Direct Shot
Privacy

Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 18, 2026

Direct Shot ("the app") is built around a simple principle: your photos and videos are yours, and we don't want them. Direct Shot has no servers and no accounts of its own — we never receive, store, or sell your personal data.

To save your media, Direct Shot connects to the cloud services you choose: iCloud, and optionally Google Drive and Dropbox. Connecting Google Drive or Dropbox adds those companies' official software (their SDKs) to the app. As with most apps that integrate them, those services may then collect some data — such as identifiers, diagnostics, and usage information — for their own purposes, under their own privacy policies. That collection is what the app's App Store privacy label reflects, and it's the reason the label lists data types Direct Shot itself never sees.

What the app does

Direct Shot uses your device's camera and microphone to capture photos and videos, then saves them to the cloud folders you choose. Capture and upload happen on your device. Direct Shot runs no servers and performs no analytics of its own — we have no way to see your media, your activity, or which folders you use.

On iPhone models that support Apple Intelligence, Direct Shot can also name each photo by what it contains. That naming runs entirely on your device using Apple's on-device models. The photo is not uploaded anywhere to be analyzed, nothing about it is sent to us or to anyone else, and you can switch the feature off in the app's Settings.

Direct Shot also offers Siri, Shortcuts, and Spotlight actions. To make those work, the names of your saved destination folders, and which service each one belongs to, are made available to those features so you can choose a folder by name. This happens on your device and is handled by iOS. The folder's location inside your cloud service is not included, no photos or videos are involved, and none of it is sent to us or to anyone else.

Permissions

  • Camera — required to take photos and videos
  • Microphone — required to record audio with video
  • iCloud Drive / Files — required to save media to your chosen folders
  • Google Drive / Dropbox (optional) — used only if you choose to connect them, to save media to those folders

These permissions are used solely to provide the app's core functionality. Your photos and videos go only to the cloud folders you choose.

Third parties

Direct Shot includes no advertising SDKs, and we never sell your data or share it for advertising. We don't run any analytics of our own.

When you connect Google Drive or Dropbox, those services' SDKs become part of the app and may collect data for their own operation, including your account name and email, a user or device identifier, and diagnostic and usage data (such as crash and product-interaction data). This data is handled by Google and Dropbox under their own privacy policies, not by Direct Shot:

If you never connect Google Drive or Dropbox, none of this collection happens.

Google user data

Direct Shot connects to your Google Drive only to let you browse your folders, create new folders, and upload the photos and videos you capture directly to the folder you choose. Your media is transferred directly from your device to Google Drive. Direct Shot does not read, download, or store the contents of files already in your Drive, and it does not send your Google account data to any external server operated by Direct Shot or third parties.

Direct Shot's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. We do not use Google user data for advertising, and we do not sell it, share it, or use it to train machine-learning or AI models.

Dropbox user data

Direct Shot connects to your Dropbox only to let you browse your folders, create new folders, and upload the photos and videos you capture directly to the folder you choose. Your media is transferred directly from your device to Dropbox. Direct Shot also reads your Dropbox account email so it can show which account is connected. Direct Shot does not download or store the contents of files already in your Dropbox, and it does not send your Dropbox account data to any external server operated by Direct Shot or third parties.

Direct Shot's use of information received from the Dropbox API complies with the Dropbox Developer Terms and Conditions. We do not use Dropbox user data for advertising, and we do not sell it, share it, or use it to train machine-learning or AI models.

Changes

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at this URL with a new "last updated" date.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Email jeremybconn@gmail.com.