WeatherSnap Privacy Policy

1. Who this policy applies to

This policy applies to the WeatherSnap mobile app for iPhone. WeatherSnap lets you take or choose a photo, add weather information as an overlay, apply visual styles and filters, and save or share the final image.

2. Data WeatherSnap handles

Photos you capture or choose. WeatherSnap accesses a photo only when you use the camera or pick an image from your photo library.
Location data. WeatherSnap requests your current location when needed to fetch weather information and resolve a place name for the overlay.
Weather query data. Coordinates are used to request current weather data from Apple WeatherKit and, if needed, from Open-Meteo as a fallback source.
Notification preferences. If you enable reminders, the app stores your preference and schedules local notifications on your device.
Advertising and consent data. WeatherSnap reads your App Tracking Transparency authorization status from iOS and requests ads from Google AdMob. As part of ad delivery, Google may receive technical and advertising-related data as described in section 8.
App settings stored on device. WeatherSnap stores selected options such as overlay style, temperature unit, onboarding state, notification state, and review-prompt state using device-local storage such as UserDefaults.

3. How WeatherSnap uses this data

To create and render the weather overlay on your photo.
To show a place name and current weather conditions.
To save your preferences between app launches.
To schedule optional local reminders if you opt in.
To request an App Store review after a successful share.
To understand aggregate app usage through Firebase Analytics.
To show banner and interstitial ads that support the app.
To request ATT permission so you can choose whether the app may use IDFA for personalized ads and ad measurement.

WeatherSnap does not currently require an account and does not maintain a developer-operated user database for your photos or profile data.

4. Photos and image processing

WeatherSnap processes your selected image on your device to add overlays, stickers, text, and photo filters. The app does not upload your original or edited photos to the developer’s own servers.

If you choose to save an image, it is written to your photo library through iOS. If you choose to share an image, the image is sent only to the destination or app you select in the iOS share sheet.

5. Location and weather services

WeatherSnap uses location access only while the app is in use and only to fetch weather data and a human-readable place name for the overlay.

Apple services. WeatherSnap uses Apple frameworks for location access, reverse geocoding, and WeatherKit weather data where available.
Open-Meteo fallback. If WeatherKit is unavailable, WeatherSnap sends the required coordinates to Open-Meteo to retrieve current weather data.

WeatherSnap itself does not permanently store your location on a remote server. A short-lived in-app cache may be used during an editing session to avoid unnecessary repeated location requests.

6. Notifications

WeatherSnap can request permission to send local reminders. These notifications are scheduled on your device using Apple’s notification framework. WeatherSnap stores your opt-in choice locally so it can respect your preference.

You can disable notifications at any time in the app’s settings or in iOS system settings.

7. Firebase Analytics

WeatherSnap uses Firebase Analytics, a Google service, to understand how the app is used. This helps improve stability, onboarding, feature quality, and overall product decisions.

Firebase Analytics may collect app-instance identifiers, app and device metadata, operating system information, app version information, and interaction events such as app opens, onboarding completion, photo import, preview load success or failure, filter and overlay usage, share outcomes, and notification prompt interactions. WeatherSnap does not send your photo contents, custom text overlays, or precise location names as analytics event payloads. Firebase Analytics is used for product measurement rather than to store your photos or create an in-app user account profile.

Analytics collection is disabled in UI test and preview environments, but enabled for normal app usage.

8. Advertising, AdMob, and App Tracking Transparency (ATT)

WeatherSnap uses Google AdMob to display ads in the app. At the time of this policy, the app may show a banner ad on the home screen and an interstitial ad after a successful share.

WeatherSnap requests permission under Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) framework so you can choose whether the app may use your device’s advertising identifier (IDFA) for personalized ads and ad measurement. If you allow tracking, Google’s advertising services may use IDFA together with other information to personalize ads and measure campaign performance. If you do not allow tracking, WeatherSnap may still request and display ads, but the Google Mobile Ads SDK will not send IDFA in the ad request.

Google states that apps using its advertising services may share information such as the app name, IP address, and a unique identifier for advertising, and that Google may use this information to deliver services, measure advertising effectiveness, protect against fraud and abuse, and personalize ads depending on settings and consent. WeatherSnap does not send your photo contents, custom text overlays, or precise location labels to AdMob for ad targeting.

Apple may also support privacy-preserving advertising attribution through SKAdNetwork or successor attribution technology. Core editing, saving, and sharing features remain available whether or not you grant ATT permission.

9. Sharing with third parties

WeatherSnap does not sell your personal data for money. However, the app uses third-party analytics and advertising services, and limited data may be disclosed to service providers and advertising partners as needed to operate the app. Depending on applicable law, some ad-related disclosures may be considered “sharing” for cross-context behavioral advertising.

WeatherSnap may share limited data with third parties only when necessary to provide app functionality:

Apple for camera, photo library, location, reverse geocoding, notifications, App Store review prompts, and WeatherKit weather data.
Open-Meteo for weather data requests when the app falls back from WeatherKit.
Google Firebase Analytics for app usage measurement and analytics event processing.
Google AdMob and Google advertising partners for serving ads, measuring ad performance, limiting fraud and abuse, and, if you permit ATT tracking, personalizing ads and advertising measurement.
Your chosen share destination when you explicitly share an exported image from the iOS share sheet.

10. Data retention and deletion

Photos remain on your device unless you save or share them. WeatherSnap does not keep a remote copy on a developer-run server.
Local settings and notification preferences remain on your device until you change them, reset the app, or remove the app.
Analytics and advertising providers such as Google may retain data they receive according to their own policies and retention schedules. WeatherSnap does not control those third-party retention periods.
If you want to remove app-stored local preferences, you can delete the app from your device.

11. Your choices

You can deny camera, photo library, location, notification, or tracking permissions in iOS settings.
You can stop sharing location with the app at any time in iOS settings.
You can disable notifications in the app or in iOS settings.
You can deny or later change tracking permission in Settings > Privacy & Security > Tracking.
If you deny ATT permission, WeatherSnap may still show ads, but the app will not access the device advertising identifier for that ad request.
You can remove the app to delete its locally stored settings and preferences.

12. Children’s privacy

WeatherSnap is not designed for knowingly collecting personal information from children. If you believe the app has handled data in a way that raises a child privacy concern, please use the developer contact route listed on the WeatherSnap App Store product page.

13. External services and policies

Apple Privacy: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/
Apple User Privacy and Data Use: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/user-privacy-and-data-use/
Apple App Tracking Transparency: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/apptrackingtransparency
Open-Meteo Terms & Privacy: https://open-meteo.com/en/terms
Firebase for Apple platforms data disclosure guidance: https://firebase.google.com/docs/ios/app-store-data-collection
Google AdMob privacy guidance: https://developers.google.com/admob/ios/privacy
How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

14. Changes to this policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time if WeatherSnap’s features, data flows, or legal requirements change. The version published at this URL is the current version.

15. Contact

For privacy questions, deletion requests, or policy concerns, please use the developer contact information provided on the WeatherSnap App Store product page or official support channel published with the app.