# Privacy-Guard — Detect & Redact Personal Data

> Detect & Redact Personal Data (iPhone/iPad app by ashley Briggs.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/privacy-guard/id6761270242 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [ashley Briggs](https://appshunter.io/developer/1875420445)
- Category: Utilities, Productivity
- Price: $9.99 with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 9 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-04-07
- Data updated: 2026-07-04
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/privacy-guard/id6761270242/reviews.md

## What is Privacy?

WHAT IT DETECTS                                                                                                    
  - Social Security Numbers (SSN)
  - Credit card numbers (Luhn validated)
  - Email addresses and phone numbers
  - Dates of birth and street addresses
  - Passport and driver's license numbers                                                                            
  - IBANs with MOD-97 checksum validation
  - Medicare IDs, EINs, and VINs                                                                                     
  - Bitcoin and Ethereum wallet addresses
  - Person and organization names (ML-powered)
                                                                                                                       
 HOW IT WORKS
  1. Paste or import text                                                                                            
  2. Tap Scan — 5-stage detection runs in under a second
  3. Review color-coded findings by severity
  4. Choose a redaction style and clean your document
  5. Export as PDF, CSV, or plain text                                                                               
   
 AI-POWERED RISK ANALYSIS (NEW)                                                                                     
  - Privacy risk reports with 0-100 score and regulatory flags
  - Smart redaction advice tailored to your document type
  - Automatic content tagging (medical, financial, legal, etc.)
  - Powered by Apple Intelligence — entirely on-device                                                               
   
 BUILT FOR PRIVACY                                                                                                  
  - All processing happens on your device — nothing leaves your phone or Mac
  - No analytics, no tracking, no cloud uploads
  - AES-256-GCM encryption for reversible redaction                                                                  
  - AI analysis runs on-device via Apple Intelligence
                                                                                                                       
 PRO FEATURES  
  - AI-powered risk reports and smart redaction advice
  - Unlimited scanning (free tier: 10/day)
  - File and directory scanning                                                                                      
  - iMessage scanning (Mac)
  - PDF and CSV export                                                                                               
  - All redaction styles including encryption
  - Saved redaction presets

 Requires iOS 26 or macOS 26 with Apple Intelligence.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: $9.99.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Privacy Guard | $9.99 | per month |
| Pro Annual | $79.99 | per year |



## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.5.2 — 2026-04-07

No release notes.

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All apps by ashley Briggs: https://appshunter.io/developer/1875420445

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-07-04.*