BarWallet

Privacy

In short: BarWallet collects nothing about you. There is no account, no advertising and no analytics.

Your cards

Your cards, photos and notes live on your own devices. If you turn on iCloud sync, they are also kept in your own iCloud, in storage only you can access. Bytework cannot see them.

Sharing

When you share cards with your family or someone else, that goes through Apple's iCloud sharing. Only the people you invite see those cards. The name on your Apple Account is sent along with shared cards, so the other person sees who the card is from.

Location

For nearby stores BarWallet uses your location, only with your permission. It then looks up the stores of your cards in Apple Maps. Your approximate location and the store names go to Apple, never your card numbers. Your location is not stored or sent to Bytework. If you turn on "Show card at the store", iOS keeps track of whether you're at one of those stores; that happens on your iPhone.

Reminders, camera and photos

The camera and your photos are only used to read a barcode or keep a photo with a card. Shopping lists live in a "Barwallet" list in the Reminders app; BarWallet only looks at that list.

Apple Wallet

Adding a card to Apple Wallet happens on your own iPhone; nothing is sent to Bytework.

Android

The Android app works the same way, with a few parts from Google instead of Apple:

• If you turn on sync, your cards are kept in a hidden BarWallet folder in your own Google Drive. Only BarWallet can read that folder; Bytework cannot see it.
• Nearby stores are looked up in OpenStreetMap (through the Overpass servers). Your location and the area searched go to those servers, never your card numbers or names. They are not stored or sent to Bytework. Whether you're at a store is tracked by Android on your phone.
• Store logos come from Google and DuckDuckGo. Only the store's web address is sent, nothing about you.
• Barcodes and store names in screenshots and screen recordings are read on your phone (Google's ML Kit, without the internet).
• The app and card lock use your phone's screen lock; your fingerprint or face never leaves your phone.

Children

BarWallet collects data from no one, children included.

Questions

Email [email protected].

Updated 10 November 2026.