wallaby Privacy Policy
wallaby ("the app") is an iOS app made by independent developer Rupert Kim ("the developer"). This policy explains what information the app handles and where it is processed.
Summary
- Your photos never leave your device. All photo analysis and grouping happens on your iPhone. The developer never receives your photos or analysis results.
- No account, and no developer-operated server.
- Ads: The free version shows Google AdMob ads. Google collects device information to serve them. The app does not ask for tracking permission, so the advertising identifier (IDFA) is not used.
- Payments: The Remove Ads purchase is handled by Apple. The developer never receives your payment details.
1. Information the app handles and where it is processed
| Information | Purpose | Processed in | Collected by developer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photos in your library and their metadata (e.g. capture time) | Grouping similar photos, comparing, deleting the ones you choose | Your device | No |
| Analysis results (scores such as sharpness, and where one scene ends and the next begins) | Saved so the same photos are not analyzed twice | App's local storage | No |
| Review progress (which groups you have cleaned up) | Resuming where you left off | App's local storage | No |
| Recommendation log (see below) | Improving the recommended order | App's local storage | No |
| Remove Ads purchase status | Hiding ads | App's local storage, Apple | No |
| Advertising information (see section 3) | Showing and measuring ads | No |
- The app only accesses the photos you allow in the iOS permission prompt (all photos or selected photos).
- If you use iCloud Photos, some originals may not be stored on your device. The app asks Apple's Photos framework to download them from your iCloud, and that transfer is between your device and Apple only.
- To improve the order in which it recommends photos, the app records which photos you kept or cleaned up in each group, along with their analysis values (aesthetic quality, face capture quality, closed-eye estimate, facial expression, etc.), for the 200 most recent groups. This log stays on your device and is never sent to a server, and it does not contain the photos themselves. You can erase it at any time in Settings › Data › Reset Cleanup Progress, and it is removed when you delete the app.
- The app always shows the iOS system confirmation before it deletes photos, and deleted photos move to "Recently Deleted" in the Photos app.
2. Retention and deletion
Analysis results, review progress, the recommendation log, and purchase status stored in the app's local storage are removed when you delete the app. The developer keeps no copies.
3. Advertising (Google AdMob)
Unless you purchase Remove Ads, the app shows Google AdMob ads. To serve ads, prevent fraud, and measure performance, Google may collect:
- Device information: device model, OS version, app information, language settings
- IP address and approximate location derived from it
- Ad impressions and clicks
See How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services and the Google Privacy Policy for details.
The app does not request permission to track (App Tracking Transparency), so the advertising identifier (IDFA) is not shared with Google.
Purchasing Remove Ads in the app stops all ads and ad requests.
4. Payments (Apple App Store)
The Remove Ads purchase is processed by Apple's App Store payment system. The developer does not receive your name, card number, or other payment details, and only checks with Apple whether the purchase is valid.
5. Sharing with third parties
The developer does not collect your information, so it is never shared with or sold to third parties. The only external services that process information within the app are Google AdMob (section 3) and Apple (section 4).
6. Children
The app is not directed at children under 13 (under 14 in Korea), and does not knowingly collect personal information from children.
7. Your rights
The developer holds no data about you. Everything the app stores is on your device, and deleting the app erases it. For advertising data collected by Google, you can exercise your rights as described in the Google Privacy Policy. For any other questions, use the contact details below.
8. Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.
9. Contact
- Privacy officer: Rupert Kim
- Email: [email protected]