Privacy policy

Updated 7 November 2026. Publisher: EqualInformation, LLC.

Your work stays on your device

Skeinwell has no accounts and no server of ours. Your pieces, counters, chart images and PDFs, progress photos, notes and yarn stash are stored in the app's private storage on your iPhone or iPad, and are removed when you delete the app. If you tap Share backup file or Share card, the file goes only where you send it.

Microphone and speech recognition

Hands-free counting is optional. When you switch it on, iOS asks for microphone and speech recognition access. Skeinwell requires on-device recognition: audio is processed by your device, is not recorded by us, and is never sent to a server. If your language is not supported on device, the feature stays off.

Photos and files

Skeinwell reads only the images and PDFs you choose with the system pickers. Chart reading (finding row numbers) runs on your device using Apple's Vision framework.

Advertising

The free app shows ads from Google AdMob. At launch the app asks for App Tracking Transparency permission, then (where the law requires it, such as the EEA, the UK and some US states) shows Google's consent or opt-out form, and only then requests ads. If you allow tracking, Google and its advertising partners may use your advertising identifier, device and ad-interaction data, and coarse location to show and measure ads. If you decline, ads are not personalised. Change your choice in iOS Settings, or in Skeinwell Settings under Ad privacy choices where your region requires it. See how Google uses data from ads.

Ad-free options

An optional monthly subscription removes ads; it is handled entirely by your Apple Account. You can instead earn ad-free time by watching rewarded videos. We receive no payment details.

Children

Skeinwell is a general-audience craft app and is not directed to children under 13.

Contact

Questions or requests: support page.