Pagely — Privacy Policy

Last updated: 13 October 2026

This privacy policy explains how the Pagely mobile app (package name studio.robu.pagely) collects, uses and protects your personal data. By using the app you accept this policy.

Data we collect

• Account: You sign in with your Google account or with Apple. From Google we receive your email address and the name and picture on your Google profile; from Apple we receive your name (only the first time you approve) and either your email address or the private relay address Apple creates for you. The app has no passwords, so none is stored with us.
• Profile: Display name, username, bio, profile picture and cover photo, and, only if you choose to add them, your country and city.
• App content: Your library and shelves, reading status and page progress, reading sessions and durations, reading goals, ratings and reviews, notes and any page photos attached to them, posts and post photos, comments and likes, club memberships and club messages, direct messages, stories and who viewed them, book requests you send, bookcases you arrange, who you follow and who follows you (including the authors and publishers you follow), and the extra details you record on a book, such as its format, series, price, how you got it and your recommendation.
• Books you add by hand: Title, author, page count and the cover photo you take.
• Moderation data: Users you block and reports you send.
• Subscription: If you subscribe, your plan, its status and expiry date, and the store's purchase identifier. We never receive your card or payment details.

We never read your device's location; the country and city on your profile are text you choose to enter yourself. Photos you upload are re-encoded before being sent to the server, which strips their EXIF metadata — including GPS coordinates.

How we use the data

• To create your account and sign you in,
• To provide core features such as reading tracking, shelves, notes, goals and statistics,
• To run social features such as follows, posts, comments and clubs,
• To prevent abuse (blocking/reporting) and to improve the app.

We do not sell your data to third parties for advertising.

Third-party services

• Supabase: Used for authentication, the database and file (image) storage. Your data is stored on Supabase servers.
• Google Sign-In: Used for signing in. Google's own privacy policy applies.
• Sign in with Apple: Used for signing in on iPhone and iPad. Apple's own privacy policy applies.
• Google Books API and Open Library: Provide book information and cover images. The titles, authors and search words you look up are sent to these services; your identity is not shared with them.
• TMDB: Used to find the film or series made from a book, and its cast. Only the book's title is sent. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
• Wikipedia and Wikidata: Used for author information such as a short biography, birth details and a photo. Only the author's name is sent.
• Google Play and the App Store: If you subscribe, the store takes the payment and tells us whether the subscription is active. We keep your plan, its status and expiry date and the store's purchase identifier.
• Expo: Used for app updates.

As with any internet request, these services can see your device's IP address. The book, film and author lookups above never include your account details.

The app may show a card for TV-List, another app by Robu Studio. Whether TV-List is installed on your device is checked on the device itself and is not sent anywhere.

Camera and photos

We ask for access to your photo library when you set a profile picture, a cover image, a post image, a note photo, or the cover of a book you add by hand. We ask for camera access to scan book barcodes and to photograph pages. Only images you pick or take are uploaded; the camera is never used in the background.

Note and post photos are kept in private storage and served to users allowed to see that content through short-lived links. Profile pictures, cover photos and book covers are visible to anyone who can see the profile.

Private account

You can hide your profile with Profile → Edit → Private account. On a private account your shelves, reading activity and follower list are visible only to followers you have approved. This is enforced server-side with row-level security rules, not merely hidden in the interface.

Keeping and deleting your data

How to delete your account and data →

Your data is kept for as long as your account is active. You can delete your account at any time from inside the app: Profile → Account → Delete my account. This permanently and irreversibly deletes your account and all of your data, including your profile, library, shelves, reading history, sessions, goals, notes, photos, posts, comments, likes, club memberships and follows.

Retention: Deleting your account removes your data from the live system immediately. Copies held in backups cycle out within 30 days at the latest. If you bought a subscription, payment records are held by Google Play or Apple and are subject to statutory retention periods under tax law; we have no access to them. The record of your plan and its expiry date that we keep is deleted with your account.

If you cannot access the app, email robu.studyo@gmail.com to request deletion.

