Privacy Policy

Vink is built for indie iOS developers who want to manage and reply to App Store reviews from their phone. This page describes exactly what data we touch and what we don't. Plain English, no legalese.

What stays on your device

The following never leaves your phone:

• Your App Store Connect API Key ID, Issuer ID, and the contents of your .p8 private key. These are stored in the iOS Keychain and used only to sign requests to App Store Connect from your phone.
• Your selection of which apps to track or hide.
• The most recent review timestamp per app (used to decide which reviews are "new" for notifications).

We have no way to read these values. They're in the iOS Keychain on your device, encrypted by iOS, accessible only to the Vink app.

What goes to our backend

When you tap "Generate Draft" on a review, Vink sends the following to our server at getvink.app/api:

• The text of the review (title and body).
• The star rating (1–5).
• The app name (so the AI can use it in the reply).
• An optional language hint and the optional "Notes for the AI" text you typed.

Our backend immediately forwards this to OpenAI to generate a reply draft. We do not log the request body, do not persist it to a database, and do not associate it with you. Once the draft is returned to your phone, the data is gone from our side.

OpenAI's handling of the data is governed by their own API data usage policy. Per OpenAI's policy, API request data is not used to train their models and is retained only briefly for abuse monitoring.

What App Store Connect sees

Vink calls the App Store Connect API directly from your phone using your own API key. Apple sees those calls the same way they would if you used App Store Connect on the web — Apple's privacy policy applies. We're not in the middle of those calls.

Subscriptions

Vink Pro is a subscription handled entirely by Apple through the App Store. We never see your Apple ID, your name, your card, or your billing address. Apple confirms the entitlement to our app via StoreKit; that's it. To cancel, manage, or get a refund, use Apple's Subscriptions page in the iOS Settings app.

Notifications

Notifications are local — produced by your iPhone after a background check finds a new review. There is no remote push server. We do not know that you received a notification.

Analytics and tracking

There are none. Vink does not include any analytics SDK, ad network, attribution tool, or third-party tracker. We do not collect device identifiers, usage events, crash reports, or anything similar.

Children

Vink is a developer tool and is not intended for children under 13. We don't knowingly collect data from children.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, we'll update the "Last updated" date at the top. Material changes will be highlighted in the app's release notes.

Contact

For privacy questions or data requests, open Vink and use Settings → Contact Support. A web contact form will be added here later.