Summary: Blackout Camera has no accounts and no first-party analytics, and your captures stay on your own device — in your photo library, in the app's private on-device Library, and (on Pro, from 1.5.5) in a Face ID-locked Private Folder, in whatever combination you choose. Paid subscribers use an ad-free app and we collect nothing. Advertising on the free tier depends on your version: up to and including 1.5.1 it is served by Google AdMob, 1.5.2 serves no ads at all, and from 1.5.3 it is served by Unity LevelPlay and the networks it mediates for — with 1.5.5 dropping the optional rewarded videos and keeping only the banner and occasional full-screen ads (see section 6). Tracking also depends on your version: from 1.5.7 Blackout Camera does not track you — there is no App Tracking Transparency prompt, the app itself never reads your device's advertising identifier, and it tells the ad network on every launch that it has no consent to personalise. If you granted tracking permission to an earlier version, iOS still records that grant, but nothing in 1.5.7 acts on it. In versions 1.5.3 to 1.5.6, iOS asked for tracking permission and ads used a device identifier only if you allowed it; declining always gave you the same number of ads, just less relevant ones (see section 6).
Blackout Camera itself does not ask for, collect, transmit, or store any personally identifiable information. There is no account system, no login, no user profile, and no first-party analytics. The only data processing beyond your own device is done by the advertising provider (or, from version 1.5.3, providers) serving the free tier, described in section 6, and by Apple's own iCloud sync of your token balance described in section 5.
The app uses your device's camera to show a live preview and to take photos and record video, and uses the microphone to record sound with your videos. The camera and microphone feeds are processed entirely on your device for the sole purpose of capturing the media you choose to capture. No image, video, or audio is ever sent to MW Supply Limited or any third party.
You choose where each capture is saved, in Settings → Saving & Privacy → Save to: your device's photo library, the app's own in-app Library, the Private Folder (a paid feature, see below), or any combination. Wherever it goes, your media stays on your own device and in your own accounts — no capture is ever transmitted to MW Supply Limited or any third party.
When your photo library is one of the chosen destinations, the app saves there using iOS's “Add Only” Photos authorization. This permission lets the app add your new captures to your library but does not allow it to read, browse, or access any of your existing photos and videos. Captured media is then stored in your own photo library, under your control. If you have iCloud Photos enabled, your library is backed up by Apple under your Apple ID according to Apple's own privacy practices — the app plays no part in that.
The in-app Library holds the app's own copy of a capture in its private on-device storage. These copies stay on your device, are not readable by other apps, and are never transmitted to MW Supply Limited or anyone else. You can remove them in the app at any time (which does not affect your photo library), and they are deleted automatically if you delete the app. Because the app manages only its own copies, removing an item in the in-app Library never touches your Apple Photos library.
The Private Folder (from version 1.5.5, included with Blackout Pro) is a separate area of that same private on-device storage, protected by iOS file data protection and unlocked with Face ID, Touch ID, or your device passcode through Apple's LocalAuthentication framework. That authentication is performed entirely by iOS: the app is told only whether it succeeded, and it never receives your biometric data or your passcode. When the Private Folder is the only destination you have chosen, the capture is not added to your photo library at all and no preview of it is shown elsewhere in the app. Private Folder contents are included in your device's iCloud or local backup, because they may be the only copy of that media; they are removed if you delete the app. If your subscription ends, the app stops saving new captures there and switches to the in-app Library — never to your photo library — and everything already inside stays accessible to you.
If you enable “Save location in photos & videos”, the app uses your device's location solely to embed GPS coordinates into the photos and videos you capture — exactly like the built-in Camera. The location data lives inside your own media files in your own photo library; it is never sent to MW Supply Limited. You can turn this off at any time in the app's Settings or in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services.
Your preferences (such as auto-blackout, night-vision mode, grid, and video quality) are stored locally on your device and are not transmitted anywhere. Your free-tier token balance is also stored on your device and, if you are signed in to iCloud, is synced across your own Apple devices through Apple's iCloud (CloudKit) using your private iCloud storage. In versions up to and including 1.5.4 that balance covers tokens you earn in the app or buy as a token pack; from version 1.5.5 tokens can no longer be earned or bought, and this sync simply keeps the tokens you already hold in step across your devices as you spend them. That data lives in your own iCloud account under your Apple ID and is governed by Apple's privacy policy; MW Supply Limited cannot access it. You can turn iCloud off for the app in iOS Settings.
What this section says depends on which version you are running. Advertising in Blackout Camera changes three times across the versions still in use, and this page is the App Store privacy policy for all of them, so each state is described separately below. You can check your version in the app under Settings → Version. Subscribers to Blackout Pro see no ads at all in every version.
In these versions the free tier shows advertising provided by Google AdMob: optional rewarded videos you can choose to watch to earn tokens, and a small banner on the settings and token screens. Ads never appear in the camera view. If you subscribe to Blackout Pro, the app shows no ads and the AdMob SDK is not started.
Google AdMob was removed in version 1.5.2, and that version served no advertising at all: its replacement was built in but not yet switched on, so no ad network received anything from a 1.5.2 install. From version 1.5.3 the free tier is supported by advertising again, provided by Unity LevelPlay (the ironSource SDK). LevelPlay is a mediation service — it invites several advertising networks to compete for each ad slot and shows the winner. In versions 1.5.3 and 1.5.4 the free tier may see a small banner on the settings and token screens, optional rewarded videos you choose to watch to earn tokens, and occasional full-screen ads when you open the app or after a recording has been saved. From version 1.5.5 the rewarded videos are gone — tokens can no longer be earned, so that format was removed from the app entirely. What remains is the small banner in Settings (and on the Tokens screen, for as long as you still have a balance) and the same occasional full-screen ads when you open the app or after a recording has been saved.
Ads never appear in the camera view, never interrupt a recording, and never appear while the screen is blacked out. The app checks all three conditions before showing any full-screen ad, and it never shows one on a launch you started specifically in order to record (from the widget, the Action button, Siri or a Home Screen shortcut).
Subscriptions (Blackout Pro) and consumable token packs are processed entirely by Apple through your Apple Account. We never see your payment details. Purchase receipts are validated on-device using Apple's StoreKit. Subscriptions can be managed or cancelled any time in your Apple Account settings; tokens are consumable and non-refundable once spent.
Blackout Camera is not directed at children, and the app collects no personal data itself, consistent with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and similar regulations worldwide. Where the free tier serves ads it uses age-appropriate ad settings: versions up to 1.5.1 through Google AdMob, and versions 1.5.3 and later through Unity LevelPlay, which is told that this app is not child-directed so its mediated networks apply the same restriction.
If we change how Blackout Camera handles data, we will update this page and the “Last updated” date above. Material changes will also be reflected in the App Store privacy labels for the affected version of the app.
Questions about this privacy policy can be sent to mwsupplylimited@gmail.com.