Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 7, 2026

Focal is a reading app. Your reading content stays on your device. The short version: Focal has no accounts, no login, no ads, no analytics, and no tracking — and we run no servers and never receive your data.

No account, no login

Focal does not require an account or login to use any feature.

Your library stays on your device

Saved links, imported documents and PDFs, the text of items you add, your reading history and position, and your app preferences are stored only in Focal's local storage on your device. This data is never uploaded to us.

We do not sell your data

Focal does not sell, rent, or share your personal data. We do not collect it in the first place.

Network use — only when you ask

Focal connects to the internet only when you choose to import something:

• Importing from a URL fetches the web page you entered to extract its readable text.
• Free / public-domain books contacts the Gutendex API (gutendex.com) and Project Gutenberg (gutenberg.org) to search and download the book you select.

When you do this, the destination website receives standard request information (such as your IP address) under its own privacy policy. Focal sends no personal data of its own.

On-device processing

PDF, DOCX, and EPUB files you open, and web pages you import, are read and parsed on your device. None of this content is sent to us.

Permissions

• Internet — to fetch URLs and books you choose to import.
• Clipboard — on open, Focal may read your clipboard to offer text you have already copied. This is processed on-device only and is never transmitted.
• Files — documents you open are read locally through Android's file picker; nothing is uploaded.

No analytics, ads, or crash reporting

Focal includes no advertising, analytics, or crash-reporting SDKs.

Delete your data anytime

You can erase all of Focal's local data from inside the app: Settings → Clear local data.

Children

Focal is not directed to children under 13 and collects no personal information.

Contact

Questions? Visit Contact or email [email protected].