Float Notes Pro for Mac, iPhone and Windows · Last updated: October 12, 2026 · Version 1.3
Float Notes Pro for Mac and iPhone (hereinafter, "the App") is developed and operated by Ingeniería.dev, led by Chris Flores (hereinafter, "we", "the Developer"). The Mac and iPhone versions are a single product on the App Store; the Windows version is distributed as a direct download from floatnotes.ingenieria.dev. This Privacy Policy covers all three, and the product website.
None. Float Notes Pro was built with privacy by default. On the Mac, the iPhone, and Windows, the App:
The App's App Store privacy label is "Data Not Collected".
The App stores the following data locally, all of it confined to each app's private sandbox (the macOS App Sandbox on the Mac, the iOS app sandbox on the iPhone) or to your Windows user folder, plus your own private iCloud while sync is on:
| Data | Purpose | Location |
|---|---|---|
| On your Mac | ||
| Your notes | Remember what you wrote: title, text, color, pinned state, and creation/last-edit dates | Mac (SwiftData store inside the app sandbox: ~/Library/Containers/dev.ingenieria.floatnotespro/Data/Library/Application Support/FloatNotesPro/) |
| Daily backups | Protect your notes from accidental loss. At most one snapshot per day, only when you have notes; the 10 most recent are kept and older ones are removed automatically | Mac (…/FloatNotesPro/Backups/ inside the same sandbox container) |
| App preferences | Chosen pet, its size and on-screen position, animation and nap settings, panel size, close behavior, open-on-hover, keyboard shortcut on/off, font size, appearance, language, onboarding completion | macOS UserDefaults (sandboxed) |
| On your iPhone | ||
| Your notes | Remember what you wrote: title, text (including checklist items), color, pinned state, and creation/last-edit dates | iPhone (SwiftData store inside the App's private sandbox) |
| App preferences | iCloud sync on/off, appearance (System, Light, Dark), chosen pet, language, onboarding completion | iOS UserDefaults (inside the App's sandbox) |
| On your Windows PC | ||
| Your notes | Remember what you wrote: title, text (including checklist items), color, pinned state, and creation/last-edit dates | Windows (local SQLite database: %APPDATA%\Float Notes Pro\floatnotespro.db) |
| Daily backups | Protect your notes from accidental loss. At most one snapshot per day, only when you have notes; the 10 most recent are kept | Windows (%APPDATA%\Float Notes Pro\Backups\) |
| App preferences | Chosen pet, its size and on-screen position, panel size and behavior, shortcut on/off, font size, appearance, language, start with Windows, onboarding completion | Windows (the same local database) |
| Diagnostics log | Technical events and errors to help you troubleshoot (never the content of your notes). It stays on your PC and is never sent anywhere | Windows (%APPDATA%\Float Notes Pro\logs\diagnostics.jsonl) |
| Start-with-Windows entry | Open the App when you sign in (on by default; turn it off in Settings › General) | Windows registry, current user only (HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run) |
| In your iCloud (only while iCloud sync is on) | ||
| Your notes in iCloud (off by default on the Mac, on by default on the iPhone) | Keep your notes in step across your Mac and iPhone signed in to the same Apple Account | Your private CloudKit database in your iCloud account (iCloud.dev.ingenieria.floatnotespro, the same container on Mac and iPhone). Only your Apple Account can read it; the Developer has no access |
| Shared settings in iCloud | Keep your chosen pet, appearance, and language the same on your Mac and your iPhone. Device-only settings, such as the Mac panel behavior and the iCloud switch itself, are never synced | iCloud key-value storage in your Apple Account, shared by the Mac and iPhone versions. Only your Apple Account can read it; the Developer has no access |
This data is never sent to the Developer or to anyone else.
On the Mac: if you delete the App, macOS removes its sandbox container, including your notes, backups, and preferences. Export any note you want to keep before uninstalling (see section 6).
On the iPhone: the App keeps no backups of its own; your notes are covered by your regular iCloud or computer backup of your iPhone. If you delete the App, iOS removes its sandbox, including the notes and preferences stored on your iPhone. Share any note you want to keep elsewhere before deleting the App (see section 6).
On Windows: the Windows version has no iCloud sync; your notes stay only on your PC. Uninstalling the App (Settings › Apps) removes the program and its start-with-Windows entry but keeps your notes and backups in %APPDATA%\Float Notes Pro\, so a reinstall finds them again; delete that folder to remove them for good.
In iCloud: notes already synced to iCloud stay in your iCloud account until you delete them there — from another synced device, in System Settings → Apple Account → iCloud on the Mac, or in Settings → [your name] → iCloud on the iPhone.
With iCloud sync off, Float Notes Pro makes no network requests. Sync is off by default on the Mac and on by default on the iPhone. With it on, the only connection is the operating system's own iCloud service syncing your notes and the shared settings listed in section 3 with your private iCloud, encrypted in transit and at rest by Apple. On the iPhone, Apple may also deliver silent background notifications that simply tell the App a note changed on another device; they carry no note content, show nothing on screen, and need no permission. The App calls no other APIs, uses no analytics providers, joins no ad networks, has no crash reporter, and has no update service of its own. All app updates are distributed through the App Store. The only time a web page opens is when you tap a link in the App (such as this Privacy Policy, Support, or the App Store review page), and it opens in your own browser.
