Privacy Policy

Apex: Ingest & Cull — last updated November 9, 2026

Apex is an app for importing, rating and delivering photographs, made by Brian Calabrese.

What Apex collects

Nothing. Apex does not collect, store, share or sell personal information. It has no accounts, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking.

Your photos

Photos and videos you open or import stay on your device or on the drives and folders you choose (for example a card reader, SSD, NAS or iCloud Drive). Apex never uploads them anywhere. Ratings, labels and keywords are saved next to your photos as standard XMP sidecar files, and in a small catalog database on your device used only to speed up searching.

Permissions Apex may ask for

• Files and folders: to read your cards and folders and write imported photos where you choose.
• Camera connections (USB or local network): to read photos directly from a connected camera. This talks only to your camera.
• Photo Library: only if you choose to save photos there.

Children

Apex does not collect information from anyone, including children.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new date.

Contact

Brian Calabrese — bjcal@mac.com