Privacy Policy

Who We Are

This Privacy Policy applies to Wipe: Photo & Video Cleaner (“Wipe”), including the iOS app, its Share Extension and this website, operated by bashubb.

The Short Version

• Your photos and videos are processed on your iPhone. They are never uploaded to us or to anyone else.
• Wipe has no account, no ads, no analytics SDK and no tracking.
• If you buy or restore the optional lifetime unlock, Apple and RevenueCat process purchase information to confirm it.

Photos, Videos and Their Metadata

Wipe reads the photos, videos and Live Photos you choose — in the app or through the Share Extension — to show the metadata they contain (for example location, dates, device details or author fields) and to create clean copies without it.

All reading, cleaning and verification happens locally on your device. Wipe does not upload media, thumbnails, filenames or metadata values to a server, cloud service, analytics provider or payment provider, and does not keep a history of the files you cleaned.

While a clean copy is being prepared, Wipe keeps temporary working files only in its private storage on your device. Your original photos and videos are never changed or deleted.

Share Sheet. Photos you send to Wipe from the Share Sheet are copied into a private working folder that only Wipe and its Share Extension can read (an App Group container on your device). Wipe deletes that folder when you close the sheet. If something has to continue in the app (Live Photos, videos that need a new compressed copy, or a selection of more than 20 items), Wipe keeps only those items there for up to 7 days or until you open them in the app, and then deletes them. They are never uploaded.

Show on map. Wipe never loads a map by itself. If you tap Show on map for a photo’s location, Wipe asks Apple Maps to show that spot and to look up its place name, and only then. Apple handles that request under its own privacy policy.

Photo Library Access

Wipe uses the system photo picker to let you choose items, so it only sees what you select. When you ask Wipe to save clean copies, it requests permission to add them to your library and to place them in a “Wipe” album. Wipe does not browse, analyze or upload the rest of your library.

Purchases

Wipe offers a limited number of free cleans and an optional one-time lifetime unlock through Apple’s In-App Purchase.

Apple processes the payment. Wipe never receives your payment card, bank details or Apple Account credentials.

Wipe uses RevenueCat to validate purchases, restore them and know whether the unlock is active. RevenueCat may receive purchase history, an anonymous app-generated customer identifier and technical information such as app version, device model, operating system, locale and currency. RevenueCat may also provide aggregate purchase analytics such as revenue and conversion reports. RevenueCat never receives your photos, videos or their metadata.

The number of free cleans used and your unlock status are stored on your device, shared only between the Wipe app and its Share Extension.

• RevenueCat Privacy Policy: revenuecat.com/privacy
• Apple Privacy Policy: apple.com/legal/privacy

Analytics, Advertising and Tracking

Wipe does not show ads, does not use the advertising identifier (IDFA), does not include analytics or crash-reporting SDKs, and does not track you across apps or websites. Wipe does not sell personal information.

If you choose to share diagnostics with app developers in iOS Settings, Apple may provide us with anonymous crash reports and performance data. These never contain your photos or videos.

Website

This website is hosted on GitHub Pages. GitHub may process standard request information (such as IP address, browser type and request time) to deliver and secure the site. The site uses no cookies, analytics or advertising pixels.

GitHub Privacy Statement: GitHub General Privacy Statement

Support Email

If you email us, we use your message and email address only to answer you. Please don’t attach photos you don’t want us to see — we never need your media to help.

Data Retention

We don’t hold your media or an account for you. Purchase information is retained by Apple and RevenueCat as long as necessary to provide purchases, restore them, prevent fraud and meet legal obligations, under their own policies. Support emails are kept only as long as needed to resolve your request.

Your Rights

Depending on where you live — including the EEA, the UK and certain US states such as California — you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict or object to processing of personal data, to data portability, and to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

Because Wipe has no accounts, there is no Wipe account to delete. For purchase data, write to us and we will help, or contact Apple or RevenueCat directly. Requests: bashubb.dev@gmail.com.

International Transfers

Purchase information may be processed by Apple, RevenueCat or their service providers outside your country, including the United States, with safeguards required by applicable law.

Children

Wipe is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be published on this page with an updated date.