Last updated: 8 October 2026
There is no account, no login, and no server operated by us. Everything the
app does happens on your device.
What the app accesses, and why
- Photo library
- Ubimage reads the photos and videos in your library, together with the GPS
coordinates and dates saved inside them, in order to display them on the camera
view in the place they were taken. Nothing is ever copied off the device or
uploaded.
The app changes your library in exactly two ways, and only when you ask for it.
Marking a photo as a favourite in Ubimage also marks it as a favourite in
Photos, so the two lists agree. And when you choose “Delete from
library” on a photo, iOS asks you to confirm and then moves it to
Recently Deleted in Photos, where it stays for 30 days and can be recovered.
Nothing else is written: no photo is ever created, edited or moved, and no
other property is touched.
“Skip in Ubimage” does not touch your library at all: the photo
only disappears from Ubimage, and you can bring it back from Settings.
- Location
- Your position is used to compute the direction and distance from you to each
photo, so the pins can be drawn in the right place. It is held in memory while
the app runs and is never stored on our side, because there is no our side.
- Camera
- The live camera image is the background your photos are drawn onto. Frames
are never recorded, saved, or transmitted.
- Motion & Fitness
- Used only to read the barometric altimeter, which measures your altitude
more precisely than GPS so pins sit at the right height. No fitness, activity
or health data is read, and the readings never leave the device. If you deny
this permission, the app simply uses GPS altitude instead.
Place names
To show the name of a place (“Turin”) rather than raw coordinates,
Ubimage sends the coordinates of a photo to Apple’s geocoding service, which
is part of iOS. That request goes to Apple, not to us, and is covered by
Apple’s own privacy policy. The resulting name is stored only on your device.
In the same way, the maps (the 3D map and the view from behind the lens) are
Apple Maps, loaded by iOS from Apple for the area on screen.
Data stored on your device
The app keeps a local database with the location, date and identifier of your
geotagged photos, plus the place names it has resolved, and a list of the
identifiers of the photos you chose to skip. None of it is ever sent anywhere by
the app; like all app data it is part of your device’s own backup, and it
is deleted when you delete the app.
Third parties
Ubimage contains no advertising, no analytics, no tracking, and no third-party
SDKs of any kind. Nothing about your use of the app is shared with anyone.
Children
The app is suitable for all ages and does not knowingly collect information
from anyone, including children.
Changes
If this policy ever changes, the updated version will be posted at this address
with a new date.
Contact
s@bykrs.com
