PixelLean Privacy Policy

Images and local processing

PixelLean imports images only through photos or files you select and processes them on your device. The app has no app accounts, analytics, ads, server image upload or remote image codec.

A selected system photo or document provider may retrieve its own cloud files. Its account and service are separate from PixelLean. A file that is unavailable offline produces an error.

HEIC conversion uses the device codec to make an explicitly disclosed JPEG at 98% quality before compression, with orientation normalized. Unsupported codecs fail. Generated output encoding does not copy location or camera metadata. The shared encoder removes JPEG APP1/APP13 metadata; colour profiles are separate from personal metadata.

Only the photos you choose

On iPhone and iPad, Apple’s system photo picker gives PixelLean only the images you select. Opening it does not request full photo-library access. Canceling shares no new images. Selected files may contain location and camera metadata, which PixelLean processes only on your device. Generated outputs do not copy that location or camera metadata. Permission to add a saved result to Photos is a separate choice, requested only when you choose Save Image to Photos.

Settings and daily allowance

Selected images and generated results belong to the current session and can be lost when it closes or the app terminates. In a browser, they live in the current tab’s memory and are lost on reload or close. Offline caching stores app code and notices, not selected images.

Settings and named presets stay in local browser or WebView storage until reset. Preset backups are exported only when requested; they contain settings, not selected images.

The free daily allowance stores the local date and up to three SHA-256 source-image digests in local IndexedDB. PixelLean does not upload these digests, selected images or usage records. Re-saving completed results does not use more free images. There is no account-based cross-device allowance tracking.

Apple purchases

iOS Pro purchase and restore requests use Apple’s StoreKit and your Apple Account. Apple handles payment and its own transaction and account processing. PixelLean reads the current on-device verified entitlement for its single Pro product.

The app does not collect card details, send purchase receipts to an operator server or use a third-party billing or analytics service. Purchase and restore details may require an Apple network connection. Current browser and Android versions do not offer Pro purchases. See Apple’s privacy policy.

The planned Pro product is not publicly available yet.

Saving, sharing and temporary files

Native imports and exports use private temporary cache files. Imports are copied into the current image session and their temporary handles released. On iPhone and iPad, Save Image to Files asks you for a destination through the system file interface.

Save Image to Photos adds only the compressed image you choose. On iOS it asks for add-only permission, not library-reading access. On Android 10 or later it writes an app-owned image through MediaStore without broad storage permission. On Android, the actions are Save image to Files and Save image to gallery; older Android devices can use Save image to Files. On iPhone and iPad, Photos saving supports JPEG and PNG; WebP remains available through Files. Compressed bytes are saved without re-encoding.

Saved photos remain in your library after app cache cleanup and may sync through your device’s photo or cloud settings. These services are outside PixelLean’s control.

Native sharing gives recipients read access only to the staged exports you select. iOS temporary exports are removed after the system completion or cancellation callback, or after Photos confirms completion or failure. Android share copies remain available to recipients; they become eligible for cleanup after 24 hours and are removed on the next app launch. Unfinished, unshared cache entries are removed on the next launch. The operating system may also clear its cache.

An interrupted save can leave a partial file at your chosen destination. Success is shown only after the adapter confirms copying. Android gallery writes stay pending until complete; failed writes attempt removal. Closing an Android share chooser does not prove recipient delivery or reliably distinguish cancellation. Recipients may keep or upload shared files under their own policies.

Your choices and deletion

You can cancel the picker, choose fewer images, remove an image, clear current images and previews, or choose Files instead of granting Photos saving access. Denying Photos saving does not block compression, Pro or Files saving. To change that permission later, use your device’s Settings for PixelLean. Revoking permission does not delete already saved copies.

Delete unwanted saved photos or files in Photos or your chosen provider, including Recently Deleted or trash if applicable. Cloud and recipient copies follow those services’ controls. PixelLean cannot remove copies from a recipient or independently operated cloud service.

Delete individual presets in Saved presets. To remove all local settings, presets and allowance records, delete the app and its app data using the operating system, or clear the app’s site data in your browser. Offloading an iOS app can retain app data; reinstalling or restoring a device backup can restore data. Clearing local data does not cancel or refund an Apple purchase. CMM Prime LLC has no server copy of your images or local settings to retrieve or delete.

This website and support email

The PixelLean pages have no accounts, advertising pixels, forms or image uploader. Fonts and app screenshots are hosted with the pages. Visiting this website does not give it access to your photo library or to images processed inside the app.

Cloudflare hosts and protects this website. It processes technical request and security information, such as your IP address, browser or device details, requested page and time, to deliver pages and prevent abuse. Hosting security features may use cookies; these are separate from the app’s local settings and allowance records. See Cloudflare’s privacy policy.

The site uses Cloudflare Web Analytics for aggregate visits and page-performance measurement through a hosting-injected browser beacon. This analytics service does not use cookies or local storage to track visitors. It is website measurement, not app analytics, and does not receive your photo-library contents or compressed images. See Cloudflare Web Analytics.

If you email support, CMM Prime LLC and our email provider, Zoho Mail, receive your address and the contents you choose to send so we can handle your request. See Zoho’s privacy policy. Please do not send private photos, passwords, card details or verification codes. These pages do not send an email unless you choose to use your email application.

We use website information to operate, secure and understand the site, and support information to respond to you. Where a legal basis is required, these purposes rely on our legitimate interests in providing a functioning, secure service and answering requests, or on applicable legal obligations; we seek consent where the law requires it.

We retain support correspondence only while needed to handle the request, reasonable follow-up, security or applicable legal obligations, then delete it when no longer needed. Hosting and email providers maintain operational records and backups under their own retention practices and legal requirements. A backup or legally required record may not be removed immediately. Request access, correction or deletion by emailing [email protected].

Sharing, security and international processing

PixelLean does not send selected images or local allowance records to CMM Prime LLC or a third-party analytics, advertising or AI service. We do not sell this information or use it for targeted advertising. Apple purchase processing, your chosen cloud or file providers and sharing recipients are separate services. Hosting and email providers handle information needed for their respective services, not app images unless you independently send an attachment to support. We may disclose information we hold when legally required or necessary to protect rights and security.

Device and operating-system protections restrict app-local data, but no device, email or hosting service can be guaranteed completely secure. Protect your device and inspect what you choose to share. Hosting, email, Apple and cloud providers may process information outside your country under their own terms and applicable international-transfer safeguards. Their linked policies explain their protections; contact us with questions about information we hold.

Privacy requests, children and changes

Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, delete or obtain a copy of personal information we hold, restrict or object to processing, withdraw consent, or complain to your local privacy regulator. Email [email protected] for help. We may need proportionate information to verify a request; do not send identity documents or credentials unless a secure, necessary process is separately agreed. We cannot retrieve data that stays only on your device. Withdrawal does not undo earlier lawful processing or delete your independently saved copies.

PixelLean is a general-purpose utility, not a service designed to collect personal information from children. We do not knowingly request children’s personal information through the app. If a child has sent personal information to support, a parent or guardian can contact us to request removal, subject to applicable legal obligations.

Policy changes will be identified by the updated date on the website and in the bundled app policy. Materially different data uses require notice and any consent required by applicable law before those uses begin. A policy edit alone does not grant additional device permissions.

Operator and questions

PixelLean is operated by CMM Prime LLC. Its Apple Developer distribution account is David Miller’s personal account; the displayed seller name is separate from the operator name.

Questions or privacy requests: [email protected].