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Is Send Anywhere Safe?

Send Anywhere privacy label · by Rakuten Symphony Korea, Inc. · checked November 2026

  • Tracks you
  • Collects location
  • Recently updated
App Privacy label Developer-reported · checked November 1, 2026
Used to track you
5types
Linked to you
8types
Not linked to you
4types
Short answer

It depends on how you feel about tracking: Send Anywhere declares data used to track you. The sensitive items are financial info, location, contacts and user content. In total the label lists 10 data types; 20% of photo backup apps we checked declare tracking.

At a glance

Send Anywhere privacy in one look

Data exposure on the label
Used to track you
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Built only from the developer's App Store label. It describes disclosure, not tested behaviour.

Verdict from the label
Tracks you

Send Anywhere's developer reports using purchases, location, identifiers, usage data, diagnostics to track you across other companies' apps and websites.

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Did Send Anywhere ask for something?

Pick the permission prompt you saw. We compare it with what Send Anywhere's developer declared.

It asked me for access to…
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Matches the label

Send Anywhere lists Location on its label, including for tracking. Choose While Using and turn off Precise Location if the feature works without it.

Matches the label

Send Anywhere lists User Content on its label, linked to you. Choose Limited Access and pick only the photos you want to share.

Matches the label

Send Anywhere lists Contacts on its label. Limited Access shares selected contacts instead of your whole address book.

Expected — and you can decline

Send Anywhere declares data used to track you, so expect the “Allow to track?” prompt. Tap Ask App Not to Track; the app must keep working without it.

Not on the label

Health & Fitness is not on Send Anywhere's label. That can be fine: data used only on your iPhone does not have to be declared. If the data would need to leave the phone for the feature to work, ask why it is missing.

A permission is what the app can reach on your iPhone; the label is what the developer says leaves it. They answer different questions.

Line by line

What Send Anywhere collects, explained

Data typeWhat it coversWhere to limit it
Financial InfoSensitiveLinked to you Card numbers, bank details, credit scores, salary, income, assets or debts. Pay with Apple Pay where offered so the app never sees your card number, and turn on the app's own login lock.
LocationSensitiveUsed to track youLinked to youNot linked to you Where your phone is, either precisely (street level) or approximately (city or area). Settings › Privacy & Security › Location Services: choose Never or While Using, and turn off Precise Location if the app does not need it.
ContactsSensitiveNot linked to you The people in your address book or social graph. Settings › Privacy & Security › Contacts: choose Limited Access to share only selected people, or None.
User ContentSensitiveLinked to youNot linked to you Messages, photos, videos, audio recordings, documents and support chats you create or upload. Settings › Privacy & Security › Photos: choose Limited Access or None; review Microphone and Files access too.
Contact InfoNot linked to you Your name, email address, phone number or postal address. Use Sign in with Apple with Hide My Email where offered, and check the app's account and marketing preferences.
PurchasesUsed to track youLinked to you What you have bought or tend to buy. Review in-app marketing settings; subscriptions are listed in Settings › [your name] › Subscriptions.
IdentifiersUsed to track youLinked to you An account ID, screen name, customer number or a device-level ID such as the advertising identifier. Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking: turn off Allow Apps to Request to Track, or tap Ask App Not to Track when prompted.
Usage DataUsed to track youLinked to you What you tap, open and view inside the app, plus which ads you have seen. There is no single iOS switch. Look for an analytics or personalised-ads toggle in the app's own settings.
Other DataLinked to you Any data the developer did not fit into Apple's named categories. Read the app's privacy policy, linked from its App Store page.
DiagnosticsUsed to track youLinked to you Crash logs, launch times, hang rates and energy use. Settings › Privacy & Security › Analytics & Improvements › Share With App Developers controls what Apple passes on; the app's own crash reporting is separate.
Reading the label

What Send Anywhere's label means for you

Send Anywhere's label has 5 types under “Data Used to Track You”, 8 types under “Data Linked to You”, 4 types under “Data Not Linked to You”. A data type can appear in more than one section when it is used for different purposes — for example, identifiers used for both analytics and advertising.

Tracking is the declaration that most separates apps. It means purchases, location, identifiers, usage data, diagnostics from Send Anywhere can be combined with data from other companies to target or measure ads, or shared with data brokers. On iOS 14.5 and later, the app must ask your permission before tracking you through the advertising identifier; answering “Ask App Not to Track” blocks that identifier and tells the developer you have declined.

The items that deserve the most attention are financial info, location, contacts and user content. Financial data is high-value to criminals and is often regulated. Expect it in banking and budgeting apps; question it elsewhere.

Photo backup apps upload your library by design, including location metadata embedded in each picture. Check whether backups keep original location data and whether shared albums are public links.

Among the 93 photo backup apps in our snapshot with a label, 20% declare tracking, 29% collect data linked to you and 52% say they collect nothing. Send Anywhere lists 10 data types, more than the average of 1.5 for this group.

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.

On your iPhone

Settings to check for Send Anywhere

  1. 1

    Tracking

    Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking. If “Allow Apps to Request to Track” is off, apps cannot ask, and they are told to treat you as having declined. You can also turn it off for this app alone.

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    Location

    Settings › Privacy & Security › Location Services › Send Anywhere. Choose While Using or Never, and switch off Precise Location if a city-level answer is enough.

  3. 3

    Photos

    Settings › Privacy & Security › Photos. Limited Access lets you pick exactly which pictures the app can see; Add Photos Only lets it save without reading your library.

  4. 4

    Contacts

    Settings › Privacy & Security › Contacts. Limited Access shares only the people you select instead of your whole address book.

