Privacy policy

1. Photos you scan

With your permission, the app uses the camera or lets you pick a photo from your library. Only the photo you choose to scan is used; the app does not read the rest of your library.

To identify an item, the app sends that photo, reduced in size, together with any category or hints you type, to our identification server, which passes it to a third-party AI model provider. They are used only to produce your result. Our server does not store them; the provider may keep API inputs for a limited time under its own terms. We do not use them for advertising, to build a profile of you, or for any other purpose, and they are not linked to an account; the app has no accounts.

Each scan also carries a random identifier the app creates when installed. It is not your advertising identifier. Our server keeps it in memory for up to an hour only to limit how many scans one device can make, then forgets it.

2. Scan history

Your scan history, its photos, results and collections stay on your device. We do not receive them. You can delete scans in the app, and uninstalling the app deletes them, subject to device backups.

3. Notifications

If you allow notifications, the app schedules reminders on your device, including a reminder before a free trial ends. You can turn them off at any time in device Settings.

4. Advertising

The free version shows ads from Google AdMob. Google may collect device identifiers, IP address, coarse location, ad interactions, and diagnostics to provide, secure, measure, or personalize ads where permitted. Where required, a consent message from Google is shown before ads load, and the app asks for tracking permission before personalized ads are used. Declining changes no feature.

5. Purchases

Spotwise Pro subscriptions and the lifetime purchase are processed by Apple. Apple provides us with transaction status so the app can unlock Pro; we do not receive your payment-card details.

6. Sharing and legal disclosures

We do not sell the content you create in Spotwise. Information may be processed by the providers described above only as needed to operate a feature, process a purchase, provide advertising where applicable, secure the service, or comply with law. We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to respond to lawful requests, protect rights or safety, or prevent fraud and abuse.

7. Retention and security

Local data remains on your device until you delete it or uninstall the app, subject to device backups. Service providers retain information according to their policies and only as long as needed for their stated purpose, security, fraud prevention, dispute resolution, or legal obligations. We use reasonable safeguards, but no storage or transmission method is completely secure.

8. International processing

Service providers may process information in countries other than yours. Where required, they are responsible for applying appropriate safeguards under applicable law.

9. Children’s privacy

The app is not directed to children below the age at which they may consent to data processing in their jurisdiction. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children in violation of applicable law. Contact us if you believe a child has provided personal information inappropriately.

10. Your choices

You can deny or revoke camera, photo, notification and tracking permission in device Settings, update your ad consent choices from Settings in the app where offered, buy Spotwise Pro to remove ads, delete scans in the app, and uninstall the app to delete its local data, subject to device backups.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when the app, its providers, or legal requirements change. The effective date identifies the latest version. Material changes will be communicated where required by law.