Privacy

Documents never leave your device.

Paperwise is a read-only document viewer. It renders every document on your phone.

Last updated 13 November 2026

What the app keeps

There is no account, no cloud library and no upload of a document, its name or its contents. Opening a document copies it into the app's private cache so it can be reopened quickly, and records its name, size, source and reading position in a list of recent documents. Both live inside the app's private storage and are removed by Clear cache in Settings. One copy is kept while a document is open.

When something can leave

A link you tap is document content. It leaves the app inside an Intent only when you confirm it, and only after an alert shows the full destination. The receiving app contacts that host and may attribute the visit to Paperwise. A mailto: target may be uploaded as a synced draft by your mail app, and a tel: target may dial. Copying a selection is a local transfer you start. No document content leaves through any other route.

Settings and these pages

Privacy policy, Terms and Support in Settings open the corresponding page on this site in your browser. That hand-off carries the fixed address only: no document, its name, its contents or any identifier is added. The browser also receives the launching package as an android-app:// referrer and can attribute the visit to Paperwise. Opening a page is an ordinary web request, so this site's hosting provider receives the request data any web visit sends, such as your IP address and browser user agent. This site sets no cookies and runs no analytics, advertising or third-party scripts.

Crash reports

The app declares the internet permission for its crash reporter only. If the app crashes it sends a report to Firebase Crashlytics. The app never adds a document name, address, text, MIME type or size to a report. Crashlytics' own payload is defined by Google and cannot be inspected field by field.

Screen and accessibility

This policy covers data leaving the device. It does not cover what is visible on screen: screenshots, the task switcher and accessibility services are controlled by Android and by you.

Questions

Write to or see Support. Never send the document itself: the app cannot upload it and does not need it to answer a question.