PocketPDF is an offline document scanner and PDF creation app provided by Demin.yin (“we,” “us,” or “our”). This policy explains how the app handles your information and what happens if you contact us for support.
Basic scanning and document processing stay on your device without sign-in. Basic PDFs can be exported offline for free without watermarks or a usage limit. An optional Pro subscription uses Google sign-in and Google Play payments for batch processing, advanced export, high quality and ad removal. Document contents are not uploaded.
1. Information processed on your device
PocketPDF accesses and stores the information needed to provide the features you use:
- Document images: photos you take in the app and images you select for import, including any information contained in those files.
- Draft information: document names, page order, creation and modification dates, file references, and saved editing information.
- Recognized text: Text you choose to recognize, the recognition language and time are saved locally with the draft for viewing, copying and search. Android uses bundled recognition models and iOS uses system Vision. Recognition images and results are not uploaded to us. Temporary recognition images are cleaned up after processing.
- Generated files: PDFs and temporary files created when preparing, saving, opening, or sharing a document. After saving, the app retains a PDF copy in its private document folder so you can reopen or share it later.
- Preferences: your language, appearance, export-quality settings, and whether you have completed the introduction.
This information is used locally to display and organize your documents, restore drafts, remember settings, and generate PDFs. Original imported files may contain embedded metadata; importing a file is not an anonymization service.
2. Permissions and device access
- Camera: requested when you choose to scan a document. It is used to capture document photos. Audio recording is disabled.
- Photos: images are imported through the system picker when you select them. The app does not scan your entire photo library or request broad media-library access on Android.
- Saving files: the system file picker lets you choose a destination for an exported PDF. The Android app does not request broad storage permissions.
PocketPDF does not request microphone, contacts, or device-location permissions. You can deny or revoke camera access in your device settings; camera scanning will then be unavailable, while photo import remains available.
3. Collection, advertising, and analytics
The free plan displays AdMob banners. An active Pro subscription stops ad display and requests. Advertising services may process IP addresses, device or advertising identifiers, ad interactions and diagnostics, depending on your privacy choices and SDK settings. Ad privacy settings appear in the ad area when applicable. See the Google Privacy Policy.
If you choose to sign in and subscribe, Firebase Authentication processes your Google account identifier, email and display name. Cloud Functions verifies purchases with Google Play; Cloud Firestore stores account-linked subscription status, expiry and verification times, and private purchase records used to prevent duplicate ownership. Firebase App Check may process device integrity attestations to protect these services. These services support accounts, subscriptions and service security. Document images, OCR content and PDFs are not sent to our cloud services. Google Play handles payment details; we do not receive card details.
We do not sell or rent your personal information. Your operating system and app store may process information independently under their own privacy policies and your device settings.
5. Storage, retention, and deletion
Drafts, imported image copies, and preferences remain in the app’s private storage until you remove them or the app’s data is removed. There is no automatic expiry period for drafts.
- Deleting an app document removes its draft information, recognized text, retained in-app PDF copies and associated original and processed images from the app’s private document folder. It does not delete the source image in your photo library.
- Temporary exported PDFs are stored separately and may remain even after a draft is deleted. On Android, clearing the app’s storage removes these files along with other app data.
- Uninstalling or deleting the app normally removes its private local data. On iOS, offloading the app can retain its data; deleting it is different from offloading it.
- Externally saved or shared copies remain in their destination until you delete them there. Deleting a draft or uninstalling PocketPDF does not remove those copies.
The Android app is configured to disable automatic app-data backup and exclude its data from Android’s standard cloud-backup and device-transfer mechanisms. On iOS, system backups may include app data depending on your device settings. PocketPDF does not provide its own cloud backup or synchronization service.
Account and purchase metadata are retained until you delete your account in Settings → Pro subscription or request deletion by email. This deletes the Firebase account and our purchase associations, while keeping local documents. Account deletion does not cancel Google Play auto-renewal; cancel it separately in Google Play subscription management. You can later sign in with the same Google account and restore an eligible active purchase. If account cleanup is still in progress, retry after it finishes. Google may retain transaction records under its policies and legal obligations.
Delete your account: See the PocketPDF account and data deletion page for the in-app path, email request method, data deleted, and data retained.
Save important PDFs before clearing app data or uninstalling. We cannot restore deleted local documents. Basic watermark-free exports remain free; there is no export allowance to store or restore.
6. Security
PocketPDF stores working documents in app-private storage and relies on the operating system’s app isolation and device security protections. It does not provide a separate encrypted vault or password protection for exported PDFs.
Protect your device with a screen lock and keep its software updated. Files you export are subject to the security of the destination you choose. No device or storage method can be guaranteed completely secure.
7. Information you send to support
If you email us, we receive your email address, message, and any attachments you voluntarily include. We use that information to respond to your request and resolve the issue. It may be processed by the email providers involved in delivering and storing the message.
Please avoid sending sensitive document contents unless needed for your request. Support correspondence is retained only as long as needed to handle the request and meet applicable legal obligations. You may ask us to delete your support correspondence using the contact below, subject to any retention required by law. We cannot access or delete documents stored only on your device.
8. Children’s privacy
PocketPDF does not ask users to provide an age or date of birth, and its local-processing approach applies to all users. If you believe a child has sent us personal information through support, contact us so we can review the request and delete that information where appropriate.
9. This policy page
This page includes no analytics scripts, tracking pixels, cookies, or externally hosted fonts. When accessed online, the hosting provider may process basic request information, such as an IP address and browser details, to deliver and secure the page under its own privacy policy. Visiting this page does not give us access to documents in the app.
10. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as the app or its data practices change. We will publish the revised policy and update the date above. If a change requires additional notice or consent, we will provide it as required before applying that change.
11. Contact
For privacy questions or requests about information you have sent us, contact: