Artist Reference Studio

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 30 October 2026

Artist Reference Studio stores and processes your core project data and images on your device. No account is required, and the core tools do not upload your images to a developer server.

1. Scope and contact

This policy covers Artist Reference Studio for iPhone and iPad and its public pages on qdee.app. The app helps you prepare photo references, study grids and tonal values, compare work in progress, and save or export your studies. QDEE handles support and privacy enquiries through the contact details below.

2. Data stored on your device

The app stores projects, imported reference images, work-in-progress images, image file information and integrity hashes, crop and canvas settings, grid and value adjustments, comparison alignment, project history and archive state, timestamps, and language preferences. These records and image files are stored in the app’s persistent application storage to support saving and returning to your work. The app does not require an online user account.

3. Photos, camera and Files

The app uses system image and file pickers to access images you choose. If you choose a camera action, camera permission is used for that action. You can cancel a picker or manage permissions in device Settings. When importing, the app may resize or normalize an image for processing and keeps its app-owned imported source unchanged; later adjustments are stored separately. The imported working copy is not a full-resolution archive of your original Photos library.

4. Processing and automatic collection

The current version processes images locally. It does not include advertising SDKs, third-party analytics or crash-reporting SDKs, an account service, or a developer image-upload service. We do not use your private project images for advertising or model training through these tools.

5. Exports, sharing and external backups

You choose whether and where to export a PNG or a portable backup ZIP. A backup contains project records and the actual app-owned image files needed to restore them. The operating system and your selected destination — such as Files, iCloud Drive, a sharing app or another storage provider — handle that transfer under their own policies. A file in iCloud may require network access. The app does not send your backup to QDEE automatically. Keep sensitive backups in a location you trust.

6. Retention, deletion and recovery

Local data remains until you remove it through the app or delete the app, subject to operating-system storage and backup behavior. Archiving a project is not permanent deletion; permanent deletion removes data no longer needed by other records. Deleting the app removes its local work. Export a current backup to user-controlled storage before deleting the app or changing devices. App deletion does not delete previously exported images or backups; manage those separately with their storage provider. A local recovery copy inside the app is not an uninstall-safe external backup.

7. Purchases

The current version covered by this policy does not provide in-app purchases, purchase verification, or a paid-entitlement service. This website does not collect payment details. If purchases are added, the policy and Store disclosures must be updated to explain the actual purchase and verification data flow before that feature is offered.

8. Support and website access

If you contact QDEE by email or LINE, we receive the contact details, message and attachments you choose to send. We use them to answer your request and investigate the issue; do not send private projects or images unless you choose to share them for support. These pages add no analytics, advertising scripts, upload form or account system and load their artwork and styles from qdee.app. Hosting and network providers may process ordinary request information such as IP address, browser information and access time to serve and protect the website. Email and LINE operate under their own policies.

9. Your choices and other people’s images

You control which images to import, which files to export, the permissions granted to the app, and whether to contact support. Only use or share images you have the right to use, especially images containing other people or private information. The app does not create child accounts or solicit personal profiles. Contact QDEE if you believe information was sent to us improperly or want help with information you have shared with support.

10. Updates and questions

We will update this page when material features or data flows change and revise the date above. Questions about the policy or information sent to support can be directed to the contact details below. Local-only files cannot be retrieved by QDEE from your device; keep an external backup if you need to recover your work.

nerubians@gmail.com · LINE @qdee