Last updated: July 12, 2026
NextStop is a route-planning, navigation, trip-sharing, and subscription app operated by Faba Development / Luke Fairbanks (“we,” “us”).
Depending on the features you use, NextStop handles:
The app does not access your device address book. Current code requests foreground location for navigation; it does not intentionally run continuous background-location tracking.
We use this information to create accounts, build and optimize routes, provide navigation, save and synchronize trips, share routes with recipients you choose, show live route progress, manage friends and notifications, process subscriptions, prevent abuse, troubleshoot failures, and respond to privacy requests.
When you enable route sharing, selected friends or people with a share link can see trip stops, addresses, route progress, and current location. Do not share a link with someone who should not have that access.
NextStop uses service providers including:
The currently released build also contains Meta/Facebook SDK components even though Facebook sign-in is unfinished. Those components are being removed; until an updated build is installed, Meta’s SDK may process automatic app events according to its configuration and policies.
During active navigation, the app can update precise location approximately as movement or time thresholds are met. Current code can upload active-route location even when a separate sharing toggle is not enabled so that route progress works. If sharing is enabled, recipients can view that progress. Shared routes are displayed as expiring after 24 hours, but the current service does not guarantee automatic deletion of the underlying route or viewer records after that period.
If notifications are enabled, an installation-specific push token and notification payload are processed through Expo and Apple or Google. Notification text may appear on a lock screen. RevenueCat receives an account-linked user identifier and purchase/entitlement history to provide subscriptions. Deleting an account does not itself cancel an app-store subscription; subscriptions must be managed through the applicable store.
Account, profile, signed-in trip, friendship, sharing, active-route, notification, and related records remain until deleted through an available control, removed in response to a verified request, or removed under an operational retention process. Guest trips and local settings remain on the device until cleared or the app is uninstalled. Mapping caches generally expire between about 30 minutes and 24 hours. Providers and app stores retain records under their own requirements.
The current in-app Delete Account flow attempts to delete major account records but may not remove every nested viewer record, friend request, notification, profile image, local cache, or RevenueCat record, and it can fail when recent reauthentication is required. A hardened deletion flow is being prepared. Until it is released, email us for a complete deletion request. We may need to verify account ownership. Do not send passwords, location history, or payment details by email.
You can decline location or notification permission, use guest mode for local trips, limit sharing recipients, revoke a shared link by stopping sharing where available, sign out, clear local data, and manage subscriptions in the app store. Some features will not work without the relevant permission or account data.
We use platform authentication, Firebase rules, encrypted network transport, and provider controls. No system can guarantee absolute security. Public mobile-client identifiers do not provide authorization; server-side rules and provider restrictions are required and are under continuing review.
NextStop’s current store age rating allows a general audience, but the service handles accounts, precise location, and social sharing and does not currently implement age verification or parental consent. Children should use the service only with a parent or guardian’s involvement where required. A parent or guardian can contact us to request access or deletion.
Material changes will be posted here with a new update date. Questions and privacy requests can be sent to luke_fairbanks@icloud.com.