Last updated: 11 June 2026
In short: Windrose does not collect, store, or sell your personal information itself. There are no accounts and no analytics SDKs, and your location is used only to fetch weather for you. The app is free with ads: on the free plan a third-party advertising provider (Google AdMob) shows ads and may collect device and ad-interaction data as described in the Advertising section below. The optional Windrose Pro subscription removes all ads.
Windrose has no user accounts and no servers that store your data. We do not collect your name, email, contacts, browsing history, or any analytics about how you use the app. The one exception is the third-party advertising provider on the free plan (see “Advertising” below), which collects data under Google’s control — not ours — to deliver ads.
If you grant location access, Windrose uses your device's location to show the weather, radar and conditions where you are. To retrieve a forecast for a point, your approximate coordinates (or the coordinates of a place you search for) are sent to our weather data providers (listed below) as part of an ordinary weather request. These coordinates are not stored by us, are not linked to your identity, and are never used for advertising or tracking. You can use the app without granting location access by searching for places by name. You can change or revoke location permission anytime in iOS Settings.
Your saved places, app settings, and the most recent forecast (cached so the app works briefly offline) are stored only on your device. Removing the app deletes this data.
Windrose retrieves weather information from the following third-party services. Requests contain only the location and parameters needed to return weather data; they do not contain personal information about you. Each provider may log technical request metadata (such as IP address) under its own privacy policy:
Windrose Pro subscriptions are processed by Apple through the App Store. We do not receive or store your payment information. Apple handles billing, renewals and receipts in accordance with Apple's Privacy Policy.
On the free plan, Windrose shows ads using the Google Mobile Ads SDK (Google AdMob): a banner on the weather dashboard and an optional short video ad you can choose to watch to unlock the full extended forecast for the day. To select, deliver, measure and cap the frequency of these ads and to prevent fraud, the Google SDK may collect device and usage information — including a device advertising identifier (IDFA, only with your consent), an IP address (and the coarse region derived from it), and information about your interaction with the ads.
The first time the free version prepares to show an ad, iOS shows Apple’s App Tracking Transparency prompt:
This advertising data is collected and processed by Google as an independent controller, not by MW Supply Limited. We never receive it. Google’s handling of this data is governed by the Google Privacy Policy and How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services. You can change your tracking choice at any time in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.
Windrose Pro removes all ads. While you are a Pro subscriber the app does not display ads, does not start the advertising SDK, and never shows the App Tracking Transparency prompt. Your location is never used for advertising by us; any coarse, IP-derived region used in ad serving is handled by Google as described above.
Windrose is not directed at children. The app itself does not knowingly collect any personal information from anyone, including children. Ads on the free plan are served by Google; when tracking permission has not been granted, the app requests non-personalized ads only.
If this policy changes, we will update this page and revise the date above. Material changes will be reflected in a future app update.
Questions about privacy? Email mwsupplylimited@gmail.com.