Effective date: November 15, 2026
SeeLater Privacy Policy
SeeLater is operated by Diwakar Raja ("SeeLater", "we", "us"). This policy explains what the SeeLater iPhone app and the seelater.app website do with your information. The short version: your saved videos stay on your iPhone, and we don't collect them.
The short version
- No account, no sign-up.
- No analytics, no ads, no tracking, and no servers of our own that receive your data.
- The video links you save, who sent them, and what you've watched are stored only on your iPhone.
- Contacts access is optional, and contact matching happens on your iPhone only.
- Videos play in the official TikTok, YouTube and Instagram players, which load from those companies.
What the app stores, and where
SeeLater keeps a small library on your iPhone, inside the app's own storage. It includes:
- Video links you save (TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts links).
- Who sent each video, if known: the sender's phone number or email address as passed in by your Messages automation, or a name you type when you share or add a link.
- An optional contact name for that sender (see Contacts below).
- Your activity in the app: which videos you've watched, when each one was saved, and your settings (such as autoplay).
This data never leaves your iPhone to reach us. We have no servers that receive it, and we can't see it. Like other app data, it can be included in your own iPhone backups (iCloud or computer), under your Apple account settings.
SeeLater never downloads, copies or stores the videos themselves. It only stores links.
Automatic saving from Messages (optional)
If you choose to set it up, SeeLater uses an automation in Apple's Shortcuts app that you install and turn on. SeeLater can't read your Messages on its own.
- The automation only runs for incoming messages that contain a TikTok, Instagram Reel, YouTube Shorts or youtu.be link.
- When it runs, it passes that message's link and the sender to SeeLater on your iPhone. SeeLater keeps the supported video link and the sender, and ignores everything else.
- You can turn the automation off or delete it in the Shortcuts app at any time.
Share → SeeLater and Add link
When you share a link to SeeLater from another app, or paste one into Add link, SeeLater saves the video link and any "From" name you enter. Everything stays on your iPhone.
Contacts (optional)
If you allow Contacts access, SeeLater matches a sender's phone number or email to a name in your contacts so you see "Sam" instead of a number. The matching happens on your iPhone only. SeeLater keeps just the matched name next to that sender and never uploads your contacts. If you don't allow access, or you turn it off later in Settings → Privacy & Security → Contacts, SeeLater shows the original phone number or email instead.
Video players from TikTok, YouTube and Instagram
To play a video, SeeLater opens that platform's official embedded player inside the app:
- TikTok: TikTok's embed player
- YouTube: YouTube's privacy-enhanced embed (youtube-nocookie.com)
- Instagram: Instagram's embed
These players load directly from TikTok, Google/YouTube and Instagram/Meta. Like any web page, they receive standard technical information from your iPhone (such as your IP address, device and browser details, and which video is being played), and they may use cookies or similar storage inside the player. Their own privacy policies cover what they collect:
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/us/privacy-policy/en (outside the US: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/privacy-policy)
- YouTube / Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- Instagram / Meta: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy
We don't receive any information from these players. If you tap "Open in TikTok/Instagram/YouTube," the video opens in that app or website, under its own policy.
Apple
You download SeeLater from the App Store, and automatic saving runs in Apple's Shortcuts app. Apple's privacy policy applies to those: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/
The seelater.app website
The seelater.app website is a simple information page. It has no sign-up form, and we don't sell or share visitor information.
This website uses no analytics, cookies, or trackers, and fonts are served from the site itself. The site is hosted on GitHub Pages, which may log visitors' IP addresses for security and operations purposes, as described in GitHub's privacy statement.
If you email us, we use your email address and message only to reply and help you.
Deleting your data
Your data is on your iPhone, so you're in control of it:
- Remove one video: remove it from your feed in the app.
- Delete everything: delete the SeeLater app. This deletes its saved links, senders, contact names and settings from your iPhone. Copies in older iPhone backups are kept or deleted under your backup settings.
- Stop automatic saving: turn off or delete the "Save to SeeLater" automation in the Shortcuts app.
- Revoke Contacts access: Settings → Privacy & Security → Contacts → SeeLater.
We don't hold a copy of your library, so there's nothing for us to delete on our side. If you've emailed us and want that conversation deleted, ask at support@seelater.app.
Children
SeeLater is not directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from children. Because the app doesn't send your data to us, we don't receive information from any user, including children. If you believe a child has sent us information by email, contact us and we'll delete it.
Changes to this policy
If we change how SeeLater handles information, we'll update this page and the effective date above. If a change is significant, for example if the app ever starts sending data to a server, we'll explain it in the app or the App Store release notes before it takes effect.
Contact
SeeLater, operated by Diwakar Raja
Email: support@seelater.app