Privacy Policy

Who we are

Pulse is a fitness, nutrition and recovery tracking application operated by Rycon Mouton. This policy explains what data the app collects, why, and the choices you have. Contact us any time at support@pulsecoach.online.

Data controller

The data controller for personal information collected through Pulse is Rycon Mouton. For data-access, correction, export or deletion requests, email support@pulsecoach.online.

Data we collect

• Account data — email address and authentication identifiers, used to sign you in and keep your data separated from other users.
• Fitness profile — age, sex, height, weight, activity level, goals, equipment access and training preferences, used to calculate calorie targets and generate programs.
• Training and health data — workouts, sets, loads, readiness and RPE scores, body measurements, sleep (logged manually), steps, water intake, optional menstrual cycle entries, optional lab/biomarker results and athletic test results.
• Progress photos — only the photos you choose to upload, stored in a private storage bucket that only your account can read.
• Nutrition data — food logs, barcode lookups, meal plans, and meal photos you choose to submit for AI calorie and macronutrient estimation. Meal photos are sent to our AI provider only when you request an estimate, and the returned values are always yours to review and edit.
• Video and form-analysis media — lift, protocol-test, challenge-attempt and form-coach clips you upload, plus the still keyframes and AI notes generated from them. These are stored in private buckets, served through short-lived signed links, and only shared where you explicitly choose to share them (a feed post, a challenge group, or a chat thread).
• Social & messaging data — the friend connections you accept, your close-friends list, feed posts and comments, direct messages, and items you share in chat (workouts, challenges, meals, meal plans, calendar events, PRs and photo comparisons). Each post is visible only to the audience you select (all friends, close friends, or specific friends), and shared chat items are readable only by the participants of that thread, enforced server-side.
• Shared media — photos and videos you choose to attach in chat are uploaded to a private storage bucket and shared only with the specific friend in that thread. Your progress photos remain private to your account unless you explicitly share or export them.
• Exports and share images — when you export a comparison report, measurement card, PR or progress photo as a PNG, JPEG or PDF, the image is rendered on your device and downloaded by you. We do not retain a copy of the exported file; anything you then post to social media is governed by that platform.
• Moderation data — reports you submit on posts, comments, messages or athletes, including the reported content and any note you add, and the block lists you maintain.
• Push notification tokens — device push tokens stored to deliver direct messages, comments and likes on your posts, new posts from friends, friend and group requests, challenge-attempt and record-beaten alerts, and rest-timer alerts when the app is closed or your screen is locked. Tokens are used only for delivery, each category can be turned off in Settings → Notifications, and the token is deleted when you sign out or delete your account.
• Leaderboards, challenges & step competitions — to power leaderboards, weekly and monthly challenge windows, step boards and benchmark alerts, limited profile data (display name) and your relevant performance metrics (one-rep-max results, benchmark test scores, logged challenge attempts and daily step totals) are visible to athletes in that challenge or to friends you have mutually accepted.
• Usage analytics and fair-use counters — aggregated, non-identifying interaction events used to improve the product, plus per-account counters for AI features (for example daily form-comparison requests) used to apply fair-use limits.

App Store data disclosure

These are the data categories declared in Apple's App Privacy questionnaire for Pulse AI. Every category is linked to your account, and none of it is used for tracking or advertising.

Pulse does not track you across other companies' apps or websites, does not sell personal data, and uses no advertising networks.

Health and fitness integrations

If you enable Apple Health or Android Health Connect, Pulse reads the categories you approve: daily steps and active calories, workouts and heart-rate data, and sleep analysis and heart-rate variability. Where you grant historical access, we read past entries in those same categories so your trends start with data you already have. We merge these with any manual entries you add. On Android we also write steps, active calories, hydration, exercise minutes, sleep, heart rate and HRV back to Health Connect when you log them inside the app; anything written to your device health store stays there until you remove it in Health Connect, even if you delete your Pulse account. This data is used solely to power your in-app trackables. It is never sold, used for advertising, shared with data brokers, or sent to an AI provider unless you submit it to an AI feature yourself. You can revoke access at any time from your device's health settings.

Sensitive data you choose to add

Some entries are optional and more sensitive than the rest: menstrual cycle and reproductive-health entries, blood-test and lab documents you upload, injury and pain notes, and progress or posed photos. These are stored in your account only, are never used for advertising or shared with other athletes unless you explicitly share them, and are only sent to an AI provider when you submit that specific item for analysis. You can delete any of them individually in the app.

