privacy policy.
in short
- We don't collect, see, sell or share what you write. Your pages live on your device and, if you turn on sync, in your own iCloud.
- There is no account, no sign-in, no advertising, no analytics and no tracking.
- The only data that leaves your device for us to process is what's needed to know whether you've bought jotter pro, handled by Apple and our purchase provider, RevenueCat.
- Deleting the app deletes your notebook from your device. You're always in control.
- who we are
- your pages
- iCloud sync
- permissions
- purchases
- what we don't do
- retention and deletion
- your rights
- children
- security
- this website
- changes and contact
1. who we are
jotter is made by Shrenik Choudhary, an independent developer (“we”, “us”). We are responsible for the app and for this policy. You can reach us at hello@jotter.app.
2. your pages
Everything you write in jotter (pages, boxes, lists, the date and order of pages, your settings and your name on the cover) is stored on your device, inside the app's private storage and a shared container used only by jotter's own widgets. We have no server that receives your pages, and we cannot read them.
Some features use parts of iOS that also stay on your device:
- Spotlight and Siri. Page text can be added to your device's on-device Spotlight index so you can search it, and “add to jotter” is handled by Siri and Shortcuts. When the Face ID lock is on, pages are removed from Spotlight.
- Dates in your words. When jotter reads “friday 10am” in a line, it uses Apple's on-device date detection. No AI service and no network request is involved.
- Sharing and export. Pictures, PDFs and text you export are made on your device and go only where you send them, through the iOS share sheet.
3. iCloud sync (optional, jotter pro)
If you turn on iCloud sync, your pages are stored in the private database of your own iCloud account using Apple's CloudKit. That data belongs to your Apple Account: only your devices signed in to it can read it, and we cannot access it. Apple's handling of iCloud data is described in the Apple Privacy Policy. Turning sync off stops further syncing; you can delete jotter's iCloud data in iPhone Settings → your name → iCloud → Manage Storage → jotter.
4. permissions
jotter asks for a permission only when you reach for the feature that needs it, and works without any of them.
| Permission | Why | What we receive |
|---|---|---|
| Notifications | To remind you of a box at the date and time you give it, and let you tick it from the notification. | Nothing. Reminders are local notifications scheduled on your device by iOS; no server is involved and nothing is sent to us or anyone else. |
| Face ID | To lock the notebook. | Nothing. iOS checks your face and tells jotter only “yes” or “no”. We never get biometric data. |
| Photos (add only) | To save a picture of a page you share. | Nothing. jotter can add pictures but cannot see your library. |
You can change these at any time in iPhone Settings → jotter.
5. purchases
jotter pro is sold through the App Store. Apple handles payment; we never see your name, email, card or Apple Account details.
To know whether you have pro, and to restore it on a new device, jotter uses RevenueCat, a subscription service acting on our behalf. RevenueCat receives a random identifier made by the app (not linked to your name or email), your App Store purchase receipt and history, the products you bought, and basic technical information such as app version, device model, operating system, country/storefront and IP address, which is used to answer the request and is not used by us to identify you. This data is used only to provide and support your purchase, not for advertising or tracking. See RevenueCat's privacy policy.
6. what we don't do
- We don't sell, rent or share personal information, and we don't “share” it for cross-context behavioural advertising.
- We don't use analytics, crash-reporting or advertising SDKs, and we don't track you across apps or websites. jotter does not use Apple's advertising identifier (IDFA).
- We don't use your writing to train AI, and jotter contains no AI features.
- We don't require an account or collect your contact details. If you email us, we use your message only to reply.
7. retention and deletion
- Pages on your device stay until you tear them out or delete the app. Torn-out pages wait 30 days so you can put them back, then are deleted.
- Pages in iCloud stay in your iCloud until you delete them (see section 3).
- Purchase records are kept by Apple and RevenueCat for as long as needed to provide your purchase and meet legal, tax and accounting obligations. You can ask us to delete the RevenueCat record linked to your app identifier by emailing us.
- Emails to support are kept only as long as needed to help you.
Because there is no account, there is no account to delete: removing the app and its iCloud data removes your notebook entirely.
8. your rights
Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR in the EU and UK, the CCPA/CPRA in California, or India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act), you may have the right to access, correct, delete or export your personal data, to object to or restrict its processing, and to withdraw consent. Since your pages never reach us, you already hold them; for anything we or RevenueCat process, email hello@jotter.app and we'll respond within 30 days. We will not treat you differently for using these rights. You may also complain to your local data-protection authority.
Where the GDPR applies, we process purchase data because it is necessary to perform our contract with you (providing jotter pro), and support emails on the basis of our legitimate interest in answering you. Data handled by RevenueCat may be processed in the United States under appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses.
9. children
jotter is a general-audience notebook and is not directed to children under 13 (or the minimum age in your country). We don't knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.
10. security
Your pages are protected by iOS's data protection and, if you choose, the Face ID lock. iCloud data is protected by Apple, and with Advanced Data Protection turned on it is end-to-end encrypted. No method of storage is perfectly secure, but keeping your writing off our servers is the strongest protection we can offer.
11. this website
This site uses no cookies, analytics or trackers. Its host may keep standard server logs (such as IP address and browser type) for security, and fonts are loaded from Google Fonts, which receives your IP address to deliver them.
12. changes and contact
If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top and, for material changes, tell you in the app before they take effect. Questions about privacy: hello@jotter.app.