How NoTestudo uses your location
Location is how NoTestudo counts your visits without you logging them. Here’s exactly what it records, who can see what, and how to switch it off.
What it records
With your permission, NoTestudo records visits: places where your phone stops, with the time you arrived and left. It can do this in the background if you allow it, which is how visits count with the app closed.
Place names nearby come from Google Places, so a visit can say “gym” or “coffee shop.” Stops under three minutes look like passing by and don’t count.
What it’s used for
- Your stats: hours spent or saved, and money kept.
- Your map and the journey of your week.
- Progress on the goals you chose, and your weekly summary.
We don’t sell your personal data, and we don’t use it for third-party advertising.
Who sees what
Sharing is off until you turn it on, and nobody else ever sees your places.
- You
- Sees:Your visits, places, hours, money kept, map and journey.
- Never sees:Health-care places: they’re filtered out and never kept.
- Groups you share with
- Sees:Your on-track days and streak, only after you turn sharing on for that group.
- Never sees:Your places, visits, money saved or location, live or otherwise.
- Friends
- Sees:Added with a code, not your number. Your location only if you choose to share it with that friend.
- Never sees:Health-care places, even when you share your location.
- NoTestudo
- Sees:Your visits, stored on our servers so your stats, map and goals work.
- Never sees:We don’t sell your personal data or use it for third-party advertising.
Health-care places stay private
Clinics, pharmacies and other health-care places are never a goal. They’re filtered out of place search, NoTestudo doesn’t keep visits, labels, notes or spending for them, and they’re never shared, even with friends you share your location with. Raw location can still reach your iPhone before those filters run. How health-care places stay private
Your controls
Location permission
Always yours in iOS Settings. Without it, the app runs in a reduced mode.
Pause tracking
Stop recording visits whenever you want, then pick up again.
Choose what you share
Sharing with a group stays off until you turn it on, and you can turn it off again any time.
Fix a visit
Correct a visit, or count one yourself, when your phone got it wrong.
Export your data
Take a copy of your data with you.
Delete your account
Settings → Account. Your visits, places, goals, groups, friends, schedules and photos come off our servers first, then off your phone.
Questions people ask
Does NoTestudo sell my location?
No. NoTestudo doesn’t sell your personal data or use it for third-party advertising.
Can my group see where I am?
No. Groups see your on-track days and streak, and only after you turn sharing on. They never see your location, places, visits or money saved.
Can I use NoTestudo without sharing my location?
You can turn location off in iOS Settings and the app runs in a reduced mode, but visits can’t record themselves without it. Groups never need your location.
Does NoTestudo keep my doctor or pharmacy visits?
No. Health-care places are filtered out of search, never matched to a goal, and NoTestudo doesn’t keep visits, labels, notes or spending for them. How health-care places stay private explains how.
How do I delete my data?
In the app, go to Settings → Account and delete your account. Your data comes off our servers first, then off your phone. You can also email us for help.
This page is the plain-language version. The privacy policy is the full one, and Can I join a group without sharing my location? covers groups in detail.
Your places stay yours.
Your week still adds up.
NoTestudo is invite-only right now. Ask someone on campus for an invite, or join the waitlist for the App Store release in January.