The short version
Bible Study Planner has no accounts, no analytics, and no advertising. Everything you create — reading progress, notes, study material, and settings — is stored on your device and is never sent to us. We do not operate a server that receives your data.
What the app stores on your device
- Reading progress — which chapters you have marked read, which days you read, your chosen plan and its start date.
- Study material — the titles, descriptions, links, and planned dates of items you save.
- Notes — their text, tags, chapter references, and any photos or files you attach.
- Settings — interface language, reminder times, study days, and the Bible reader address you configure.
This data lives in the app's own storage on your device. If you have iCloud device backup switched on, Apple may include it in your backup; that is governed by Apple's privacy policy, not ours. Deleting the app removes the data from your device.
When the app goes online
When you save a link as study material, the app requests that web page and reads its <title> so it can fill in the title for you instead of making you type it. That request goes directly from your device to the website you chose to save. Like any web request, it reveals your IP address and approximate location to that website, along with the ordinary headers a request carries, such as the language your device is set to. It carries none of your notes, reading progress, or settings, and it happens only for links you save yourself.
Everything else in the app works offline. Two things that do touch the network are handled by Apple rather than by the app: a voluntary tip goes through Apple's StoreKit, and the occasional invitation to rate the app is displayed by iOS itself.
What we do not do
- We do not collect your name, email address, or any other personal identifier.
- We do not require or offer account creation.
- We do not use analytics, crash reporting, or advertising SDKs.
- We do not track your location.
- We do not sell or share your data — we do not receive it in the first place.
One clarification about that third point. Apple may show us anonymous, aggregated figures about the app — download counts and crash reports — if you have switched on Share With App Developers in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Analytics & Improvements. That information comes from Apple, is pooled across everyone who uses the app, and does not identify you. We cannot turn it on or off; you can, in that iOS setting.
Opening chapters elsewhere
In Settings you can tell the app to open Bible chapters in another app or website. If you configure this, tapping a chapter hands the address to that app or browser, which then applies its own privacy policy. The app itself does not send your reading data anywhere as part of this.
Notifications
Reading and study reminders are scheduled locally on your device by iOS. There is no push server, so no notification content or device token ever reaches us.
Voluntary tips
Settings contains an optional tip jar. Tips are one-time in-app purchases that unlock nothing — every feature is free with or without them. Purchases are handled entirely by Apple's StoreKit. We use no third-party purchase-management service, and we never see your payment details. Apple's privacy policy governs the transaction.
Photos and files
If you attach a photo or file to a note, the app asks iOS for access at that moment and copies the item into its own storage on your device. Nothing is uploaded.
Saving something from another app
When you use the iOS share sheet to send a link or a piece of text to Bible Study Planner, iOS hands that item to the app, which stores it on your device like anything else you create. It goes nowhere else. If the item is a link, the title lookup described above applies to it.
Your data is in your hands
Because your data never leaves your device, you control it directly rather than by asking us for it:
- See and change it — open any note or saved item in the app and edit it.
- Delete it — remove individual notes and materials in the app, or delete the app to remove all of its data from your device.
The app has no export function; the data lives in the app's storage and travels with a device backup. There is no request to send us and no account to close, because we hold no copy of your data and cannot retrieve, restore, or delete it on your behalf. Data stays on your device for as long as the app is installed.
Children's privacy
The app is not directed at children, and it does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, of any age. No personal information is required for the app to work.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the "Last updated" date above will change with it. The date tells you which version was in force when you read it, which is why it stays on the page.
Contact
Questions about this policy? Write to alex.d.code@icloud.com.