Frequently asked questions

Everything you make lands in your Library first, private. You choose who gets it, one share at a time.

Getting started

What is Zcribbler?

A private library with a social layer. Photos, video, voice notes and words go into your own Library, where only you can see them. Nothing leaves it until you say who it goes to.

When you do share, you pick the audience for that one share: one person, a group you have named, or everyone who follows you.

Is it free?

Yes. No subscription, no in-app purchases, and no advertising.

What devices does it run on?

iPhone and Android. You sign in with Google or Apple — there is no password to invent or forget.

Who sees what

Who can see what I make?

Nobody, until you share it. Something with no audience is simply something nobody has been sent — there is no "public by accident" state, and no setting you can leave in the wrong position.

What are the ways to share?

To one person. It lands in their Library under "Shared with me" and stays there. Nobody else can see it, and if they reply, only you see the reply.

To a group — any mix of the circles you have named and people you pick by hand. It becomes one share with one conversation: everyone in it sees everyone else's replies, and sees who else you sent it to. Nobody can save it.

To your followers. It goes out to everyone who follows you and onto your page.

How does following work?

Following is one-directional and needs no approval — you follow whoever you like, and anyone can follow you. If you would rather vet people, turn on follow approval in Settings; it is off by default.

Somebody has to follow you before you can send them anything, so nothing arrives in your Library from a stranger.

Can I stop sharing something?

Yes, and it is reversible. Stop sharing pulls it back from that audience — they lose it, you keep it, and you can share it again later. The reactions and replies are saved either way.

Two other things are deliberately kept separate from that: Remove from my Library clears something somebody sent you off your own shelf and tells the sender nothing, and Delete permanently removes it for everyone, including the media behind it.

Can I see who has opened something?

Yes. Open anything you have made and you get the list of every audience it reached, how many people have seen it, and what each audience has said about it. Only you can see any of that.

Who can message me?

Anyone, by default. You can change that to "only people you follow" under Settings → Privacy & account → Who can message you.

A stranger's first message arrives without a push notification, and brand-new accounts are limited on how many chats they can open.

Circles

What is a circle?

A named list of people you share to — family, the studio, the people you climb with. Name it once and send to it for years.

Can people see the circles they are in?

No. Only you ever see a circle — not its name, not who is in it, not that it exists. Nobody is notified for being added to one, and nobody is notified for being removed.

Instants

What is an instant?

A quick capture from inside the app — tap for a photo, hold for up to ten seconds of video. It lands in your Library like everything else, and you decide afterwards who gets it.

Your content and your account

Do you show ads or sell my data?

No advertising, no data sale, and no advertising identifier is collected on either platform. Usage analytics tell us which screens open and where the app fails; they carry no account identifier, so nothing in them is about you by name. The privacy policy is the full answer.

Are my photos watermarked or compressed?

Nothing you share is watermarked or branded. Media is optimised for delivery, never stamped.

Is there a website version?

No. There is no public web page for your profile or for anything you make — none of it is readable by somebody who is not signed in to the app. A profile link you share opens the app, or the store if the person does not have it yet.

How do I delete my account?

From inside the app, in Settings. It takes effect immediately and the media goes with it — no email, no waiting period. The full walkthrough is here.

How do I get help?

Write to [email protected].