SayLens

Privacy Policy

Effective 11 October 2026

What SayLens keeps on your iPhone

The photos you scan, the text SayLens reads in them, their translations and your settings are saved only in the app's private storage on your iPhone, so you can find your scans again in History. None of it is sent to the developer or to anyone else.

To remove a scan, swipe it away in History or use Clear All. Deleting SayLens removes all of its data from your iPhone. If you use iCloud or computer backups, Apple may include this data in your device backup under Apple's own privacy terms.

Camera

The camera is used only to read text. Live camera frames are read on your iPhone and never saved. Only photos you take with the shutter are kept, in History.

Photos

When you choose a photo, iOS's photo picker gives SayLens just that photo, not the rest of your library. SayLens doesn't ask for access to your photo library.

Text recognition, translation and speech

• Text is recognized on your iPhone with Apple's built-in text recognition.
• Translations are made on your iPhone by Apple's on-device Translation. The first time you translate into a language, iOS may download that language from Apple once; your text isn't sent anywhere.
• Readings are spoken with the voices installed on your iPhone, and words are looked up in a dictionary inside the app.

What SayLens does not do

• No accounts or sign-in.
• No analytics, advertising or tracking of any kind.
• No third-party SDKs and no servers of its own.
• No network requests with your data. SayLens only opens a web page when you tap a link, such as a source in Acknowledgements.

Children

SayLens does not collect information from anyone, including children under 13.

Changes

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Open an issue at github.com/mishmashdude/saylens/issues.