The short version
- Your books stay on your phone. Papyro Reader has no accounts, no cloud storage and keeps no copy of your library anywhere else.
- We don't collect personal data, and the app has no ads, analytics or tracking.
- The app uses the internet for only two things: looking up a book by its ISBN when you ask it to, and fetching the latest version of this policy and the Terms when you open them.
Data stored on your device
All of the following is stored only inside the app's private storage on your phone:
- the PDF files you add (copies of them), and their cover images;
- your library: titles, authors, publishers, ISBNs, shelves and favourites;
- your reading progress and bookmarks;
- your reading settings (appearance, page colour and similar);
- saved page images that make books open faster. Android may clear these at any time.
Deleting your data
Uninstalling the app deletes all of it. Deleting a book from your library deletes its copy and saved pages. You can also clear saved pages in Settings → Library → Free up.
Internet use: ISBN lookup
When you tap "Look up by ISBN" on a book's details screen, the app sends that ISBN to Open Library (openlibrary.org, run by the Internet Archive) and, if that finds nothing, to Google Books (googleapis.com).
Only the ISBN is sent: no book contents, file names, reading history or personal information. These services receive your device's IP address, as any website does, under their own privacy policies.
Internet use: this policy and the Terms
When you open the Privacy Policy or the Terms & Conditions in the app, it downloads the latest version from papyroreader.com, so you always read the current text. Nothing about you, your books or your reading is sent; our server sees an ordinary web request, including your device's IP address.
If you're offline, the app shows the copy built into it instead.
Permissions
- Internet: used only for the ISBN lookup and the legal documents described above.
- Files: when you add PDFs, you choose them yourself in Android's file picker. The app can only see the files you pick.
Our website
papyroreader.com doesn't use cookies, analytics or trackers. Like any web server, it may keep short-lived technical logs (such as IP address and pages requested) to keep the site running and secure.
Children
Papyro Reader doesn't collect personal data from anyone, including children.
Changes
If this policy changes, we'll update the date above and publish the new version here and in the app.
Contact
Papyro Reader is published by VOXO Digital.
- Website: papyroreader.com
- Email: [email protected]