Getting a copy of your data

You can request a machine-readable copy of the data we hold about you. Email robu.studyo@gmail.com from your account's address and we will respond within 30 days. This is currently handled by email rather than from inside the app.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access the personal data we hold about you, to have it corrected or erased, to receive a copy in a portable format, to object to or restrict certain processing, and to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. Turkish users additionally hold the rights set out in Article 11 of Law No. 6698 (KVKK). To exercise any of these, email us from your account's address; account deletion is also available at any time from Profile → Account → Delete my account.

Data controller: Belemir Leşkeri — Kocaeli, Türkiye — Contact: robu.studyo@gmail.com

Legal bases: We process your data to perform our contract with you (providing the app you signed up for), to meet legal obligations (moderation and abuse records), and on the basis of legitimate interests (preventing abuse, improving the service).

Security

Data is encrypted in transit (HTTPS) and protected by row-level security (RLS) policies; each user can reach only their own data and content made visible to them.

Children's privacy

Pagely is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect data from them.

Changes

We may update this policy from time to time. Significant changes will be published on this page.

Contact

Questions: robu.studyo@gmail.com

Pagely — Terms of Use

Last updated: 13 October 2026

By using Pagely you accept the terms below. If you do not accept them, do not use the app.

Your account

• You must be over 13 to create an account.
• You sign in with your Google or Apple account; keeping that account secure is your responsibility.
• Your username is yours alone and can be changed once every 3 months.
• You can permanently delete your account at any time from inside the app (Profile → Account → Delete my account).

User content and zero tolerance

Notes, posts, comments, photos, shelf names, club messages and profile details are your responsibility. We have zero tolerance for objectionable content and abusive users. The following are strictly prohibited:

• Harassment, bullying, threats, hate speech or discrimination,
• Sexual content, nudity, or any material that exploits children,
• Violence, illegal activity, or encouragement of either,
• Spam, fraud, impersonation,
• Copyright infringement — including sharing the full text or scanned pages of a book,
• Sharing links to pirated content.

Page photos in the notes feature are for your own reading notes; photographing a book chapter by chapter and sharing it is copyright infringement.

Moderation

From inside the app you can block any user and report any user, comment or post. We review reports as quickly as we can, normally within 24 hours; where a rule has been broken we remove the content and suspend or close the account if necessary. That window may be longer during a backlog or a technical outage. These decisions are ours to make and require no prior notice.

Subscription and payments

Pagely's core features are free. A Pagely Premium subscription covers detailed statistics, the monthly and yearly recap posts, unlimited shelves, the ability to create clubs, and unlimited note photos. Joining a club is always free.

• Plans: Monthly and yearly. Current prices are shown in the app and in the store (Google Play or the App Store) at the moment of purchase.
• Free trial: Your first subscription includes a 7-day free trial. Cancel before it ends and you are not charged.
• Billing and renewal: Payment is taken through your Google Play account (Android) or your Apple ID (iPhone and iPad). The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
• Cancelling: Cancel any time from Google Play → Subscriptions on Android, or Settings → your name → Subscriptions on iPhone and iPad. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the period you have paid for, and premium features stay available until then. Uninstalling the app does not cancel a subscription.
• Refunds and withdrawal: Refunds follow the refund policy of Google Play or Apple and are handled by them; we never see your payment details. Any statutory right of withdrawal remains — for digital services that right can be limited once performance has begun, which is why the 7-day free trial is offered.
• Price changes: We may change prices. Existing subscribers are notified through the store before a change takes effect, and may cancel.
• Account deletion: Deleting your account does not cancel your subscription. Cancel it separately in Google Play or in your Apple ID subscriptions to stop being charged.

Content data

Book information and cover images come from the Google Books API and Open Library. Film and series information comes from TMDB; this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB. Author information comes from Wikipedia and Wikidata and is available under the CC BY-SA licence. Pagely is not endorsed or certified by Google. The app does not provide book text; it offers tracking, note-taking and discovery tools only. Details and cover photos of books you add by hand are yours and remain your responsibility.

Disclaimer

The app is provided "as is". We do not guarantee that the service will be uninterrupted or error-free. We are not liable for damages arising from third-party content (book, film and author data from third parties, user content, external links).

Changes and contact

We may update these terms; significant changes will be published on this page. Questions: robu.studyo@gmail.com