Watchlisted — Privacy Policy
Watchlisted does not collect your data. There are no accounts, no analytics, and no advertising. Everything you save stays on your phone.
What we collect
Nothing. Watchlisted has no accounts, no analytics, no advertising SDKs, and no server of our own. We cannot see your lists, and we do not know who you are.
What stays on your device
Everything you create in the app is stored only on your phone:
- the movies and shows you save, and whether you have watched them
- your star ratings, likes and reviews
- who recommended each title, and any note about why
- the favorite movies you pick when you first open the app
- your name, if you enter one in Settings
This data is removed when you delete the app, and “Reset app” in Settings erases it immediately. If you use iCloud device backups, Apple may include this data in your encrypted backup; that copy is governed by Apple’s privacy policy, not ours.
Services the app contacts
To show movie information, the app requests data from:
- Wikidata and Wikipedia (wikidata.org, en.wikipedia.org) — movie and show search, details, cast and crew, posters and synopses. The app sends what you type in search and the titles or names being looked up. Review scores come from here too.
- Wikimedia Commons (commons.wikimedia.org) — actor and director photos.
- TasteDive (tastedive.com) — “If you liked ___” suggestions. The app sends the title of each movie it suggests from (your favorites and the movies you have watched), one at a time.
- TMDB’s image server (image.tmdb.org) — poster art for a small built-in catalog of popular movies
These requests contain only the title or identifier being looked up. No name, email, device identifier, or list contents are ever sent. Each service receives your device’s IP address as an unavoidable part of any internet request, and handles it under its own privacy policy.
Sharing a recommendation
When you send a recommendation, the app hands the message to whichever app you choose — Messages, Mail, or another. It contains the title, and the note, rating and name you chose to include. It goes only to the person you send it to. We never see it.
Subscriptions
If you subscribe, the purchase is handled entirely by Apple. We receive no payment details and never see your card. Apple tells the app only whether an active subscription exists.
Children
Watchlisted is not directed at children under 13 and collects no data from anyone.
Changes
If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted here with a new date.
Contact
Questions or requests: hello.cybergoose@gmail.com