Privacy Policy

Updated: 20 May 2026

Summary

HistorySnap is a private, offline history reader. The snaps you complete, the saved snaps you keep, your daily-snap state, your streak, your reading mode, and your nickname all stay on this device. There is no account, no cloud sync, no analytics, and no tracking in v1.

What stays on this device

Snap completion state per snap pack.
Saved snaps you bookmark.
Review-item entries (for spaced-repetition-lite review).
Streak days and best-streak counter.
Daily-snap (today's snap mix) state.
Settings (nickname, default browse mode, and daily-nudge time).

Location

HistorySnap v1 does not request location permission and does not collect location data.

What we do not collect

No contacts, microphone, camera, photos, health data, or Bluetooth.
No third-party analytics, advertising, or tracking SDKs.
No leaderboards, no friend graph, no social ranking.
No age, school, employer, parent email, or date-of-birth fields (enforced by tests).

Notifications

HistorySnap can send a single optional daily snap reminder at a time you choose. The notification permission is requested only when you turn the reminder on in Settings > Daily snap nudge, not at first launch. All reminders stay on this device.

Purchases

If you buy Premium, the purchase is processed by Apple's StoreKit. We do not receive your name, email, or payment details.

Deleting data

Settings > Delete all local data removes every snap state, saved snap, review item, daily-snap record, streak day, and settings row. Premium entitlement is preserved so you do not have to repurchase. A confirmation step protects against accidental taps. You can do this at any time without uninstalling.

History posture

HistorySnap is general-reader history and culture content, not academic research material. We cite a source per snap and mark uncertainty when dates, attributions, or locations are approximate. The app is not a textbook, classroom curriculum, museum guide, or qualified-historian deliverable.

Not historical authority

Snaps are short summarized framings written for the general reader. They do not represent the consensus of any specific institution. There is no live fact-checking; content is pre-authored and source-noted against bundled citations and uncertainty rules.