Ramen to Runway

Privacy & Terms

Last updated October 14, 2026

In short: your transactions, balances, and tax details stay on your device. There are no accounts and no analytics. If you join a test group, the app sends one count a day with nothing in it that identifies you. The app gives planning estimates, not financial, investment, or tax advice.

Who we are

Ramen to Runway is run by an independent developer in Missouri, in the United States, and is built for people in the United States. If you use it from somewhere else, the information described here is handled in the United States.

Every server involved

What stays on your device

Everything you enter (transactions, account cash, other assets and debts, your tax profile, your net-worth history, your practice account, your check-in streak, and your income, spending, bills, subscriptions, budgets, cards, loans, shared costs, goals, habits, and notes) is saved in your browser's local storage on the device you use. It is not sent to us, and we have no copy. Clearing your browser's site data, or choosing Clear all data in Settings, deletes it permanently. Use Export backup in Settings to keep your own copy.

Cloud backup (optional)

If you turn on cloud backup, the app encrypts a copy of your data on your device (AES-256) with a key made from a recovery code that only you see. Our server stores that encrypted copy, a fingerprint used to check that updates come from you, when it last changed, and a random label for the latest save, so your devices can tell which one saved last. We can’t read the copy or recover your code, so a lost code means the backup can’t be opened. Turning cloud backup off deletes the copy, and so does choosing “Delete it too” when you clear your data. A backup that isn’t updated for 400 days is deleted automatically; the app backs up whenever you use it, so this only removes backups nobody uses.

Limits against abuse. To stop anyone from filling the server with fake backups or reminders, or flooding Contact us, it counts how many new backups and reminder sign-ups each network starts in a day, and how many messages it sends in an hour. It counts by a one-way fingerprint of the network address and the date or hour, not the address itself, and deletes each count within two days.

Goal photos. Optional goal photos are resized on your device and saved with your goals. They are included in exported backups and, if enabled, your encrypted cloud backup. Removing a photo removes it from future backups; copies you previously exported still contain it.

What reaches our server

Test groups (only if you join)

Sometimes we invite students to try the app for a few weeks. Only people who open an invite link, or type its code in Settings, and then choose Join are in a test group. Once a day, when the app is opened, it sends one count with only this:

A count has no ID, no dates, no amounts, and no network address. Nothing in it says who sent it, or which other counts came from the same phone. Every count in a group is deleted 30 days after the test ends. To stop, choose Leave test group in Settings, or Clear all data. Counts already sent can’t be picked out, so they’re deleted with the rest of the group.

What we don't do

How we respond to Do Not Track

Ramen to Runway doesn’t track you across other sites or apps, and doesn’t let other companies track you here. So there is nothing for a Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control signal to turn off: every visit is treated as if one were on.

Your age, and children

Ramen to Runway is meant for people 13 and older who are learning to manage their own money. It is not directed to children under 13.

Before cloud backup or restore, reminders, Contact us, or a test group can send personal information, the app asks for your birth month and year and lets you review it before saving. The answer and any parent-permission confirmation stay on your device and are never included in backups or sent to us. Existing connected features pause until this review is complete. If the answer shows you’re under 13, those features stop sending. The app removes the online backup and reminder record associated with this device and leaves its test group. If removal fails, it keeps the information needed to retry on this device, shows that online deletion is pending, and retries when you reconnect or reopen the app. Your local money records remain available, and you can save a backup file. Price lookups and public information still work as described above.

The app has no accounts, no ads, and no analytics (apart from the anonymous count for a test group someone chooses to join), and we don’t collect names or ages. If you’re a parent or guardian and think a child under 13 sent us something, email us and we’ll delete it. If you are under 18, use the app with a parent’s or guardian’s permission. The app asks you to confirm that permission before connected features can be used; this is not an identity or parental-verification service. Investing accounts are usually opened by a parent, so check the numbers here with them.

Settings → Age and connected features shows the answer saved on this device. If a mistaken answer restricts connected features, a parent or guardian can email us to request help correcting it without clearing the money records. The request does not automatically change the answer or remove restrictions. Don’t send financial records, identity documents, or recovery codes with a correction request.

Your choices

Everything on your device is yours to change or delete: Clear all data in Settings deletes it, turning off cloud backup deletes the online copy, and turning off reminders deletes the reminder record. To have a message you sent us deleted, email us.

Accessibility

We want everyone to be able to use Ramen to Runway, and we aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA. Every button and field has a label for screen readers, the whole app works with a keyboard, text size can be changed in Settings, and the app follows your device’s dark mode and reduced-motion settings. If something is hard to use, tell us through Contact us or by email, and we’ll work on it.

Terms of use

Changes

If this policy or these terms change, we'll update the date above. Material changes will also be noted in the app. Using the app after a change means you accept the new version.

Contact

Questions about privacy or these terms: hello@ramentorunway.app. To report a security problem, see Security and trust.

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