🤝 Ante

Effective date: August 2026

Ante lets private friend groups create predictions on any outcome, track who called it right, and keep a running tally of who owes who. This policy explains what account and group data Ante stores and why.

Ante never processes, holds, or moves real money. Stake amounts you enter are only used to calculate who owes what within your own group - Ante has no payment processor, no bank integration, and no way to send or receive funds. When a stake resolves, Ante shows you a balance; you and your friends settle that balance between yourselves (bank transfer, PayPal, cash, however you'd normally pay each other), entirely outside the app.

1. Account Data

Creating an account requires either Sign in with Apple or an email address and password, handled by Firebase Authentication (part of Google). Ante stores your display name and, if you set one, a profile photo - visible to other members of groups you join, the same way a name is visible in any group chat.

2. Group & Stake Data

Groups, stakes (predictions), your own predictions, and running balances are stored in a private cloud database (Google Firebase), visible only to members of that specific group. This includes:

Group names and the list of members
Stake titles, stake amounts, deadlines, and outcomes
Your predictions - hidden from other group members until the deadline passes
Running balances between group members, and any settlement you mark as paid

Your predictions on a stake are only ever visible to other members of that same private group, never publicly, and never to anyone outside groups you've joined.

3. What "Stake Amount" Actually Means

The amount you enter when creating a stake is a number used purely for arithmetic - working out who's owed what if they predicted correctly. It is not a payment, is never charged to any card, and Ante never sees or stores any bank or card details in connection with it.

4. Third-Party Services We Use

Google Firebase Authentication, database (Firestore), and server logic (Cloud Functions) that make groups and stakes work. See Google's Privacy Policy.
Google Analytics for Firebase Collects standard app-usage analytics (screens viewed, feature usage, crashes) to help us understand how Ante is used and fix problems. It does not receive your stake amounts, predictions, balances, or any other group content - only usage events. See Google's Privacy Policy.
Apple Sign in with Apple Used for account creation on iOS without sharing your real email if you choose Apple's private relay option.
App Store Billing Ante Pro subscriptions are handled securely through Apple's App Store. We never collect, process, or store your card details.

5. Data Retention & Deletion

Leaving a group removes you from its member list, but historical stakes you took part in remain visible to the group you were a member of, the same way a message you sent in a group chat doesn't disappear when you leave it. To request full account deletion, contact us below.

6. Your Rights & Choices

You can leave any group at any time (group owners must delete the group instead, since a v1 group always needs an owner). You can request a copy or deletion of your data at any time by contacting us.

7. Children's Privacy

Ante does not knowingly collect information from children, and is not directed at children.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions, feedback, or data requests relating to this Privacy Policy, please get in touch:

📧 hello@daryl.in