Privacy

OGI: Off Grid Intelligence does not collect any data about you, and we receive nothing from the app. There is no account, no ads, no analytics and no tracking. OGI has no server of its own.

What Stays on Your iPhone

Your chats with the AI, your guides and notes, documents and PDFs you add, photos you take or import, sound and voice recordings and their transcripts, Family chat messages, saved places and paths, pack lists, downloaded maps and books, saved forecasts and your settings are stored only on your iPhone. Deleting the app deletes all of it. Because we hold no copy, we can't retrieve or delete it for you. Downloaded maps are left out of iCloud Backup. If you use iCloud Backup, Apple may include your other OGI data in your encrypted iPhone backup under Apple's terms.

The AI Runs on Your iPhone

OGI's assistant uses Liquid AI's LFM3-Omni-2B model, which is built into the app and runs entirely on your iPhone. Nothing about the AI is downloaded after you install the app. Your questions, photos and sounds are processed on the phone and are not sent to Liquid AI or to anyone else.

On eligible iPhones with Apple Intelligence turned on, OGI can also use Apple's on-device model. This is optional: turn it on or off in OGI under About & settings, "Use Apple's on-device AI when available". OGI uses only Apple's on-device model, not any Apple server-based model. Apple handles that processing on your iPhone under Apple's terms.

Permissions

Location (while using the app): shows your coordinates and direction, powers Where am I, Way back and Find water, places you on offline maps, picks your state's offline map, and lets you include your position in a Family chat message when you choose to. OGI does not use your location in the background. Location leaves the phone only in the cases listed under "What Leaves Your iPhone, and When".

Camera: used only when you choose to take a photo for photo check. The photo is examined on the phone.

Microphone and speech recognition: used for sound check, and to record a voice question and transcribe it on the phone only. If no offline speech language is installed, the recording is not sent anywhere to be transcribed.

Bluetooth and local network: used only for Family chat, to find nearby family phones running OGI and exchange messages directly with them.

Notifications: readiness reminders are local notifications that your iPhone schedules and shows itself.

You can turn any permission off in iOS Settings. The features that need it stop working, and everything else keeps working.

Family Chat

Family chat sends messages directly from one iPhone to another nearby, over Bluetooth and peer-to-peer Wi-Fi, with no internet, no cell service and no server. You add family members in person, by checking that both phones show the same code. Messages are encrypted from end to end, so only the family members you added can read them, and the connection between phones is encrypted too. We never see them.

Other nearby phones running OGI may pass an encrypted message along to reach someone farther away. They cannot read it, and they see only an anonymous relay identity that changes over time. Your family name and battery level are shared only with family members you added. A message that includes your position shares your precise location with the family members who receive it. Messages are stored on the sending and receiving phones only. Family chat does not contact emergency services.

What Leaves Your iPhone, and When

All of the following happen only while you are connected to the internet. None of them includes your name, an account or an advertising identifier.

Maps and books. Once you allow location and are on Wi-Fi, OGI downloads your state's offline map from bundle.tiles.coalition.space. Road data comes from download.geofabrik.de. These requests name the map file, not your coordinates. Optional books download from their original publishers, such as United States government agencies.

State map choice. To pick your state's map, OGI asks Apple's location service which state you are in. Apple handles this under Apple's terms.

Web search (off unless you turn it on). If you turn on "Search the web when online" in About & settings, under Web search, OGI may send the text of one question to Microsoft Bing search and read a few of the websites it returns. Exact coordinates, email addresses, web addresses and long numbers are removed first. Your chat history, your location and text from your documents are not sent. Urgent safety questions are always answered from saved guidance, without searching.

Your area. Only when you tap "Refresh now (uses the internet)", set your home, or turn on "Prepare my area", OGI sends your position, rounded to about 1 kilometre, to prepare nearby water, places, paths, weather and hazard information. These requests go to OpenStreetMap data services (overpass-api.de, with api.openstreetmap.org as a backup), the United States National Weather Service (api.weather.gov), the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Risk Index and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

As with any internet request, these services can see your device's internet address. Each one handles requests under its own privacy policy. We have no agreement with these services, and they receive no data from us. OGI sends us nothing.

When You Share

Places, coordinates, path files, notes and document text leave your iPhone only when you tap Share and choose where they go. Path files include your precise locations and times. Inviting family with a QR code or the share sheet sends only an invitation to download OGI.

Emergency Calls and Texts

The Call 911 and Text 911 buttons open your iPhone's own Phone or Messages app with 911 filled in. You confirm the call or send the text yourself. OGI does not place calls, send texts or contact rescuers on its own.

Safety

OGI gives general information for education and preparedness. It is not a medical device, and it does not replace a doctor, emergency services or local authorities. In an emergency, call your local emergency number (911 in the United States).

Children

We collect nothing, so we hold no data on anyone of any age. OGI is rated 16+ on the App Store because it contains frequent medical and treatment information.

Keeping and Deleting Data

We keep nothing, so there is nothing for us to delete. Everything OGI stores is on your iPhone. You can remove things you added in the app, or delete the app to remove all of it. To stop the internet features above, leave Web search and Prepare my area off, or turn off Wi-Fi and mobile data.

Third Parties

OGI contains no third-party analytics, advertising or tracking code. We share no user data with anyone, because we receive none.

This Website

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If This Changes

If we ever add anything that collects data, we will update this page before that version is released and say what changed. Effective Saturday, November 14, 2026.

Questions

Email chirag_mirani+OGI@gmail.com.