Privacy Policy

Effective date: August 15, 2026 · Last updated: November 12, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Owltaps (“we”, “us”, “our”) handles information in connection with the mobile applications we publish on Google Play and the Apple App Store (each, an “App”, and together, our “Apps”). It applies to all of our Apps unless a specific App presents its own separate policy.

Please note: our Apps span different categories, and not every feature or data practice described below applies to every App. A given App only collects or uses the data that is necessary for its own features. Where we say “some of our Apps”, it means the practice applies only to those Apps that offer that feature.

1. Information we collect

Information you provide.

• Account information (some of our Apps). If an App offers accounts or sign-in, we may collect the information you provide to create and manage your account, such as your email address, a display name, and a password (passwords are stored in hashed form by our authentication provider). Many of our Apps have no accounts and collect none of this.
• Content you submit (some of our Apps). If an App lets you use the camera, microphone, or select photos, the resulting media is processed only to provide that feature, and only with the permission you grant on your device. We do not access your camera, microphone, or photo library without your action.
• Photos and questions sent to AI (some of our Apps). Apps that identify things from a photo (for example Coin Identifier and Rock Identifier) send the photos you take or choose, and the questions you type in their AI chat, over an encrypted connection to our server, which forwards them to OpenAI to get the identification, estimate or answer. We send no name, email or advertising identifier with them: only a random code created when the App is installed, which our server uses to limit abuse and does not pass on to OpenAI. Before sending, the App resizes the photo and removes its location and other metadata. Our server does not store your photos or messages once the answer is returned. Saved scans and your collection stay on your device.
• Recordings, files and notes sent for transcription (some of our Apps). Apps that turn audio into notes (for example Speech Notes) send the audio you record or upload (from a video, only its audio track) over an encrypted connection to our server, which stores it temporarily and sends it to Soniox to get the transcript. The transcript is then sent to OpenAI to write the summary, the tasks and the title, to translate or customize the summary, and to answer the questions you type in the AI chat. For PDF files, the App extracts the text on your device and sends only that text. As with photos, we send no name, email or advertising identifier: only the random code created when the App is installed. Our server deletes the audio once it has been transcribed, asks Soniox to delete its copy, and deletes the transcript and summary as soon as your device has downloaded them (at the latest after 7 days if they are never downloaded). Your notes, recordings and chats stay on your device.
• Questions, reflections and what you share, sent to AI (Bible Chat AI). Bible Chat AI asks for your consent before its first AI feature. After that, what you write to get an answer or personal content — your questions and conversations, a photo or file you attach to a conversation (and the text read from it on your device), what you tell the App in the welcome about your life right now, your daily reflection, and a text you ask the App to check against the Bible — is sent over an encrypted connection to our server, which forwards it to OpenAI to write the answer, your daily cards, your night prayer, your plan or the study of a passage. So that the answer fits you, the App sends with it the profile you chose: your first name if you gave one, your Christian tradition, Bible version, age range, gender and the answers you gave in the welcome. We send no email address or advertising identifier. Our server does not keep your questions, your reflections or what you shared once the answer is returned. It does keep, linked to the anonymous code used for purchases (or to your account, if you signed in): usage counters to apply the free and Premium limits and, for up to 7 days, the daily cards and night prayer written for you (so they are not generated twice) and the outline of a plan while the rest of it is written. Because this App is about faith, what you write may reveal your religious beliefs; we use it only to provide these features.
• Sermon recordings (Bible Chat AI). When you ask for notes on a sermon you recorded or imported, its audio is sent over an encrypted connection to our server, which stores it temporarily and sends it to Soniox to get the transcript; the transcript is then sent to OpenAI to write the notes. Our server deletes the audio once it has been transcribed, and deletes the transcript and the notes as soon as your device has downloaded them (at the latest after 7 days). The recording itself stays on your device and is not part of the account backup described below.
• Optional account and backup of your data (Bible Chat AI). You can use Bible Chat AI without an account; in that case your conversations, plans, notes, reflections, saved verses, progress and settings stay on your device. If you choose to sign in (with Apple, Google or email), our authentication provider, Google Firebase, receives your email address and, if you share it, your name. While you are signed in, the App keeps a private copy of your App data in Google Firebase, linked to your account, so that you can get it back if you reinstall the App or change phones: your conversations, plans, notes (including the text and AI notes of your sermons, and the photos in your notes), reflections, saved and highlighted verses, reading progress, streak, settings and the answers you gave in the welcome. Sermon audio and photos attached to conversations are not included. This copy is encrypted in transit and at rest, only your account can read it, and we do not use it for advertising or share it with anyone. You can delete your account, and this copy with it, at any time in the App’s settings. Your subscription is linked to your account so that it follows you to a new device.
• Notification token (some of our Apps). If you allow notifications (for example to know when a summary is ready), Apple gives the App a notification token, which our server keeps with the App’s random code so it can send you those notifications through Apple. You can turn them off at any time in the App or in your device settings.
• Recipes, pantry and meal plans sent to AI (some of our Apps). In our recipe and pantry App (Pantry), some features use AI, and the App asks for your consent before the first time. When you import a recipe from a web page, a social media post, pasted text or a photo, the App reads the text on your device and sends only that text (not the photo) to our server, which forwards it to OpenAI to turn it into a recipe. When you scan your fridge, shelves or a receipt, that photo is sent the same way to get a list of foods. When you import a recipe from a video you choose from your library (for example a screen recording), the App extracts the video’s sound and the text shown on screen on your device and sends only those (not the video) to our server, which forwards the sound to OpenAI to transcribe it and then turns the transcript and the on-screen text into a recipe with OpenAI. When a social media post doesn’t include the recipe in its text, our server sends the post’s title and creator name to OpenAI, which searches the web for the creator’s written recipe; the App then opens that recipe page on your device. When you ask for a meal plan, recipe ideas, nutrition or the AI chat, the App sends the needed parts of your pantry list, your saved recipes’ titles and ingredients, and the food preferences you chose (such as diets, allergies, cooking time, household size and budget). As with our other Apps, we send no name, email or advertising identifier: only the anonymous code used for purchases. Our server does not store this content once the answer is returned; it keeps only usage counters to apply the free and Pro limits.
• Barcodes and links you import (some of our Apps). When you scan a product barcode in Pantry, the App looks up only the barcode number in Open Food Facts, a public food database. When you import a TikTok link, the App asks TikTok’s public embed service for the post’s text; for other links, the page is opened on your device. In those cases the service receives the link and your IP address, as with any web page you open. Recipe previews in the Discover section show images from, and link to, the original recipe websites.
• Your recipes and pantry (some of our Apps). Pantry keeps your recipes, pantry, meal plan and shopping list on your device and, if you use iCloud, in your private iCloud account, synced by Apple. We cannot access that data.

