Readream Basic Privacy Policy

Information stored on the device

Readream Basic stores documents selected by the reader, reading positions, shelves, bookmarks, highlights, in-book notes, vocabulary entries, narration checkpoints, and reading preferences in app-controlled storage on the device. This information is used to provide the features selected by the reader and is not sent to the Readream developer.

Writer and cross-book Notebook screens in Basic are feature previews. Basic does not contain their project, chapter, revision, aggregate-note, or export backends and does not create data from those preview screens.

Android's document and share pickers give Readream Basic access only to files the reader selects. Readream Basic does not scan unrelated device storage. Passwords entered to open supported documents are used for that open operation and are not retained as account credentials.

Read-aloud and voice previews

Read-aloud uses an offline voice installed in the reader's selected Android text-to-speech engine. Readream Basic filters out system voices marked as requiring a network connection. The selected text-to-speech engine processes the passage being spoken, and its provider's privacy policy applies to that engine.

Level 2 Piper and Level 3 Kokoro voices are previews of features available in the separate Readream Premium app. When the reader explicitly taps Preview, Readream Basic streams a short prerecorded audio sample over HTTPS from the Readream voice release hosted on GitHub. The preview does not send book text, notes, reading history, file names, or search history. Preview audio is played temporarily and is not intentionally saved by Readream Basic.

GitHub and its release-content delivery providers may receive ordinary connection data needed to deliver the sample, such as the reader's IP address, request time, requested file, and technical network information. An IP address may reveal approximate location. GitHub handles this information under its own privacy terms. Readream Basic does not receive this connection information from GitHub and does not use it for advertising or analytics.

Readream Basic does not contain downloadable neural voice models, a neural model downloader, or Piper/Kokoro speech-generation engines. Tapping Use voice for a Premium voice opens an upgrade explanation rather than downloading or activating the model.

Optional online book catalog

When you open Discover books, Readream requests results from the source you choose: Project Gutenberg, validated English Wikisource texts, or Standard Ebooks' public new-release feed. Requests use HTTPS. Project Gutenberg and Wikisource receive the search/filter terms needed to return results and selected book identifiers for details. Standard Ebooks searches filter its downloaded feed on your device; those search terms are not sent to Standard Ebooks. Wikisource EPUB downloads use Wikimedia's WS Export service and send the selected public text title. Visible cover images may load from the source or Wikimedia Commons.

These providers receive ordinary connection information, including your IP address, request time, app user-agent and requested address. Read Project Gutenberg's privacy policy and Wikimedia's privacy policy. Standard Ebooks provides its public feed directly; see its source and feed information. Readream does not operate a catalog proxy, require a catalog account, or receive those providers' connection logs.

Catalog results, details and cover images may be cached locally for faster repeat visits and offline access to previously viewed results. Saved-for-later books, up to eight recent searches, browsing position, view preferences and download preferences are stored only on this device; they are not synced to Readream servers. Recent searches can be removed or cleared in the catalog. Downloaded books, their original license notices, and reading data are stored in the app's local library. Recoverable interrupted downloads may retain an unfinished file for safe resuming; it can be cleared from Downloads. Clear catalog cache removes cached results and covers without erasing downloaded books or saved lists. Books can be deleted from the library, and clearing app data removes all local catalog preferences. Downloads do not send your private documents, highlights, narration text or writing projects to the catalog source. The catalog contains no advertising SDK or ads.

Catalog browsing and book downloads are free in both Readream apps. Readream earns no profit or commissions from providing these books: there are no catalog ads or book-download fees. A Readream Pro purchase pays for the app's additional features, not access to these books. Readream is not affiliated with or endorsed by Project Gutenberg, Wikisource/Wikimedia, or Standard Ebooks. Standard Ebooks access is limited to its openly available new-release feed, not its access-controlled full catalog. Original source/license/attribution notices stay in downloaded books. Copyright varies by country.

Delete download in a downloaded book's details removes its local file, reading progress, bookmarks and highlights, but keeps the catalog saved-for-later list. You can download the book again. No private reading content is uploaded by browsing, downloading, or deleting a catalog book.

Optional notifications

Optional smart reading reminders

Book recommendations use on-device, per-book reading/listening minutes, return visits and recency from the last 28 days. Briefly opened, short, completed and unavailable documents are excluded. EPUB length is checked temporarily on-device; extracted passages are not saved or uploaded. The reminder may show a book title from your existing library, with generic lock-screen content. Turning Notifications off also stops this per-book learning. Reading time stops counting after three minutes without interaction; active read-aloud time can continue counting.

Smart reminders and network-context learning are on by default. There is no custom introduction popup. Android requests notification permission when needed; Settings → Notifications explains the feature and allows turning it off. Readream learns reading/listening time windows and counts of active reader minutes on this device. The learning window covers the most recent 28 days; older habit records are removed the next time enabled learning or a reminder check processes them. It also stores the identifier of the last-read library book and local reminder delivery, snooze, and dismissal state. It does not record book passages, document contents, unrelated app usage, or geographic coordinates for this feature. Reminder timing is a local heuristic, not a trained prediction of whether you will return. Android notification permission is separate; declining it during setup turns reminders and their learning off.

Network context is part of automatic reminder timing. Readream uses available gateway and DNS configuration from the current Wi-Fi connection to create an installation-specific keyed signature using a key in Android Keystore. Raw network properties are processed temporarily and are not retained by this feature. It does not read Wi-Fi names, router identifiers, scan nearby networks, look up your public IP, or call location services. Matching is approximate: different networks may have identical configuration, and VPN connections are excluded. These signatures are not used to identify Home/Work or map physical places.

Nothing from smart reminders is uploaded to Readream or an analytics service. Android schedules local reminder checks and may delay delivery. Settings → Notifications has one On/Off switch. Turning it off stops habit/network recording and cancels reminder work and notifications. Turning it back on resumes automatic timing with default quiet hours of 22:00–08:00. No separate timing, fingerprinting, or history controls are shown. Existing learned history stays local while off; older habits are pruned when enabled processing resumes. Clearing Android app data or uninstalling removes the local history; Android cloud backup is disabled. This switch does not suppress required import/download status notifications or read-aloud playback controls.

Readream Basic uses local Android notifications to show user-started document imports and book downloads. The current app does not register for Firebase Cloud Messaging or remote marketing push notifications. These local notifications do not send reader content to a notification provider. Android controls notification permissions and categories; readers can change them in Android settings.

External actions and sharing

If the reader chooses web search, dictionary, translation, or an external link, Android opens another app or browser chosen by the reader. If the reader chooses Share, Android sends only the selected content to the destination chosen by the reader. The destination's privacy policy applies after that handoff.

Retention, deletion, and security

Imported books and related reading data remain on the device until the reader deletes them, clears the app's data, or uninstalls the app. Android cloud backup is disabled for Readream Basic. Device lock-screen, storage-encryption, operating-system, and selected export-destination protections still apply. No storage method can be guaranteed completely secure, so readers should keep separate copies of important documents.

Clearing Readream Basic's app data or uninstalling the app removes its local notification preferences from the device.

Children

Readream Basic is a general-audience books and productivity application and is not directed specifically to children. The developer does not knowingly collect personal information from children through the app.

Changes and contact

Material changes will be reflected by updating this policy and its effective date. Questions or privacy requests may be submitted through the Readream support page at https://readream.pages.dev/support.