PRIVACY
Privacy in RealCal
RealCal saves your day plan on your device. Optional features use your private iCloud, Apple Maps or Apple’s Private Cloud Compute. Calendar data is not sent to the developer.
Local planning and storage
Day plans, settings and rules are stored on your device. The app and widgets use shared local storage for the plan data they need. Event selection, buffer checks and learned rule suggestions are computed locally. Calendar export is optional and off for new users; planning does not require a destination calendar.
Optional iCloud Sync
If you turn on iCloud Sync, RealCal sends plans including planned and left-out events, manual selections, learning observations, rules, preferences and syncable settings to your iCloud account’s private CloudKit database. This can include event titles, times, places and a saved home location. RealCal uses the iCloud account signed in on your device; you don’t need a RealCal account. The developer does not receive this data. Sync starts off and can be turned off again in RealCal. Your calendar provider still syncs your source calendars.
Places and travel times with Apple Maps
For place searches and, if you enable travel times, route requests, RealCal sends search terms, event places or addresses and start and destination coordinates to Apple Maps. Route requests also include the travel mode and timing information. A saved home location can be a start or destination. RealCal does not need location permission or request your current device location for this. Results are cached on your device. Travel times start off.
Apple Intelligence and Private Cloud Compute
Improve Autoplan reviews the selected calendars for the last and next two weeks. Its rule-based checks work without Apple Intelligence. When an Apple model is available, it can classify recurring entries and write a short summary. For this, RealCal uses details including event titles, calendar names, occurrence counts and durations, along with aggregate finding counts. Apple’s on-device model is the default. Only when available, you can choose Private Cloud Compute instead in Autoplan settings; those requests are then sent to Apple for processing and do not stay exclusively on your device. Availability depends on your device, system, language and Apple Intelligence settings. Apple’s privacy terms apply to its services.
No calendar data sent to the developer
The RealCal app does not require an account or use a developer-operated backend for your calendars or plans. It does not send this data to the developer and contains no analytics or advertising SDKs. If you contact us by email, however, we process your message to respond to your request.
Calendar access and optional export
With your permission, RealCal reads events from the source calendars you select on your iPhone or iPad. This information is used to select events and create your day plan. If you enable calendar export, RealCal writes copies of the events in your plan to your chosen destination calendar. Your calendar provider may sync source calendars and exported copies, for example through iCloud or Google. The provider’s privacy terms apply to that processing. You can revoke RealCal’s access in system Settings under Privacy & Security → Calendars; labels may vary by system version.
Local notifications
Notifications are optional. RealCal can remind you daily to plan and alert you to detected changes in planned days. These notifications are created locally on your device; RealCal does not use its own push service for them. The system decides when background checks run. Configure planning reminders and change alerts in RealCal, and change system permission in the notification settings for RealCal.
No advertising or tracking in the app
The RealCal app does not use advertising networks, tracking pixels or analytics services to analyze your app usage. Calendar data is not sent to the developer for advertising or usage profiling.
Privacy contact
For privacy questions, email info@realcal.app. When you contact us by email, we receive your message and the information you include and use it to handle your request. Send only what is needed, and remove personal calendar details from screenshots unless they are necessary to explain the issue.