Information collected automatically.

• Advertising identifier and advertising data. Apps that show ads use Google AdMob, which may process your device advertising identifier (Android Advertising ID or Apple IDFA) and related data to show ads and, where you consent, to personalize and measure them.
• Purchase and subscription status. If you buy a subscription or in-app product, an anonymous, app-generated identifier is associated with your purchase so we can unlock paid features. Purchases are processed by Google Play or Apple; we never receive your payment card details. Subscription status is managed through RevenueCat.
• Usage and diagnostic data (some of our Apps). Some Apps use analytics and crash-reporting tools (such as Google Firebase Analytics and Crashlytics) to understand feature usage and to detect and fix crashes. This may include app events, device model, operating system, app version, and crash logs. These events never include what you write. Some Apps also use Firebase Remote Config to change settings without an update.
• Device check for the welcome gift (Bible Chat AI). To give its welcome gift only once per device, the App asks Apple’s DeviceCheck service for a device token, which our server uses to ask Apple whether that device has already received the gift. Apple keeps only two yes/no values per device for us; this does not identify you.
• Tracking permission and Screen Time (Bible Chat AI). Bible Chat AI shows no ads. It may ask for Apple’s App Tracking Transparency permission so that we can measure which of our own ads led to the App being installed; if you decline, nothing changes in the App. If you turn on its “Word First” feature, the apps you choose are selected with Apple’s Screen Time controls and stay on your device: we never learn which apps you chose.
• Device and technical information. Such as device model, operating system version, language, and coarse (non-precise) region inferred from IP address, used by our advertising and infrastructure providers to deliver content and ads and to prevent fraud.
• App content data. Some Apps download their catalog, sounds, or images from Google Firebase. This is content delivered to you and does not involve collecting personal data about you.

We do not collect your precise (GPS) location, and we do not sell your personal information.

