Privacy Policy

Who we are

Ante is operated by The Commitment Company LLC (“we” or “us”). We are responsible for the personal information described in this policy, which covers the Ante app and this website.

What we collect

• Account details. Your name and email address, from signing in with Apple or Google.
• Your commitments. The habits and goals you make, their stakes, signed contracts, and check-in history.
• Proof. Photos you take or choose for a check-in, what you write about them, and timer runs. For a location habit, we read your precise location once, only when you tap Check in, and never in the background. We store the coordinates, their accuracy, and the place they matched.
• Friends you name. The name and email address of anyone you choose as a friend stake.
• Payment details. Your card is held by Stripe. We only see its brand and last four digits, and the charges made to it. Ante Pro is bought through Apple, and we receive your subscription status.
• Device and usage data. A push notification token, how you use the app, crash reports, and session replays of the app screen with text fields and images masked.
• Messages to support, including any charge you contest and why.
• Waitlist sign-ups. If you joined our waitlist before launch, your email address.

How we use it

We use this information to run Ante: to check your proof, send reminders, charge a money stake when you miss, email the friends you name, manage your subscription, review contested charges, prevent fraud, and fix bugs. We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use it for advertising.

Service providers

These companies process data on our behalf, only as needed to do their part:

• Convex hosts our backend and database, and stores proof photos.
• Clerk handles sign-in with Apple and Google.
• Stripe saves your card and processes stake charges, refunds and disputes.
• Apple and RevenueCat process Ante Pro subscriptions.
• PostHog provides analytics, crash reports and session replay.
• Expo delivers push notifications.
• Google Places receives your coordinates when you check in at a location, to find the places around you.
• OpenRouter passes your proof photos, the places around you when you check in, and the text of your commitment to an AI model (Google Gemini), which checks whether the proof matches. It also suggests ways to prove a new commitment. The app asks before sending anything, and you can switch it off in Me → Preferences.
• Resend sends our emails.

Stripe's and Apple's own privacy policies apply to the payment data they handle.

Friends you name

When you make a friend stake, we email that person a heads-up, and one more email if you miss. The emails show your name and the commitment, and replies go to your email address. Every email has a link to stop emails from Ante. We keep a record of that choice, and of bounced addresses, so we don't email them again.

Refund requests to Apple

If you ask Apple for a refund of an Ante Pro purchase, we share details of that purchase and of your use of the app with Apple, so Apple can decide the request.

Keeping and deleting your data

• You can delete your account in the app at Me → Delete account. That deletes your habits and goals and their history, every proof photo and check-in, your signed contracts, the friends you named, your reminders, and your saved cards.
• Stripe keeps its own record of past charges, including any amount still owed.
• When a money stake comes due and you then delete that habit or goal, its proof is kept for 130 days so a contested or disputed charge can be reviewed. Deleting your account deletes it too.
• After you delete your account, we keep one-way hashes of your email address and of your card's fingerprint. They aren't linked to you or to any other data, and they can't be turned back into your email or card. We use them only to stop a one-time courtesy on a first miss from being claimed twice.
• Friends' choices to stop emails are kept after you delete your account.
• Waitlist emails can be removed with the unsubscribe link in any email we sent.

To ask for a copy of your data, or for anything you can't delete in the app, email support@useanteapp.com.

Your choices

You can turn off notifications, location and camera access in your iPhone's Settings at any time. Location is only needed for location habits, and the camera only for photo proof.

Changes

We may update this policy. We will post the new version here with a new date.

Contact

Questions about your privacy, or requests about your data? Email support@useanteapp.com to reach The Commitment Company LLC.