URMIA WORKS · FERNFOLIO

Privacy policy

Updated 11 November 2026 for Fernfolio's optional voice notes.

Your plants stay on your device

Plant identification runs on your phone using bundled models. Fernfolio stores your saved plant photos, names, journal entries, care checks and manually entered locations locally. We do not upload this collection or use it to train a remote model. The app does not request GPS access or require a Fernfolio account.

The camera or photo picker supplies a photo you choose. Calendar export opens your calendar app with the reminder details for you to review; that app's storage and syncing policies apply. Opening a reference or support link uses your browser or email app.

Optional voice notes

Dictation starts only when you choose it and grant microphone permission. Fernfolio first attempts Android's on-device speech recognizer when available. If that route is unavailable, the app asks before using your installed speech provider, which may send microphone audio to its servers under its own privacy policy. There is no automatic network fallback. Language availability and transcription quality depend on that provider and installed language packs. Fernfolio does not save audio recordings. You review and can edit the transcript before adding it to a note; notes you save are kept locally with your plant or journal. You can type instead, cancel dictation, or revoke microphone permission in Android settings.

Advertising

The free release uses Google AdMob banners and interstitial ads. Google's SDK processes IP addresses (which can indicate approximate location), device/account identifiers, ad and app interactions, and diagnostic information for advertising, measurement and fraud prevention. Consent choices and regional requirements affect advertising behavior. Use Settings → Advertising privacy choices to revisit available choices. Android settings also provide advertising-ID controls.

Advertising requests do not include your plant photos or journal. An active verified ad-free subscription suppresses ads. See Google's privacy policy and its advertising SDK disclosure.

Subscriptions

Google Play processes purchases. Fernfolio sends the purchase token to our verification service hosted on Cloudflare, which checks subscription status with Google Play. This determines whether ads should be removed. The service also receives your connection IP address; hashed IP/token values are used for short-term rate limiting. It does not receive payment-card details or plant content.

Our verification code does not keep a customer database or persist raw purchase tokens, and application request logging is disabled. Google and Cloudflare may process service and security data under their own policies. See Cloudflare's privacy policy. Service requests use HTTPS. Purchases and entitlement restoration require a connection.

Retention and deletion

Your collection remains on your device until you remove records, clear the app's storage or uninstall it. Fernfolio disables Android automatic app-data backup. Deleting local data does not cancel a Google Play subscription; manage subscriptions separately in Google Play. We cannot recover a collection that was only stored on your phone.

Contact and choices

Fernfolio is provided by Urmia Works. Contact [email protected] about privacy or data rights. Information you choose to email is handled to respond to your request; do not send sensitive information unnecessarily. Requests concerning Google's purchase records or advertising data may also need to be directed to Google. This policy will be updated if the app's data practices change.

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