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Privacy Policy

Effective September 27, 2026

Fineshot does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data. There are no accounts, no analytics, no advertising, and no Fineshot servers. Everything you do in the app stays on your device unless you choose to share it.

Who we are

Fineshot is an iPhone and iPad app for annotating, redacting, and framing screenshots. It is made by Takayuki Hoffman, an independent developer. Contact: support@fineshot.app.

What the app does with your images

Images you import from Photos, Files, the clipboard, or the share sheet are stored in Fineshot's private storage on your device so you can reopen and re-edit them. Text recognition and QR-code detection run entirely on your device using Apple's built-in Vision framework. No image, text, or annotation is ever uploaded anywhere by Fineshot.

Scroll Capture records your screen through iOS screen sharing, only after you confirm in the iOS panel. While it records, Fineshot's broadcast extension saves still frames of your screen to Fineshot's private storage on your device. No audio is recorded. The frames are never uploaded and are excluded from device backups. They are deleted once every frame has been opened in the editor, or when you start a new capture.

When you export, save to Photos, copy, or share a result, the file goes only where you send it. Deleting a project in Fineshot, or deleting the app, removes its data from your device. Your device's normal iCloud or computer backup may include Fineshot's data, under Apple's terms.

Permissions

• Photos. Fineshot asks for add-only access so it can save finished images to your library. Picking an image uses the system photo picker, which does not give Fineshot access to your library.
• Files. Opening and saving files uses the system document picker; Fineshot only receives the files you choose.
• Screen recording. Scroll Capture starts only when you tap Start Capture and confirm in the iOS screen sharing panel. iOS shows a red indicator while it records, and you can stop it at any time.
• Clipboard. "Paste image" reads the clipboard only when you tap it. iOS shows its standard paste notice.

Fineshot does not use your location, camera, microphone, contacts, or any device identifiers.

Purchases

Fineshot Pro is a one-time purchase handled entirely by Apple through the App Store. Apple processes the payment and shares no payment or personal information with Fineshot. The app keeps a record that Pro is unlocked on your device so it works offline. Purchases can be restored on any device signed in to the same Apple Account.

Diagnostics

iOS may provide the app with anonymous performance and crash reports through Apple's MetricKit. Fineshot stores a small number of these on your device only. They contain app and system version numbers and performance metrics; they never contain your images, text, or file names. Nothing is sent to us automatically. If you choose Share diagnostics in Settings, the app prepares a file you can review and send to us yourself.

Fineshot also keeps a few simple counts on your device, such as how many images you have exported and on how many days, so it can show tips and ask for an App Store rating at a sensible moment instead of at random. These counts contain no images, text, file names, or identifiers, and they never leave your device except inside a diagnostics file you choose to send. When you use Contact support, your mail app opens a draft that includes the app version, iOS version, and device model; you see all of it and decide whether to send it.

Children

Fineshot is not directed at children under 13 and, as described above, collects no personal information from anyone.

Changes

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at this address with a new effective date. Image editing and text recognition happen on your device; purchases and restores use Apple's App Store services.

Contact

Questions about privacy: support@fineshot.app.