Privacy

The short version: your photos stay on your iPhone and in your own iCloud. Only the people you invite to a shared roll see the photos you take in it. Last updated 10 November 2026.

There are no ads, no analytics and no tracking. Undeveloped has no servers of its own; everything goes through your iPhone and Apple's iCloud.

Camera and photos

The app uses the camera to take your photos. It never reads your photo library. When you save a developed photo, it adds that photo to your library, and only that one.

Where your photos are kept

Your rolls and photos are stored in the app on your iPhone. If iCloud backup is on (Settings), they're also stored in your private iCloud, so they survive a new phone and sync between your devices. That copy lives in your Apple account under Apple's iCloud terms; we can't see it. You can turn iCloud backup off in Settings at any time.

Handles and shared rolls (optional)

To shoot a roll together, you pick a handle (like @vel) and a display name. They're kept in Undeveloped's public iCloud directory so friends can find you; nothing else about you is in it. When you invite friends to a roll, the photos you take in that roll are shared with the people in it, through Apple's iCloud sharing, and they appear for everyone when the roll develops. You can leave a roll, block someone (they're removed from your rolls and can't find you), or report a handle. Reports are reviewed and abusive handles removed.

Deleting your data

Delete a roll or photo in the app and it's deleted from the app and your iCloud. Delete the app to remove everything on your phone. To remove your handle, open Settings and delete it; your photos already shared in a friend's roll stay in their album unless you remove them from the roll.

Children

Undeveloped isn't directed at children under 13.

Contact

Questions: hello@vel.fyi.