FollowSetPrivacy
Last updated 12 October 2026
The short version: no ads and no account needed. Your workouts stay on your iPhone and in your private iCloud. When something has to leave your phone, we send the least we can, say what it is below, and let you turn off what's optional.
What stays on your iPhone
- Your workouts, sets, weights, notes, programs and history. They sync through your own private iCloud, which we can't read.
- Screenshots, photos and screen recordings you import are read on the iPhone. Recordings are deleted after reading.
- If you turn it on, your body weight is read from Apple Health for the Progress screen and never leaves your iPhone. Finished workouts can be saved to Apple Health.
Links you share
When you share a link to a workout post, our servers (Google Cloud) read that public post, using Google's Gemini AI to find the exercises when the caption doesn't list them. Nothing about you is sent with it. The video is deleted after reading, and only the workout found (and the post's public cover image and creator name, for credit) is kept, so the same post doesn't have to be read twice.
Naming exercises in screen recordings (optional)
Only if you allow it: when the text and speech in a screen recording don't name the exercises, a smaller copy of the recording is sent to our servers (Google Cloud) and read by Google's Gemini AI to name them. It isn't kept or used for training. You can turn this off in Settings → Privacy.
Usage data and crash reports (optional)
Anonymous usage data (which screens you open and buttons you tap, never your workouts, links or anything you type) and crash reports go to Google Firebase. They help us find what's confusing and fix crashes. Neither is used for ads. Turn either off in Settings → Privacy.
Your setup answers
The answers you give when you set up FollowSet (goals, training days, where you train, equipment, experience) are saved with an anonymous app ID in Google Firebase, so we can make FollowSet better for people like you. The same ID counts your AI reads (a shared link or a recording read on our servers) and links your purchase to the app. For each AI read we keep a short record: when it happened, which kind it was and what it cost us, never what was in it. These records are deleted after about 13 months, and limit how many reads one account can make in an hour or a day, so the service can't be abused. On the free plan, how many of the free reads your iPhone has used (kept as a small number from 0 to 3) is also stored by Apple for your iPhone with Apple's DeviceCheck, so signing out doesn't reset it. It holds no information about you, and we don't keep the device token. Delete all data in Settings removes them.
If you sign in (optional)
You can sign in with Apple or email so your settings and Pro follow you to a new phone. Your email and settings are then kept with your account in Google Firebase. Delete account in Settings removes them.
Purchases
Purchases are handled by Apple and RevenueCat. We never see your payment details.
Who processes data for us
| Service | What for | What it gets |
|---|---|---|
| Apple iCloud | Syncing your workouts and settings | Your data, in your own iCloud account |
| Google Cloud | Reading a public post you share; naming exercises in a recording you allowed | The public video, or a smaller copy of your recording; not kept |
| Google Firebase | Anonymous app ID, setup answers, optional sign-in, optional usage data and crash reports | As described above |
| RevenueCat | Checking your purchase | An anonymous app ID and the purchase receipt |
Your choices
- Export your history any time from Settings.
- Delete all data removes your workouts from the phone and iCloud, and your setup answers from our servers.
- Delete account removes your sign-in, email and synced settings, your AI read counts and records, and your customer record at RevenueCat. A subscription stays yours: manage or cancel it in the App Store, and restore it any time.
- Turn usage data, crash reports and naming exercises in recordings on or off in Settings → Privacy.
Children
FollowSet isn't directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their data.
Changes
If this policy changes, we'll update the date above, and tell you in the app when the change matters.
Contact
Questions or requests about your data: followsetapp@protonmail.com.