Photo managers: Privacy Labels Compared
Photo managers usually ask for full library access. That gives them every picture, along with its location and date metadata. Checked November 2026.
- Declare tracking
- 64%
- Linked, no tracking
- 9%
- Collect nothing
- 27%
- No label details
- 1
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| Developer | Tracking | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AirDisk Pro | Felix Yew | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| ALPACA | yuki tanabe | Not disclosed | — | — |
| Clean Manager Storage Cleaner | Luxury Code Works FZE LLC | Tracks you | Identifiers | 4 |
| Cleaner: Clean Up Storage | MAPLE LABS COMPANY LIMITED | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics | 3 |
| Clever Cleaner | CleverFiles Inc. | Tracks you | Identifiers | 4 |
| Owlfiles | Skyjos Co., Ltd. | Linked | None | 1 |
| PHOTO iD | U SCOPE SOLUTIONS INC | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data | 8 |
| Photo Todo Lists | Applorium Ltd | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| picswipe | Yuvaraj Shanmugam | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Simple Notes - Notepad Manager | Komorebi Inc. | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data | 4 |
| SwipeNow | MoYoDream Technology Co.Ltd | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data | 3 |
| X File Manager | Nguyen Luong | Tracks you | Location, Identifiers, Usage Data | 4 |
Most common data types
- Identifiers73%
- Diagnostics64%
- Usage Data55%
- Purchases27%
- Location18%
- User Content18%
- Search History9%
- Contact Info9%
How to read this list
Productivity apps tend to collect the work you do in them — documents, notes and files — so User Content is common. The question is whether it syncs to the developer's servers and how it is protected there.
Grant Limited Access first and widen it only if the feature you want genuinely needs the whole library.
Exposure follows the label's own structure: an app that declares any tracking is shown as “Tracks you”, even if it collects little else. Open any app for every data type explained and the iPhone settings that limit it.