TakeSmith Privacy Policy

Your privacy at a glance

TakeSmith does not require a Webbori account. Media analysis, frame selection, editing, and export rendering run on your device. The app does not send your media to Webbori servers or third-party AI services, and it contains no advertising, third-party analytics or tracking SDKs, subscriptions, or in-app purchases.

On-device processing does not mean every feature is offline: Apple may download selected media from iCloud Photos, store projects in iCloud Drive, and supply map previews. Sharing sends the export you choose to another app or service. Website visits, beta invitations, and support have the separate data handling described below.

Selected media and Photos access

TakeSmith handles the videos, Live Photos, and, in versions that support them, burst photo resources you select or import through the iOS share extension. Source files may contain images, motion, audio, filenames, and capture metadata. The app uses copies of selected resources to create projects and prepare exports.

Photos access follows the permission you grant in iOS. Library browsing may display accessible assets and thumbnails; limited access restricts the available library. TakeSmith does not analyze your library in the background. Apple may download cloud-stored resources when you browse or import them. You can change Photos permission in Settings.

Saving an export asks for permission to add it to Photos. Choosing Instagram feed or TikTok sharing also saves a JPEG copy to Photos before opening the destination app. That copy remains if you cancel posting; you can delete it in Photos.

On-device analysis and editing

Best Moments and available editing tools analyze selected media locally. Analysis can include sharpness, motion, lighting, people or face detection, and face capture quality to help rank frames. These tools do not identify who a person is or build a Webbori identity profile. The app does not upload this analysis or your media for AI model training.

Available editing features may save adjustments, crop and color choices, suggestions, edit history, and derived images so you can return to your work. Processing capabilities vary by device, operating system, and app version.

Project storage and iCloud

When iCloud is available, TakeSmith stores project packages in your Apple iCloud Drive storage. Otherwise, it uses local app storage. Packages can contain copied source resources, thumbnails, filenames, capture metadata, notes, selected moments, analysis results, editing settings and history, derived images, and export records.

App preferences, caches, and temporary import or export files also use device storage. The share extension stages imports in a local container shared with the TakeSmith app. Apple controls iCloud transfer, synchronization, recovery, and storage availability under your Apple Account settings and Apple's privacy practices. Webbori does not operate an account or server for browsing your private project library.

Metadata controls and visible information

Selected media may include capture dates, camera and lens details, dimensions, color or HDR information, and precise capture location. TakeSmith reads available metadata to display source details and prepare exports.

• Preserve: retains supported capture metadata, including location when available.
• Social Safe: removes embedded precise location while keeping supported date, camera, and other non-location metadata.
• No Metadata: omits embedded capture metadata, such as camera, date, location, and notes. Technical information needed to display the image may remain.

These choices apply to the exported file. They do not erase source metadata or stored project information, and they do not anonymize people, places, or text visible in an image or Capture Card. Review the prepared image and its metadata before sharing. Photos and receiving apps may maintain their own dates, library records, or other information.

Location and Apple Maps previews

TakeSmith uses location already present in selected media; it does not request your device's current location. When an export preview or Capture Card loads a map, Apple MapKit may request map data for the area around the media's capture location. Apple can receive that map area and technical request information under Apple Maps & Privacy.

A map preview can load when you open the export screen, including when Social Safe or No Metadata is selected. Export metadata settings do not disable those map requests. To avoid requests based on a capture location, use a source copy without location information.

Sharing to other apps

When you choose a sharing action, TakeSmith prepares an export and hands it to the destination you select through iOS or an available app integration. The receiving app can access the shared image and any metadata retained by your export settings. Its own terms and privacy policy govern its processing, uploads, recipients, and retention.

In versions with Instagram integration, Story sharing places the selected image on the local device pasteboard with a five-minute expiry and opens Instagram. Feed sharing saves a JPEG to Photos and passes that photo's identifier to Instagram. TakeSmith does not connect to your social account, receive its password, or automatically publish a post. The integration does not add a Meta analytics or advertising SDK.