Progress-photo alignment guides are drawn on your device while you frame the shot; the photo is only sent for AI processing if you ask the coach to review or re-align it.

Chat, GIFs and group threads

Messages, photos, videos and GIFs you send are visible to the people in that thread — a single friend in a direct chat, or every member of a group chat. GIFs are fetched from a third-party GIF catalogue when you search, so your search words are sent to that provider; your identity and account data are not. Anything you send can be reported by a recipient, in which case the message is retained for safety review.

How we use your data

• Deliver core features: programs, warm-ups, logging, progression, session resumption and tracking.
• Generate AI coaching output you request — programs, form feedback and side-by-side form comparisons, photo comparisons, lab interpretation and meal-photo calorie/macro estimates.
• Deliver social features — feed posts and comments, friend messaging, shared items you send to a friend, challenges, leaderboards and step competitions — between users who have mutually accepted a connection and within the audience you choose.
• Send the notifications you enable, including rest-timer alerts, comment replies and challenge activity.
• Keep the community safe: when you report a post, comment, athlete or message, we retain the reported content, your identity as the reporter and any note you add for safety review. Blocking an athlete removes the friendship and hides content in both directions.
• Maintain security, prevent abuse, apply fair-use limits and diagnose faults.
• Process subscription payments where you choose to subscribe.

We do not sell your personal data.

Third-party processors

• Cloud database, authentication and file storage hosting.
• AI model providers — Google (Gemini models) and OpenAI (GPT models) — used to process the specific content you submit for analysis (workout data, form clips and keyframes, progress and posed photos, meal and label photos, gym scans, lab results, and coach chat messages).
• Open Food Facts, for public nutrition and barcode lookups.
• Push notification delivery — Apple Push Notification service on iPhone and iPad, and Google Firebase Cloud Messaging on Android. Your device token and the notification text pass through these services to reach your lock screen.
• A third-party GIF catalogue, used only when you search for a GIF in chat.
• Apple Health / Android Health Connect, only where you grant permission on your device.
• App Store / Google Play, for subscription billing.

Content sent for AI analysis (for example a progress photo, meal photo or lift clip) is transmitted for processing only. It is not used to train Pulse models or third-party models, and providers retain it only briefly for abuse monitoring under our agreement with them.

Before anything is sent to an AI provider for the first time, we show you exactly what leaves your account, who receives it and why, and ask for your permission. Nothing is sent until you agree. The permission covers the AI features you choose to use — lift, posture and pose reviews, progress and posed photo analysis, meal photos, nutrition label and gym equipment scans, blood-test uploads, and coach chat — and you can decline at any time by simply not using those features. Your name, email address, password and payment details are never sent to an AI provider. If the data, providers or purposes change, we ask you again.

AI answers are automated estimates and can be wrong. Every AI answer in coach chat has a “Report this answer” option so a person can review anything unsafe, offensive or incorrect.

Storage, security and retention

Data is encrypted in transit and access-controlled per user with row-level security. We keep your data for as long as your account exists. Delete individual entries at any time in-app, or request full account deletion.

Photos and videos live in private storage buckets and are delivered through short-lived signed links. Because media is cached by your browser, your device and our content delivery network to keep the app fast, a copy may persist in those caches for a period after you delete the original.

Social posts, comments, messages and shared media can be edited or deleted in-app. Removing a friend, changing a post audience, or deleting your account removes your shared content from the other party's view where technically possible. Content another athlete has already downloaded, exported or screenshotted is outside our control.

Your rights and deleting your account

You can delete your account inside the app under Settings → Privacy, or use our account and data deletion page to send a request from the web. You can also request access to, correction of, or an export of your personal data by emailing support@pulsecoach.online.

Deletion removes your profile, logs, measurements, photos, videos, posts, messages and push tokens within 30 days, apart from minimal records we must keep for legal, tax or fraud-prevention reasons, and store billing records held by Apple or Google. The deletion page lists exactly what is removed and what may be kept.

Children

Pulse is not intended for anyone under 16, and our Terms of Service require you to be 16 or older to create an account or use social features. We do not knowingly collect data from children, and we delete any account we learn belongs to someone under 16.

Medical disclaimer

Pulse provides general fitness and wellness information only. It is not medical advice and does not replace consultation with a qualified healthcare professional.

Changes

We will update this page when our practices change and revise the date above. See also our Terms of Service and Support pages.