Privacy Policy

Versefold is built on a simple conviction: your reading life belongs to you. There are no accounts, no advertising, no analytics trackers, and we never sell data — because we barely collect any.

What stays on your device

Everything you create in Versefold is stored locally on your iPhone and never leaves it unless you export or share it yourself:

• Highlights, pen marks, and bookmarks
• Notes and personal reflections
• Graphics and saved studies
• Your reading position and reader preferences

You can export all of this data as a file, or delete all of it, at any time from Settings inside the app.

What is sent to our servers

Some features need a network connection. When you use them, the app talks to our server (api.versefold.app) over an encrypted connection:

• AI features (Unfold explanations, guided studies, search by meaning): the passage reference and any question you type are sent to our server, which uses OpenAI to generate a response. Generated results are retained briefly so the feature works well, keyed to an anonymous device identifier — never a name, email, or account.
• Additional translations (such as NIV and AMP): the chapter you request is fetched from API.Bible, a service of the American Bible Society.
• Feedback: if you choose to send feedback from Settings, we receive the text you write and nothing else.

You can delete all AI artifacts associated with your device — both locally and on our server — with one tap in Settings (“Delete AI history”).

What we never do

• No accounts and no sign-up — reading requires nothing from you
• No advertising and no ad networks
• No sale or sharing of personal data with data brokers
• No third-party analytics or behavioral tracking
• Your private notes are never read by us and never used by AI features without your explicit action

Photos permission

If you save a graphic to your photo library, iOS will ask for permission to add photos. Versefold only adds the image you chose to save; it never reads your photo library. Choosing a photo as a background uses the system picker — the app receives only the image you select.

Sharing a passage

Passage links contain the Bible reference, translation, and a design choice. They do not contain your identity, notes, highlights, or reading history. Anyone you send a link to can read and forward it without an account. If you use a personal photo on a card, it stays in the image you choose to save or share. The passage link uses a Versefold design, and this feature does not upload your photo to our servers. If you try the App Clip and choose to keep a passage, its reference is saved locally on that iPhone for transfer into the full app. The Clip caches Scripture for offline reading only when the translation permits it.

Service providers

We use a small number of infrastructure providers to run Versefold: OpenAI (AI text generation), API.Bible / American Bible Society (licensed Scripture text), and our hosting provider. Each receives only what is necessary to provide the feature you invoked.

Children

Versefold is suitable for general audiences and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children.

Changes

If this policy changes, we will update this page and the date above. Material changes will be noted in the app’s release notes.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Write to hello@versefold.app.