Your reading stays yours.
Folio is built so your reading life stays private. Your library, the passages you save, your notes, and your reviews live on your iPhone. We don't run ads, we don't track you, and we never sell your data. There's no feed and no account. It's just you and your books.
What stays on your device
Everything you create in Folio is stored locally on your iPhone: your shelves, the lines you photograph and keep, your notes, your ratings, and your written reviews. It's part of your normal encrypted Apple device and iCloud backups, which only you control. We don't keep a copy on a server somewhere.
What leaves your device, and why
A few things need the internet to work, and only those:
- Finding and covering books. When you search for a book or add one, Folio asks book-data services (Google Books and Open Library) for the title, author, and cover art. Those requests carry the book you're looking up, not who you are.
- Recommendations you send. When you recommend a book, Folio builds a link on readonfolio.app that holds the book's details and an optional name you choose to include. It's only created when you tap share, and it only goes to the person you send it to.
No accounts. No tracking. No ads.
Folio doesn't ask for an account, an email, or a password. There are no third-party ad networks, no analytics SDKs following you between apps, and no social graph. We don't sell, rent, or share your reading with anyone for marketing. Not now, not ever.
Children
Folio isn't directed at children under 13, and it doesn't knowingly collect information from them.
Changes to this policy
If we update this policy, we'll change the date above and note anything meaningful in the app. Continuing to use Folio means you're okay with the current version.
Questions
Privacy questions are welcome at [email protected].