Privacy policy

Effective 9 November 2026

StillsDrift is an app that turns your photos into short videos. It is made by REISS STUDIO, an independent developer in Israel ("we"). This policy explains what happens to your photos and data when you use the app and this website.

In short

• Your photos stay on your phone. StillsDrift never uploads them.
• The app has no account and no ads. It can send anonymous usage stats and crash reports, which you can turn off at any time.
• We only get data from you when you choose to send it: an email, a log you send us, the testers group or the sign-up form.

Your photos and videos

The app reads only the photos you pick in your phone's photo picker. It turns them into a video on your phone, and saves the video to your gallery in an album called StillsDrift. Photos and videos are not sent to us or to anyone else.

What the app keeps on your phone

• Your current project (copies of the photos you picked and your settings), so you can continue where you left off.
• The hotspots you marked, with a small fingerprint of each photo, so the app can remember them if you use the same photo again.
• A log of what the app did, to help fix problems. It stays on your phone for a few days.

All of this stays in the app's private storage on your phone. Clearing the app's data or uninstalling the app removes it. Finding faces happens on your phone. StillsDrift only looks for where a face is, never who it is, and nothing about faces leaves your phone.

Usage stats and crash reports

From version 0.38.42 the app uses Google Firebase (Analytics and Crashlytics) to send us anonymous usage stats and crash reports, so we can see what works and fix problems.

• What is sent: counts and choices, such as which style was picked, how many photos were added, and whether a video was saved or failed; the app version and edition; and, when something breaks, a crash report with the error and the phone model and Android version. Firebase also adds a random ID for the app on your phone, which is not linked to your name or account.
• What is never sent: your photos or videos, anything about faces, file names, your location, or the advertising ID. Ad personalization is turned off.
• Your choice: in the EU, the EEA, the UK and Switzerland the app asks you first and sends nothing until you say yes. Elsewhere it is on from the start. Everywhere, Settings → Usage stats turns both off.
• Who processes it: Google, as our service provider, under the Firebase privacy terms. Analytics data is kept for 2 months; crash reports for 90 days.

What you can choose to send us

• The app log. From the menu you can email or share the log with us. It describes what the app did (for example sizes, timings and errors). It does not include your photos. You decide whether to send it.
• Email. If you write to us, we receive your email address and what you write, and use it only to answer you.
• The testers group. If you join StillsDrift Testers (a Google Group) to try the app before launch, we see your email address and use it only to give you access to the test. You can leave the group at any time.
• The Plus sign-up form. If you fill in the form (a Google Form), we receive your email address and your optional answers. We use them only to tell you when Plus is ready and, if you ticked the box, to send occasional news. You can ask us to delete them at any time.

Permissions

The app asks only for what it needs: vibration for small feedback while you edit, and, on Android 9 and older, permission to save the finished video to your gallery. It does not need permission to read all your photos, because you choose them in the photo picker.

Google Play

When you download the app from Google Play, Google handles that under its own privacy policy. We receive the general statistics and crash reports that Google Play provides to developers, which do not identify you.

Children

StillsDrift is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect data from them.

Your rights

You can ask us what we hold about you (if anything), ask for a copy, or ask us to delete it. Write to support@stillsdrift.com.

Changes

If the app starts to handle data differently, we will update this page before that version is released and change the date at the top.

Contact

REISS STUDIO, Israel · support@stillsdrift.com