File Sorter has no accounts and no analytics. Your files, photos, and music are read on your iPhone and never leave it. The only third party involved is Google AdMob, which serves ads on the free tier — and you control whether those ads can be personalized. Purchases go through Apple. We never sell data, because we never collect it in the first place. Questions? Email mattycaroro@icloud.com.
1. Who we are
File Sorter: Swipe to Delete (“File Sorter”, “the app”, “we”) is an independently developed iPhone app for cleaning up files, photos, and music. This policy explains what the app can access, what it stores, and the one place a third party is involved. If anything here is unclear, email mattycaroro@icloud.com and you’ll get an answer from the person who built the app.
2. No accounts, no sign-in
File Sorter has no user accounts. You never create a login, and we never ask for your name, email address, phone number, or any other identity information. There is no server-side profile of you because there is no server.
3. Your data stays on your device
Everything File Sorter knows lives locally on your iPhone:
- Folder bookmarks — references to the folders you’ve granted access to, stored as iOS security-scoped bookmarks.
- Review history — which files you’ve kept (so they can “rest” for six months) and which you’ve deleted.
- Recently Deleted — files you swipe away are moved to an app-managed holding area on your device for up to 30 days before being purged.
- Stats — your lifetime counts of files deleted and storage freed.
None of this is uploaded, synced to our servers, or shared with anyone. Files that live in your iCloud Drive are accessed through your own iCloud account under Apple’s terms; we never receive copies of them. Deleting the app deletes everything File Sorter stored.
4. Permissions the app asks for, and why
Folder access (Files)
When you pick a folder through the iOS document picker, the system grants File Sorter access to that folder only — this is how iOS security-scoped bookmarks work. The app can read and delete files inside folders you chose, and nothing else on your device. You can revoke access at any time by removing the folder inside the app.
Photo library (Plus)
Photo mode asks for photo library access so it can build swipe decks from your photos and, when you confirm at the end of a session, delete the ones you swiped away. Deletion always goes through a single iOS system confirmation, and deleted photos remain in the system Recently Deleted album for 30 days. Your photos are analyzed on-device and never uploaded.
Music library (Plus)
Music mode asks for media library access so it can read your library and play counts and create the “FileSort Cleanup” playlist. iOS does not allow apps to delete songs, so the app never modifies your library beyond that playlist.
Notifications (optional)
If you start a free trial of Plus, the app offers to send you one local reminder before the trial converts to a paid subscription. This is a local notification scheduled on your device — no push servers involved. You can decline, and the app works exactly the same.
5. Advertising on the free tier (Google AdMob)
The free tier of File Sorter shows an interstitial ad after every 50 swipes. These ads are served by Google AdMob, a third-party advertising network. To serve and measure ads, Google may collect information from your device such as device identifiers (for example, the advertising identifier), IP address, and coarse ad-interaction data. This is the only data that leaves your device in connection with File Sorter, and it goes to Google, not to us.
- App Tracking Transparency: before any cross-app tracking could occur, iOS shows you Apple’s standard permission prompt. If you choose “Ask App Not to Track”, File Sorter respects that: Google is not given permission to track you, and you will see non-personalized ads instead.
- Consent: in regions where the law requires it (such as the EEA and UK), you’ll see a consent form before ads are shown, and you can choose non-personalized ads.
- Google’s handling of this data is described in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services and the Google Privacy Policy.
- Removing ads entirely: upgrading to Plus removes all advertising, and with it the AdMob SDK’s data collection.
6. Purchases
Plus subscriptions and the lifetime unlock are processed entirely by Apple through StoreKit and your Apple ID. We never see your payment details — no card numbers, no billing address. Purchase receipts are validated on your device so the app knows whether Plus is unlocked. Apple’s handling of your purchase data is governed by Apple’s Privacy Policy.
7. No analytics, no tracking by us
File Sorter contains no analytics SDKs, no crash-reporting services, and no tracking pixels. We don’t know how many sessions you run, what you delete, or how you use the app — and we like it that way.
8. What we never do
- We never sell your data, to anyone, for any reason.
- We never upload your files, photos, or music.
- We never share data with data brokers or advertising networks beyond the AdMob ad-serving described above.
- We never build a profile of you.
9. Data retention and deletion
Because all data is on your device, you are in complete control of it. Files in the app’s Recently Deleted area are automatically purged after 30 days (or sooner, if you purge them yourself). Uninstalling File Sorter permanently removes every piece of data the app ever stored. There is nothing to request deletion of on our side, because we hold nothing.
10. Children
File Sorter is a general-audience utility and is not directed at children under 13. The app collects no personal information from anyone, children included.
11. Changes to this policy
If this policy changes — for example, if the ad provider changes — the updated version will be posted on this page with a new effective date. Material changes will also be noted in the App Store release notes for the update that introduces them.
12. Contact
For any privacy question or concern, email mattycaroro@icloud.com.