6 November 2026 · 5 min read

How FollowSet imports a link, screenshot or recording

What you can share

FollowSet turns what you save into a workout you can follow. You can import a video link (3 free, then Pro), screenshots, a screen recording, a photo of a gym whiteboard, or pasted text. Anything it isn't sure about is highlighted so you can check it with one tap.

What stays on your iPhone

• Your workouts, sets, weights, notes, programs and history. They sync through your own private iCloud, which we can't read.
• Screenshots, photos and screen recordings you import. They are read on the iPhone. Recordings are deleted after reading. A whiteboard photo is a photo, so it is read on the iPhone too.
• Body weight from Apple Health, if you turn it on. It is used for the Progress screen and never leaves your iPhone.

What happens when you share a link

When you share a link to a workout post, our servers (Google Cloud) read that public post. If the caption doesn't list the exercises, they use Google's Gemini AI to find them. Nothing about you is sent with it.

• Deleted: the video is deleted after reading.
• Kept: the workout that was found, plus the post's public cover image and the creator's name for credit. This means the same post doesn't have to be read twice.

Your first 3 video links are free, then reading a link is part of Pro. On the free plan you can also import screenshots, a screen recording, a photo of a whiteboard, or pasted text, within a monthly limit.

Screen recordings: the optional step

By default a recording stays on your iPhone. Only if you allow it, and only when the text and speech in the recording don't name the exercises, a smaller copy of the recording is sent to our servers (Google Cloud) and read by Google's Gemini AI to name them. That copy isn't kept or used for training.

You can turn this off in Settings → Privacy.

Other things that can leave your phone

Service	What for
Apple iCloud	Syncing your workouts and settings, in your own iCloud account
Google Cloud	Reading a public post you share; naming exercises in a recording you allowed. The public video, or a smaller copy of your recording; neither is kept.
Google Firebase	Anonymous app ID, setup answers, optional sign-in, optional usage data and crash reports
RevenueCat	Checking your purchase, using an anonymous app ID and the purchase receipt

• Usage data and crash reports (optional). Anonymous usage data covers which screens you open and buttons you tap, never your workouts, links or anything you type. Both go to Google Firebase, are not used for ads, and can be turned off in Settings → Privacy.
• Read counts. For each AI read (a shared link or a recording read on our servers) we keep a short record of when it happened, which kind it was and what it cost us, never what was in it. These records are deleted after about 13 months.
• Free reads (free plan). How many of your 3 free video links your iPhone has used (kept as a small number from 0 to 3) is stored by Apple for your iPhone with Apple's DeviceCheck, so signing out doesn't reset it. It holds no information about you, and we don't keep the device token. The read records also limit how many reads one account can make in an hour or a day.
• Sign-in (optional). You can sign in with Apple or email so your settings and Pro follow you to a new phone.

Fixing mistakes, and leaving

FollowSet can get things wrong, so check every imported workout before you train with it. The creator stays credited and the workout links back to the original post.

• Export your history any time from Settings.
• Delete all data removes your workouts from the phone and iCloud, and your setup answers from our servers.
• Delete account removes your sign-in, email and synced settings, your AI read counts and records, and your customer record at RevenueCat.

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