Privacy policy

Your manuals and photos stay on your device.

Effective 10 November 2026

This policy explains what the Manualy app (Android and iOS) does with your information. In short: we do not collect it. Your documents, notes, photos and videos are stored only on your device. The free version shows ads from Google, described below.

1. Who is responsible

The data controller for the app and this website is Muhammet Huseyin Beygul, Hisarli Koyu No 7, Biga, Canakkale 17202, Türkiye. Contact: contact@manualy.app.

2. What the app stores, and where

• PDFs you add, their search index and recognized text, notes, screenshots, bookmarks, photos, videos and settings are stored only in the app's private storage on your device.
• There is no account and no sign-in. Nothing is uploaded to us: we have no server that receives your files.
• If you turn on "Also save to gallery", photos and videos are also copied to a "Manualy" album on your device.
• A backup (Pro) is a single file saved where you choose (Android: Downloads, iOS: Files). It goes only where you send it yourself. If you choose a password, the backup is encrypted on your device (AES-256) and can only be opened with that password. A password for automatic backups is kept in your device's own secure storage (Android Keystore, iPhone Keychain): it is not written into the app's files or into any backup, and it is never sent anywhere. We cannot see or recover it.

3. Permissions and why they are needed

• Camera: to take photos and videos.
• Microphone: to record sound with videos. You can record silent videos.
• Location: only if you turn on location, address or the map in the photo stamp, to print them on photos and videos.
• Notifications: for backup reminders, and on Android a "Backing up…" notice while a backup finishes after you leave the app. You can turn reminders off in the settings.
• Face ID / Touch ID / screen lock: only to show your saved backup password, after you ask for it. The check is done by your device; the app only learns whether it succeeded.
• Photos / storage: to pick PDFs and images you choose (also from Google Drive or another app: that app hands over only the file you pick; Manualy does not get access to your account there), and to save to the gallery if you turn that on. On iPhone, access to Photos is used only to show your shots from the "Manualy" album; the app does not look at other photos.

4. When the app uses the internet

Search, reading, notes and the camera work fully offline. The internet is used only for these features, and only when you use them:

• Address on the stamp (off by default): your coordinates are sent to your device's built-in address service (Google on most Android devices, Apple on iOS).
• Weather on the stamp (off by default): your coordinates are sent to the Open-Meteo weather service.
• Map on the stamp (off by default): your coordinates are sent to Google Maps (Android) or Apple Maps (iOS) to draw the map. Maps are kept on the device and reused at the same place.
• Translate: when you select text in a PDF and tap "Translate", only that text is handed to the Google Translate app (or its website) on your device, under Google's own privacy policy.
• The compass direction is read from the device's own sensor and is never sent anywhere.

5. Ads in the free version

• The free version shows one banner from Google AdMob at the bottom of the screen (never in the camera, never for Pro members). A short video ad plays only when you choose it yourself, for the Day Pass.
• To show and measure ads, Google receives device information such as the advertising ID (Android), IP address and app usage, as described in Google's ads policy.
• In the EU, the UK and Switzerland, the app asks for your consent first, with Google's consent form; you can change your choice in the app's settings.
• On iOS the app does not ask for permission to track you across other companies' apps and websites, and does not use the advertising identifier (IDFA).
• Your documents, notes, photos and videos are never sent to Google or anyone else for ads.

6. Purchases

Manualy Pro is bought through Google Play or the App Store with your store account. We never see your payment details; the store only tells the app whether your subscription is active.

7. How long data is kept, and how to delete it

• Your data stays on your device until you delete it. You can delete single items in the app, or everything by uninstalling the app (on Android also: Settings › Apps › Manualy › Clear storage).
• Backup files and gallery copies you saved stay where you put them until you delete them.
• We hold no copy of your data, so there is nothing to request from us. Data received by Google for ads is handled under Google's policies.

8. Your rights

Under the GDPR and Türkiye's personal data protection law (KVKK, Law No. 6698) you have the right to know whether your data is processed, to access, correct and delete it, to object, and to complain to a supervisory authority (in Türkiye: the Personal Data Protection Authority, KVKK). Since the app keeps your data only on your device, you exercise most of these rights directly in the app. For anything else, write to contact@manualy.app.

9. Children

Manualy is a work tool and is not directed at children under 13 (or under 16 in the EU).

10. Changes

If this policy changes, the new version is published on this page with a new date before the change takes effect in the app.