Privacy policy
Scrawl for iPhone · Last updated 30 October 2026
In short: Scrawl does not collect any personal data. Your lists, and the photos you scan them from, never leave your iPhone through Scrawl.
Who we are
Scrawl is published by Digital Avenue AB, Sweden. You can reach us at support@digitalavenue.se.
What the app does not do
- No account or sign-in
- No analytics, tracking or advertising
- No third-party code that collects data
- No internet connection is used: Scrawl sends nothing to us or to anyone else
Camera and photos
When you scan a list, Scrawl uses the camera through Apple's document scanner. When you pick a photo, iOS shows its own photo picker and gives Scrawl only the photo you choose; Scrawl can't see the rest of your library.
The text on the photo is read on your iPhone with Apple's on-device text recognition. The photo is used only for that and is not saved.
Apple Intelligence
On iPhones that have Apple Intelligence, Scrawl can sort your list with Apple's on-device language model. That also happens on your iPhone. You can turn it off under Store & sorting in the app.
What is stored on your device
To remember your lists, Scrawl saves on your own iPhone:
- your lists and their items, including the text the camera read from a scanned note
- your stores and their section order
- what Scrawl has learned from you: items you moved to another section, and misread names you corrected
- your settings, such as the list language
This information never leaves your device through Scrawl, and we cannot see it. If you use iCloud Backup or back up to a computer, iOS may include it in your device backup. That backup is handled by Apple or by you, under Apple's privacy policy, not by us.
Sharing a list
If you tap Share on a list, Scrawl hands its text to the iOS share sheet, and it goes only where you choose to send it.
Deleting your data
Swipe a list to delete it. It stays in Recently deleted for 30 days and is then removed, or you can delete it there straight away. Learned sections and spellings can be removed one by one under Store & sorting. Deleting the app removes everything Scrawl has stored.
Children
Scrawl is suitable for all ages. Because the app collects no data from anyone, it collects no data from children either.
Contacting us
Send feedback in the app opens Mail with a message to us that includes the Scrawl version, the iOS version and your iPhone model, and, if you send it from a scanned list, the text the camera read. You can read and change the message before you send it; nothing is sent unless you send it yourself.
If you email us, we use your address and message only to answer you, and we delete them when they are no longer needed. You have the right under the GDPR to ask what we hold about you, and to have it corrected or deleted. You can also complain to the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY).
Changes
If a future version of Scrawl handles data differently, for example an optional online text recognition, we will update this policy before that version is released and change the date at the top.