Privacy Policy
Poof is built so your photos stay on your phone. This page says what that means in practice.
What we collect
Nothing. Poof has no accounts, no analytics, no tracking and no servers of its own. We do not collect, store or share any personal data. The App Store privacy label for Poof is Data Not Collected.
Your photos
Poof reads your photo library on your iPhone to find exact copies, similar shots, blurry photos, screenshots and large videos. The scan runs on your phone. Nothing is uploaded to us or to anyone else.
To let a scan resume and to show your numbers on the Home screen, Poof keeps a small index on your phone: sizes, dates, fingerprints of the images it compared, and which photos it found. That index lives inside the app's own storage. Delete the app and it goes with it.
iCloud Photos
If Optimize iPhone Storage is on in iOS, some of your photos are on your phone only as small previews. When Poof shows one of those at full size, it asks iCloud Photos, through Apple's Photos framework, for your own full size copy, exactly as the Photos app does when you open it there. That is a download to your phone from your own iCloud. It never passes through us.
Deleting
Nothing is deleted without your tap. Everything Poof removes goes to Recently Deleted in Photos, where it stays for 30 days before iOS clears it. In Photos it is under Albums, right at the bottom.
Purchases
Poof Pro subscriptions and the lifetime purchase are handled by Apple through the App Store. We never see your payment details. Apple's handling of your purchase is covered by Apple's own privacy policy.
Notifications
Poof sends no notifications unless you turn one on in its Settings. A notification is made on your phone and never involves a server.
Updates
Once a day Poof asks the App Store whether a newer version of the app exists, so it can tell you on the Home screen. That request carries the app's own identifier and nothing about you or your photos. It is the only thing Poof ever sends anywhere.
Children
Poof does not collect data from anyone, including children.
Changes
If this policy ever changes, the update is posted on this page with a new date at the top. Since Poof collects nothing, changes are unlikely.
Contact
Questions about privacy: support@poof-app.me