Privacy Policy
MonoKura is built to keep your information yours. There are no accounts and no servers of ours. Your catalog (items, locations, photos, notes, tags, and fields) stays on your device, and in your own private iCloud if you turn on sync. It is never sent to us.
No tracking in the app
The MonoKura app has no advertising, no tracking across apps or websites, and no profiles built about you. We do not sell or share any data.
Anonymous usage statistics
The app sends anonymous usage statistics toAptabase, a privacy-focused analytics service. They show which features get used, so we know what to improve.
The statistics include:
- Events such as "item created", "photos added", or "search used", with counts like the number of photos added
- App version, system version, device model, and language setting
- A random session number that is kept only in memory and changes after an hour of inactivity
They do not include:
- Your name, email, or any identifier for you or your device
- The contents of your catalog: item names, notes, photos, locations, tags, fields, or what you search for
- Your IP address (Aptabase does not store it)
Read more in Aptabase's privacy policy.
iCloud sync
iCloud Sync is off until you turn it on. When it is on, Apple syncs your catalog between your own devices through your private iCloud database. That data is covered byApple's privacy policy. We cannot read it.
Search happens on your device
MonoKura recognizes what is in your photos and reads text in them on your device, using Apple's Vision framework. On devices with Apple Intelligence, Apple's on-device language model also adds related search terms to each item. Nothing is uploaded for processing.
Camera and photos
- On iPhone and iPad, the app asks for camera access only when you choose to take a photo of an item.
- Choosing existing photos uses Apple's photo picker, which gives the app only the photos you pick, not your whole library.
Export
You can export your catalog to a file. Once you save or share that file, where it goes is up to you.
Website analytics
This website uses Plausible to measure pageviews and clicks on outbound links. Plausible does not use cookies or persistent identifiers. These website statistics are separate from the app and from your catalog. Read more in Plausible's data policy.
Children
MonoKura is rated 4+. Its usage statistics are anonymous and the same for everyone, including children.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, we will update this page and revise the date above.
Contact
Questions about privacy? Email hello@monokura.app and it reaches the developer directly.