Effective 9 September 2026. This policy covers QRowl, listed on the App Store as QRowl Nest (iOS and iPadOS app), and its widgets.
1. Who we are
QRowl is developed by Oliver Michalak (werk01). Contact: [email protected]
2. Analytics and tracking
Neither QRowl nor its widgets perform any analytics, usage tracking, or telemetry. No analytics SDK, crash reporter, or third-party tracking library is integrated in either target. No advertising identifiers are used or requested. There is no web dashboard, no server of ours, and no account.
3. What data is involved
- Your QR codes. The name, kind, payload, colours, optional centre logo image, optional circular location, and timestamps of each code you create or import are stored on your device, in the app's private app-group database. The payload is whatever you put in it — a link, a Wi-Fi password, a phone number, a contact card. It is yours; we never see it.
- Private iCloud sync. If your device is signed in to iCloud, your codes, their selected logo images, and their optional circular locations sync between your own devices through your personal iCloud account, using Apple's CloudKit private database. There is no shared or public database and no collaboration feature. No separate account, email, or password is created or collected by this app.
- Widget previews. The images the widgets display are rendered on your device and kept in local app-group storage. They are never uploaded to iCloud, and the widget itself never connects to iCloud.
- Camera. The camera is used only when you choose to scan a QR code. Frames are processed on the device to read the code; no image is stored or transmitted.
- Photos and PDF documents. A photo or PDF you pick for import is read on the device to extract the QR payload. QRowl does not browse your photo library on its own and does not keep the source file.
- Location and reminders. When you open the location editor, QRowl can use When In Use location access to centre the map on you. If you enable reminders, the app gives iOS the circular locations attached to the ten most recently modified codes so the system can notify you when this device enters one. Map display, place-name lookup, private CloudKit sync, and boundary monitoring use Apple system services under Apple's privacy terms. QRowl does not store a location history or send your current position to us. Only a circle you deliberately save becomes part of the code. Whether a device participates is kept only on that device. You can switch reminders off in the app's configuration screen and remove system permission in Settings.
- No personal profile. We do not collect names, email addresses, contacts, calendars, or a history of where the person using QRowl goes. A saved circle is content you deliberately attach to a code, not a movement record.
4. Purchases
QRowl Pro is a one-time in-app purchase handled entirely by Apple's App Store. Apple processes the payment and tells the app whether the purchase is valid; we never see or receive your payment details, and no purchase data is sent anywhere by us. Restore Purchases and Family Sharing are Apple mechanisms and work the same way.
5. Data sharing
We do not sell, share, or transmit your data to third parties or ad networks. Your codes and optional saved locations sync only through Apple's CloudKit under your own Apple Account, governed by Apple's privacy terms. When you use the share action, the app hands the code's content to the destination you choose, at that moment, and nowhere else.
6. Data retention
Your codes and their optional saved locations stay until you delete them. Removing a location or deleting a code removes that data locally and, on the next sync, from your other devices. Deleting the app removes its local storage from that device; data in your private iCloud storage is managed in Settings → [your name] → iCloud. If you sign in with a different Apple Account, the app resets its local synchronized data before downloading that account's library.
7. Children's privacy
QRowl does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children.
8. Your choices
Because no account or personal profile is created, there is no account-deletion flow to document. You can remove a saved location from a code, switch location reminders off for a device, delete individual codes, delete the app, or sign out of iCloud to stop syncing. None of these requires contacting us.
9. Changes to this policy
This policy may be updated as the app evolves — for example if new import sources or new sharing features are ever introduced. Material changes will be reflected here with an updated effective date.
10. Contact
Questions about this policy: Oliver Michalak (werk01) — [email protected]