The other downside to core data + iCloud is that you yourself have no access to the data. That means that if you want to email your users or even just pull aggr

The other downside to core data + iCloud is that you yourself have no access to the data. That means that if you want to email your users or even just pull aggregate data about their usage, you're crippled. You also don't have a database that you can use to provide data to your users or let them provide information to one another.