Wendus Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 13, 2026

Wendus is a local-first wedding planning app. Wedding event data is stored on the user's device by default.

Data The App Handles

The app can store event details, wedding period names, schedule event names, guest and household names, RSVP status, meal choices, dietary notes, accessibility notes, contact details entered by the user, seating assignments and saved seating-plan drafts, imported venue map or floor-plan files selected by the user, venue sketch zones, scale calibration, and table/item-placement marks, QR pass records, check-in records, venue handoff staff packets, trusted venue peer records, local purchase pass records, encrypted archive and backup files created by the user, export previews, local CSV import/export history, and audit history.

App Data Collection

The app does not transmit event data or local purchase pass records to a developer-operated server. It does not use advertising SDKs, analytics SDKs, tracking domains, guest accounts, vendor accounts, or live cloud sync. Paid upgrades use Apple's App Store purchase system; payment card details are handled by Apple and are not stored in the app.

Website Analytics

wendus.app uses Google Analytics 4 with measurement ID G-LKL2T81FPT for aggregate website traffic and download-button measurement, and Cloudflare Web Analytics for aggregate traffic and page-performance measurement. These website services do not receive wedding event data from the Wendus app.

Camera

The camera is used only when the user opens Venue mode's QR scanner. QR payloads are opaque tokens used for local event check-in.

Local Network

Venue Handoff can use local peer-to-peer connectivity to send an encrypted, check-in-only venue packet between nearby Wendus devices with an active 3-day premium trial or One Wedding Pass. The receiver can search guests, scan or paste QR tokens, mark arrivals, and view table, meal, dietary, and accessibility notes. The receiver can return only check-in results. Wendus does not send these packets through a developer-operated server.

Local Storage And Encryption

The app stores the event snapshot locally in SQLite and encrypts the stored snapshot with Apple platform cryptography. Imported venue map files are stored as protected local sidecar files and referenced from the encrypted event snapshot by metadata. Local CSV export files and encrypted archive files use iOS file protection. Encrypted archives use keys stored in the Apple Keychain.

Encrypted Backup And Restore

The user can create a portable .wendusbackup file containing the event snapshot and imported venue map bytes. The file is encrypted on the device with a key derived from a passphrase chosen by the user. Wendus does not transmit the backup or passphrase to a developer-operated server, and the passphrase cannot be recovered by the developer. The user can save or share the file through the iOS share sheet and restore it on another device running Wendus. Restore merges purchase records conservatively so a backup does not reduce the receiving device's current entitlement state.

Sharing And Exports

The user can create local CSV records for vendors, a master guest list CSV for spreadsheet editing, and an encrypted event backup for transfer or recovery. Export previews show purpose, included fields, excluded fields, row count, and sensitive-field warnings before a vendor record is created. If the user imports a CSV, backup, or venue map from Files, the app reads only the selected file locally. Imported venue maps and sketch files are not included in Venue Handoff packets or vendor CSV exports; they are included in a portable event backup when one is created.

Retention

The app provides post-event closeout actions to archive the event, purge sensitive fields, keep aggregate counts, or delete local event data. Purge and aggregate-only closeout remove generated local CSV export files and imported venue map sidecar files. Delete closeout also removes app-managed encrypted archives and backups. Copies the user saved or shared to Files, Messages, email, or another destination remain under the user's control at that destination.

Contact

For help with Wendus, use the Support URL published for the app on its App Store product page.