Pinakes respects your privacy.
This app is designed to help you manage your personal book library and reading activity. We do not require an account to use the app.
Data Collection
Your personal library data — books, reading status, and preferences — is stored only on your device and never sent to external servers, except as described in the AI Features section below. Pinakes does collect anonymous usage analytics through TelemetryDeck to help improve the app (see Analytics section below).
Third-Party Services
Pinakes may access third-party services to retrieve book information, such as titles, authors, descriptions, and cover images. These services may process requests according to their own privacy policies.
Pinakes does not share your personal library or reading activity with these services.
AI Features (Early Access)
Pinakes includes optional AI-powered features — such as the Book Assistant chat, reading recommendations, and music suggestions — available to users with an invitation access code. When you use these features:
Your messages and any relevant book context (such as titles and authors from your library) are sent to a Pinakes server and then to Anthropic's Claude AI service to generate responses.
Your employer access code and daily usage count are sent to the Pinakes server to validate access and enforce usage limits.
Anthropic may process this data according to their own privacy policy. No data is used to train Anthropic's models under the current API terms.
AI features are strictly opt-in and require an access code. If you do not use these features, no data is sent to AI services.
Analytics and Tracking
Pinakes uses TelemetryDeck, a privacy-focused analytics service, to collect anonymous usage data. This data includes events such as feature usage, search actions, and book status changes. It does not include your book titles, authors, notes, or any personally identifiable information. TelemetryDeck uses a one-way hashed identifier that cannot be used to identify you. You can learn more at telemetrydeck.com/privacy.
Camera and Photos
If you choose to scan book barcodes or add a custom book cover, the app may request access to the camera or photo library. This access is used only for the selected feature and no images are stored or transmitted outside your device.
Children's Privacy
Pinakes does not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Changes to This Policy
This privacy policy may be updated from time to time. Any changes will be reflected on this page.
Contact
If you have questions about this privacy policy, you can contact the developer at:
📧 pgomez.ping@gmail.com