Privacy Policy

dots for iPhone and iPad · Effective November 11, 2026

dots is built to keep your notes yours. There is no account to create, and the developer of dots does not collect, see or sell your notes, photos or canvases. dots has no analytics of its own.

One feature works with an outside service: GIFs, clips, stickers and memes come from KLIPY, and KLIPY may show ads next to them. What that involves is explained below. If you never open GIFs and Stickers, dots does not contact KLIPY.

Your notes and canvases

Everything you put on a canvas (notes, photos, stickers and text) is stored on your device. If you are signed in to iCloud, dots also keeps a copy in your private iCloud database so your canvases stay in sync across your devices. That data is stored by Apple under your Apple Account and is covered by Apple's Privacy Policy. The developer of dots cannot see or access it.

You can turn off iCloud sync for dots at any time in the Settings app under your name › iCloud. Deleting a canvas in the app removes it from your devices and from iCloud. Deleting the app removes the data stored on that device.

Shared canvases

You can invite people to a canvas through iCloud. Sharing is handled by Apple: the people you invite can see and change the canvas, and everyone on it can see who else is on it, using the name of their Apple Account. To show who added what, dots marks each thing on a shared canvas with an anonymous iCloud user ID of the person who added it. Shared canvases are stored in iCloud and are covered by Apple's Privacy Policy. The developer of dots cannot see them.

You can stop sharing, remove people or leave a shared canvas at any time.

Photos

When you add photos to a canvas, you pick them in the system photo picker. dots only receives the photos you pick, and never reads the rest of your library. Picked photos are resized, location and camera details are removed, and they are stored with your canvas as described above.

If you save a canvas to Photos, dots asks for permission to add images to your photo library, and only adds the picture you chose to save.

GIFs, clips, stickers and memes (KLIPY)

This content is provided by KLIPY (Kikliko, Inc.). When you open GIFs and Stickers, dots connects directly from your device to KLIPY. The developer of dots does not receive any of this data. KLIPY receives:

• what you search for, and which items you view and add;
• a random ID that dots creates on your device, so KLIPY can show your recently used items. It is not linked to your name, Apple Account or contacts;
• your language and region, and basic device details: device type and model, iOS version, screen size, and connection type (Wi-Fi or cellular);
• your IP address, as with any internet connection.

Items you add to a canvas are not copied: the canvas only stores a link, and the item is loaded from KLIPY each time it is shown. KLIPY items are left out of widgets and canvas pictures.

KLIPY's use of this data is covered by the KLIPY Privacy Policy.

Ads

KLIPY may show ads among GIF and sticker results. The first time you open GIFs and Stickers, iOS asks whether dots may track you. If you allow it, your device's advertising identifier is sent to KLIPY with each request so ads can be more relevant to you. If you don't allow it, the advertising identifier is not sent, and the ads you see are not personalized with it.

You can change your choice at any time in the Settings app under Privacy & Security › Tracking.

Home Screen widget

The dots widget shows a picture of one of your canvases. To do this, the app saves a small preview in storage shared only between the app and its widget on your device. It never leaves your device.

Sharing outside dots

When you send a canvas to another app from the share sheet, what happens next is up to that app and its own privacy policy.

Feedback

If you send feedback by email, we receive your email address and whatever you choose to write. We use it only to read and reply to your message, and we delete it on request.

Children

dots is not directed at children under 13, and the developer of dots does not knowingly collect information from anyone, including children.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Write to info@thinkindots.app.