Privacy Policy

Knowmad
Effective Date: June 6, 2026

Oleksandr Baralei ("we," "us," or "our") built Knowmad ("the App") as a commercial application. This Privacy Policy explains what information the App collects, what it does not collect, how user content is stored, and how users control analytics and app data.

By using the App, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

Information Collection and Use

Knowmad does not require user accounts, registration, or authentication. We do not collect directly identifying information such as your name, email address, Apple ID, or account credentials.

Your content is private to you. User-created and imported content, including PDF files, PDF annotations, flashcards, notes, and study progress, is stored locally on your device and, if enabled, synced through your personal iCloud account. We do not operate a backend service that stores this content, and we do not have access to your iCloud data.

The App may transmit anonymous analytics events, as described below, to help us understand app usage and improve the product.

Your Choices

Analytics is enabled by default. You can disable analytics at any time by turning off Share Anonymous Analytics in Settings inside the App. When disabled, no analytics events leave your device.

We do not track you across apps or websites and do not request the App Tracking Transparency prompt.

Imported Documents and User Content

You may import books, PDFs, or other supported documents into the App and create flashcards, notes, highlights, annotations, and study progress from that content.

This content remains on your device and, if iCloud is enabled, in your personal iCloud account. It is not visible to other users. We do not send PDF contents, PDF titles, filenames, flashcard text, selected text, annotation content, notes, or other user-created study content to analytics.

iCloud Sync

If you have iCloud enabled, the App may sync the following data through your personal iCloud account:

PDF files through iCloud Drive.
Flashcards, file references, and study data through CloudKit.

iCloud and CloudKit are Apple services governed by Apple's Privacy Policy and your personal iCloud settings. We do not have access to your iCloud account or iCloud data.

You can delete local and iCloud-synced app data from inside the App where deletion controls are provided, and you can manage iCloud data through your device and iCloud settings.

Apple Intelligence and On-Device AI

The App uses Apple's on-device AI capabilities, including the Foundation Models framework, to power supported AI features such as flashcard assistance and text refinement.

Supported AI processing occurs on your device. We do not send your documents, flashcards, notes, highlights, annotations, or selected text to our own servers or to third-party AI providers for AI processing.

Apple Intelligence availability and operation are controlled by Apple and your device settings. Apple Intelligence and related Apple services are governed by Apple's terms and privacy policies.

Purchases and Subscriptions

Paid access is handled through Apple's App Store and StoreKit. Apple processes purchases and subscriptions. We do not receive or store your payment card number, bank account details, Apple ID password, or other payment credentials.

The App may use App Store purchase and subscription entitlement status to unlock paid features, restore purchases, show subscription state, and manage access to paid features. This processing happens on your device and is not transmitted to us.

Analytics

We use TelemetryDeck for privacy-friendly, anonymous app analytics. TelemetryDeck does not use the data for cross-app or cross-website tracking.

TelemetryDeck's app privacy guidance says its default app analytics should be disclosed in App Store Connect as:

Identifiers → Device ID, used for analytics, not linked to the user's identity, and not used for tracking.
Usage Data → Product Interaction, used for analytics, not linked to the user's identity, and not used for tracking.

TelemetryDeck states that its app SDK data includes an anonymized user ID, app-defined actions, rounded timestamps, device and app metadata, and optional metadata defined by the app publisher. TelemetryDeck also states that IP addresses are not stored on its servers.

What Analytics May Include

Anonymous event names from a predefined catalog, such as app launched, study session completed, or file imported.
Device model, operating system version, app version, build information, locale, and similar app/device metadata.
Session duration and screen names, used to understand which features are used.
A double-hashed anonymous identifier derived on-device from Apple's vendor identifier (identifierForVendor) or another TelemetryDeck-supported identifier. The identifier is salted and hashed before transmission, then hashed again by TelemetryDeck. It is stable across launches but resets if you delete all of our apps from your device.

What Analytics Never Includes

Your name, email address, Apple ID, or account credentials.
Payment card information, receipt data, or banking information.
PDF file contents, titles, or filenames.
Flashcard contents or any text you have typed or captured.
Annotation contents, highlights, selected text, or notes.
iCloud account identifiers.
Precise location or GPS coordinates.

Offline Analytics Behavior

If your device is offline when an analytics event is generated, the TelemetryDeck SDK may queue the event locally and transmit it when connectivity returns. If you disable analytics before reconnecting, queued events are not sent.

TelemetryDeck Links

Diagnostics

We may receive crash reports, performance diagnostics, and related diagnostic information through Apple-provided developer tools such as TestFlight, App Store Connect, Xcode Organizer, or MetricKit.

Diagnostic information may include crash data, performance data, device model, operating system version, app version, and similar technical information needed to diagnose and improve app stability. We do not use diagnostics to track you across apps or websites, and diagnostics are not intended to include your document contents, flashcard contents, notes, highlights, annotations, or other personal study content.

Apple's handling of TestFlight, App Store, and developer diagnostic data is governed by Apple's terms and privacy policies.

Log Data and Cookies

The App does not use cookies. The App does not collect web browsing history.

The App does not collect application log data directly for our own backend service. Anonymous analytics and Apple-provided diagnostics are described in the sections above.

Links to Other Sites

The App may contain links to external websites or services not operated by us, such as legal, support, App Store, or Apple service pages. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of third-party sites or services. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of every site or service you visit.

Children's Privacy

The App is not specifically directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect directly identifying information from children under 13.

Because the App does not require accounts and does not collect names, email addresses, or similar direct identifiers, there is no account profile we can use to identify a child user. If you believe a child has provided personal information through a support request or other direct contact with us, please contact us so we can delete it.

Your Rights

Privacy laws such as the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and similar laws may give users rights to access, correct, export, or delete personal information a company holds about them.

Because the App does not require an account and does not collect directly identifying information, we do not hold a user profile, email address, or account identifier that we can look up, export, correct, or delete on your behalf. Analytics events carry no user content and are linked only to an anonymous identifier that is not intended to identify you.

You remain in direct control of your data:

Disable analytics at any time by turning off Share Anonymous Analytics in Settings to stop further analytics events from being sent.
Reset the anonymous analytics identifier by deleting all of our apps from your device, which causes Apple's identifierForVendor to regenerate on reinstall.
Remove your content by deleting PDFs, flashcards, annotations, and study data inside the App where deletion controls are provided. This data lives on your device and, if enabled, in your personal iCloud account.
Manage iCloud data through the App's deletion controls, iOS Settings, and your personal iCloud settings.

If you have questions about these rights, contact us using the details below.

Security

We value your trust and use commercially reasonable means to protect information handled by the App. Your documents and study content remain on your device or within your personal iCloud account, which is protected by Apple's security infrastructure. However, no method of electronic storage or transmission is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted with an updated effective date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Continued use of the App after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

Contact Information

If you have any questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

Oleksandr Baralei
Email: [email protected]