Privacy.
The short version: your photos and videos stay on your iPhone. There is no account to make. The one piece we do collect is anonymous diagnostic and usage data through Google Firebase, so we can see when the app crashes and which features people actually use. Details below.
Last updated · May 22, 2026
1. What we collect
Scatto bundles two Google Firebase SDKs in App Store builds: Firebase Crashlytics and Firebase Analytics. Both are off in development builds and only run in the version shipped to the App Store.
- Crash reports - if Scatto crashes, Crashlytics sends the stack trace, the device model, the iOS version, and timing information so we can fix the bug.
- Product usage events - anonymous counts of which film simulations and filters get used, how often photos and videos are captured, and which settings get changed. No photo content, no thumbnails, no file names, no geolocation - just event names and aggregate counts.
- Device identifier (IDFV) - Apple's vendor-scoped identifier ties events from the same install together. It is unique to Scatto on your device and cannot be used by other apps to identify you.
We do not collect your name, email, contacts, location, advertising identifier, or the contents of any photo or video you take. Scatto does not embed an advertising SDK and does not track you across other apps or websites. If anything described here changes, this page is updated before the new build ships and the change is called out in the App Store release notes.
2. What stays on your device
- Photos and videos you capture are written to Scatto's own film-roll album inside the app, stored in the app's private Documents folder. They never leave your iPhone unless you explicitly share them or turn on the optional "Save to Apple Photos" mirror in Settings.
- App preferences (selected
film simulation, flash state, camera flip, etc.) are stored
locally in
UserDefaults. - Onboarding state - a single boolean that remembers you have seen the welcome screens.
3. Permissions we request
Required. Without camera access there is no app.
Required to save the photos and videos you capture. Add-only access is sufficient.
Not requested. Scatto does not write GPS metadata into your photos.
4. Children
Scatto is not directed at children under 13. Since we collect no personal data from anyone, this is largely a formality.
5. Third parties
Two services receive the data described in section 1:
- Google Firebase (Crashlytics and Analytics) - crash reports and anonymous usage events. Governed by Google's Firebase privacy policy and the Google privacy policy .
- Apple - the App Store collects standard purchase and usage signals on our behalf, governed by Apple's privacy policy . Those metrics are aggregated and never tied to your identity in any way we have access to.
That is the complete list. Scatto does not transmit data to any other third party, ad network, or analytics platform.
6. Changes to this policy
Scatto evolves. If a future update changes anything described on this page, we will update this page and the "last updated" date before the change is released, and note it in the App Store release notes.
7. Contact
Questions about anything on this page - or about the app in general - reach us at [email protected] .