iPhone & iPad · Public edition

Camera privacy policy

Last updated 2026-10-23 · Published by Aki

Your camera and recordings

Camera processes photos, videos and Looks on your iPhone or iPad. Camera permission enables the viewfinder and capture. Microphone permission is requested for videos with sound; you can record without sound. Camera does not upload your captures or recorded audio to Aki or advertisers.

App's Gallery and Photos

Captures and their settings stay in private app storage. Delete removes selected captures from App's Gallery. Transfer requests permission to add your selected finished photos and videos to Apple Photos. After Photos confirms that saving succeeded, Camera removes the corresponding private copies. Camera does not request broad access to read your Photos library.

Recovery and retention

Private captures remain until you delete or transfer them. Temporary capture originals are removed after the finished file is validated; interrupted work can remain for recovery. You can explicitly discard a failed capture and its retained original after confirming deletion. Transfer records prevent an uncertain outcome from being silently repeated. If Photos saved a batch but private cleanup failed, cleanup can be retried. If Camera cannot confirm whether Photos saved an interrupted batch, it asks you to check Photos before you confirm another transfer for selected captures. That confirmation does not copy or delete any files; you choose Transfer again separately. Retrying when a capture is already in Photos can create a duplicate. Unselected captures keep their transfer protection. Transfer records are removed after private cleanup finishes.

Device storage and backup

Camera marks its private capture folder as excluded from device backups. Other local app settings and imported Looks may be included according to your device backup settings. Deleting the app removes its local data; offloading the app keeps documents and data. Transferred files remain in Photos until you delete them there, and may sync through iCloud Photos if you enable that Apple service. Camera has no account or app-operated cloud library.

Imported Looks and diagnostics

Importing a Look uses Apple's document picker for the file you choose. A file provider may download a cloud-backed document under its own settings. Camera does not request your location or contacts. Local capture settings, favorites and Camera diagnostics are not automatically sent to Aki. If you copy or send diagnostics, they can include device and camera details; share only what is needed.

Advertising in the Public edition

Public includes Google AdMob and Google's consent platform. It refreshes advertising consent information after launch and may preload eligible ads while App's Gallery is open. An available interstitial can appear after a whole transfer batch and its private cleanup succeed, with spacing between ads. There is no Public ad-free switch. Ads do not gate saving or transferring your files; unavailable or failed ads are skipped. Capture files are not passed to the advertising SDK.

Google's data and ad settings

The iOS app requests non-personalized ads and disables Google's publisher first-party ID setting. It does not request App Tracking Transparency permission. These settings do not make advertising anonymous or stop all SDK processing. Google's SDK may collect and share IP addresses, which can indicate approximate location, app and ad interactions, diagnostics and device or account identifiers such as the identifier for vendors. Google uses SDK information for advertising, analytics and fraud prevention.

Your advertising choices

Where applicable, Google's consent form provides advertising choices. Camera's Privacy & storage screen offers Ad privacy when Google requires that entry point. Settings and available messages depend on your region and Google's configuration. Google handles retention and privacy requests for information received by its services under its privacy policy. Camera does not operate a separate advertising-data deletion service.

Contact and privacy requests

Camera is provided by Aki. For support or privacy questions, contact akistudio.mobile@gmail.com. If you email us, we receive your address, message and any attachments and use them to handle your request. Do not include private captures or diagnostics unless needed. Contact us to request removal of support correspondence; legal recordkeeping obligations may apply. Changes to this policy will update its revision date.