Last updated: 3 October 2026
Recast is a file converter and compressor. Every conversion runs on your device. This policy explains what the app does and does not do with your information.
Every feature is free. Recast has no adverts, accounts or app-usage analytics, and does not transmit your files or conversion activity to the developer. Optional tips are processed by Apple's App Store and unlock no features.
This section describes version 1.3 and later. Advertising in older versions is explained below.
Every conversion and compression happens locally, using the media frameworks built into iOS. Your photos, videos, audio, PDFs and documents are never sent to the developer or to any third party, and Recast does not upload them to a conversion server. If you choose an iCloud folder or share a result, the destination you select may transfer that file using its own services.
While a conversion is running, Recast writes working copies into your device's temporary storage, and clears them automatically. Your recent results are kept in Recast's own storage on your device so you can save or share them again. They are not included in device backups, older ones are removed as new ones come in, and you can delete them at any time with Clear or by deleting the app.
If you pick a photo, video or Live Photo, iOS asks your permission and gives Recast access only to the items you selected. If you save a result back to your library, iOS asks separately for permission to add it. You can change or revoke either permission at any time in Settings, and Recast keeps working with files chosen through the Files app.
Your preferences - such as your chosen output formats, quality settings, saved settings and completed tip transaction identifiers - are stored on your device using the standard iOS settings store. They are not tied to any identity and are removed when you delete the app.
Converting and compressing work offline. Recast communicates with Apple's App Store to load optional tip products, make purchases and recover unfinished transactions. Apple handles payment. Recast never receives your payment details or Apple Account details. Completed transaction identifiers are stored locally to avoid handling the same tip twice. Apple sends purchase and refund notifications to the developer’s notification service. The service verifies the signed transaction and retains a sales alert containing the product, amount, currency and App Store country in the developer’s private Telegram chat. Cloudflare processes the notification and caches its notification identifier for up to 30 days to avoid duplicate alerts. Telegram retains the alert until it is deleted. The same service receives purchase notifications from older Recast versions. The developer also receives aggregate sales and download reports from Apple. These records are used to monitor sales and refunds, not to track your conversion activity. The alerts do not contain your name, email, Apple Account, payment details, device identifier or files, and are not combined with information that identifies you.
Apple's handling of purchases is covered by Apple's Privacy Policy.
In versions before 1.3, you can choose to watch an advert to earn one more file. Adverts are provided by Google AdMob. Recast only starts Google's advertising software when you tap to watch one, and never with Recast Pro.
When it runs, Google's software may collect your IP address (which can show your general location), a device identifier, information about the adverts you see and how you interact with them, such as video views, and crash and performance data. Recast never asks for permission to track you, so Google does not get your device's advertising identifier from Recast. Your files, file names and anything you convert are never shared with Google.
Where the law requires it, such as in the UK and EEA, Google's consent form asks for your choices before any advert is loaded, and Google applies them. To be asked again, delete and reinstall Recast. Google's use of this data is covered by Google's Privacy Policy and how Google uses information from apps that use its services.
Versions before 1.3 used Apple's App Store to check, buy or restore Pro and historical paid-app access. Apple handled payment. Update to version 1.3 or later to use every feature without a purchase or entitlement check.
If you use Send feedback, Recast opens a pre-filled email in your own mail app. You can read and edit everything before sending, and nothing is transmitted unless you send it. The message includes only what you write plus basic technical details (app version, iOS version, device model) to help diagnose the problem. Emails you send are used solely to answer you and fix bugs, and are not shared.
Recast is not directed at children. Version 1.3 does not transmit conversion activity or advertising data. Information voluntarily sent by email is handled as described above. Older versions may show optional Google adverts as described above.
If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new date above.
Questions about privacy: leonfigueira@gmail.com.
Recast is made by Leon Figueira.