What we collect: nothing.

Iris (the app)

Iris runs entirely on your Mac. Your photos are read from folders you point us at and stay where they are. The library database lives on your disk. Face recognition, scene classification, audio transcription, and EXIF parsing all happen using on-device machine learning.

Iris does not send your photos or their metadata to a server. We do not have a server. (Well, we do have this web server that you're reading this website on. But there are no accounts, no signups, no ads, no gross stuff like that.)

Telemetry & analytics

Iris collects anonymous telemetry data about app usage using TelemetryDeck. This helps us understand how customers are using Iris. Example data collected includes: app version, macOS version, system language, device type (laptop vs desktop), screen size, etc. and basic library statistics such as total number of photos (rounded to the nearest 10,000).

Iris connects to our web server to check for app updates and validates your serial number when you register the app.

Crash logs are collected and submitted to Sentry for processing so we can fix crashes.

Once again, Iris does not upload or share any of your photos or videos without your consent — ever. Your data is yours. Full stop.

You can opt-out of telemetry, crash reporting, and automatic update checks in Iris's Settings.

This website

This website collects privacy-friendly analytics using Plausible.io.

Email

When you email hello@irisphotos.app, we keep your message and our reply. We don't share it with anyone, and we don't add you to any mailing list. If you'd like a thread deleted, just ask.

Updates to this policy

Last updated: May 5, 2026.

If we change this policy, we'll note it here and bump the date.