Filora Privacy Policy

Filora (绣刻) turns pictures into G-code and embroidery stitch files on your own device. This policy explains what the app does with your information. Last updated: 5 November 2026.

In short

• Your pictures, drawings and designs are processed on your device. Filora does not upload them to us or to anyone else.
• There are no accounts. We do not ask for your name, email address or phone number.
• The Android versions contain no advertising, no analytics and no tracking code of their own. The iPhone and iPad version is free with ads (Google AdMob) and has a one-time purchase to remove them; see “Ads in the iPhone and iPad app” below.
• On Android, the only time the app talks to a server is when you buy or restore Filora Pro, and that is done by the app store’s own purchase service. On iPhone and iPad the app also talks to Google’s ad servers (see below).

Who we are

Filora is published by PDFSwift (pdfswift.cc). In this policy, “we” and “us” mean PDFSwift. You can reach us at support@pdfswift.cc.

Your pictures and files

When you import a picture or a file (JPG, PNG, SVG or Illustrator), Filora reads it on your device, cleans it up, traces it, and produces toolpaths or stitches on your device. The result is created in the app and is only saved or shared when you choose to export it. We never receive a copy of your pictures, your settings or the files you create.

What the app stores on your device

So that you can reopen your work, Filora keeps the following in its private app storage, which other apps cannot read:

• Recent projects: a copy of the picture you imported and the settings you chose. Filora keeps the 30 most recent projects and removes older ones automatically. You can delete a project yourself from the home screen at any time.
• A purchase flag: whether Filora Pro is unlocked on this device (on iPhone and iPad: whether ads were removed, and when an ad-free hour ends).
• Temporary files: a photo taken with Camera import and files prepared for sharing are placed in the app’s cache, which Android and iOS may clear at any time.

Uninstalling Filora removes this data. If you have turned on Android’s device backup (for example, through your phone maker’s or Google’s cloud backup), the backup may include the app’s data, including your recent projects, under that service’s own terms. On iPhone and iPad, an iCloud or computer backup of your device may likewise include the app’s data.

Permissions

• Camera (Android): the app does not request the camera permission. Camera import opens your phone’s own camera app, which returns the photo to Filora.
• Camera (iPhone and iPad): iOS asks for permission the first time you choose Camera import, and the camera is used only then. Pictures you choose from your photo library go through the system photo picker, which gives the app only the pictures you select.
• Tracking (iPhone and iPad): before ads load, iOS may ask whether Filora may track you across other companies’ apps and websites. You can say no; ads are still shown, but they are not personalised with your advertising identifier.
• Photos and files: Filora uses the system pickers. You choose each file; the app does not browse your storage.
• Saving and sharing: exported files are written where you choose, through the system save dialog, or handed to the app you pick in the share sheet. Once you share a file, the receiving app’s policy applies to it.
• Network (Huawei AppGallery version only): the version distributed through Huawei AppGallery declares network access because Huawei’s purchase component needs it. Filora itself does not use the network for anything else.
• Filora does not request location, contacts, microphone, calendar or phone permissions.

Purchases

On Android, Filora is free to use, with an optional one-time purchase called Pro. Purchases are made and processed by the app store you installed Filora from. We do not receive your payment details. The Huawei AppGallery version uses Huawei’s In-App Purchases service. When you buy or restore Pro, that service communicates with Huawei, which may process information such as your HUAWEI ID, device information and purchase records under Huawei’s own privacy statement. We use only the result (whether Pro is owned) to unlock the features.

iPhone and iPad: “Remove Ads” is a one-time purchase made through the Apple App Store with your Apple ID. Apple processes the payment; we do not receive your payment details or your Apple ID. We use only the result (whether ads were removed). “Restore Purchases” asks the App Store to confirm your purchase again.

Ads in the iPhone and iPad app (Google AdMob)

The iPhone and iPad version is free and shows ads served by Google AdMob: a banner, an occasional card on the home screen, a full-screen ad after some exports, and an optional video you can watch to pause ads for an hour. You can remove all ads for good with the “Remove Ads” purchase.

To show and measure ads, Google AdMob and its partners may collect and use information from your device, such as your IP address (from which your approximate location may be derived), device and app identifiers including the advertising identifier (if you allow tracking), and how you interact with ads. This happens between your device and Google; we do not receive this data, and it does not include your pictures, designs or files. How Google uses it is described in Google’s advertising policies and Google’s privacy policy.

Your choices. Where the law requires it (for example in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom), the app shows Google’s consent form before any ad is requested, and no ads load if you refuse. You can reopen it from Settings, Privacy choices, in the app. iOS also asks whether Filora may track you; if you decline, ads still appear but are not personalised with your advertising identifier. You can change this at any time in iOS Settings under Privacy & Security, then Tracking. Buying “Remove Ads” stops ads from being requested at all.

The ads are not directed at children.

What we do not collect or do

• We do not collect personal information through the app, and there are no accounts.
• Android: we do not show ads, do not use advertising identifiers, and do not include analytics or crash-reporting services of our own.
• iPhone and iPad: apart from Google AdMob as described above, we do not include analytics or crash-reporting services of our own and do not track your use of the app.
• We do not sell personal information, because we do not hold any.

Children

Filora is a general-purpose tool and is not directed at children. Because the app collects no personal information, it does not knowingly collect information from anyone, including children. On iPhone and iPad, the ads are served by Google AdMob and are not directed at children.

Deleting your data

All data lives on your device. Delete individual projects from the home screen, clear the app’s storage in your phone’s settings, or uninstall the app. There is nothing for us to delete on a server, because we hold nothing about you. If you used cloud backup, remove the backup from that service. On iPhone and iPad you can also stop tracking at any time in iOS Settings under Privacy & Security, then Tracking.

Security

Because your pictures and designs stay on the device, their safety depends mainly on your device’s own protection (screen lock, encryption and updates). Filora stores its data in private app storage.

This website

This policy covers the Filora app. The pdfswift.cc website is covered by the PDFSwift Privacy Policy; the website may show advertisements. The Android versions of Filora do not, while the iPhone and iPad version does, as described above.

Changes to this policy

If the app’s behaviour changes in a way that affects your privacy, we will update this page and the date above before the change takes effect.

Contact

Questions about this policy or Filora: support@pdfswift.cc.