This policy explains what information Quick Notes (the "App"), published by Iron Swine Studios, collects, how it's used, and the choices you have. The App is a local-first note-taking app for Android. It applies only to Quick Notes and not to other Iron Swine Studios apps, each of which has its own policy.
The App has no account or sign-in of any kind. Your notes are stored only in the App's local database on your device and are never sent to us or to any server we control.
Everything you type — titles, formatting, and text — stays on your device. We never see it, collect it, or transmit it anywhere. The only exception is the App's own Export Notes feature: when you choose to export, the App hands a backup file to the share sheet or file location you pick. That sharing is initiated by you and goes wherever you direct it — not to us.
The App shows a single banner ad via Google AdMob. AdMob may collect an advertising identifier and other information to show and measure ads, and to request your consent for personalized ads where required, as described in Google's own privacy policy (linked below).
The optional one-time "Remove Ads" purchase is processed entirely by Google Play Billing — the App talks to Google Play directly, with no other company in between. We never see or store your payment card details; Google Play only tells the App whether a purchase for that product was completed, so it can turn ads off.
The App declares the Microphone permission on Android, but the App itself never records or accesses audio. This permission exists only so your keyboard's built-in voice-typing feature (such as Gboard's microphone button) can work while typing in the App — on some Android devices, the keyboard's own voice input requires the foreground app to declare this permission, even though the app never uses it directly.
The App relies on the following services to operate. Each has its own privacy policy.
| Service | Used for |
|---|---|
| Google AdMob | Showing and measuring in-app ads, ad consent |
| Google Play Billing | Processing in-app purchases |
Google's privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy
We do not sell your personal information. We never collect your notes in the first place, so there is nothing of that kind to share. We share only the limited advertising and purchase information described above with the service providers listed, to the extent needed for them to provide those services to us, and where required by law.
Quick Notes is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 — in fact, the App doesn't collect personal information from anyone, since it has no accounts and stores notes only locally on-device. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact us and we'll address it.
Your notes are stored locally in the App's own sandboxed storage on your device, protected by your device's operating system. We never transmit your notes to any server, so there is no server-side copy of your content to secure or breach. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure, and we can't guarantee absolute security of your device.
Your notes remain on your device for as long as the App is installed, or until you delete them yourself. Uninstalling the App permanently deletes all notes stored in it, unless you've exported a backup beforehand. We do not retain any copy of your notes, since we never receive them.
We may update this policy from time to time. We'll update the "last updated" date above when we do. Continued use of the App after a change means you accept the updated policy.
Questions about this policy? Contact Iron Swine Studios at support@ironswinestudios.com.
A working answer key for the Data Safety questionnaire, based on what's actually wired into the App as of this writing. Play's form changes its exact wording occasionally — treat this as a starting point and double-check each answer against the live form.
| Data type | Collected? | Shared? | Purpose | Optional? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Device or other IDs (advertising ID) | Yes | Yes — with AdMob | Advertising | No |
| Purchase history | Yes (handled by Google Play Billing) | Yes — with Google Play | App functionality | No — only if you buy something |
| Notes content, files and docs, personal info | No — stored locally only, never transmitted | No | — | — |
