Privacy policy for AsciiCam

This is a translation of the informativa privacy in Italian; if the two differ, the Italian version prevails.

No data collected

AsciiCam does not collect any personal data: what you point the camera at, your shots and your settings never reach me or anyone else. There are no accounts: you use the app without giving your name, email or anything else.

No network connection

There is no code in the app that connects to the internet: it does not contact any server, mine or anyone else's. The conversion into characters happens on the iPhone.

No analytics, tracking or ads

AsciiCam contains no analytics or tracking tools, shows no ads and includes no third-party SDKs.

Camera

The app asks for permission to use the camera to show you the viewfinder in characters and to take shots. If you refuse, you can still convert photos from your library.

It has no use for the microphone: clips are silent, and AsciiCam never asks for it. It does not use your location or contacts either.

Photos from your library

To convert a photo you already have, you use the iOS photo picker inside the app. AsciiCam receives only the photo you pick: it cannot see the rest of your library, which is why it never asks for permission to read it.

You can also start from Photos: open a photo, tap Share and choose AsciiCam. The conversion appears right there, made on the iPhone.

Saving to Photos

When you save a still, a video or a GIF, iOS asks for permission to add items to your library. With that permission the app can only add: it does not read your photos. If you refuse, Share still works.

What stays on your device

AsciiCam keeps only the last style you chose (character set, density, color, rendering), in the app's settings. Shots and clips do not stay in the app: you find them wherever you save or send them.

Clips, GIFs and the files prepared for sharing sit in a temporary folder of the app, which is emptied at every launch. The app syncs nothing with iCloud. Uninstalling it erases everything.

Sharing

A shot, a clip or the text leaves the app only when you decide: by saving it to Photos, with Share or by copying the text. You choose where it goes, and from there the privacy policy of the app or service you chose applies.

What it declares to Apple

In its privacy manifest, the file where an app tells Apple what it uses, AsciiCam states that it collects no data and does no tracking. It lists one system feature, the app's settings (UserDefaults), where it keeps the style you chose. That never leaves the device.

App Store and Apple

Downloads and updates go through the App Store, run by Apple under its own privacy policy. The device analytics that iOS may send to Apple depend on your settings (Settings > Privacy & Security > Analytics & Improvements), not on the app.

Data controller and contact

The data controller is Angelo Sasso (Simplebuild.it), who develops the app. For any question about this policy, write to support@simplebuild.it.

You can also call +39 389 314 8174.

You keep the rights granted by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), including the right to lodge a complaint with the Italian data protection authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali).

This policy covers only the app. For the simplebuild.it website, the website privacy policy applies.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version is published on this page with the updated date. For help with the app, see the support page.

Last updated: October 12, 2026.