Privacy Policy

Short version

Pink Frame records a 3-second clip once a day. On iPhone 13 Pro and newer, the capture uses AVCaptureMovieFileOutput with isCinematicVideoCaptureEnabled = true so the file carries focus-rack metadata you can adjust during playback. On older devices, a standard 1080p MOV fallback is used. The video file lives in the app's private container and never leaves it. There are no accounts, no analytics, and no third-party SDKs that contact a server. 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 Frame 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 facial recognition, no Vision-framework scene classification, no speech recognition, no on-device or remote analysis of the captured video.
• No Photos library access by default.
• No location, no contacts, no calendar.
• No HealthKit, no Health data.

Camera permission (Cinematic video capture)

Pink Frame requests camera access (the NSCameraUsageDescription permission) so that AVCaptureMovieFileOutput can record the daily 3-second clip. On iPhone 13 Pro and newer, the output enables isCinematicVideoCaptureEnabled so the resulting MOV carries the focus-rack metadata that lets you adjust subject focus later. On older devices, the same output records a standard 1080p MOV. The permission is used only during the 3 seconds of an active recording that you start by tapping the record button.

Pink Frame does NOT perform facial recognition on the recorded video, does NOT run scene classification, and does NOT extract or upload any descriptor of the people or scenes in your clips.

Microphone permission

Pink Frame requests microphone access (the NSMicrophoneUsageDescription permission) because a cinematic video file includes synchronized audio. The permission is used only during the 3 seconds of an active recording. The audio is part of the video file; it is not transcribed, classified, or processed separately, and the microphone is not opened outside of an active recording.

What stays on your device

• Your Frame entries (the cinematic or 1080p MOV file, an optional one-line note you type, the format label, the duration in seconds, and the created-at timestamp). Stored in on-device SwiftData with the MOV bytes held as external storage inside the app's private container. Cinematic clips are roughly 3 to 5 MB each; standard 1080p fallback clips are roughly 1 to 2 MB.
• 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.

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

Optional Photos library access (Pro export)

Pink Frame Pro can export a saved cinematic clip to your Photos library so the Photos app can drive the focus-rack control. The export action is opt-in and requests the add-only Photos permission (the NSPhotoLibraryAddUsageDescription permission) only at the moment you tap it. The permission is write-add-only and is not used to read your library.

Year reel composition

Pink Frame Pro composes the year of saved 3-second clips into a single playback reel. The composition is built on-device from the locally stored MOV files using AVFoundation and is rendered as the reel plays. Nothing about the reel is uploaded to a server we operate.

Lock Screen widget

Pink Frame Pro includes a Lock Screen widget that shows today's clip count and the timestamp of the most recent entry. The widget reads only those two values from an App Group container on your device. No video 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 Frame 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 Frame 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 Frame does not collect data, there is nothing for us to export, correct, or delete on your behalf. To revoke camera or microphone permission, use iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Camera or Microphone. To revoke the optional add-to-Photos permission, use iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Photos. 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 or sharing), this page will be updated and the “Last updated” date at the top will change. For v1.0, no such feature exists.