1. Who we are
benavo is an independent app studio operated by Elias Frehner, based in Switzerland. This policy applies to all apps published under the benavo name and to this website (benavo.ch).
2. Our approach to data
We believe software should collect as little data as practical. Some benavo apps can work mostly or fully on your device. Others need cloud sync, messaging, AI processing, or shared accounts to provide their core features.
When a server or third-party service is needed, we use it for the feature you asked for and keep the scope as small as possible. We do not sell your data, build advertising profiles, or add ad networks.
3. What we store
The exact data depends on the app. It may include local app data such as game settings, study cards, invoices, life scores, or vocabulary progress. It may also include server-side data where the app needs online features, such as accounts, shared inventories, emergency contacts, user suggestions, or sync data.
benavo backends are hosted at Hetzner in Germany. If you want to know what server-side data we store for your account, or want to see or delete it, email us at elias@benavo.ch.
4. iCloud sync
Some apps, such as LUMI, RESTLI and VOCABOLY, sync your data through your own private iCloud database. That data is stored by Apple in your iCloud account under Apple's privacy policy. benavo does not run a server for it and cannot read it. You can turn sync off in the iOS Settings under your Apple Account, iCloud, or delete the data there.
5. Apple Health
LUMI can read data from Apple Health to check off habits you link to it: steps, exercise minutes, mindful minutes, sleep, water, walking and running distance, and stand hours. It asks for each type only when you link a habit to it, and it reads only the types you allow.
Health data is read and evaluated on your iPhone only. It is never sent to benavo or any third party, never used for advertising, marketing or data mining, and never stored in iCloud. LUMI only saves that a habit was completed on a given day, together with your other habits. LUMI never writes to Apple Health. You can withdraw access at any time in the Health app under Sharing, Apps.
6. Payments
In-app purchases, unlocks, subscriptions, and optional donations are processed by Apple via the App Store. We do not receive, access, or store your full payment card information. Apple's privacy policy governs App Store transactions.
7. Analytics and tracking
We do not use ad networks or sell behavioral data. Some apps may use basic operational data that is necessary to run an account, sync content, process a request, prevent abuse, or debug a problem.
8. Website (benavo.ch)
This website is a simple informational site. We do not use ad tracking or behavioral profiling on benavo.ch.
9. Third-party services
Some app features depend on third-party services. For example, KNOWLI sends selected notes, images, or PDF pages to OpenAI when you ask it to generate flashcards. Messaging, App Store payments, Apple iCloud, or similar platform features may also involve third parties.
WAVELY plays radio streams directly from the servers of the radio stations. Like any website you open, those servers see your IP address while you listen, under the station's own privacy policy. WAVELY loads its station list from a benavo server that does not log requests. Favourites and recently played stations stay on your iPhone. A problem report is a normal email that you see and send yourself.
AMPLI connects only to the music and book servers you add yourself (Jellyfin, Navidrome, Audiobookshelf and similar) and, for radio, straight to the radio stations' own streams, whose servers see your IP address like any website. Its station list ships inside the app. With iCloud sync on, your servers, settings, favourite stations, bookmarks and highlights are stored in your own iCloud account, passwords in iCloud Keychain. benavo runs no server for AMPLI and receives nothing. A log or problem report is a normal email that you see and send yourself.
We cannot control what those third-party companies do inside their own systems. Their processing is governed by their own terms and privacy policies. We try to use these services only where they are necessary for the feature.
10. Your rights
For local-only data, you can usually delete the app or its local data on your device. For apps with benavo accounts or server-side data, you can request access or deletion by emailing elias@benavo.ch.
11. Changes to this policy
If we update this policy, we'll update the date above. If an app starts using data in a materially different way, we will explain that through the app, App Store release notes, or this website.
12. Contact
Privacy questions? Email elias@benavo.ch