Effective date: August 15, 2026 Last updated: August 15, 2026
Summary
Brightcard is rated 4+. It is an on-device wallet for your own cards, documents and notes. It contains no objectionable content of any kind, has no advertising, no social features, no user-to-user content feed, no gambling, and no open web browsing. Nothing in the app is age-gated, and there is nothing in it that a child could encounter that they did not put there themselves.
Brightcard is not directed at children, and it collects no data from anyone, including children. It is rated 4+ because it is inoffensive, not because it is designed for young users.
Why 4+
Apple's age rating is determined by the frequency and intensity of certain categories of content. Brightcard contains none of them:
- No violence: of any kind, cartoon, fantasy, realistic, or otherwise.
- No sexual content, nudity, or suggestive themes.
- No profanity, crude humor, or mature themes.
- No horror or fear themes.
- No alcohol, tobacco, or drug references, and no depiction of their use.
- No gambling: no simulated gambling, no casino themes, no loot boxes, no wagering of any kind, real or virtual.
- No contests, sweepstakes, or prizes.
- No medical or treatment information.
The app displays only what you put into it: your cards, tickets, vouchers, holdings, business cards, identity documents and notes. It ships with no content library, no editorial content, and no feed.
No user-generated content, and no way to reach other users
This is the category that most often raises a rating, so it is worth being exact. Brightcard has no accounts and no servers, which forecloses the entire category by design:
- No user-generated content that others can see.: Everything you create stays in the app's local database on your device. There is no upload, no feed, no gallery, no public profile, and no shared space.
- No chat, messaging, comments, or communication features.: There is no way for one Brightcard user to send anything to another *through the app*. Brightcard has no network stack whatsoever; it makes no connections of any kind.
- Sharing means the iOS share sheet, and nothing else.: Secure Transfers, expense PDFs and Collections produce a file which you then send yourself, by Mail, Messages, AirDrop or a file provider, under whatever parental controls already govern those apps. Brightcard neither delivers it nor knows that you did. There is no in-app inbox, no discovery, no directory of users, and no way for a stranger to reach a child through the app: a request only opens if it comes from somebody already saved and approved on the device.
- No social network integration: and no sign-in with a social account.
- Nothing to moderate.: Because no content is ever transmitted to us or between users, there is no submitted content, no reporting flow, and no moderation surface, nothing exists to report.
Secure Transfers are not user-to-user content. Brightcard can write an encrypted file that you hand to someone yourself, over AirDrop, Messages or any channel you pick, with a code you deliver separately. It is a file you export, not a message the app sends: no Brightcard server routes it, no directory of users exists, and the app cannot address anyone. It is equivalent to exporting a document and emailing it.
Web access is limited, not unrestricted
Brightcard has no built-in browser and no in-app web view for browsing. It never loads arbitrary web content.
Two deliberate, user-initiated actions hand a single item to another app you choose:
- Directions: tapping *Directions* on a saved location opens Apple Maps or Google Maps with that destination. Brightcard shows a one-time notice before this ever happens, and it never happens automatically.
- Business card links: tapping a phone number, email address or website on a business card *you saved* opens the relevant system app with that detail.
In both cases the destination comes from content you entered yourself, the hand-off is to the system, and the app itself renders no web content. This is infrequent/mild web access, restricted to what the user supplied not unrestricted web access.
Purchases
Brightcard Pro is a single one-time in-app purchase a non-consumable, processed entirely by Apple. There is no subscription, no consumable currency, no randomized or chance-based purchase of any kind, and no advertising anywhere in the app.
Purchases are subject to Apple's own parental controls: Ask to Buy, and In-App Purchase restrictions in Screen Time apply normally, and the app does nothing to work around them. Prices are shown before purchase, and the free tier remains fully usable without buying anything.
Sensitive content the user stores themselves
Brightcard can hold payment cards, identity documents, and secret fields in vault notes. These raise no age-rating category. They are not "mature content"; they are the user's own records, but they are the most sensitive things the app can hold, so how they behave matters to a parent:
- Everything is behind a passkey.: The app is gated by an on-device passkey using Face ID / Touch ID / passcode. A device handed to a child does not open Brightcard's contents.
- Sensitive values start masked.: A payment card number, a security code, a document number, or a field marked secret is hidden until revealed, and each reveal or copy asks for Face ID / Touch ID / the device passcode first.
- Never on a glanceable surface.: Payment cards and identity documents are excluded from Apple Watch and Home Screen widgets, not defaulted off, excluded, so nothing sensitive appears outside the lock.
- A record, not a credential or a payment method.: Brightcard cannot pay for anything, cannot present a document to anyone, and cannot prove identity. Storing a card or document here activates, registers and authorises nothing.
- Nothing that involves other people happens on its own.: Where the app records a bill split with other people, those people are names written down on the device: nobody is contacted or notified, no money moves, and the app cannot make or request a payment.
Data collection and children
Brightcard collects nothing from anyone. There are no accounts, no servers, no analytics, no telemetry, no advertising identifier, no third-party tracking SDKs, and no data sold or shared. Because nothing is ever collected, nothing is collected from children either.
The app is not directed at children within the meaning of COPPA and comparable rules, and it does not knowingly collect data from children, a condition it satisfies by collecting no data at all. Full detail is in the Privacy Policy.
Parental controls
Brightcard requires no special configuration to be safe on a shared or child's device. Standard iOS controls apply:
- Screen Time → Content & Privacy Restrictions: governs in-app purchases (including Ask to Buy) and app installation as usual.
- The app's own passkey lock means the app's contents are unavailable to anyone without the device owner's biometrics or passcode.
- Permissions are asked for only when a feature needs one: camera, photos, NFC, location, contacts, microphone and notifications are each requested at the moment of use and can be declined or revoked in iOS Settings without disabling the app.
Contact
Questions about this rating: Fioritmo B.V., support@brightcard.io