Every photo your phone takes quietly embeds a bunch of data you probably didn't know about. Your exact GPS coordinates. The time you took it. What phone you're using. Sometimes even which direction you were facing.
When you share that photo, all of that goes with it.
I built ClearShare because I got tired of manually stripping this stuff out. Now it takes about 10 seconds.
Here's What It Does
Open a photo. You'll see everything that's hidden inside it — we're talking 140+ different data points. GPS, timestamps, camera serial numbers, the works.
Each one gets a privacy rating so you know what actually matters:
Critical (red) — Your home address embedded in GPS? Yeah, that needs to go.
High (orange) — Date and time? Could be used to track your patterns.
Medium (yellow) — Camera model? Mostly harmless, but still identifiable.
Low (green) — Colour profile? Nobody cares. Keep it.
Tap what you want gone. Save or share. Done.
The Premium Stuff
If you need to blur faces or license plates, there's a one-time upgrade that unlocks:
Face detection that actually works — on-device, not some sketchy cloud service
Text recognition — for plates, badges, signs, anything with words on it
Manual redaction — if you just want to scribble over something yourself
The blur strength is adjustable. I spent way too long getting the pixelation to look right.
Privacy? For Real This Time
Look, I know everyone claims to care about privacy. Here's what ClearShare actually does:
Everything happens on your phone. Photos don't get uploaded anywhere. Full stop.
No account needed. No email. No sign-up. Just open it and use it.
No ads. No tracking. No analytics. I genuinely don't want your data.
Works offline. Airplane mode? Still works.
The whole point is protecting your privacy. Uploading your photos to our servers to do that would be ridiculous. So we don't.
Who's This For?
Honestly? Anyone who shares photos online.
But especially:
Selling stuff on marketplace apps without broadcasting your home address
Posting to social media without location data tagging along
Journalists, activists, anyone where privacy isn't optional
Parents sharing kid photos (maybe don't include the GPS of your house?)
What's in Version 1.0
This is the first proper release after a lot of testing and refinement. Here's what you're getting:
Free Features
View all EXIF, XMP, and META data in your photos
Privacy ratings for every piece of metadata
Remove individual items or batch-select by category
Select all Critical/High/Medium items with one tap
Save cleaned photos or share directly to other apps
Works as a share target from your gallery
Premium Features
Automatic face detection and blur
Automatic text/license plate detection and blur
Draw manual redactions anywhere on the image
Adjustable blur strength and detection settings
Recent Improvements
Fixed an issue where deleting XMP data could cause errors
Disabled all Firebase/ML Kit telemetry completely
Network connections are encrypted-only now
Better face detection in portrait orientation
Smoother zooming (up to 8x)
Memory improvements for large images
Get It
ClearShare is available now on Google Play. iOS is coming in early 2026.
Download ClearShare on Google Play
Questions? Bugs? Ideas? I actually read the emails: clearshare@simplecat.software
That's it. Simple app. Does one thing well.
All processing happens locally on your device. Nothing uploaded anywhere. Your photos stay yours.
