Privacy Policy

Effective October 12, 2026

Who we are

Files Across is an app for iPhone and iPad made by Stefan Dasic, an independent developer ("we", "us"). It lets a web browser on a computer on the same local network send files to your device and download files from it. It has no account system and no servers that receive your files. This policy explains what the app keeps on your device and when it uses the network. It applies to the Files Across app and to this website.

What Files Across stores on your device

Everything Files Across keeps stays on your iPhone or iPad:

• Files you receive from your computer, saved in the shared folder: by default the Files Across folder you can see in the Files app (On My iPhone › Files Across), or another folder you choose.
• The list of files you added from the Files app or Photos. Files Across stores a reference to each item (a file bookmark, or the Photos identifier), not a copy. Without access to Photos, a copy of the picked photo is saved in the shared folder instead.
• Photo library export progress: which months were already sent, recorded as a count and a fingerprint of each month's items and edit dates, so your computer can be offered "Download remaining". It contains no photos.
• Preferences: sort order, notices you've seen, whether you've used the free Pro try, and when to next ask for feedback.
• Purchase status: whether Pro is unlocked, based on Apple's signed transaction information.
• Temporary files while a transfer or conversion is in progress, deleted when sharing starts or stops and when the app opens.

None of this is sent to us. Files Across does not require an account and has nothing to sign up for.

What we don't do

• No analytics, crash-reporting or tracking SDKs, from us or from third parties.
• No advertising and no advertising identifiers.
• No selling, sharing or renting of data: we don't hold any.
• No servers of our own. Files Across never uploads your files, photos or settings to us.

When Files Across uses the network

Files Across uses the network only for things you start yourself:

• Sharing with a computer. When you tap Connect Computer, the app runs a temporary web server on your local network until you stop sharing, leave the app, lock the device or change networks. The browser you pair with the one-time code can see the names, sizes, dates and small previews of the files in the shared folder and the files you added, along with your device type (iPhone or iPad). It can download those files, send files to the shared folder, and exchange text with the app. Text you send is kept in memory and forgotten when sharing stops. The pairing code and the browser's session are kept in memory only and never logged. Files travel directly between the computer and your device. The connection is not encrypted, so use a trusted network.
• Local network permission. iOS asks for permission to use the local network the first time you connect a computer. To learn your answer, Files Across briefly advertises and looks for a service named "FilesAcross" followed by a random number on your local network. It uses that permission for nothing else.
• iCloud and other storage providers. If a file or photo you share is stored only in iCloud or another provider, iOS downloads it from that provider before it is sent. That download is handled by Apple or the provider under their terms.
• Purchases. StoreKit contacts Apple to load the price, complete a purchase and restore it.
• Links. Opening a link from within the app (for example to this website or to Apple's terms) hands it to your browser.

Photos

Read access to Photos is requested only when you add photos by reference or tap Share Photo Library, so the app can send the photos you chose to your computer. With limited access, only the photos you allowed are available. Photos are read on your device and sent only to the browser you paired. Saving a received photo or video to your library uses add-only access. Files Across never deletes or changes photos in your library.

Purchases

Files Across Pro is sold and processed entirely by Apple through your Apple Account. We never see or store your payment details. The app reads Apple's signed transaction information only to decide whether Pro is unlocked. The free Pro try is recorded in the app's preferences on your device, not on any server. Apple's handling of purchase data is described in Apple's Privacy Policy.

Device backups

Because Files Across stores its data on your device, the Files Across folder and the app's settings may be included in the iCloud or computer backups you set up in iOS. Those backups are controlled by you and by Apple, not by us.

Diagnostics

Files Across contains no diagnostics or analytics of its own. If you have chosen to share analytics with app developers in iOS Settings, Apple may provide us with aggregated crash and usage information under its own terms; it does not identify you.

If you email us

If you write to support@filesacrossapp.com, including through Send Feedback in the app (which opens your own mail app), we receive your email address and whatever you include. We use it only to reply to you and to fix the problem you report, and we don't add it to any list or share it. Please don't send files you don't want us to see, passwords or payment details.

Deleting your data

You can delete files in the app or in the Files app, remove files you added from the list (the originals stay where they are), and reset photo export progress with Settings › Photo Library › Forget Sent Months. Deleting Files Across from your device removes everything it stored, including the Files Across folder and the files in it; files in a different folder you chose stay where they are. Because we hold no copy, there is nothing further to ask us to delete.

Children

Files Across is a general-audience app and collects no personal information from anyone, including children.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete or export personal data an organization holds about you. Files Across holds none, so those rights are already satisfied. If you have questions or believe something here is wrong, email us and we will respond.

This website

filesacrossapp.com is a static site with no cookies, sign-ins, analytics or third-party scripts. Its images and stylesheet are served from filesacrossapp.com itself. The hosting provider may keep standard server logs, such as the requesting IP address and the pages requested, for security and operation.

Changes to this policy

If a future version of Files Across changes any of this, the change will be explained here with a new effective date and in the app, and any new data flow will be opt-in.

Contact

Questions about privacy: Stefan Dasic · support@filesacrossapp.com