Who we are
Still35 is a point-and-shoot film camera app for iOS and Android. Still35 is developed and operated under the Edgedale Studio brand.
The short version
Still35 processes your photographs entirely on your device. It has no account, no backend, and no cloud upload feature. When you take a photo, the camera frame is processed locally to apply the film look, and the finished photo is saved to your device's own photo library. Still35 itself does not collect, transmit, or store your photographs. If you choose to opt in, Still35 sends a small set of non-identifying product events to Google Firebase Analytics to understand how the camera is used (see "Analytics" below).
What Still35 processes
- Camera frames and photos. Live preview frames and captured photos are processed on your device to render the selected film look. No photo is uploaded by Still35.
- Local preferences. Your selected film, Save location choice, and analytics choice are stored on your device so your choices are remembered.
- Photo provenance metadata. Still35 embeds a small amount of metadata into your saved photograph — the Still35 app name and the film and frame identity used for that shot — so you or Still35 tools can later see which film and frame produced it. This stays in your saved photo, is never uploaded by Still35, and is never sent to analytics. It does not include any text you enter, location, or personal identifiers, and it never modifies your photo's caption/description.
- In-app Gallery access. When you open the in-app Gallery, Still35 asks for Photos read access on iOS so it can show the Still35 photos you have saved, find existing Still35 photos by their provenance metadata, and let you delete Still35 photos from the Gallery. The pixel data stays in your photo library; Still35 keeps only device-local references. On Android, the Gallery reads only Still35-owned MediaStore entries and requests no broad media-read permission.
- Analytics events. If you opt in, Still35 sends a small set of product events to Google Firebase Analytics to measure how the camera is used (see "Analytics" below).
What Still35 does not do
- It does not require or create an account.
- It does not run a backend or server.
- It does not upload your photographs or use them for any purpose.
- It does not collect precise location for Still35 itself. If you choose to allow it, Still35 can embed the location where a photo was taken into that photo's metadata; that location stays in your saved photo and is never sent to Still35 or its analytics (see "Permissions" and "Analytics" below).
- It does not include advertising or ad-targeting SDKs, and it does not use advertising identifiers (IDFA/AAID).
- It does not offer in-app purchases in v1. There is no purchase, price, lock, or Restore Purchases surface.
- It does not sell, share, or otherwise disclose personal data for advertising or any other purpose. Analytics events are described in "Analytics" below.
Analytics
Still35 uses Google Firebase Analytics (iOS firebase-ios-sdk, Android firebase-analytics) as its only analytics provider, to answer a small set of product questions: whether people reach a usable camera, take and save photos, which films they select, and whether they switch between the front and rear cameras.
Analytics is off by default. Still35 only sends analytics after you choose to opt in. On first launch you are asked whether to allow analytics; you can decline ("Not now"), and the camera works either way. You can change your choice at any time in the app's Settings, where an Analytics control lets you turn analytics on or off. Turning analytics off stops future collection immediately; Still35 also clears its locally stored analytics data and resets the app-scoped installation identifier used to group events, so events from before and after you turn it off are not linked. Analytics also requires the operator's Firebase configuration to be present in the release build; builds without that configuration log nothing.
What is sent:
- Product events such as app open, camera ready, film selected, photo capture started/completed/failed, camera switched, and settings opened, with bounded values like the film's identifier, camera facing, and a failure category. These are non-identifying product events.
- Standard Firebase context that the Firebase SDK adds automatically, such as app version, operating-system version, device model, language, and an app-scoped installation identifier (an "app instance ID") used to group events per install. This is not an advertising ID.
What is not sent in analytics: photographs or image content, thumbnails, file names or paths, photo-library identifiers, EXIF/location data (including the optional location saved in your photo's metadata), your name or email, any text you enter, or advertising identifiers.
Purpose: measuring the launch funnel and diagnosing product problems. Still35 does not use analytics for advertising, ad targeting, or cross-app tracking.
You can read how Google handles Firebase Analytics data in Google's privacy policy and Firebase documentation.
Permissions
- Camera — required to take photos. You can revoke it at any time in your device's Settings; if you deny it, Still35 shows a friendly, actionable message and you cannot capture photos.
- Photo library (add-only on iOS) — used to save your finished photos to your own library. On iOS the save permission is add-only; on Android (API 29+) photos are saved through scoped storage without a storage permission. Separately, when you open the in-app Gallery, iOS asks for Photos read access so the Gallery can show your Still35 photos and find existing Still35 photos by their provenance metadata. The Gallery does not upload photos. On Android, the Gallery reads only Still35-owned MediaStore entries and requests no broad media-read permission.
- Location (optional, foreground only) — used only to save where a photo was taken into that photo's metadata (standard GPS EXIF). Still35 requests when-in-use location only after you turn on Save location in Settings, never background location, and it never blocks the camera or shutter while waiting for a fix. If you decline or later revoke location, photos save normally without location. Location is never sent to Still35's analytics.
Photos and device backup / sync
Still35 saves your finished photos to your device's system photo library. If you have enabled iCloud Photos (Apple) or Google Photos backup/sync (Android), your device's operating system may back up or sync those photos according to your own device and account settings. This is operating-system behavior, not Still35, and it is governed by Apple's or Google's respective privacy policies. Still35 cannot prevent or control OS photo sync.
Some local preferences may also be included in your device's operating-system backup (depending on your device's backup settings). v1 has no purchases or ownership state to restore. If paid content returns post-v1, ownership will be re-checked against the respective app store — StoreKit on iOS and Google Play on Android — and that store answer will remain authoritative over any backup.
Data retention and deletion
- Photos: retained in your photo library for as long as you keep them. You can delete Still35 photos from the in-app Gallery or from the system Photos/Gallery app. Still35 does not retain a separate pixel copy.
- Preferences: retained on your device for as long as Still35 is installed; they are removed when you uninstall the app.
- Analytics events: retained by Google/Firebase according to the Firebase project's retention settings, which the Still35 operator configures. The events are keyed to an app-scoped installation identifier rather than to a named account.
Third parties
Still35 shares data with the following service providers, and with no others:
- Google (Firebase Analytics) — receives the non-identifying product events described in "Analytics" above for product measurement. Google's use of that data is governed by Google's privacy policy and the Firebase terms.
Your device's photo-library backup/sync features (iCloud Photos, Google Photos) may also upload your saved photos if you have enabled them. Please review Apple's and Google's privacy policies for how they handle sync and analytics data.
Children
Still35 is a general-purpose camera app and does not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information through the app, contact us and we will take appropriate action.
Still35 v1 has no in-app purchases, subscription, or account. This policy will be updated if the commerce model changes.
Your choices and contact
You can:
- revoke the camera, photo, or location permissions at any time in your device's Settings;
- turn Still35 analytics on or off at any time in Still35's Settings;
- manage or delete your photos in the in-app Gallery or the system Photos/Gallery app;
- control device backup/iCloud/Google Photos in your device's settings;
- use the six included film looks, all five frames, and three skins without making a purchase.
For privacy questions or support, contact:
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the updated version will be made available at the policy URL linked in the app and in the app stores.