Privacy Policy

Short version

Pink Burst lets you scan a barcode from something in your day (a product, a book, a food package — anything with a UPC, EAN-13, or QR code) and tag it with a 1-word label and an optional 1-line note. Barcode detection runs entirely on-device through Apple's VisionKit. The raw payload, the symbology name, the label you typed, the note, and the timestamp all stay on your device. There are no accounts, no analytics, no third-party SDKs that contact a server, and no product-database lookup. The only network calls the app makes are to Apple's StoreKit when you choose to subscribe or unlock the Lifetime tier.

Who we are

Pink Burst is published by Danielius Studio LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company at 30 N Gould St, Suite #5280, Sheridan, WY 82801, USA (“we”, “us”).

Data we do NOT collect

• No account, no email, no password — the app has no signup.
• No analytics, no telemetry, no event tracking.
• No advertising identifiers (no IDFA, no fingerprinting).
• No usage data sent off the device.
• No microphone, no photo library access. Pink Burst never records audio and never reads your Photos library.
• No location, no contacts, no calendar.
• No HealthKit, no Health data, no Apple Music, no Wallet.
• No product-database lookup. Pink Burst does NOT send the scanned barcode to any UPC database, retailer API, price tracker, or enrichment service. The barcode payload is just a number or string that the app stores as-is.

Camera permission

Pink Burst requests Camera access (the NSCameraUsageDescription permission) only when you tap “Scan a barcode” for the first time. The camera is used exclusively by Apple's VisionKit DataScannerViewController to detect barcodes in the live viewfinder. No still images, no video, and no per-frame data ever leave the app.

When you point the camera at a barcode, VisionKit returns the decoded payload string and the symbology (for example ean13, upcA, qr) to the app in-process. Pink Burst does NOT save the camera frames, does NOT scan or recognize text on packaging, does NOT use the Vision framework for object detection or OCR, and does NOT store images of any kind.

On-device barcode detection (VisionKit)

Barcode detection is performed by Apple's public DataScannerViewController API (VisionKit, iOS 16 and later). The detector executes on your iPhone's Neural Engine and CPU. No frame data, no payload, and no metadata are transmitted off the device for detection.

Pink Burst does NOT interpret what the barcode “means”. A barcode payload is, by itself, just a number or string — for example 4006381333641 is an EAN-13 sequence, not a product identity. The app does not know whether that number refers to a pen, a yogurt cup, or a textbook unless you tell it by typing a label.

What stays on your device

• Your burst entries (the raw barcode payload string, the symbology name returned by VisionKit, the 1-word label you typed, the optional 1-line note, and the created-at timestamp). Stored in on-device SwiftData.
• The date the app was first launched (used to time the three-day no-strings free window). Stored in UserDefaults.
• Whether the day-three gift screen has been acknowledged.

The year wall is computed locally from your saved bursts and shows your barcoded items chronologically across the year. No image of the barcode itself is stored — only the decoded payload string and your typed label.

All of the above lives on your device and never leaves it. Uninstalling the app deletes everything Pink Burst has stored.

Lock Screen widget

Pink Burst Pro includes a Lock Screen widget that shows today's burst count and the label of the most recent entry. The widget reads only the count, the most-recent label string, and the timestamp from an App Group container on your device. No camera frame, no full payload, and nothing else is rendered on the Lock Screen, and nothing is sent off the device for the widget to function.

In-app purchases

If you choose to subscribe (Monthly, Annual) or buy the Lifetime unlock, that transaction is handled by Apple's StoreKit. Apple processes the payment and shares only the receipt with the app so we can verify your entitlement. We never see your card number, billing address, or any personal information beyond Apple's opaque transaction identifier.

Subscription receipts are stored on-device by iOS and used to validate your entitlement when you re-open the app. They are not sent to any server we operate.

Family Sharing

Pink Burst Pro purchases (Monthly, Annual, Lifetime) are Family-Shareable through Apple's standard Family Sharing mechanism. Apple handles eligibility checks; we do not see who is in your family group.

Children

Pink Burst is rated 4+ in the App Store. Because the app collects no data at all, it complies with COPPA and similar children's-privacy regulations by design.

Your rights

Because Pink Burst does not collect data, there is nothing for us to export, correct, or delete on your behalf. To revoke Camera permission, use iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Camera. To remove all on-device state, delete the app.

For questions, write to dchalikovasss@gmail.com.

Changes

If we ever introduce a feature that involves any data leaving the device (for example, cloud sync, sharing, or a product-database lookup), this page will be updated and the “Last updated” date at the top will change. For v1.0, no such feature exists.