Privacy1 week ago4 min read

Privacy by default: How Reelic keeps your library on your device

Many products claim to protect your data. Here is the plain breakdown of what Reelic keeps on your device, what it shares for the leaderboard, and how you can check it yourself.

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Your library stays on your device

Your full saved reels library is indexed into your browser's IndexedDB. Searching runs against that local index, so your searches never leave your device.

Uninstalling the extension deletes your local library.

Privacy Shield Status

Reel Library StorageOn-Device

Search QueriesNever sent

Leaderboard StatsShared on sync

What stays private

Your searches: All fuzzy search runs offline inside your browser.

Videos: Reelic does not download or host your videos. It links back to Instagram, which loads them straight to your browser.

Your full library: Every caption, thumbnail, and saved reel stays in your local index.

What the leaderboard shares

The Global Leaderboard, Taste Twin, and community insights are a core part of Reelic, so they need some shared data. Before you first use Reelic, a Privacy & Terms screen lists exactly what is shared, and you agree to it there.

Each time you sync, Reelic sends your Instagram handle, summary stats like total saves and streak, your top creators and hashtags, your most saved audios, details of up to 100 saved reels including short caption snippets, the IDs of the reels you have saved, and your approximate region from your time zone.

We never sell this data or use it for ads. To stop sharing, uninstall Reelic. To delete what was already shared, contact us from the Support page.

Why we chose this design

Keeping the full library on your device means a server breach can never expose your whole collection, and searching stays instant because there is no network round trip.