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Require Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode before Orrique opens. See Lock the app.
Privacy and App Lock
Orrique is built to be a private journal. This article explains where your data lives, how to lock the app behind Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode, how to hide prices, and how location and weather are handled. Everything here is something you control from inside the app.
What this article covers
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Hide prices
Remove every price across the app for a discreet view. See Hide prices.
Device search
Choose whether your diary appears in Spotlight. See Device search.
Location and weather
Decide when your location is used for automatic weather. See Location and weather.
How to use it
Section titled “How to use it”Lock the app with Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode
Section titled “Lock the app with Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode”Orrique can require Face ID (or Touch ID, or your device passcode) before it opens.
- Open Settings.
- Tap Privacy (the row with the raised-hand icon).
- Turn on “Require Face ID to unlock”.
That is all you need to do. The setting takes effect right away. The label reads “Require Face ID to unlock”, but on a device that uses Touch ID it will use Touch ID instead, and either way your device passcode works as a fallback.
When the lock does engage, you see a screen that says “Orrique is locked” with an Unlock button. Tap Unlock, or simply return to the app, and the Face ID, Touch ID, or passcode prompt appears automatically. If a prompt is cancelled or fails, the “Orrique is locked” screen stays in place, so tap Unlock to try again. Your device passcode is always available as the fallback.
To turn the lock off, return to Settings, tap Privacy, and turn “Require Face ID to unlock” back off.
Hide prices
Section titled “Hide prices”If you would rather not show what your fragrances cost, you can hide every price in the app at once.
- Open Settings.
- Tap Customization, then go to the Display section.
- Turn on “Hide prices”.
This applies everywhere instantly, and it travels with iCloud Sync, so it stays consistent across your devices. Here is exactly what changes:
| Surface | With Hide prices on |
|---|---|
| Scent details | Price rows removed |
| Side-by-side comparison | The Value section removed |
| Wardrobe | Value totals hidden |
| Personal dupe card | Price and savings hidden |
| Insights Value lens Pro | Removed from the Scent Atlas |
Prices are removed, not replaced with a placeholder. Turn the toggle back off any time to show them again.
Choose what shows up in device search
Section titled “Choose what shows up in device search”Your diary entries can appear in your device’s search (Spotlight) so you can find a past wear without opening the app. You decide whether that happens.
- Open Settings.
- Tap Privacy.
- Turn “Include diary in Spotlight search” on or off.
When this is on, diary entries appear in device search. When it is off, they do not. As the app itself notes, your journal stays on this device unless you have turned on iCloud Sync.
Control location and weather
Section titled “Control location and weather”Orrique can attach the current weather to each wear you log, which uses your location. Location is only used for this, and only when you turn it on.
- Open Settings.
- Tap Weather (the cloud-and-sun row).
- Turn on “Fill weather automatically” and allow location access when asked.
The Location row in that screen shows the current state: Off, Allowed, or Denied. When weather is on, the conditions attach to each log you create. If you want to stop, turn “Fill weather automatically” back off.
What to expect
Section titled “What to expect”After you turn on app lock, leaving the app for more than the three-minute grace period and returning will prompt you to authenticate. When you come back within that window, it simply uncovers without asking you to unlock. One thing worth knowing: the lock re-engages only after the grace period, so it does not re-protect a session that is already open in your hand. If you have handed someone your unlocked phone with Orrique already open, the lock will not step in until the app has been in the background long enough.
After you hide prices, prices are gone right away across the app, as listed in the table above. After you change the Spotlight or weather settings, the change takes effect going forward. Turning weather on does not add weather to wears you logged in the past; it only fills in new logs.
Good to know
Section titled “Good to know”What is synced and what stays on each device
Section titled “What is synced and what stays on each device”Some privacy settings travel with iCloud Sync, and some stay on the device you set them on. This is the quick map:
| Setting | Travels with iCloud Sync? |
|---|---|
| Require Face ID to unlock | No, per device |
| Include diary in Spotlight search | No, per device |
| Hide prices | Yes, synced |
| Contribute to community data | Yes, synced |
| Help improve the shared catalog | Yes, synced |
So if you want the lock on both your iPhone and your iPad, turn it on separately on each.
Where your data lives
Section titled “Where your data lives”Orrique stores your collection and diary on your device. You choose whether it also syncs across your devices through your private iCloud, or stays on this device only.
| Storage mode | What it does |
|---|---|
| Local Only | Keeps everything on this device. |
| iCloud Sync | Keeps your collection up to date across all your devices, privately through your own iCloud account. |
You pick this when you first set up the app (under “Sync” during the welcome flow, where iCloud Sync is preselected), and you can change it later in Settings under Data & Sync. Changing the storage mode asks you to restart Orrique so the change can fully take effect, and you will see a “Restart Orrique to apply the storage change” notice when that is needed.
iCloud and Sync How private sync works, what crosses devices, and what to expect on a new device.
App lock is a screen barrier, not encryption
Section titled “App lock is a screen barrier, not encryption”The app lock keeps the app from opening on an unlocked device. It is a barrier in front of the app, not file encryption of your data. To use it, you need Face ID, Touch ID, or a passcode already set up on your device.
App lock on Mac and Apple Watch
Section titled “App lock on Mac and Apple Watch”On iPhone and iPad, the lock uses Face ID or Touch ID, with your passcode as a fallback. On a Mac, it uses Touch ID where available and otherwise falls back to your password or passcode. On Apple Watch, the app lock does not apply.
| Device | How it unlocks | Fallback |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone or iPad | Face ID or Touch ID | Your passcode |
| Mac | Touch ID where available | Your password or passcode |
| Apple Watch | App lock does not apply | None |
Widgets, the Lock Screen, and Siri
Section titled “Widgets, the Lock Screen, and Siri”Home-screen and Lock Screen widgets show a lightweight snapshot, not your full diary, and they respect Hide prices, so prices stay hidden there too. The app lock guards the app itself, not a widget, so keep that in mind if you place a widget on your Lock Screen. For what each widget surfaces and how Shortcuts behave, see the link below.
Widgets, Siri, and Shortcuts What widgets show, how deep links open the app, and what Siri can do.
What is shared, and what is not
Section titled “What is shared, and what is not”Two optional community settings live under Privacy, in the Community section. Both are off until you turn them on.
| Setting | What it shares |
|---|---|
| Contribute to community data | Shares only anonymized averages such as longevity, projection, and price. Your diary is never shared. |
| Help improve the shared catalog | Lets the bottles and details you add be suggested to a curator, who reviews everything before it is verified. Turning this on asks you to agree to the community guidelines first. |
If you have contributed to the catalog or filed a report, links to “Your contributions” and “Your reports” appear in this same section.
Community and Contributions What anonymized data is shared, how curator review works, and how to manage your contributions.
iCloud loading on a new device
When you set up Orrique on a new device with iCloud Sync, your collection may take a moment to arrive. During that time you may see “Loading your collection from iCloud” with a note that it can take a moment on a new device. You can tap “Add a scent by hand” to start using the app while the rest finishes syncing. This is the normal first sync, not lost data. See iCloud and Sync for more.
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