Vantage — Privacy Policy

Last updated 25 August 2026

Vantage is a scouting app for VEX V5RC teams, made by Anderson Wang (team 66556Z). This page describes exactly what the app stores, where it goes, and how to remove it. It is written to be read, not to cover anybody legally.

The short version

Vantage has no ads, no analytics, no trackers, and no third-party advertising SDKs. Nothing is sold or shared with anyone. Most of what you create stays on your phone, and the parts that sync exist only so your own scouting group can see them.

What is stored on your device

• Your scouting: team notes, match notes, pick lists, and auton routes.
• App settings, favourite teams, and your team number.
• A cached copy of public VEX data so the app works without a signal.

Deleting the app removes all of it from the device.

What is stored on the server

Vantage's server runs on Cloudflare. It holds:

• If you sign in: an identifier from Sign in with Apple, and the display name you choose. Vantage never receives your Apple password, and receives your real name or email only if Apple passes them and you choose to share them.
• If you join a scouting group: the scouting your group shares, plus which members belong to it. A group is private to the people holding its join code.
• If you sign in: your favourite teams, team list, auton routes, profile photo, and the date you joined, so they follow you to a new phone.
• If you turn on notifications: a push token for each device and which alert types you enabled. Nothing else.

What Vantage does not collect

• No location. No contacts. No photos beyond a profile picture you pick yourself.
• No advertising identifier, no analytics, no crash-reporting SDK, no tracking.
• No payment information — the app is free and has nothing to buy.

Who else sees it

• Your scouting group sees the scouting you add to it. That is the point of a group, and it is the only sharing the app does.
• Cloudflare hosts the server and therefore stores this data on Anderson's behalf.
• Apple handles Sign in with Apple and delivers push notifications.
• Public VEX information shown in the app comes from RobotEvents and robotstatistics. Those requests are made by Vantage's server, so your device is not identified to them.

Deleting your account

In the app: Profile, then your account, then Delete my account. That removes your account, your saved teams, auton routes and photo, your push tokens, and takes you out of every scouting group.

One thing deliberately stays: scouting you added to a group remains with that group, because it is your team's shared work and other members are still using it. If you want a group's data gone entirely, the group owner can delete the whole group, which removes it for everybody.

Backups are kept for up to 90 days so a team can recover from a mistake, then deleted automatically.

Children

Vantage is built for VEX competitors, many of whom are under 18. It collects no more from a younger user than an older one, shows no ads, and profiles nobody. A parent or guardian who wants an account removed can delete it in the app or email the address below.

Changes

If this policy changes in a way that affects what is collected, the date at the top changes and the app's release notes will say so.

Contact

Questions, or a deletion request you cannot complete in the app: [email protected]

Vantage is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by VEX Robotics, Innovation First, or the REC Foundation.