Who provides Oqvi
Oqvi is provided by Kenneth Marcel S De Geest, a self-employed developer based in Spain. Privacy and support questions may be sent to degeestkenneth@gmail.com.
Information stored on your device
Your discoveries—including photos, identification results, notes, favorites, saved AI answers, dates, collection settings and precise map locations—are stored locally on your iPhone. The app does not operate a developer-hosted collection or cross-device account for this content.
You control whether a discovery receives a location. Location permission can be changed in iOS Settings, and individual pins or all local app data can be removed from within the app.
Photo identification
When you request identification, up to five photos attached to that discovery are sent through a developer-operated service to Pl@ntNet and OpenAI to produce an identification suggestion and helpful context. Oqvi does not send your unrelated library photos, personal notes, precise saved map locations or the rest of your collection with that request.
You choose the photos you capture or add. Camera and photo-library access can be denied or changed in iOS Settings. Identification requires a network connection.
AI questions
When you ask a follow-up question, the question, suggested name and category, and up to two photos shown beside the question box are sent through the developer-operated service to OpenAI. These can include the saved discovery photo and a close-up you add. You can see the included photos before sending. Your private notes, precise location and unrelated discoveries are not attached.
AI and image-identification results can be incomplete or incorrect. Do not use them as the sole basis for decisions involving edibility, toxicity, allergies, health, fire risk, structural safety or environmental management.
Service data and providers
The app uses a limited set of service providers:
- Firebase Authentication, Cloud Functions and Cloud Firestore provide anonymous service authentication, secure server functions and usage controls. They process a pseudonymous user identifier, request timing and type, whether the free identification was used, and technical information needed for operation, security and abuse prevention.
- Supabase is used temporarily for users upgrading from an earlier version. The Oqvi service validates an existing session and transfers the same pseudonymous identifier and applicable free-use status to Firebase. Identification photos, AI questions, notes and precise locations are not sent to Supabase as part of this migration.
- Pl@ntNet and OpenAI process the photos or questions you deliberately submit to provide identification suggestions and answers.
- RevenueCat processes purchase receipts, entitlement status, product selection and subscription events so paid access can be unlocked and restored. If you enable usage analytics, it also receives paywall impressions.
- Apple processes App Store purchases, billing, refunds, StoreKit transactions, maps, geocoding and device permission controls.
- Firebase Analytics and Crashlytics receive pseudonymous app-interaction events and crash diagnostics only when you enable those separate options. They do not receive photos, question text, notes or precise map pins.
Oqvi asks for your analytics and diagnostics choices in the app. You can change either choice in Settings. Declining them does not prevent identification or paid access. Limited request metadata may be retained briefly for retries and abuse prevention; uploaded photos and question text are not stored in those usage records.
Oqvi does not receive full payment-card details, sell personal information or use your data for advertising or tracking across other companies’ apps and websites.
Maps, sharing, exports and backups
Apple map and geocoding services are used when you choose to add or view a location. Search terms or coordinates needed for the requested map feature may be processed by Apple under its privacy terms.
Nothing is shared automatically. If you export a field sheet, backup, image or other item through the iOS share sheet, it is passed to the app, service or recipient you select and their privacy practices apply. Apple device or iCloud backups may also contain app data depending on your Apple settings.
Retention and deletion
Local discoveries remain on your iPhone until you delete them, clear app data or remove the app. Because the developer cannot access content that exists only on your device, it cannot be remotely deleted for you.
Firebase keeps an anonymous authentication record and a related pseudonymous record of whether your free identification has been used so reinstalling does not reset the allowance. Deleting local app data or reinstalling the app does not remove those service records or cancel an Apple subscription.
For a request to access or delete server-side data Oqvi controls, email us and include the RevenueCat customer ID shown in Settings so the relevant pseudonymous Firebase and RevenueCat records can be located. Deletion may be limited where a record must be retained for security, fraud prevention, legal compliance or transaction administration.
Copies you exported or shared, device backups, purchase records held by Apple or RevenueCat, and security or diagnostic records held by providers must be managed separately and may remain under provider retention policies or legal obligations.
Security and international processing
Oqvi uses iOS protections and encrypted network connections intended to protect information. No storage or transmission method can be guaranteed completely secure. Service providers may process limited information in countries outside your own, subject to their safeguards and applicable law.
Children
The app is not directed to children under 13 and does not knowingly seek personal information from them. A minor should use the app only with permission and appropriate supervision from a parent or legal guardian.
Your choices and rights
You can decline or revoke camera, photo-library and location permissions; choose not to submit an identification or AI question; disable optional analytics and diagnostics; edit or delete discoveries; remove the app; and manage subscriptions through your Apple Account settings.
Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights concerning personal information. For a privacy request, email degeestkenneth@gmail.com and include the RevenueCat customer ID shown in Settings when the request concerns server-side records. Requests concerning information controlled independently by Apple, OpenAI, Pl@ntNet, Supabase, Firebase or RevenueCat may also need to be directed to that provider.
Changes to this policy
This policy may be updated when Oqvi’s features, service providers or legal requirements change. The date above identifies the current version.