Stitchhold

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 9 October 2026

The developer receives nothing you create in Stitchhold. If you turn on syncing, a copy of your projects is stored by Apple in your own iCloud, not by us.

What the app stores

Everything you create in Stitchhold (projects, counters, rows, repeats, notes, bookmarks, chart markup and the text of any pattern you paste in) is stored in a single database file on your device (iPhone or iPad), inside the app's own container. Stitchhold keeps recent backup copies of that file in the same container to help recover your count if the file is damaged.

Stitchhold has no server of its own, no account and no login. Nothing from that file is sent to the developer. If you turn on syncing (see "iPhone and iPad" below), a copy goes to your own iCloud, not to us.

The pattern you paste is read on the device by a handful of ordinary text rules, looking for shapes like "rows 1–8" or "six times" so it can suggest numbers to you. There is no machine learning service involved, and Stitchhold does not send the text anywhere except to your own iCloud, if you turn on syncing. Numbers are only suggested; nothing is applied until you tap to confirm it.

Photographs of a pattern page

You can photograph a page of your pattern, or pick a photo you already have, instead of typing it out. The picture is read by the text recognition built into iOS, on this device, and then released: the photograph itself is not stored by Stitchhold, and Stitchhold does not send it anywhere. What is kept is the text you end up with, and only after you tap Save: the recognised lines open in the same editor first, so you can correct them.

Chart pictures

You can attach a picture of a knitting chart (a photo, a scan, a PDF page, an image from the clipboard or a camera shot) so a band can follow your row on it. Unlike a pattern page, the chart picture itself is kept: Stitchhold stores it, and your marks on it, inside the app's own container on this device, because the band is drawn on that picture every time you knit. Stitchhold does not send it anywhere except to your own iCloud, if you turn on syncing. Removing a chart from a project does not immediately erase its picture: the file may stay in the app's container so that a backup of your projects can still be restored with its charts. Deleting the app removes all of these files from the device.

Stitchhold asks for the camera only at the moment you choose to photograph a page or a chart. If you refuse, everything else keeps working; you type the lines or pick an existing picture instead.

iPhone and iPad

Syncing is off until you turn it on. It is part of Stitchhold Pro and is called "Continue on iPhone and iPad".

When it is on, Stitchhold keeps a copy of your projects in the private iCloud database of your own Apple Account, so another iPhone or iPad signed in to the same account can continue the same work. The copy includes what the project is made of: counters, rows and the history of your counts, repeats, notes, the pattern text, chart pictures and the marks on them, and the display settings of each project. Each saved version also carries a random identifier that Stitchhold creates for the device, whether it was an iPhone or an iPad, and when it was saved, so that the app can tell you which device a version came from.

This copy is stored by Apple in your iCloud, under Apple's terms and Apple's Privacy Policy. The developer has no access to your private iCloud database and receives nothing from it.

Turning syncing off stops new exchanges and deletes nothing on the device. A transfer that has already started may still finish.

Deleting a project while syncing is on deletes it on your other devices as well; the app says so before it does. If the same project was changed on two devices, or deleted on one and changed on another, the app shows both versions and asks you which one to keep. It can also keep them as separate projects. Nothing is merged or thrown away without your choice.

Earlier versions of a project and its chart pictures are kept in your iCloud, so that a version chosen on another device can still be opened. They stay there until you remove Stitchhold's data in your device's iCloud storage settings, which removes everything Stitchhold keeps in your iCloud.

If Stitchhold Pro is no longer active on a device, that device stops sending changes to iCloud. Nothing is deleted: your projects on the device and the copy in iCloud stay as they are, the device still receives changes from your other devices, and sending resumes when Pro is active again.

Restoring a purchase on a second device returns Pro there. Without syncing turned on, each device keeps its own projects, rows and charts.

What leaves your device

Stitchhold sends nothing to the developer and makes no network requests to any server of its own.

Analytics, tracking, advertising

There are none. Stitchhold contains no analytics SDK, no crash reporter, no advertising identifier and no third-party code that observes what you do. Nothing about your use of the app is measured, and there is nothing to opt out of.

Data you can remove

Deleting the app removes the database, its backups and your chart pictures from that device. If you used syncing, the copy in your iCloud stays until you remove it in your device's iCloud storage settings. We do not hold a copy on our servers, so there is nothing for us to delete on your behalf and no request you need to send us.

Children

Stitchhold is a row counter. It sends no data to the developer, from anyone, including children. If syncing is turned on, a copy of the projects is stored by Apple in the user's own iCloud, as described above.

Changes

If this policy ever changes, the new version will be published here with a new date. Since the developer receives no data, a change would mean the app itself had changed, and that would be described in the App Store release notes as well.

Contact

AlmazNurmukhametov. Questions about this policy or about the app: almazic91@gmail.com.