2. How we use information

• To provide, operate, and maintain the Apps and their features.
• To create and manage your account, where an App offers one.
• To deliver and, subject to your consent, personalize and measure advertising.
• To process and validate purchases and unlock paid features.
• To analyze usage and diagnose crashes so we can improve the Apps.
• To detect, prevent, and address technical issues, fraud, or abuse.

3. Advertising and your choices

Apps that show ads use Google AdMob. Depending on your region and consent, ads may be personalized or non-personalized.

• EEA, UK, and Switzerland: before ads are served, we present a consent request using Google’s User Messaging Platform (UMP). You may grant or decline consent and change your choice later.
• Android: you can reset your Advertising ID or opt out of ad personalization in Settings → Google → Ads.
• iOS: apps that use the advertising identifier request permission through Apple’s App Tracking Transparency. You can manage this in Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.

4. Third-party services

Depending on the App, we rely on the following third-party services, each with its own privacy policy:

• Google Play Services & Google AdMob — policies.google.com/privacy
• Google Firebase (content delivery; in some Apps, Analytics, Crashlytics and Remote Config; and in Bible Chat AI, sign-in — including Google Sign-In if you choose it — and the backup of your data in your account) — firebase.google.com/support/privacy
• RevenueCat (subscription management) — revenuecat.com/privacy
• OpenAI (AI identification, estimates, chat, transcription of imported recipe videos and web search for recipes, in the Apps that offer them). Under OpenAI’s API terms, this data is not used to train its models and may be kept for up to 30 days to detect abuse — openai.com/policies/privacy-policy
• Soniox (speech-to-text transcription, in the Apps that turn audio into notes) — soniox.com/policies/privacy-policy
• Open Food Facts (product lookup by barcode, in Pantry) — world.openfoodfacts.org/privacy
• TikTok (public embed service, only when you import a TikTok link in Pantry) — tiktok.com/legal/privacy-policy
• Cloudflare (the server that connects the Apps to the AI service) — cloudflare.com/privacypolicy
• Apple (App Store purchases, push notifications, iCloud sync, Sign in with Apple and DeviceCheck, on iOS) — apple.com/legal/privacy

5. Legal bases (EEA/UK users)

Where the GDPR or UK GDPR applies, we process data on these legal bases: your consent (for personalized advertising and, where applicable, analytics); the performance of a contract (to provide accounts and purchased features); and our legitimate interests (to operate the Apps, deliver content, serve non-personalized ads, and prevent fraud). For the AI features and the account backup of Bible Chat AI — including any information about your religious beliefs that you choose to write — we rely on your explicit consent, which you give in the App before the first AI feature and when you sign in, and which you can withdraw by no longer using those features and deleting your data as described below.

6. Your rights and account/data deletion

Depending on where you live (for example, under the GDPR or the California CCPA/CPRA), you may have the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict the use of your personal data, to object to certain processing, and to withdraw consent.

If you use one of our Apps that has an account, you can request deletion of your account and associated data by emailing us at the address in Section 9. For Apps without accounts, you can exercise device-level controls (Advertising ID / IDFA reset, consent withdrawal) as described above.

In Bible Chat AI you can do this yourself in the App’s settings: you can delete your account (which also deletes the copy of your data kept in your account) and you can delete all the data stored on your device.

7. Data retention

We retain personal data only for as long as needed for the purposes described here or as required by law. Account data is retained until you delete your account. Advertising, analytics, and diagnostic identifiers are retained according to the policies of the third-party providers listed in Section 4. Photos and messages sent for AI features (including the sound and on-screen text of imported videos) are not stored on our server after the answer is returned (see Section 1 and OpenAI in Section 4). Audio, transcripts and summaries from transcription Apps are deleted from our server as described in Section 1. In Bible Chat AI, the copy of your data kept in your account is retained until you delete your account; plan outlines and the daily cards and night prayer written for you are deleted from our server after 7 days.

8. Children’s privacy, security, and international transfers

Our Apps are intended for a general audience and are not directed to children under the age of 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your country). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children; if you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

We and our providers use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information. Because our providers operate globally, information may be processed in countries other than your own, including the United States, under appropriate safeguards.

9. Changes and contact

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by updating the “Last updated” date above. Continued use of an App after changes take effect constitutes acceptance.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, contact us at:

Owltaps
Email: owltapsapps@gmail.com