SortWise Privacy Policy

Quick Summary

SortWise is designed to work primarily on your device. Your item data, notes, reminders, diary entries, and attachments are stored locally unless you explicitly export or share them using system features.

• No account registration is required to use the core app.
• We do not operate a developer-managed cloud service for your item content.
• We do not sell your personal data, and we never use your items, photos, notes, diary entries, or reminders for advertising.
• The free tier shows ads provided by Google AdMob: optional rewarded videos you choose to watch, plus an occasional full-screen ad when you reopen the app from the background. Buying Pro removes all ads. See Advertising and Third-Party SDKs.
• The Pro upgrade is a one-time purchase processed by Apple (App Store) or Google (Google Play).

1. Information Processed by the App

SortWise processes information that you choose to create, import, or manage inside the app, which may include:

• item names, categories, boxes, custom attributes, notes, and settings;
• diary entries, reminder settings, and related metadata;
• photos, images, or files that you choose to attach to your items;
• backup files that you choose to export or restore; and
• purchase entitlement status needed to unlock paid features.

Separately, when ads are available on your device, the Google AdMob SDK processes technical information that is not part of your item content, such as device and advertising identifiers, IP address, device and OS details, and ad interaction events. See Advertising and Third-Party SDKs.

SortWise does not require you to create an account for core app usage.

2. How Information Is Used

The information processed by SortWise is used only to provide app features, such as:

• organizing and displaying your items and collections;
• saving item details, diary entries, reminders, and attachments locally;
• sending local notifications that you configure;
• exporting and restoring backup files when you explicitly request it; and
• determining whether paid subscription features should be available.

We do not use your item content, photos, diary entries, or reminders for advertising, profiling, or developer-operated analytics. The app does not include any analytics or crash-reporting SDK. Ad requests never include your item content — see Advertising and Third-Party SDKs for what the ad SDK does process.

Local Storage

SortWise is designed as a local-first app. Your content is primarily stored on your device. We do not automatically upload your item content to a developer-operated server as part of normal app use.

If you use export, restore, or system sharing features, your data may be copied to locations or services that you choose, such as the Files app, iCloud Drive, AirDrop, or other file providers available on your device. Your use of those services is governed by their own terms and privacy policies.

3. Permissions

Photos

SortWise may request access to your photo library so you can select images or save images you choose to export.

Camera

SortWise may request camera access so you can capture item photos or attachments directly in the app.

Notifications

SortWise may request notification permission so the app can send local reminder notifications that you set up.

Tracking (iOS)

On iOS, the app may ask for permission to track you across apps and websites (Apple’s App Tracking Transparency prompt). This is used only to decide whether the advertising identifier (IDFA) may be shared with Google AdMob for personalized ads. If you decline, the app keeps working exactly the same and you may still watch rewarded ads — they will simply be non-personalized.

You can deny these permissions, but related features may not function properly.

4. Purchases and Payments

The Pro upgrade is a one-time purchase (not a subscription). Payment transactions are processed by Apple through your App Store account on iOS and macOS, and by Google through Google Play on Android.

• SortWise does not collect or store your payment card information.
• Purchase entitlement status is queried from the store so the app can enable or disable paid features. The result is cached on your device so that Pro features remain available offline; this cache never leaves your device.
• We do not upload your item content, photos, diary entries, or reminders to a developer-operated server as part of purchase processing.

5. Advertising and Third-Party SDKs

SortWise integrates the Google AdMob SDK. There are two ad formats, and no others — there are no banner, interstitial, or native ads:

• Rewarded ads (you choose them): after you reach a free-tier limit you may explicitly tap the option to watch an ad to unlock that single action. Watching is always optional.
• App-open ads: a full-screen ad may appear when you return to SortWise after it has been in the background. It is never shown while you are using the app, and it is rate-limited: only after the app has been in the background for at least 30 seconds, and at most once every 30 minutes. It is never shown before the passcode lock screen if you have one enabled.
• Where ads are available: iOS and Android only. There is no advertising SDK in the macOS or HarmonyOS builds. Ads are also disabled when your App Store region is mainland China.
• If you purchase Pro: no ads of any kind are shown, and the advertising SDK is not even initialized on your device.

What the ad SDK processes

When an ad is requested, Google receives technical data that does not include your item content, such as: advertising identifier (IDFA on iOS / Advertising ID on Android), IP address, device model and operating system, coarse location derived from IP, and ad interaction events (impressions, clicks, reward completion). Google acts as an independent controller for this data. See Google’s Privacy Policy and How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

Consent (EEA, UK, and regulated US states)

Where required by law, the app uses Google’s certified consent management platform (User Messaging Platform) to ask for your consent before any ad is requested. If you do not grant consent, the advertising SDK is not initialized and no ad request is made.

You can change or withdraw your choice at any time in Settings → Ad privacy options inside the app. That entry appears where such controls are applicable to you.

Personalized vs. non-personalized ads

Personalized ads require both your consent and, on iOS, App Tracking Transparency authorization. If either is declined, ads are limited to non-personalized ads and the app remains fully functional.

6. Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal data. We never share your item content, photos, notes, diary entries, or reminders with advertisers or any third party.

Information may leave your device only in the following situations:

• when you explicitly export, share, or restore files using system features;
• when Apple or Google processes your one-time purchase and verifies entitlement;
• when an ad is requested — the Google AdMob SDK sends the technical data described in Advertising and Third-Party SDKs to Google. This happens only on iOS and Android, and only where ads are available and permitted;
• when disclosure is required by applicable law.

7. Data Retention and Deletion

Because your content is stored locally, you control most retention and deletion decisions directly.

• You can delete items, notes, reminders, diary entries, and attachments in the app.
• Items moved to the in-app trash may be permanently removed later.
• Deleting the app may remove locally stored data that has not been backed up elsewhere.

Security

SortWise relies primarily on your device’s security features. The app may also offer optional privacy features, such as passcode protection or a privacy overlay, to help reduce accidental exposure of on-screen content.

No method of storage or transmission is completely risk-free, but we work to limit data exposure by keeping app content local whenever possible.

8. Children's Privacy

SortWise is a general-audience productivity app. It is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children through a developer-operated backend service. Because the app primarily stores data locally on the device, users remain responsible for what they choose to add to the app.

The app is not marked as child-directed for advertising purposes. If you believe a child has used the app and you want the advertising identifier reset, you can do so in your device settings (iOS: Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking; Android: Settings → Google → Ads).

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the effective date shown on this page. Continued use of SortWise after changes become effective means you accept the updated policy.

10. Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or SortWise, please contact:

Email: mimisoftware@163.com