Privacy Policy

The Short Version

TipMax keeps two things apart on purpose:

• Your money. Shifts, tips, wages, goals, and tip-outs are stored on your device and in your own iCloud account. They are never uploaded to our servers.
• Community. What you post is stored on our servers so other people in the app can see it. Your Community account is pseudonymous — we never ask for your name, email, or phone number.

Nothing you track crosses into Community unless you type it into a post yourself.

Your Earnings Data

TipMax uses Apple's CoreData and CloudKit frameworks for your tracking data. This means your shifts, tips, wages, employers, goals, and tip-out rules are stored:

• Locally on your device
• In your personal iCloud account if you enable iCloud sync

We do not host a copy of this data and we cannot read it. For information about how Apple handles your iCloud data, please refer to Apple's Privacy Policy.

Health Data

If you grant permission, TipMax reads your step count from Apple Health so it can show how far you walked during a shift. Specifically:

• We read step count only, and only for the time range of a shift you logged
• We never write anything back to Apple Health
• Health data stays on your device with the rest of your shift data and is never sent to our servers or to any third party
• You can revoke access at any time in the Health app under Sources, or in Settings → Privacy & Security → Health

Community Accounts

Community is optional. The first time you open it, you confirm you are 17 or older and agree to the Community rules. TipMax then creates a pseudonymous account for you on our backend (hosted by Supabase). We collect:

• A display name you choose. It does not have to be your real name, and we recommend it isn't
• Optional profile details you can fill in or leave blank: your role, experience level, venue type, and region
• Optional Instagram and TikTok handles, if you choose to add them to your profile

We do not ask for and do not store your name, email address, phone number, or Apple ID. The sign-in token for your Community account is kept in your own private iCloud database so your account follows you to a new device — our servers never receive your iCloud identity.

What You Post in Community

Community is a public space inside the app. When you use it, we store on our servers:

• Your posts and replies, and the topic you filed them under
• Photos you attach to a post
• GIFs you attach, stored as a reference to the GIF, not a copy
• Polls you create and the options you vote for
• Likes you give to posts and profiles
• Reports you file, and the accounts you block or mute

Your display name, profile details, and posts are visible to everyone else using Community. Treat anything you post as public. Photos are served from a public storage location, which means anyone who has the direct link to an image can open it, even outside the app.

Please do not post anything you would not want your employer, coworkers, or a stranger to read. That includes your last name, your workplace address, your schedule, or anyone else's personal information.

GIFs

GIF search in Community is powered by GIPHY. When you search for or attach a GIF:

• Your search terms are sent to GIPHY to return results
• GIFs are loaded directly from GIPHY's servers, so GIPHY receives standard request information such as your IP address
• We do not send GIPHY your display name, your posts, or anything else about your account

GIPHY's handling of that data is covered by GIPHY's Privacy Policy.

Notifications

If you allow notifications, we store an Apple push token so we can tell you when someone replies to you or likes your post. The token is tied to your Community account, not to your real identity. Turning Community off in Settings removes the token and stops the notifications.

Moderation and Safety

To keep Community usable, we:

• Run an automated filter over public text that blocks slurs and hate speech before a post is saved
• Check photos on your device before they are uploaded, and block sexual imagery
• Review reports filed by other users, and act on reports of objectionable content within 24 hours
• Allow our moderators to hide or remove posts and suspend accounts that break the rules in our Terms and Conditions

Reports include the reported post and the reason you give. We keep a record of reports and moderation decisions so repeat behavior can be recognized, even after the offending post is removed. Blocks and mutes are private — the person you block is not told.

Your Control Over Community Data

All of this is in Settings → Community:

• Delete a single post. Available from any post you wrote
• Delete everything you've posted. One action, all of your posts and replies
• Turn Community off. The tab disappears, notifications stop, and you can choose to delete all of your posts on the way out
• Delete Account. Removes the Community account, every post, photos, and the sign-in. This cannot be undone

Deleting your posts or account does not remove copies other people made outside the app, such as screenshots. You can also email us at chris@entermaurs.com if you cannot open Settings.

AI Services

We currently use OpenAI's services to generate flashcards from your menu content. Please note:

• We reserve the right to change AI service providers (including but not limited to Google, Anthropic) without prior notice
• Content submitted for flashcard generation may be processed by these third-party AI services
• Menu files uploaded for flashcard generation are temporarily stored and automatically deleted after flashcards are created
• Avoid including personal or identifying information in your menu uploads if you do not wish to share such information with these services

Your shift and earnings data is never sent to an AI service.

Analytics and Attribution

We use Mixpanel and AppsFlyer to collect app usage analytics and attribution data. We specifically:

• Only track feature usage metrics (like which features are used most often)
• Never track or store the content you create, including your posts, your menus and flashcards, or any of your earnings figures
• Never send your display name or profile details to analytics providers
• Use this data solely to improve the app experience and understand feature adoption

Analytics events are keyed to a device-level identifier so we can count sessions, not to your name or email, which we never collect.

Subscriptions

Subscriptions are handled by Apple, with RevenueCat and Superwall managing entitlements and paywalls on our side. These services receive a subscription identifier and purchase status so the app knows what you have access to. They do not receive your earnings data or your Community posts, and we never see your payment details — those stay with Apple.

Advertising and Tracking

We use advertising services and tracking technologies in a privacy-respecting way to:

• Measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns
• Understand how users discover our app
• Optimize our marketing efforts

Tracking is never linked to your Community posts or your stored earnings. You can control or opt out of advertising tracking through your device settings. On iOS, you can adjust these settings under Settings → Privacy → Tracking.

Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal data to third parties. Any data sharing is limited to:

• Other users of the app, for anything you choose to post in Community
• Supabase, which hosts the Community backend on our behalf
• GIPHY, when you search for or display a GIF
• Apple, for push notifications, in-app purchases, and iCloud sync if enabled
• Essential app functionality (AI services for flashcard generation)
• Analytics, attribution, and subscription providers as described above
• Law enforcement or regulators where we are legally required to respond

Children

TipMax is rated 17+. Community requires you to confirm you are 17 or older before an account is created. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 17. If you believe a person under 17 has created a Community account, email us and we will remove it.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy as the app changes. When we do, we will update the date at the top of this page. Continued use of TipMax after a change means you accept the updated policy.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, want your data deleted, or want to report something in Community, please contact us at: chris@entermaurs.com