Privacy Policy

Who I am

CraftCam (“the app”) is made by Lucas, an independent developer. In this policy, “I” and “me” mean the developer of CraftCam. This policy covers the CraftCam app for iPhone and this website. If you have any questions, email [email protected].

What stays on your iPhone

Everything you create with CraftCam is stored in the app's own storage on your device. That includes your recordings and photos, your projects, your teleprompter scripts and your settings. None of it is uploaded to me or to any server I run.

• Save to Photos. This is on by default: once you allow Photos access, CraftCam adds a copy of each take to your Photos library. You can turn it off in CraftCam's settings.
• Sharing and exporting. When you share or export a file, you choose where it goes using the iOS share sheet. From then on, the privacy policy of the app or service you choose applies.
• Device backups. Depending on your iOS settings, app data may be included in your iCloud or computer backups. Apple handles those backups.

Permissions

CraftCam asks for three permissions, and only uses them for the reasons below. You can change them at any time in the iOS Settings app.

• Camera, to record video and take photos.
• Microphone, to record sound with your video. This one is optional. Without it, videos are silent.
• Photos, add only, to save your takes to your library. CraftCam can't see or read the photos already in your library.

CraftCam doesn't ask for your location, your contacts or permission to track you.

Purchases

CraftCam Pro is sold through the App Store. Apple processes every payment, and I never see your name, payment card or Apple Account details.

CraftCam uses RevenueCat, a subscription service, to check whether Pro is unlocked, to let you restore a purchase on another device and, from version 1.0.2, to measure my Apple Ads. RevenueCat receives:

• an anonymous ID created by the app. It doesn't contain your name, email or Apple Account details, but when you buy or restore Pro, RevenueCat stores it with the App Store's transaction details for that purchase, which is how Restore finds Pro on your other devices;
• your purchase history for CraftCam, such as which plan you bought, when, and the transaction details from the App Store;
• the technical information sent with each request, such as the app version, iOS version, device model, your locale, App Store country and currency, your IP address, Apple's identifier for vendor (a device ID that Apple gives each developer, which isn't the advertising identifier), and whether tracking permission has been granted (CraftCam never asks for it);
• from version 1.0.2, Apple Ads attribution, described in the next section.

This information is used to verify purchases, prevent fraud, restore Pro on your devices and show me overall sales and subscription figures, including which of my Apple Ads campaigns lead to subscriptions. It isn't used to show you ads or to track you across other apps. RevenueCat is my data processor. Under its data processing terms, it may use this information only to provide its service to me, and it protects it at least as well as this policy describes. RevenueCat uses your IP address only to work out your country and doesn't keep it. It keeps the rest for as long as my RevenueCat account is active, unless you ask me to delete it. You can read RevenueCat's privacy policy and Apple's privacy policy.

Apple Ads measurement

I pay for ads for CraftCam on the App Store through Apple Ads. To see which of those ads are worth paying for, CraftCam uses Apple's AdServices framework, starting with version 1.0.2:

• The first time you open version 1.0.2 or later, CraftCam asks iOS for a short-lived attribution token and sends it to RevenueCat. If that doesn't go through, it tries again the next time you open the app. Once it has gone through, it isn't sent again unless you delete and reinstall CraftCam.
• RevenueCat asks Apple what the token refers to. If you installed CraftCam after seeing or tapping one of my ads, Apple's answer says which campaign, ad group, keyword and ad it was, where on the App Store the ad appeared, your country or region, whether you tapped the ad or only saw it, whether it was a first download or a re-download, and, where Apple provides it, when that happened. Otherwise, it says the install didn't come from my ads.
• RevenueCat stores this with your anonymous ID and purchase history, so I can see in aggregate which campaigns and keywords lead to subscriptions.

Apple designed this system so that it doesn't identify you or your device, and it isn't tracking under Apple's rules, which is why there's no tracking prompt. Apart from that token lookup, nothing about your purchases or your use of the app goes to Apple Ads or any other ad network, and I don't try to work out who you are from this data. You can read how Apple Ads handles privacy.

What I don't do

• I don't require an account or sign-in.
• I don't show ads in the app, and CraftCam includes no advertising, analytics or crash-reporting SDKs. The only measurement CraftCam does itself is the purchase and Apple Ads data in RevenueCat described above. Apple also shows me overall App Store figures, such as downloads, and usage and crash reports from people who've chosen to share them with app developers in iOS Settings.
• I don't track you across apps or websites, I never access your device's advertising identifier (IDFA), and CraftCam never asks for permission to track you.
• I don't sell or rent your information, and apart from the Apple Ads token lookup above, I don't share it with data brokers or ad networks.

When you email me

If you contact me, I receive your email address and whatever you write. I only use it to reply to you and to improve CraftCam. I don't add you to any mailing list, and you can ask me to delete our conversation at any time.

This website

This website doesn't use cookies, analytics or tracking scripts. Like any website, the hosting provider may keep standard server logs, such as IP addresses and browser types, for security and reliability. Download links take you to the App Store, where Apple's privacy policy applies.

Children

CraftCam isn't directed at children under 13, and I don't knowingly collect personal information from them. The app doesn't ask anyone for their name, email or other contact details, and what it sends to RevenueCat is kept under an anonymous ID, not your name or Apple Account.

Your choices

• You can delete any take or project inside the app. Deleting the app removes everything stored in its storage on your iPhone. Copies you've saved to Photos or shared elsewhere aren't affected.
• You can turn off any permission in the iOS Settings app.
• If you've bought Pro and want the record RevenueCat holds for you deleted, including any Apple Ads attribution stored with it, email me the order ID from Apple's purchase receipt email and I'll delete it. Deleting it doesn't cancel an active subscription, which you manage in your Apple Account settings. If you haven't bought anything, your record has no name, email or purchase in it, and I have no way to tell which one is yours.

Changes to this policy

If the way CraftCam handles data changes, I'll update this page and the effective date at the top.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Email me at [email protected]. I read every message.