Privacy Policy
Last updated: 27 August 2026
Cutsy turns a photo into a sticker. To do that it needs your photos — so the first thing worth saying is what happens to them.
Your photos never leave your device. Cutting the subject out of a photo runs entirely on your iPhone, using Apple's on-device Vision framework. We do not upload, receive, store, or ever see your photos or the stickers you make. There is no Cutsy server holding your pictures, because there is no upload step at all.
Who we are
Cutsy is made by StarNova. If you want to reach a person about anything on this page, email vdnhan97@gmail.com.
What stays on your device
All of the following is stored locally on your iPhone and is never transmitted to us:
- The photos you pick or take.
- The stickers and cards you make, and the packs you sort them into.
- The buddies (pets, people) you add, including their names.
- Your captions, speech bubbles, styles, and layer arrangements.
- Your daily creation counts and app preferences.
Deleting the app deletes all of it. We cannot recover it for you, because we never had it.
What we do collect
Usage analytics (Google Analytics for Firebase)
Cutsy uses Firebase Analytics to understand whether the app works — how many people open it, whether they get as far as saving a sticker, and where they get stuck. These are counts of actions, never the content of what you make.
| Collected | Why |
|---|---|
| App opens, sessions, first launch, crashes | Know the app runs and how often it is used |
| Which screens you visit and in what order | Find where the flow breaks down |
| Events like "a cut-out finished", "a sticker was saved", "the paywall was shown" | Measure whether the core loop works |
| Device model, iOS version, app version, language, country | Fix bugs on specific devices; decide which languages to support |
| A random, app-scoped install identifier | Count one person once instead of counting every launch as new |
Cutsy does not use the IDFA (Apple's advertising identifier), does not ask for App Tracking Transparency permission, and does not track you across other companies' apps or websites. There are no ads and no advertising SDKs in Cutsy.
Analytics is processed by Google. See Firebase's privacy documentation and Google's Privacy Policy.
Purchases (RevenueCat + Apple)
If you buy Cutsy Pro, the payment itself is handled entirely by Apple — we never see your card, your Apple Account, or your billing address. We use RevenueCat to confirm that a purchase is valid and to restore it if you reinstall. RevenueCat receives an anonymous purchase identifier, the product you bought, and your country. See RevenueCat's Privacy Policy.
What we never collect
- Your name, email address, phone number, or any account — Cutsy has no sign-up.
- Your contacts, calendar, location, microphone, or health data.
- Your photos or the stickers you make.
- Anything used for advertising, cross-app tracking, or sold to a data broker. We do not sell or share personal information, and never have.
Permissions Cutsy asks for
- Camera — only if you take a photo inside the app. The frame goes straight into the editor on your device.
- Photo library (read) — only to let you pick a photo to cut out.
- Photo library (add) — only to save a finished sticker back to your library when you ask it to.
You can revoke any of these in iOS Settings ▸ Privacy & Security. Cutsy keeps working; the parts that need the permission simply stop.
Sharing a sticker
When you share a sticker, iOS hands the image to whichever app you chose — Messages, WhatsApp, LINE, and so on. From that moment the sticker is governed by that app's privacy policy, not ours. We are not part of the transfer and receive no copy.
Children
Cutsy is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. Since Cutsy has no account, no messaging, and no user-to-user content, there is nothing for a child to publish or disclose through the app. If you believe a child's information has somehow reached us, email us and we will delete it.
Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR in the EU/UK, or the CCPA in California) you may have the right to access, correct, delete, or port your personal data, and to object to processing.
In practice, most of this you can exercise yourself and instantly: everything Cutsy holds about you that is personal lives on your own device, and deleting the app deletes it. For the analytics data described above, email vdnhan97@gmail.com and we will handle the request. We will not discriminate against you for making one.
Data retention
Analytics events are retained by Google Analytics for up to 14 months and then deleted automatically. Purchase records are kept by RevenueCat and Apple for as long as needed to honour and account for the purchase. On-device content is kept until you delete it.
International transfers
Our analytics and purchase-validation providers process data on servers in the United States and other countries. Where required, these transfers rely on the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes in a way that matters, we will update the date at the top and note the change in the app's release notes. Continuing to use Cutsy after a change means you accept the updated policy.
Contact
Questions, requests, or corrections: vdnhan97@gmail.com.