Privacy

Version of November 10, 2026

This page explains, in full, what leaves your device when you use Phyla, and why. None of it reaches us.

What stays on your device

• your library: series, comics, covers, corrections;
• your reading progress;
• the links you pasted to add comics;
• your settings.

What goes through your iCloud account

So that a NAS folder added on your iPhone also shows up on your iPad, Phyla uses your iCloud account, run by Apple:

• the list of your NAS folders (name, address, share, path, user name) is saved in the app's iCloud storage, without any password;
• the NAS password is saved in iCloud Keychain, encrypted by Apple.

This data stays in your Apple account. We have no access to it.

What Phyla sends to other services

Links you paste

When you paste a link to a file, Phyla connects directly to the site hosting it to download it. That site sees your IP address, as with any download.

Your NAS

Phyla connects to your NAS on your local network, with the user name and password you entered, to read your comics. Depending on your settings, it also writes:

• a hidden .phylactere folder at the root of your comics folder, holding an index and cover thumbnails that speed up your other devices;
• the comics you download, filed in their series folder.

Phyla never renames or deletes your files. Both kinds of writing can be turned off in the Library settings.

The catalogue of the Bibliothèque nationale de France

To tell whether a series is complete, Phyla queries the public catalogue of the French national library (catalogue.bnf.fr) with the series title, and nothing else. Each series is checked at most once every 30 days. Like any website, the BnF sees your IP address. You can turn this check off with the “Compare with the BnF” setting.

Notifications

The “Ready to read” notification is created by the app itself, on your device. No push notification server is used.

If you write to us

If you write to support@phyla.be, we use your address and message only to answer you, and we share them with no one.

Children

Phyla collects no data, including from children.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be published on this page, with its date.

Controller

Activate Sàrl, rue de la Pélisserie 18, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland
support@phyla.be