Effective date: 2026-11-10. Developer: Paweł Orzech, Warsaw, Poland — pawel@orzech.me
Short version: there is no account and no server of ours. Reading the Bible works offline and sends nothing anywhere. If you choose to use the journal, the entry you send goes to Google Gemini to prepare the answer.
What stays on your phone
The Bible text, your highlights, bookmarks, notes, reading position, settings, your journal entries and the answers to them are stored only in the app's private storage on your device. We cannot see them.
The journal (optional)
The journal is off until you subscribe and agree, the first time you send an entry, that its text leaves your phone.
- What is sent: the text of the entry you send, and nothing else about you. No name, account, contacts or location.
- To whom: Google, through Firebase AI Logic (the Gemini API), which returns a short commentary and a list of Bible passages. Google processes the text under its own terms (https://policies.google.com/privacy, https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms).
- What we keep: nothing. We run no server and receive no copy. The entry and the answer are saved only on your phone, and are left out of Android's backup.
- App Check: to stop other software from using the service in BibleMe's name, Google Play Integrity and Firebase App Check confirm that the request comes from a real copy of the app. This involves an app-instance identifier handled by Google; it is not linked to your identity by us.
- Sensitive content: a journal entry may reveal your beliefs or your health. Send only what you are comfortable sending. You can stop at any time: cancel the subscription in Google Play, and delete any entry in the app.
When else BibleMe uses the network
- Google Play Billing. Purchases and the check of what you have purchased go through Google Play. Google processes the payment under its own privacy policy. We receive no payment details.
- Google Play In-App Review and In-App Updates. If Google Play shows a rating prompt or offers an update, that is handled entirely by Google Play.
Reading, searching, highlighting and everything else works without any network connection. No analytics, no advertising, no crash reporting, no trackers.
Backups
Android's own backup (Google account device backup and device-to-device transfer) may include your highlights, bookmarks, notes and settings if you have backup turned on in Android settings. Journal entries are not included. That backup is encrypted and handled by Android/Google, not by us. Files you export are written only where you choose to save them.
Deleting your data
Remove a highlight, bookmark, note or journal entry in the app, or clear the app's storage / uninstall BibleMe to remove everything. We hold nothing to delete.
Children
BibleMe is not directed at children under 13.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be published at this address with a new effective date.
Contact
pawel@orzech.me