Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 13, 2026 · Applies to the Sketchy iOS app

In plain language

Sketchy stores your email, a public username, and the drawings you publish — nothing else.
We don't run ads and we don't sell or share your data with advertisers.
Your drawing feed is public to other Sketchy users; your email never is.
Daily reminders happen entirely on your device — we never see when you open the app.
You can delete your account and everything tied to it, permanently, from inside the app at any time.

1Who we are

Sketchy is developed by Chourouk Ben Messaoud, an independent developer based in France. For anything related to this policy — questions, requests, complaints — reach out at chouillustration@gmail.com. Under GDPR, Chourouk Ben Messaoud is the data controller for the personal data described below.

2What we collect

Sketchy asks for an account because your streak, prompts, and gallery are personal — there's no browsing the app anonymously. Here's exactly what that account holds:

Data	Where it comes from	Why
Email address	You, at sign-up (or from Google/Apple if you use those)	Login, password reset, account recovery
Username	You choose it at sign-up	Shown publicly next to drawings you publish
Password	You, at sign-up	Stored hashed by our backend provider — we never see it in plain text. Not applicable if you sign in with Google or Apple.
Drawings	Created in the app's canvas	Saved to your personal gallery; published drawings appear in the shared Explore feed
Likes, reports, blocks	Your taps in the app	Powers the like count, and lets moderation work — see §3
Streak & stats	Calculated from your drawing dates	Shown on your own profile; not derived from anything else

We do not collect your location, contacts, photo library, camera roll, advertising identifiers, or browsing activity outside the app. Sketchy has no analytics or tracking SDKs — we don't know how long you spend in the app or what you tap on beyond what's needed to run the features above.

3How we use it

Running the app. Your account, drawings, and streak exist so the daily-prompt mechanic and gallery work at all.
The Explore feed. Drawings you publish are shown to other Sketchy users alongside your username — this is the social, public part of the app, and it's the only part of your data that's visible to anyone besides you.
Moderation. If you report a drawing, we record the report so it can be reviewed. If you block someone, their drawings stop appearing in your feed. Neither action is visible to the person you reported or blocked.
Transactional email. Sign-up confirmation and password-reset emails are sent through our email provider (Brevo) — never marketing email, never anything you didn't directly trigger.
Daily reminder. If enabled, a notification reminding you to draw is scheduled directly on your device using iOS's local notification system. This never touches our servers and we have no record of whether or when you received it.

4Who we share it with

We don't sell data, and we don't share it with advertisers — Sketchy has no advertising business. The only third parties involved are the infrastructure providers that make the app work, each processing data strictly on our behalf:

Provider	Role
Supabase	Hosts the database, authentication, and image storage
Brevo	Delivers confirmation and password-reset emails
Google	Only if you choose "Sign in with Google" — Google shares your email and name with us to create your account
Apple	Only if you choose "Sign in with Apple" — Apple shares an identifier and, if you allow it, your email with us

These providers may process data on servers outside your home country. Each is bound by its own data-processing agreement and cannot use your data for its own purposes.

We'll disclose data if legally required to — a valid court order or similar — but we've never received one, and if we do, we'll notify you unless the law forbids it.

5Storage & retention

Your data is kept for as long as your account exists. Delete your account (Profile → Delete account) and everything tied to it — email, username, drawings, likes, reports, blocks — is permanently removed from our database. This can't be undone, and there's no "soft delete" or recovery grace period once you confirm.

Because "one attempt, no do-overs" is core to how Sketchy works, published drawings can't be individually deleted while your account stays open — only account deletion removes them. See §6 if you'd like to request removal of a specific drawing without deleting your account entirely.

6Your rights

If you're in the EU, UK, or a place with similar data-protection law, you have the right to:

Access — get a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Correct — fix inaccurate data (most of this you can already do yourself in Profile).
Delete — erase your account and data, in-app or by emailing us.
Restrict or object — limit how we use your data in specific cases.
Port — receive your data in a portable format.

To exercise any of these, email chouillustration@gmail.com — we'll respond within 30 days. If you're unhappy with how we've handled a request, you can lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority; in France, that's the CNIL.

7Children

Sketchy isn't directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect data from anyone under that age (or the higher minimum age set by your country's law). If you believe a child has created an account, email us and we'll delete it.

8Changes to this policy

If this policy changes in a way that meaningfully affects how your data is used, we'll update the date at the top of this page and, where required, notify you in the app before the change takes effect.

9Contact

Questions, requests, or concerns about your data: chouillustration@gmail.com.