Last updated: July 11, 2026
The short version: RevSnap stores your photos and scan history locally on your device. We don't have user accounts, we don't track your identity, and we don't sell your data. Data leaves your phone in exactly four situations: when you ask RevSnap to identify a vehicle (the photo is sent to our identification server, which forwards it to Google's Gemini AI), when you verify a VIN (sent directly from your device to the U.S. government's public NHTSA vehicle registry — it never touches our servers), when you voluntarily submit a mistake report (the photo and your notes are sent to us so we can improve the app), and when you make a purchase (handled by Apple and RevenueCat). The free version shows ads from Google AdMob; any pack purchase removes those ads permanently.
RevSnap is operated by Forge Snap, an independent app studio. This Privacy Policy describes how RevSnap handles your information.
Contact: apprevsnap@gmail.com
The following information is stored locally on your iPhone or iPad and is never transmitted to us or any third party unless explicitly described in the next section:
This data stays on your device. If you delete the app, this data is deleted.
RevSnap uses the following services. Here's what each one receives:
When you scan a vehicle, the photo is re-encoded before sending — a process that removes embedded metadata such as GPS coordinates — and transmitted to our identification server (hosted on Cloudflare), which forwards it to Google's Gemini AI for identification. No user identifier or account information accompanies the request, and our server does not keep a copy of the photo after processing. To prevent abuse, our server temporarily records the network (IP) address of each request for rate limiting; these records are not linked to your photos or identity and are automatically deleted within a few hours.
Google's privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy
Cloudflare's privacy policy: cloudflare.com/privacypolicy
When you enter a VIN — or scan one with the in-app VIN reader — it is sent directly from your device to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's public vPIC decoder (vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov) to verify the identification. Only the 17-character VIN is sent, only when you tap Verify, and the request goes straight from your device to the government service — it never passes through or gets stored on our servers. VIN decode results are public-record data accessible to anyone.
VIN scanning — reading a VIN from a photo of the plate or door-jamb sticker — happens entirely on your device using on-device text recognition. That photo is never uploaded anywhere.
U.S. DOT privacy policy: transportation.gov/privacy
Photos of vehicles often include license plates. RevSnap does not read, extract, or store license plate numbers. The identification AI may note only whether a plate is visible in the frame; the plate number itself is never transcribed into your scan data, and we keep no record connecting plates to people, vehicles, or places. The photo itself — including any visible plate — is transmitted for identification as described above and is not retained by our server after processing.
If an identification looks wrong, you can submit a mistake report from the app. When you do, RevSnap uploads the scan photo along with the app's identification, your correction (if any), any notes you typed, and basic technical details (app version and platform) to our infrastructure (Cloudflare storage), and a copy of the report summary is delivered to our support inbox. Reports contain no location data, no device identifiers, and no account information. We use reports for exactly one purpose: finding and fixing identification mistakes. To have a report you submitted deleted, email apprevsnap@gmail.com with the approximate date and vehicle, and we'll remove it.
When you purchase a credit pack through the App Store, RevenueCat helps us validate the receipt with Apple. RevenueCat receives your anonymous Apple-assigned identifier and the product purchased. No name, email, or other personal information is shared.
RevenueCat privacy policy: revenuecat.com/privacy
The free version of RevSnap displays third-party advertisements served by Google AdMob. AdMob may collect your device's advertising identifier (where permitted), interaction data with ads, approximate location derived from your network connection, and other information used to serve ads. iOS may present Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt; if you are not prompted, or you decline, ads are simply served in non-personalized form and RevSnap functions normally either way.
Google's privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy
AdMob ad serving details: support.google.com/admob
RevSnap's free tier displays advertisements served by Google AdMob to support the app. These ads are removed permanently for any user who has purchased an Enhanced ID credit pack — once you've purchased, ads stay off, even after your credits are used up, and after reinstalling via Restore Purchases.
We do not sell your information to advertisers. Ad selection is handled by Google using its own data and whatever identifier permissions you've granted through iOS.
iOS may display Apple's tracking permission prompt asking whether RevSnap can track your activity across other companies' apps and websites. This affects whether Google AdMob can use your device's advertising identifier for targeted ads. If you are not prompted, or you decline, RevSnap continues to work normally; ads are simply served in non-personalized form.
RevSnap does not:
If you purchase credit packs, the transaction is processed by Apple. Apple handles your payment information directly — RevSnap never sees your credit card or billing details. Apple shares anonymous transaction information with us via RevenueCat to confirm the purchase was successful. Once you've completed a purchase of any pack, third-party ads are removed permanently from the app for that Apple ID, including after reinstalling via Restore Purchases.
RevSnap does not knowingly collect information from children under 13. The app does not require accounts or personal information to function. We do not target advertisements to children.
Because RevSnap doesn't keep your data on our servers, there's no account to delete or data export to request — your scan history and photos live entirely on your device, and deleting the app deletes them. The one category of data we do hold is mistake reports you chose to send us; email apprevsnap@gmail.com and we'll delete any report on request.
You can manage advertising permissions at any time through iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking. You can also reset your device's advertising identifier through iOS Settings.
If we make material changes to how RevSnap handles data, we'll update this page and note the change in the app's release notes. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision.
Questions about this Privacy Policy? Email apprevsnap@gmail.com.