details and controls on your Lock Screen and in Dynamic Island. Anyone who can see those surfaces may be able to see the displayed information. You control notification and Live Activity permissions in iOS Settings.
8. Optional sharing links
When you choose to share a Session template or a section of Session cards, Somatic creates a link containing its workout prescription. This can include titles, Movement names, equipment, target sets, reps, weights or durations, rest settings, and superset pairings. It is a prescription to reuse, rather than a full export of your completed workout record.
The link contains a compressed, encoded payload in a URL query parameter. Encoding is not encryption. Anyone with the link can access its contents. If the link is requested by a browser, link-preview service, messaging service, or website host, the URL and payload may be transmitted to that service and may appear in its logs or history.
Review titles and workout details before sharing, and share only with people and services you trust. The receiving app or service handles the link under its own privacy policy.
9. Imports and exported backups
You can import a Strong CSV, restore a Somatic backup, or choose to export your data. Current backups are compressed JSON files (.json.gz); older JSON backups can also be restored. Backups can contain sensitive information, including your profile, workout history, routes, notes, and Soma-related records.
The app creates the export locally and opens the system share sheet. The destination you select, such as Files, iCloud Drive, Mail, or another app, determines where the file goes and how it is handled. Compression is not encryption. Store and share backups carefully. We do not receive a copy unless you choose to send one to us.
10. External services and support
Somatic does not include advertising SDKs or third-party analytics or crash-reporting SDKs. Apple services, including the App Store, Health, Maps, and system diagnostics, are governed by Apple's terms and settings. Opening support pages, demonstration links, or other external websites sends ordinary web requests to those sites, which may receive your IP address, browser information, and requested URL.
If you email support, we receive the message and any information or attachments you choose to include. Do not include Health records or backups unless you intend to share them for support.
11. Retention and deletion
Your local records remain until you delete them, use Settings → Account → Start Fresh, or delete the app. Start Fresh removes the app's local profile and training data and cannot be undone in the app. Export a backup first if you want to keep your records.
Apple Health records, exported files, shared links, recipient copies, and device backups are separate. Delete or manage those through the relevant app, recipient, or service. Removing a local record does not recall a link or file you have already shared.
12. Children's privacy
Somatic is not directed at children under 13. The app does not require an account or automatically send us personal information. If you believe a child has sent us personal information through a support request, contact us so we can address it.
13. Changes and contact
We may update this policy as the app changes. The current version will be posted here with an updated date.
For privacy questions, contact [email protected].
Ruckus Labs, LLC