WhatsApp uses the iOS share sheet. In version 1.1.0, TikTok sharing uses TikTok Share Kit to hand off a JPEG saved to Photos and its photo identifier. The integration uses Share Kit and Core, without Login Kit; the bundled SDK privacy manifests declare no tracking or collected data. TakeSmith uses native sharing when an integration is unavailable or a supported handoff is rejected. Posting is completed in the receiving app, which controls its own data handling. Temporary sharing copies are removed when the sharing session is dismissed; copies saved to Photos or received by other apps are managed separately. Receiving apps may resize, re-encode, or change metadata.

Website visits

Cloudflare hosts and protects this website. It may process IP addresses, browser and device information, requested URLs, referral information, timestamps, and traffic or performance data to deliver the site, diagnose errors, and prevent abuse. Basic traffic and performance measurement may use Cloudflare Web Analytics. See Cloudflare's Privacy Policy.

We do not use advertising cookies or cross-site advertising trackers. Cloudflare's delivery and security services may use necessary cookies or similar mechanisms. Cloudflare Web Analytics does not use cookies or browser storage to track individual visitors. Opening an external link takes you to a service with its own privacy practices.

Private beta invitations and TestFlight

If you use the private beta form, we process the invitation code and email address you submit. Invitation and security records can include your email, an access-code reference, IP address, browser user agent, request times, invitation status, Apple tester identifier, and error or audit details. Cloudflare hosts these records. We use them to validate access, request an invitation, handle duplicate or failed requests, and limit abuse.

We send your email address to Apple to create or manage the requested TestFlight invitation. Using this form does not create an app account or subscribe you to marketing emails.

TestFlight has additional data handling: Apple provides developers with beta crash and usage information, tester details, and feedback you submit, which can include screenshots. We use that information to test and improve TakeSmith. Read TestFlight & Privacy. Outside TestFlight, Apple may also make diagnostics available according to your Apple analytics-sharing settings; TakeSmith has no separate third-party crash-reporting SDK.

Support requests

If you email [email protected], we and our email service providers process your address, message, and any attachments to answer you and troubleshoot the issue. You choose what to send. Avoid private media or sensitive information unless it is necessary for your request.

Support attachments and TestFlight feedback are information you deliberately share with us; they are separate from your private on-device or iCloud project library.

Retention and deletion

Projects remain in the selected local or iCloud storage until you delete them. Deleting a project removes its package from the app's project storage; iCloud synchronization and recovery follow Apple's controls. Deleting the app alone may leave iCloud projects available for a later reinstall. Deleting a project does not delete the original Photos assets, saved exports, or copies already shared elsewhere.

Manage saved exports in Photos, project storage in the app and iCloud settings, and shared copies in their destination services. Device backups and Apple's recovery features may retain copies under their own settings and retention rules. Webbori cannot remotely erase files stored solely on your device or in your private iCloud storage.

We retain support, invitation, and security information as needed to resolve requests, administer beta access, prevent abuse, and meet applicable legal obligations. Retention depends on the request's status, the beta program, security needs, and any required recordkeeping. Beta invitation and audit records are subject to periodic retention cleanup. Contact us to request deletion of information we hold, including support messages or beta records; Apple's own TestFlight records are subject to Apple's policy.

Use, disclosure, and your rights

We use information for the purposes described above. We do not sell your personal information or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising. Information may be handled by providers that deliver hosting, email, or requested platform services, or disclosed where required by law or necessary to address fraud, security incidents, or legal claims. Providers may process information in countries other than your own.

Where applicable data protection law requires a legal basis, we process information to provide services you request, for legitimate interests in running and securing the service and answering support, to meet legal obligations, or with consent when required.

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may request access, correction, deletion, or a portable copy of personal information we hold, object to or restrict processing, or withdraw consent where processing relies on consent. You may also complain to your local data protection authority. Email [email protected] to make a request. We may need information to verify the request and locate the relevant records.

Children and security

The app works without an account. Our website's beta invitation and support channels are intended for adults or a parent or guardian acting for a child. We do not knowingly seek personal information from children under 13 through those channels. If you believe a child has provided it, contact us so we can address it.

TakeSmith uses Apple storage and permission mechanisms, and this website uses HTTPS. No storage or transmission method is completely secure. Protect your device and Apple Account and keep copies of media you need.

Changes and contact

We will update this page and its revision date when our practices change, and provide any additional notice or choice required by law. For privacy questions or requests, contact Webbori at [email protected]. See also our Terms of Service.