Last updated: 2026-09-14
petsum has no app server, no account, and no login. Your photos, your pet's name, and your settings are not sent to the developer. The limited usage analytics described below are sent to Google Firebase Analytics only after you explicitly allow this, and you can turn it off in Settings. New users are asked before choosing their first photo. Information shown in a support email is also sent to the developer only after you review it and tap Send.
Your free-registration count and a random device identifier go only to your own iCloud, which the developer cannot read. RevenueCat processes the purchase information needed to validate Premium access and anonymous paywall activity under an anonymous app user ID. This processing is separate from the optional Firebase Analytics described below. If you allow usage analytics, app interactions, approximate location, an app-instance identifier, purchase information, and limited SDK diagnostics are sent to Firebase Analytics; the identifier also lets RevenueCat deliver purchase events to Google Analytics.
When you pick a photo directly, iOS shows the picker in a separate process and hands the app only the photo you chose. The app never sees the rest of your library, and no permission prompt is needed.
If you choose an album as a source for photos your pet can bring you, iOS asks for photo library access. Full access is required because reading a list of albums is not possible with limited access. The app reads only the album you selected.
Photos you save, and the cropped or background-removed versions the app creates, are stored inside the app's own container on your iPhone. They are never uploaded.
All of it is removed when you delete the app.
The number of free registrations you have used and a random identifier that distinguishes one of your devices from another are stored in your own iCloud key-value storage, under your Apple ID.
The developer has no access to that storage and receives no copy of it. It exists so the free count survives getting a new phone. If iCloud is turned off on your device, nothing is stored there and the count is kept only on the device itself.
When the app checks, buys, or restores Premium, an anonymous app user ID, product and transaction information, and purchase status are sent to RevenueCat so it can validate and maintain access. This purchase processing is required for the feature and is not controlled by the optional Firebase Analytics setting.
RevenueCat also records anonymous paywall views and interactions to measure how the purchase screen performs. This RevenueCat analytics processing is separate from the optional Firebase Analytics choice. If you allow Firebase Analytics, the app sends the Firebase app-instance identifier to RevenueCat so RevenueCat can deliver purchase events, including product ID, transaction ID, value, and currency, to Google Analytics.
Only after you explicitly allow usage analytics, the limited data below is sent to Google Firebase Analytics. It does not include your photos, your pet's name, text you enter, or the free-registration ledger in iCloud.
Deleting petsum removes your photos, your pet profile, and your settings from your iPhone.
If iCloud is on, the free registration count is not removed. It remains in your iCloud, so reinstalling the app does not restore free registrations. The developer cannot read or remotely delete it. If iCloud is off, the count exists only on the device and is removed with the app, so reinstalling starts with five free registrations again.
petsum offers one non-consumable purchase that unlocks unlimited photo registrations. Apple processes the payment. RevenueCat receives an anonymous app user ID, product and transaction information, and purchase status to validate and maintain Premium access. The app creates no petsum account or login, and the developer never sees your payment details, name, or address.
Restoring purchases uses RevenueCat to ask Apple whether your Apple ID already owns the product. RevenueCat also performs a one-time synchronization for purchases made by an earlier version of the app. No petsum account is created. This processing is necessary for purchase functionality and occurs independently of your optional Firebase Analytics choice.
Notifications are scheduled locally on your device. There is no push server, so no device token or notification content is transmitted anywhere.
Firebase Analytics collection is initially off. On a new installation, tapping Choose a Photo on the first-start screen shows an optional analytics choice before the photo picker opens. If you completed photo setup before this choice was introduced, the app asks once on your first visit to Home after updating. Collection begins only if you choose Share Usage Analytics. Choosing Don't Share Analytics keeps collection off, and you can change the choice in Settings at any time. This choice also controls whether a Firebase app-instance identifier is attached in RevenueCat and whether RevenueCat sends purchase events to Google Analytics; it does not stop RevenueCat's required purchase processing or anonymous paywall analytics. Turning collection off stops future Firebase collection, removes that RevenueCat attribute, and resets the local analytics identifier on this device. Data already sent to Google is not deleted immediately and may be retained for up to 14 months under the configured retention period.
Analytics is used only to understand feature use and the purchase funnel and to improve the app. It is not used for personalized advertising, tracking across other companies' apps or websites, or sale to data brokers. The app does not request the advertising identifier (IDFA) and does not show an App Tracking Transparency prompt.
When you tap Contact Us, petsum opens Apple's standard mail composer inside the app. The support address and technical information are filled in for you. You can edit or delete any part of the message, or cancel without sending it.
If you tap Send, the developer receives:
This information is used only to understand and answer your inquiry. It is not used for advertising, analytics, or tracking.
The message is received at petsum.app@gmail.com and stored using Google's Gmail service. Google processes the message to provide that email service.
The inquiry and its technical information are deleted within 90 days after the inquiry is resolved. You may request earlier deletion by emailing the same address.
petsum uses RevenueCat for purchase validation, entitlement management, and anonymous paywall analytics, and Google Firebase Analytics Core and Firebase Installations for optional usage analytics. RevenueCat processes the anonymous purchase and paywall data described above. Only with Firebase Analytics consent does the app associate the Firebase app-instance identifier in RevenueCat and allow RevenueCat purchase-event delivery to Google Analytics. Google processes analytics you have allowed, limited diagnostics needed to operate the SDK, and support email to provide its Firebase and Gmail services. The app includes no advertising SDK and does not track you across other companies' apps or websites. Data is not shared with data brokers or used for advertising marketing.
petsum is not directed to children. If usage analytics is allowed, the limited data described above is handled the same way in every use of the app. An optional support email may contain information supplied by its sender and is handled under the same purpose, retention, and deletion rules described above.
You may request access, correction, or deletion of support data by emailing the support address. You directly control the app's on-device and iCloud data, and you control analytics collection in Settings:
Questions about this policy or requests concerning a support inquiry: petsum.app@gmail.com
If this policy changes, the updated version will be published here and the date at the top will be revised. The version inside the app is updated with each app release.