Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Core Principle
SnapTidy is a privacy-first, on-device photo library organizer. Photos, videos, recognized text, AI analysis results, organization preferences, task progress, and Widget state are processed on your device and are not transmitted to SnapTidy servers. We do not operate an account system, serve ads, use third-party analytics or tracking SDKs, or sell personal data.
Information Read on Device
- Photo metadata such as creation date, file size, media type, and system photo identifiers, used to create daily sets and show progress.
- Photo location: the location saved in a photo is turned into a city name on your device, to group photos by trip and city. This uses a city table built into the app; no online map or location service is called, and nothing is uploaded.
- Photo content loaded by iOS only for preview, swiping, offline preload, or Widget display.
- Photo and notification permission status, used to determine whether SnapTidy can show photos, write favorites, send a reminder, or start iOS delete confirmation.
Information Stored on Device
- Decisions such as keep, review, and love.
- Daily task progress, streaks, and completed counts.
- Offline preparation state for travel or weak-network use.
- Reminder time: when you turn on Remind me on the plane in Pre-trip Cleanup, the time you pick is stored on your device only and iOS shows one local notification at that time. The App does not read your calendar, flights or location, and the reminder does not pass through any server.
AI-Assisted Cleanup
- SnapTidy uses Apple Vision, on-device visual features, and local rules to analyze thumbnails, visual and quality signals, and photo-library metadata. It combines these with your previous organization choices to produce personalized suggestions.
- Text recognition for screenshots runs on device. Full recognized text is not retained; the App stores only structured signals needed to produce suggestions.
- Visual features, AI tags, suggestions, confidence information, and preference samples stay on your device and are not sent to us or any third-party AI service.
- The Tidy Assistant and your personal preference model run on your device. The choices you make in the App (swiping one by one, photos you tick in Quick Cleanup, the assistant, album cleanup and pre-trip cleanup) update this model on your device, and what each version learned is recorded there. None of this leaves your device.
- Export my tidying Skill (Pro): only when you tap it, the App creates a text file on your device with your sorting rules and how each kind of photo leans. It contains no photos, photo identifiers, places or faces. You choose where to send or save it with the system share sheet; we never receive it.
- AI provides suggestions only. It never bypasses your confirmation to delete photos, and suggestions may be inaccurate, so review items before deletion.
Apple App Privacy Meaning
SnapTidy’s core data processing happens on device. Under Apple App Privacy terminology, data processed only on device and not transmitted in a form accessible to the developer is not collected by the developer. SnapTidy does not send photos, photo metadata, or decision records to our servers.
Delete Flow
Swiping left only marks a photo for review. A photo is moved to iOS Recently Deleted only after you confirm in SnapTidy and pass the iOS system delete confirmation. Recovery behavior is managed by Apple Photos.
Withdrawing Permission
You can change or revoke photo access anytime in iOS Settings > Privacy & Security > Photos. If permission is revoked, SnapTidy cannot continue reading or tidying your photos. Uninstalling the app generally removes SnapTidy’s local app data.
Widget and App Group
Home and Lock Screen Widgets read local App Group data, such as the next thumbnail, task counts, and tidy status. This data is used only on your device and is not uploaded.
iCloud
If your photos are stored in iCloud, SnapTidy may use iOS system APIs to download photos or thumbnails from your own iCloud for display or offline preload. Apple handles that process. SnapTidy does not access your Apple ID or iCloud credentials.
Album Sorting
- SnapTidy groups recent photos into trips, busy days and months by time and place, then uses Apple Vision on your device to recognize what is in them and sort them into a few albums.
- On devices with Apple Intelligence, re-sorting into your albums may use Apple's on-device foundation model. The analysis stays on your device and is never sent to us or any third party.
- Groupings, the album names you edit and photo labels are stored on your device only, so the next sort is faster.
- Albums or folders are created in iOS Photos, and photos added to albums, only after you tap Save as album or swipe a photo down and pick an album while sorting. Photos themselves are never moved, copied or changed.
Subscriptions and Purchases
- Pro subscriptions and purchases are processed by the Apple App Store and StoreKit. SnapTidy does not receive or store payment-card details or billing addresses.
- To unlock Pro features and restore purchases, the App reads product information, verified transaction results, and current entitlement status supplied by Apple.
- Apple’s system services provide subscription management, cancellation, and refunds.
- The Lifetime Pass is a one-time purchase, also processed by Apple; the app only reads the purchase result to unlock Pro.
Third Parties
The current version does not use third-party advertising, analytics, or tracking SDKs. If this changes, we will update this policy and App Store Connect privacy information.
Contact
For privacy questions, contact snaptidyapp@outlook.com.