Ghost Watch for iOS — Effective March 15, 2026
Ghost Watch scans for potential surveillance threats using sensors and system APIs on your device. This includes Bluetooth signals (to detect nearby trackers), network metadata (to identify suspicious connections), battery usage patterns, and cellular signal characteristics. All of this processing happens entirely on your iPhone. No scan results, threat data, or device information ever leaves your phone.
Ghost Watch requests location permission solely for the SOS emergency feature. When you trigger an SOS alert, your current GPS coordinates are included in the text message sent to your chosen emergency contacts and/or 911, so they can find you. Location data is never stored, logged, or transmitted to any server. If you do not use the SOS feature, Ghost Watch never accesses your location.
Ghost Watch uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) scanning to detect nearby tracker devices such as AirTags, Tile, Samsung SmartTags, and unknown BLE transmitters. Detected device identifiers are processed in real-time memory only and are not stored persistently or transmitted anywhere.
If you set up trusted contacts for the SOS feature, those phone numbers are stored locally on your device using iOS standard storage (UserDefaults). They are never uploaded, synced, or shared with any external service.
Ghost Watch monitors active network connections and cellular signal characteristics to detect anomalies that may indicate surveillance. This analysis is performed entirely on-device. No network traffic is intercepted, recorded, or transmitted.
Ghost Watch does not require or offer user accounts. There is no sign-up, no login, no email collection, and no cloud backend. The app operates fully offline after installation.
Ghost Watch contains zero third-party SDKs, analytics frameworks, crash reporters, or advertising networks. We do not use Firebase, Google Analytics, Facebook SDK, or any similar services.
Ghost Watch Pro is available as a subscription through Apple's App Store. All payment processing is handled entirely by Apple. We never see, collect, or store any payment information.
Ghost Watch stores the following data locally on your iPhone using iOS UserDefaults and in-memory storage: your first name (used to identify you in SOS messages), trusted contact phone numbers, threat scan results and history, app preferences and settings. This data exists only on your device, is never transmitted to any server, and is removed when you delete the app. Your first name and phone numbers only leave your device inside the SOS text message that you explicitly choose to send.
Ghost Watch is rated 12+ and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect any information from anyone, including children.
If we update this privacy policy, the revised version will be posted at this URL with an updated effective date. Since we collect no data, meaningful changes to this policy are unlikely.
Questions about this privacy policy can be directed to: ghostwatchsupport@gmail.com