No Papera account
Open the app and start scanning. We do not ask you to create a Papera login just to work with your own documents.
Papera/Privacy
Your documents are yours.Papera does not peek.
Scan a receipt, contract, note, or ID and Papera keeps it on your iPhone by default. You can choose iCloud sync or a cloud AI provider, but Papera does not run a server that stores or reads your documents.
No Papera accountNo adsNo trackingYou choose cloud features
Plain English
The privacy promise, without the fine print.
These are the rules Papera is built around. If they ever change, this page changes first.
Your documents stay close
Scanning, reading text, organizing, and on-device AI features happen on your iPhone whenever your device can handle them.
Cloud is a choice
iCloud sync and cloud AI are optional. You turn them on when they are useful, and you can turn them off again.
No ad profile
Papera does not sell ads, request an advertising identifier, or build a profile from the documents you scan.
What leaves your phone
Most of the time: nothing.
Here is the simple version of what happens after you scan something in Papera.
Normal scan
- 1Scan on iPhone
- 2Saved in Papera
- 3No Papera cloud upload
This is the default path.
iCloud sync
- 1You turn on sync
- 2Your iCloud stores it
- 3Your Apple devices update
Useful if you want the same library on multiple Apple devices.
Cloud AI
- 1You choose a provider
- 2Only needed text is sent
- 3The answer returns to Papera
This only happens after you connect a provider.
Plain answers
Can Papera see this?
Can Papera read my scans?
No. By default your documents stay inside the app on your device.
NoDo you track what I scan?
No. We do not collect document names, document text, scan history, or search history.
NoWhat if I use iCloud?
Your Apple account handles sync between your devices. Papera does not get a dashboard to browse it.
OptionalWhat if I use cloud AI?
Only the text needed for that request goes to the provider you chose, such as OpenAI, Anthropic, or Gemini.
Your choiceWhere are provider keys kept?
On your device, protected by iOS. Papera does not upload those keys to us.
On deviceWhat happens when I delete something?
It is removed from Papera on that device. There is no Papera cloud copy waiting somewhere else.
DeletedOur policy
Private by default. Clear when it is not.
Some features can leave your device because you asked for them: iCloud sync, sharing, export, or a cloud AI provider you connect. Papera should always make that choice obvious before it happens.
No hidden upload.
Scanning a document does not silently send it to Papera.
No behavior profile.
We do not build a timeline of what you scan, search, or summarize.
No surprise lock-in.
Your documents are yours to export, share, or delete from the device.