  5. 5

    Sign-in

    When creating an account, Sign in with Apple can give the app a relay address from Hide My Email instead of your real one.

  6. 6

    Lock the app

    On iOS 18 and later, touch and hold the icon and choose Require Face ID. Anyone who picks up your unlocked phone then needs your face, fingerprint or passcode to open it.

Cross-app tracking

Does Send Anywhere track you?

Yes — 5 data types

Purchases, location, identifiers, usage data and diagnostics. Apple defines tracking as linking data from this app with data from other companies' apps, websites or offline sources for targeted advertising or ad measurement, or sharing it with a data broker.

Does Send Anywhere track you? Full answer and how to stop it →

iOS 18 and later

Lock Send Anywhere behind Face ID

  1. Find Send Anywhere on your Home Screen or in App Library.
  2. Touch and hold the icon until the quick-actions menu opens.
  3. Tap Require Face ID (or Require Touch ID / Require Passcode, depending on your iPhone).
  4. Tap Require Face ID again to confirm. Send Anywhere now asks for authentication every time it opens.

The lock is an iPhone feature, so it works whether or not Send Anywhere has a passcode of its own. It does not change what the app sends to its developer.

From the App Store record

About Send Anywhere

DeveloperRakuten Symphony Korea, Inc.
App Store categoryProductivity (also Utilities)
Latest version23.7.4, released October 2026
First releasedJanuary 2013
RequiresiOS 14.1 or later
Size126 MB
Age rating4+
Languages3 (EN, JA, KO)
Bundle IDcom.estmob.paprika

The current version shipped in October 2026, so the app is actively maintained and its label is likely current. Labels are updated by developers when practices change.

Read with care

What the label cannot tell you

  • A label is self-reported. Apple publishes the developer's answers and can reject apps that misrepresent them, but it does not independently verify what Send Anywhere sends.
  • It does not say where data is stored, how long it is kept, whether it is encrypted, or which companies receive it. The privacy policy covers those points.
  • Optional data counts: if a feature lets you add something (a profile photo, a phone number), the type is listed even if you never use the feature.
  • Data handled only on your iPhone is not 'collected', so a no-collection label is compatible with an app that reads your files locally.
  • Third-party sign-in, payment processors and SDKs are supposed to be included, but a label can lag behind a new version.

The question to ask Send Anywhere's developer: Is my photo library encrypted on their servers?

How it compares

Send Anywhere vs similar photo backup apps

Data types listed on each App Store privacy label
Tracks youLinked to youNot linkedCollects nothing

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Your Send Anywhere privacy checklist

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Done. You have applied every control the label points to.

Quick quiz

True or false?

  1. Q1Send Anywhere's privacy label says it uses data to track you.
    Right.
    Not quite.

    True: it lists purchases, location, identifiers, usage data and diagnostics under Data Used to Track You.

  2. Q2Apple tests every app to confirm its privacy label is accurate.
    Right.
    Not quite.

    Labels are self-reported by developers. Apple can reject or remove apps that misrepresent practices, but it does not audit each label.

  3. Q3Send Anywhere collects Financial Info.
    Right.
    Not quite.

    True: Financial Info appears on its label.

  4. Q4Data “Not Linked to You” is never sent off your iPhone.
    Right.
    Not quite.

    It is collected and sent; the developer says it is de-identified rather than tied to your account or device.

  5. Q5Tapping “Ask App Not to Track” can stop an app from working.
    Right.
    Not quite.

    Apple's rules require apps to work the same whether or not you allow tracking.

Questions people ask

Send Anywhere privacy FAQ

Is Send Anywhere safe to use?
Based on its App Store privacy label, send Anywhere's developer reports using purchases, location, identifiers, usage data, diagnostics to track you across other companies' apps and websites. Whether that is acceptable depends on what you will store in it. The label is developer-reported, not an independent security test.
Does Send Anywhere track you?
Yes. Its label lists purchases, location, identifiers, usage data and diagnostics under Data Used to Track You. You can decline at the iOS tracking prompt.
What data does Send Anywhere collect?
Financial info, location, contacts, user content, contact info, purchases, identifiers, usage data, other data and diagnostics. Of these, financial info, location, user content, purchases, identifiers, usage data, other data and diagnostics are linked to your identity.
Who makes Send Anywhere?
Rakuten Symphony Korea, Inc., according to the App Store. It was first released in January 2013 and the current version is 23.7.4.
Can I lock Send Anywhere with Face ID?
On iOS 18 or later, touch and hold Send Anywhere's icon and choose Require Face ID (or Touch ID / Passcode). This is an iPhone feature and works for most downloaded apps, whether or not the app has its own lock. If you don't see the option, update iOS.
How does Send Anywhere compare with other photo backup apps?
Across 93 photo backup apps with labels in our snapshot, 20% declare tracking and 52% say they collect no data. Send Anywhere lists 10 data types against an average of 1.5.
Is my photo library encrypted on their servers?
The privacy label cannot answer that. Look for it in Send Anywhere's privacy policy or support pages, linked from the App Store listing. Check whether backups keep original location data and whether shared albums are public links.
How do I delete my data from Send Anywhere?
Apps that let you create an account must also let you start account deletion from inside the app (an App Store rule since June 2022). Deleting the app from your iPhone alone does not delete data already sent to the developer.

For photos and documents you choose to keep apart from your main library, see VaultForYou.

Facts on this page come from Send Anywhere on the App Store, as reported by the developer. Checked 2026-11-01. How we collect data · Report a correction