Phone Transfer: Switch & Copy — Privacy Policy
Effective date: October 13, 2026
This policy applies to the iOS app Phone Transfer: Switch & Copy, App Store ID 6822161168, bundle ID com.scep.phonetransfer, published by Scep Group LLC (“we”, “us”).
In short:
- Your photos, videos, contacts and calendars go directly from one of your devices to another over your own Wi-Fi network. They never pass through our servers or any cloud service, and we never receive them.
- Phone Transfer has no accounts and shows no ads.
- We use our own analytics service to count installs, purchases and which features are used (for example, that a transfer of 1,200 items finished). It never receives the content you move.
- We don't sell your personal information and we don't track you across other companies' apps or websites.
The data you move
When you transfer between two iPhones, the app on your old iPhone reads the items you choose (photos and videos in their original quality with their dates and places, contacts and calendar events) and sends them directly to the app on your new iPhone over your local network. The two phones agree on a one-time key through the QR code (or the code you type), and every transfer is encrypted end to end. The new iPhone saves the items into its own Photos, Contacts and Calendar.
When you use the Android or computer option, your iPhone serves a web page on your local network only while that screen is open. The page works only for a browser that opened the link from the QR code and that you allowed on your iPhone. That browser downloads or uploads files directly from or to your iPhone.
Files are held in the app's temporary storage on your device only while they are being moved, and are deleted afterwards. To avoid copying the same items twice, the receiving iPhone keeps a list of internal identifiers of items it has already saved (not the items themselves) in the app's storage on that device.
Permissions
- Photos: to read the photos and videos you send and to save the ones you receive.
- Contacts: to copy your contacts and to add the contacts you receive, skipping ones you already have.
- Calendars: to copy your events and to add the events you receive.
- Camera: only to scan the pairing QR code. No pictures are taken or stored.
- Local Network: to find and connect to your other device on the same Wi-Fi.
You can change these permissions at any time in iOS Settings › Phone Transfer.
Analytics
To understand how the app is used and to measure our own advertising, the app sends a small amount of information to our analytics service (analytics2.appchair.com, which runs on Cloudflare):
- a random identifier that the app creates for your device (it is not your name, phone number, Apple Account or advertising identifier);
- the app version, device model, iOS version, language and region settings;
- your IP address, which we and our hosting provider use to estimate your general location (country or city);
- events such as app opened, onboarding finished, subscription screen shown, and transfer started or finished, with counts and sizes (for example 1,240 photos, 12 GB) but never the content, names or file contents;
- purchase information (which plan, price, trial and renewal status);
- if you installed the app from an Apple Search Ads ad, Apple's attribution information for that ad.
We use this information only to run and improve Phone Transfer and to measure our marketing. We don't use it to track you across other companies' apps or websites, and we don't sell it.
Purchases
Subscriptions are sold and billed by Apple. We never see your payment details. The app checks your subscription with the App Store on your device. Apple also tells our analytics service about subscription events (such as a renewal, a cancellation or a refund), which we use to measure sales. You can manage or cancel your subscription in iOS Settings › your name › Subscriptions.
Data retention
Analytics records are kept for as long as they are useful to run the app and measure our marketing, normally no longer than 24 months. Content you move stays only on your own devices.
Children
Phone Transfer is a general-audience utility and is not directed at children under 13. We don't knowingly collect personal information from children.
Your choices and rights
You can stop all data collection by deleting the app. Depending on where you live (for example in the EU, the UK or California), you may have the right to access or delete the analytics data linked to your device identifier. Email us and include the app version shown in Settings › Version. We may need to ask for information to find the records.
Changes
If we change this policy, we will update the effective date above and, for material changes, tell you in the app.
Contact
Scep Group LLC — support@appholdings.org