Privacy Policy
Any Text ("the app", "we", "us") is a language-learning reading app for iPhone. This page explains what information the app collects, why, and how you can control it. We've tried to write it in plain language rather than dense legal boilerplate — if anything is unclear, just email us.
Who we are
Any Text is built and operated by an individual developer, Mustafa Gül, based in the European Union. If you have any question about this policy or your data, write to mstfgul00@gmail.com — that inbox is read by the person who actually builds the app, not a support team.
What we collect, and why
Your account. The first time you finish setup, the app creates an anonymous account for you — a random ID with no name or email. Your preferences, your favorites' votes, your reading streak and the time you spend in the app are saved in it, so your streak and time can be restored if you reinstall the app. If you later sign in with Apple or Google, that same account is linked to your Apple or Google identity — nothing is duplicated — and signing in on another phone brings your streak and time there too.
If you sign in (optional — with Apple or Google; there's no separate account/password system), we receive the email address, display name, and a unique account ID that Apple or Google give us. We store these to know it's you when you come back, and to keep your subscription and preferences tied to your account.
Your reading preferences — your reading language, the language you want translations in, and your current CEFR level (A1–C2) — are saved in your account as part of your profile.
Your study continuity. To help you keep your study going, we store in your account the days in the last 12 weeks on which you completed readings and how many (only the date and the number, not what you read), your current and longest streak, the total time you have spent in the app, and the time of your last activity. We use these only to show you your own statistics, to keep your streak correct across devices and reinstalls, and to restore them if you come back. They are never used for advertising or profiling and are never shared.
Subscription status: purchases are handled entirely by Apple through the App Store, and we use RevenueCat to check whether you have an active subscription. This is done anonymously — we never link your purchase history to your Apple ID, email, or account. RevenueCat never sees your card details; Apple handles payment directly.
We do not require you to sign in or subscribe to browse what's available in the app — an account and a subscription are only needed to actually open and read the full text of an article, book chapter, or video transcript.
What we don't collect
We don't use third-party analytics, advertising or crash-reporting SDKs, and we don't track you across apps or websites; the app never shows Apple's "Allow Tracking" prompt. The reading statistics described above live in your own account and exist for your benefit, not for advertising.
What stays only on your device
Your saved words, the list of exactly which texts you have read, your favorites list, your reading-size and theme preferences and your flashcard review history stay on your iPhone. Only your reading preferences, day-level reading activity, the time you spend in the app and one vote per favorited item are stored in your account, as described above.
Push notifications
If you allow notifications, your device subscribes to a daily-reminder topic based on your chosen native language (for example, a topic for Turkish speakers, a separate one for German speakers). This is a broadcast topic, not a message addressed to you personally — we don't keep a list of which individual devices are subscribed.
The "favorited by" counter
When you favorite an item, the app records one vote for it in your account and raises that item's public counter by one; removing the favorite removes the vote and lowers the counter. Counters are public totals with no names attached; the vote records are visible only to you and are deleted together with your data.
Third parties we work with
Google Firebase (Authentication, Cloud Firestore database, Cloud Functions, Cloud Messaging for push, Cloud Storage, and App Check, which uses Apple's App Attest to confirm that requests come from the genuine app) hosts our sign-in, database, and content delivery, in an EU data region.
Apple provides Sign in with Apple, App Store billing, and push notification delivery. Google provides Google Sign-In, as an alternative to Apple. RevenueCat handles subscription/entitlement management, used anonymously as described above.
Video content in the app is embedded using YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com), which avoids setting tracking cookies until you actually interact with a video.
We don't sell your data to anyone, and we don't share it with advertisers.
Data retention and deletion
You can delete your data at any time from Settings → Account: "Delete my data" if you never signed in, "Delete account" if you did. This permanently deletes your profile, statistics and votes from our database, revokes your Sign in with Apple authorization (if applicable), deletes your authentication record, and wipes all locally stored data from your device. This can't be undone.
Uninstalling the app removes the local data; the account data is removed only via the deletion control above (or by writing to us).
Your rights
If you're in the European Economic Area (or anywhere with similar data-protection law), you have the right to access, correct, export, or delete your personal data, and to object to how it's processed. In-app account deletion covers most of this automatically; for anything else, email mstfgul00@gmail.com and we'll sort it out directly. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
Children's privacy
Any Text is not directed at children, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, contact us and we'll delete it.
Security
All communication between the app and our servers uses standard HTTPS/TLS encryption. Payment information is never handled by us or seen by us — it's handled entirely by Apple through StoreKit.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes in a meaningful way, we'll update the date at the top of this page. We'd encourage checking back occasionally, but we won't make changes that reduce your rights without making that clear.
Contact
Questions, requests, or just feedback: mstfgul00@gmail.com