The $9.99 USD one-time purchase is processed exclusively by Apple through your Apple ID on the App Store. A single purchase covers both the Mac and the iPhone versions of the App (Universal Purchase). The App contains no in-app purchases. Apple acts as the payment processor; we never have access to your payment card, billing address, or any payment data. See Apple's Privacy Policy.
The product website, floatnotes.ingenieria.dev, measures visits only with your consent, using AIAnalytics, our own first-party analytics (no cookies; a random identifier in your browser's local storage). We use our own first-party analytics to understand how the Float Notes Pro website is used: screens visited, interactions, performance and technical errors, plus technical device data, language and approximate city-level location (we do not store your IP address). We do not sell or share this data with third parties or use it for advertising. Data is kept for up to 13 months. You can request deletion by writing to [email protected]. You can change your choice at any time with "Privacy preferences" at the bottom of the website. This applies to the website only: the App itself still collects no data.
Float Notes Pro requests no privacy permissions on macOS or iOS. On the Mac, it does not ask for Accessibility, Screen Recording, Input Monitoring, Automation, Full Disk Access, or any other protected resource. On the iPhone, it does not ask for notifications, contacts, photos, camera, microphone, location, tracking (App Tracking Transparency), or any other protected resource.
| Capability | How it works | Data transmitted? |
|---|---|---|
| On your Mac | ||
| Global keyboard shortcut (⌃⌥N) |
Registered with the standard macOS hot-key API, which works inside the App Sandbox without Accessibility permission. The App is notified only when that exact combination is pressed — it never sees any other keystroke. You can turn it off in Settings. | Never. |
| Click outside to close | When the "click outside" close behavior is selected, the App listens for mouse clicks only while the notes panel is open, solely to know that a click happened outside the panel so it can collapse back into your pet. It does not record where or what you click, and it never observes keyboard input. | Never. |
| Export as text | When you export a note, macOS shows a standard Save dialog. The App writes a .txt file only to the location you choose, and has no access to any other file or folder. |
Never. |
| On your iPhone | ||
| iCloud sync | Uses your Apple Account's iCloud through Apple's CloudKit framework. On by default; turn it off in the onboarding or in Settings → iCloud inside the App. Turning it off keeps your notes on this iPhone. | Only to your private iCloud database, never to the Developer. |
| Background sync signals | Silent CloudKit notifications wake the App briefly so a note changed on your Mac appears on your iPhone. They never show alerts or sounds, so no notification permission is requested. | No note content — only a "something changed" signal from Apple. |
| Share a note | When you tap Share, iOS shows its standard share sheet with the note's text. You choose where it goes (Messages, Mail, Files, and so on); the App does not see or track your choice. | Only where you decide to send it. |
On the Mac, you can export any note as a plain-text .txt file at any time. The file is saved only where you choose in the macOS Save dialog. On the iPhone, you can share any note as plain text at any time using the iOS share sheet — for example, to save it in Files, send it by Mail or Messages, or copy it. Once exported or shared, that copy is governed by wherever you store it or the app or service you chose; the App does not track it.
The App displays no ads. We do not collect data for remarketing, profiling, or any promotional purpose. We do not participate in ad networks, and we do not sell or share information with third parties.
Float Notes Pro is a paid app on the App Store: a one-time purchase of $9.99 USD. That single purchase includes both the Mac and the iPhone versions through Universal Purchase — buy it once, on either device, and download it on your Mac and your iPhone with the same Apple ID at no extra cost. There are no subscriptions, no in-app purchases, and no premium tiers. Payment processing is described in section 4.2 above.
The App is suitable for all ages. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone, including minors. Because the App requires no registration and collects no data, it complies with COPPA (US), LGPD (Brazil), and GDPR (EU) requirements regarding children by design.
Even though we collect no data, the following rights are guaranteed by design:
For any questions about your rights, please email [email protected].
On the Mac, the App runs inside the macOS App Sandbox with the Hardened Runtime, which restricts its access to only its own container and the files you explicitly choose when exporting; local data is additionally protected by macOS disk encryption (FileVault, when enabled by you). On the iPhone, the App runs inside the iOS app sandbox, which restricts its access to its own container, and local data is protected by iOS Data Protection, which encrypts it with your device passcode. With iCloud sync off, nothing is transmitted. With it on, Apple encrypts your notes in transit and at rest in iCloud; with Advanced Data Protection enabled on your Apple Account, iCloud data is end-to-end encrypted.
We do not perform international transfers of personal data because we do not collect, receive, or store personal data on any server. While iCloud sync is on, your notes are stored by Apple under your iCloud agreement and Apple's Privacy Policy.
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to the App or to applicable law. The current version will always be published at this URL, along with the date of the last update. Material changes will also be announced in the App Store release notes.
This Policy is governed by the laws of the United Mexican States, in particular the Federal Law on Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties (LFPDPPP). Any dispute will be submitted to the competent courts of Mexico City.
Privacy Officer: Chris Flores
Email: [email protected]
Postal address: Av. Javier Barros Sierra 495, Santa Fe Lomas de Santa Fe Zedec Santa Fé, Álvaro Obregón 01219, Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico