Privacy policy
Last updated: 23 October 2026
Shot notes is made by Anirban Basu. In short: the app has no account, no server of its own, no analytics and no advertising. What you record stays on your device unless you choose to send it somewhere.
What stays on your device
Your shots, kit, places, notes and settings are kept on your phone, and I never receive them. The app also keeps a count of the shots you have exported this month, to apply the free limit. If you have iCloud Backup (iOS) or Google’s backup (Android) switched on, the operating system may include the shots and settings in its backup of your phone. That is between you and Apple or Google.
Your location
The app reads your phone’s position only when you tap the location button on a shot, and only to fill in that shot. It asks the operating system for your permission first, and you can refuse. The coordinates are saved with the shot, on your device.
Looking up place names
The setting Look up place names, in Settings, is on by default. While it is on, tapping the location button also sends the coordinates to your phone’s reverse-geocoding service, to get a name such as “Lisbon, Alfama” for the place. On iOS that service is Apple’s; on Android it is Google’s, through Google Play services. Apple and Google handle the coordinates under their own policies: Apple’s privacy policy and Google’s privacy policy. I never see the coordinates or the name that comes back.
While the setting is off, the location button sends nothing anywhere. The shot gets its coordinates only, and you can type the name of the place yourself.
Opening a map
The map button on a shot opens your phone’s map app at the shot’s coordinates, or searches for the place’s name if the shot has no coordinates. Only your tap does this, with the setting on or off. The coordinates or the name are handed to that app: Apple Maps on iOS, and on Android whichever map app you have. Shot notes sends nothing itself, and the map app handles what it receives under its own policy. Apart from this button, the coordinates never leave your device when the setting is off.
Problem reports
The app keeps a short log of its own errors on your device: the time, the app’s version, the type of the error, its stack trace and how many times it has happened. For an error from the Flutter framework it also keeps the first line of the message, which describes widgets and layout. The log is made never to hold your shots, notes, places or coordinates. It is not sent anywhere unless you choose.
Settings > Report a problem opens a form on GitHub in your browser, with your app’s version, your operating system and your device model filled in. The screen shows what the report will contain, and you decide whether the error log is added to it. A report is a public issue in the support repository and anyone can read it, under GitHub’s privacy statement. You can clear the log at any time from the same screen.
Exports
When you export shots, the app writes a file and gives it to your phone’s share sheet. Where it goes next is your choice. The app does not send it anywhere.
What the app does not do
- It has no account or sign-up.
- It has no analytics, advertising or tracking, and no crash-reporting service.
- It does not sell or share your information.
If a component that sends data is ever added, this policy and the store privacy details will say so in the same release, and a setting will turn it off.
Children
The app is not aimed at children. I do not receive personal information from anyone, except what a person chooses to write in a public problem report.
Changes
When this policy changes, the new version replaces this one, with a new date at the top.
Questions
Open an issue in the support repository. It is public, so leave out anything private.