Privacy Policy

Last updated: 17 May 2026

Paperix is a document-scanning app for iPhone and iPad. This page describes what data Paperix handles and what it does with it. The short version: it doesn't handle any of your data anywhere outside your device.

What Paperix collects

Nothing. Paperix has no network code, no accounts, no analytics, no crash-reporting SDK, and no advertising identifiers. The compiled application binary does not contain code that can transmit data over the internet.

Where your scans live

Scans are saved as PDF files in the app's Documents folder on your device. They are not synced, uploaded, or transmitted anywhere by Paperix. If you choose to share a scan via the iOS share sheet — to Mail, Messages, AirDrop, Files, iCloud Drive, or any other destination — that destination's privacy policy governs what happens to the file from that point forward.

If you have iCloud Backup enabled at the system level, your scans may be included in your encrypted iCloud Backup. That is governed by Apple's privacy policy, not ours.

Camera and photo access

Paperix requests camera access to capture documents. The camera permission is used only while you are actively scanning, and frames are processed on-device by Apple's Vision framework.

Paperix may request "Add to Photos" permission when you choose to save a PDF to your Photo Library. Paperix does not request "Read Photos" access — it never reads your photo library.

On-device text recognition

After each scan, Paperix runs Apple's on-device text recognition (VNRecognizeTextRequest) so the resulting PDFs are searchable. The recognized text is embedded inside the PDF file as an invisible text layer and is stored only with the PDF. No text is transmitted anywhere.

Children

Paperix is rated 4+. It does not collect any information from anyone, so it does not collect information from children either.

Changes

If a future version of Paperix ever adds a feature that requires network access (for example, optional iCloud sync), this policy will be updated and the App Store listing will say so clearly. Existing local data will remain local unless you opt in.

Contact

Questions about privacy can be sent to contact@abhijitbansal.com.