InkText converts photos of handwriting into editable text. This policy describes exactly what the app does with your data. In short: there are no user accounts and your notes stay on your device. The app does show ads (via Google AdMob) and uses analytics and crash reporting (via Google Firebase) to keep the app working and improve it. Your scanned images stay on your device except for the image you explicitly send in AI mode. The details are below.
InkText does not ask you to register or sign in, and we do not collect your name, email address, or any other identity information.
The standard recognition mode runs entirely on your device using Google ML Kit text recognition. Images processed in this mode are never uploaded anywhere.
If you choose AI mode for a scan, the app sends the following to our OCR server over an encrypted (HTTPS) connection:
The server forwards the image to a third-party AI service (Anthropic's Claude API) to produce the transcription and returns the text to your device. We do not store your images or transcriptions on the server. The server keeps only per-device usage counters (the random identifier and how many AI scans were used this month) and standard, short-lived technical logs (e.g. timestamps and IP addresses inherent to any internet request). Anthropic processes the image to generate the transcription in accordance with its own commercial data-use commitments; API inputs are not used to train its models.
Your scanned documents, transcriptions, settings, the random device identifier, and your Pro-subscription status are stored locally in the app's private storage. They are removed when you delete their entries in the app or uninstall the app. You can export or share your own documents at any time; exports go only where you send them.
Pro subscriptions and the lifetime unlock are processed entirely by Google Play. We never see or store your payment details. Google's handling of billing data is described in the Google Privacy Policy.
The free version of InkText shows occasional full-screen (interstitial) ads served by Google AdMob. To serve and measure ads and to prevent fraud, Google may process device information, including your device's advertising ID and other device identifiers, and your IP address. See how Google uses advertising data. You can reset or delete your advertising ID in your Android settings. Pro subscribers see no ads and the ads SDK is not used for them.
InkText uses Firebase Analytics to understand how the app is used (for example, which features are opened and how often), and Firebase Crashlytics to receive reports when the app crashes so we can fix problems. These tools collect anonymous or pseudonymous usage events, app and device identifiers (such as an app-instance ID), general device information (model, OS version, language), and — for crashes — diagnostic details about the app's state at the time of the crash. This data is used only to keep InkText working and to improve it; it is not used to identify you personally. Google's handling of this data is described in the Google Privacy Policy and Firebase's privacy and security documentation.
InkText is not directed at children under 13, and we knowingly collect no personal data from anyone.
Because we hold no account data about you, most privacy rights are exercised on-device: delete documents in the app or uninstall it. The random quota identifier on our server cannot be linked back to you by us; if you want its counters removed, contact us with the identifier shown in the app's Settings.
If the app's data practices change, this policy will be updated and the effective date revised before the changed version ships.
Questions about this policy: maughray@gmail.com