AIPDF — Privacy Policy
Last updated: 2026
AIPDF is built by Sakura5 and does all of its work on your own device. There is no account, no sign-up, and no AIPDF server. Your documents are stored in the app's sandbox on your device, and scanning, text recognition (OCR), annotation, merging, compression and password protection all run locally with Apple's PDFKit and Vision frameworks. Your documents are never uploaded to us or to anyone else.
What the app handles
- Nothing about your documents. AIPDF collects no personal data: the app's privacy manifest declares no collected data types and no tracking. Your PDFs, scans and recognised text stay on your device.
- Camera frames while you scan (iPhone and iPad only) — processed on-device to detect and straighten the page, then written into your PDF. Nothing is streamed anywhere.
- App settings and preferences — stored locally on your device.
- Purchase status — used to unlock and restore your subscription (see Third parties).
On-device by design
AIPDF does not need an internet connection to scan, read, annotate, sign, merge, compress or lock a document. There is no analytics SDK, no advertising SDK, and no crash-reporting service in the app. Files you open are copied into the app's own storage on your device; if you delete AIPDF, that storage goes with it. Documents kept in your iCloud Drive or Files remain governed by Apple's own terms, not ours — we never see them.
Permissions
Camera access is requested only when you tap Scan on iPhone or iPad, and is used solely to capture the page in front of you. The Mac build has no camera scanning — it imports photos and files instead. Photo library and file access are used only to read the documents you pick and to save the ones you export.
What we do NOT do
- We do not sell your data.
- We do not use your data for advertising or cross-app tracking.
- We do not require an account to use the core features.
- We do not upload your documents, scans or recognised text, and we have no access to them.
- We do not show ads, and we use no advertising, attribution or analytics SDKs.
- We do not ask for an email address, a sign-in, or any account of any kind.
- We do not receive your document passwords — encryption happens entirely on your device.
Third parties
Purchases are handled by Apple: payment is charged to your Apple ID and we never see your payment details. To validate the App Store receipt and unlock or restore what you paid for, the transaction is processed through RevenueCat, our subscription provider — it receives only anonymous purchase information (a random app-install identifier and the App Store receipt), never your documents, scans or recognised text. AIPDF has no other third-party services.
Children
AIPDF does not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Contact
Email support@sakura5.app.