Cloudia · Privacy Policy

Effective date: October 12, 2026

Cloudia (云想) is an iPhone and iPad app made by an independent developer. This page explains what the app uses on your device, where it is kept, and who can see it.

We do not collect any personal information. Cloudia has no account, no ads, no analytics or tracking tools and no third-party SDKs, and the developer runs no server. The app never sends any of your information to the developer.

1. Permissions the app asks for

• Camera: when you tap “Look up” under “Find a cloud”, the viewfinder opens so you can shoot the sky. The photo is kept inside the app on your device and is used only to draw on.
• Photos: picking a picture uses the system photo picker, so only the one photo you choose is handed to the app. The app cannot see the rest of your library and does not need photo library access.
• Microphone: used only on the “Playground → Shape a cloud” screen, to tell whether you are blowing on the phone. It only measures loudness; nothing is recorded, saved or uploaded. Without it, blowing does nothing and everything else works as usual.
• Motion sensors: also in “Shape a cloud”, to feel a shake or a tilt. No permission is needed and nothing is saved.
• Age range (only where the law requires it): where apps are required to check age (for example, some US states), Cloudia asks for your age range through Apple's Declared Age Range feature. The system tells the app only a range (such as 13–15), never your birthday; the app uses it on this device at that moment, does not store it, and turns nothing off by age. If a parent needs to approve a significant update, that request also goes through Apple.

Cloudia does not use your location.

2. What is stored on your device

Your drawings (photos, strokes, images with effects, titles, dates, what the judges said), your avatar and seal, your settings, the nicknames you type when passing the phone in “Draw together”, and your ★ balance are all kept in the app's own storage on your device. They are included in your device's iCloud Backup or computer backup, handled by Apple according to your settings. The developer cannot see any of this.

The “kid” who guesses what you drew is an image model built into the app. It runs on your device; your drawings are never uploaded.

3. iCloud

If you are signed in to iCloud, the app syncs the following to your own iCloud account (iCloud key-value storage), so your ★ and purchases are still there after you switch devices or reinstall:

• your ★ ledger: a randomly generated ID for each device, and how many ★ that device has earned and spent;
• the list of effects, colors and brushes you bought;
• the IDs of purchases already credited (so one purchase is never counted twice).

This data lives in your iCloud, kept by Apple under Apple's privacy policy, and the developer cannot read it. It does not include your drawings or photos.

4. In-app purchases

Purchases are handled by Apple. The developer never receives your name, Apple Account or payment details; the app only gets Apple's confirmation that a transaction succeeded, which it uses to credit your ★. For refunds, please contact Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com. If a purchase is refunded, the ★ it added are taken back (your balance may go below zero for a while).

5. Sharing

When you tap share in the app, the image or clip is handed to the system share sheet, and you decide where it goes and to whom. The app itself uploads nothing.

6. Crashes and diagnostics

There are no analytics tools in the app. If you have turned on “Share With App Developers” in Settings → Privacy & Security → Analytics & Improvements, Apple provides the developer with crash reports and diagnostics that contain no identifying information, used only to fix bugs. You can turn this off at any time.

7. Children

Cloudia is suitable for all ages and collects no personal information from anyone, including children. Children's in-app purchases can be managed with Apple's Family Sharing and Ask to Buy.

8. Retention, withdrawal and deletion

• The developer holds none of your data, so there is nothing for us to delete.
• To withdraw a permission: turn off camera or microphone access any time in Settings → Cloudia.
• Data on your device: deleting the app deletes it. Deleted drawings cannot be recovered.
• The ★ ledger in iCloud: deleting the app does not remove it (that is how your ★ survive a reinstall). It belongs to your Apple Account; if you want it cleared from iCloud, write to us and we will tell you how.

9. Changes

If this policy changes, this page will be updated along with the effective date above. If a change concerns the data the app uses, it will also be noted in the app's release notes.

10. Contact

Developer: the independent developer of Cloudia
Email: cloudia.support@icloud.com