Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 6, 2026

TripSweep ("the app") is developed by Jeffrey Brignoli. This page explains what data the app uses, where it goes, and why. The project's guiding principle is simple: nothing ever leaves your iPhone.

What the app does not do

• It does not collect, send, or share your photos, videos, or metadata with anyone.
• It does not create any user account and does not ask for any personal information (name, email...).
• It does not contain any advertising SDK or cross-app tracking.
• It does not rely on any server: place recognition (city/country) happens entirely offline, from data embedded in the app (GeoNames.org, CC BY 4.0 license), never querying an online service.

Access to your photo library

The app requests full access to your photo library (Photos) for two reasons:

• Analyzing your photos and videos to group them by trip and calculate the space they take up — this processing happens entirely on your device.
• Deleting the photos you explicitly choose to delete — deletion always goes through “Recently Deleted” (30 days), never an immediate permanent delete.

No photo, thumbnail, or metadata extracted from your photo library is ever transmitted off your device.

Access to your location

The app requests access to your location only when you choose to manually add a “place” (for example “Home” or “Work”) in the places management feature. This location is stored locally on your device and never transmitted elsewhere. It is used only to compare distance with detected trips, so you can exclude them from the list if you wish.

Syncing with the Mac app

If you also use PhotoCull on your Mac, the companion app can exchange information with it via a direct local USB/Wi-Fi connection between your two Apple devices (a standard protocol used for iOS device syncing) — never over the Internet or via a third-party server.

In-app purchases

The app offers an optional paid feature (“Pro”, one-time purchase) handled exclusively by Apple via StoreKit. No payment information is collected, stored, or visible to the developer: Apple handles the entire transaction in accordance with its own privacy policy.

Analytics and diagnostics

The app does not currently integrate any third-party analytics or tracking tool. If you have enabled analytics data sharing with app developers (iOS Settings > Privacy & Security > Analytics & Improvements), Apple may send anonymized crash reports — this feature is handled entirely by Apple, independently of the app. This website (not the apps) uses Google Analytics 4 in a cookieless configuration to count visits: no cookie or local identifier is stored in your browser, advertising features are disabled, and no photo, library, or location data from the apps is involved.

Your rights

Since no personal data is collected or stored by the developer outside your device, there is no external database to consult, correct, or delete. You retain full control at all times over the permissions granted to the app via iOS Settings.

Contact

For any question regarding this privacy policy, you can contact the developer via Ko-fi.