Last updated: August 1, 2026
Insect Discover has no account, no sign-in, no ads, no analytics, no tracking, and no developer server. Identification runs entirely on this device using a model bundled inside the app. Your photos and your observation log stay on your device. The developer cannot see them, because there is nowhere for them to be sent.
Photos you choose or capture, the species matches shown for them, anything you save to your observation log, and your settings are written to storage on your device only. Deleting the app removes them. There is no backup to a developer server because no developer server exists.
Camera access is used for one purpose: to let you photograph insects so the app can suggest a match. Photo library access is used only to let you pick an existing photo for the same purpose. The app does not scan, index, or upload your photo library.
The app's own code makes no network requests, and identification never requires a connection. On Android, the packaged app declares internet and related permissions because it includes Google Play's billing and asset-delivery components. Those are used by the store, not by the app's identification features. We state this rather than claiming the app has no network access at all, because the packaged permission list is public and a broader claim would be inaccurate.
Insect Discover is free to download with 3 days of full access. Starting that access window happens locally on your device and does not create a subscription or a charge. After the 3 days, a single optional one-time purchase unlocks the app permanently — there is no subscription and nothing auto-renews. That purchase or restore is handled entirely by Apple's App Store or Google Play through their own in-app purchase systems. Insect Discover never sees or receives your name, payment card, or billing details. The developer receives only anonymous, aggregate sales figures from Apple and Google.
The app collects nothing, so there is nothing collected from anyone of any age.
Insect Discover is an identification aid for learning. Its matches can be wrong. It is not a pest-control, medical, or safety guide, and it should not be used to decide whether anything is dangerous to handle or how to treat a bite or sting.
If this policy changes, the date above changes with it.