Privacy Policy
Bible DMs is run by Shan ("we", "us"). This policy explains what the Bible DMs app collects, where it goes, how long we keep it, and how you can delete it.
The short version
- Your account and everything you make in the app (notes and their photos and recordings, saved verses, highlights, plans, aims and settings) is stored with our cloud database provider so it syncs to your other phones.
- What you type in Chats, and your first name, go to third-party AI providers so they can write a reply. Chat memory, your notes and anything personal go only to the provider we trust with sensitive information.
- Purchases go through Apple or Google and a subscription service. Crash reports go to an error-reporting service, without your messages or who you are.
- We don't sell your data, show ads, or track you across other apps.
- You can delete your chat memory, past chats, notes or your whole account at any time in the app.
1. What we collect
Your account
You create an account with Sign in with Apple or Google. We receive a user ID, your email address (or Apple's private relay address, if you chose to hide it) and, if you share it, your name. We use these only to sign you in and keep your data with your account.
What you tell us when you start
The opening questions ask what to call you (your first name), how you are, and where you are with the Bible. They also record your choice of translation, text size, appearance and whether you want an 11:11 reminder. These are saved with your account.
What you make in the app
The following sync to your account so they are there on any phone you sign in on:
- Sermon notes: titles, preacher, words, folders, summaries, reflections and prayers, and the photos and audio recordings you attach. A single photo or recording over 50 MB stays only on the phone it was made on.
- Aims (Manifestations): what you write, which one is your aim, and how many moments were held with it.
- Saved verses, highlights and reading plans, with your progress.
- Your reading place in feeds and chapters, your settings, and your reading and 11:11 streaks. Streaks keep only dates, not what you read.
Chats
Chats is an AI chat. What you type there is sent to our server and on to an AI provider (see section 3) so it can reply. Unless you turned memory off:
- Your conversations are saved with your account, so they continue after you close the app and appear under Past chats.
- The app keeps memory: short facts it learns from what you share, such as people in your life, what you're going through, or your faith. Memory can include sensitive information, such as details about your health, feelings or religious beliefs. It is used only to make later replies more personal.
If you turned memory off, your chat stays on your phone only and nothing is remembered on our server.
Crisis messages are never sent or stored. If something you type suggests you may harm yourself, the app shows crisis help on your phone, and that message does not leave it.
Other AI features
When you ask for a note summary, ask a question about a note, or tap Explain on a verse, the note's title, preacher and words, or your question, are sent to an AI provider to answer. These answers are not saved on our server, and they are not added to your chat or memory.
11:11
When you take part in 11:11, the app tells our server that you are waiting and that you finished a moment, so it can show the live count and keep your streak. Other people see only the total number. Your aim is never part of this, and it is never sent to AI.
Membership
We keep a record of your membership status (trial, active or ended, and when it renews or ends) so the app and our server know what to unlock. We receive this from Apple or Google through our subscription service. We never see your card or payment details.
Usage limits
To stop any one account running up costs, we count how many AI requests and searches each account makes per day. We keep the counts, not the content.
Support and deletion requests
When you write to us with Profile → Contact support or by email, we receive your message with your account's email address, the app version and your type of phone, so we can reply by email. When you ask us to delete your account on our website, we receive the email address you type. We use these only to answer you and to confirm a deletion request comes from the account's owner.
Crash reports
If the app or our server hits an error, a report goes to our error-reporting service with the type of error, where in the code it happened, your device model, operating system, app version, language and time zone. We have deliberately removed the error message, any activity trail, screenshots and anything that identifies you, because these could contain your words. The service is set not to store IP addresses.
2. What stays on your phone
- Chats, when memory is off, and any crisis message.
- Recording in a note: speech is turned into text on your phone, and the sound of the recording is not kept. (Audio recordings you choose to attach to a note do sync, as above.)
- Scan a verse: the photo is read on your phone and is not uploaded.
- The Bible text, topics, related verses and audio stories ship inside the app.
- 11:11 reminders are scheduled on your phone.
3. Who we share it with
We share your information only with the kinds of service provider below, and only to run the app. They act on our instructions. We do not sell or rent your information, and we do not share it for advertising.
| Who | What they receive | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud database and hosting provider | Your account and everything that syncs, listed in section 1. | Storing your data, sign-in and running our server. |
| AI providers | Your chat messages and first name, your chat memory, note text for summaries and questions, and verses you ask to have explained. Anything personal, any note and all memory go to one provider only; everyday questions, such as questions about the Bible, may go to another, without your memory or notes. | Writing AI replies. |
| Apple and Google | Sign-in, and purchases through the App Store or Google Play. | Your account and membership. |
| Subscription service | Your app user ID and your purchase and subscription history from Apple or Google. | Checking and managing your membership. |
| Error-reporting service | Crash reports as described in section 1. | Finding and fixing bugs. |
The AI providers receive your messages through their paid business services. They do not use your messages to train their models. Anthropic deletes them within 30 days, unless a message is flagged for breaking its usage policy, in which case it can keep it for up to 2 years. Everyday questions go through OpenRouter, which we have set to use only providers that don't train on them.
We may also disclose information if the law requires it, or to protect someone's safety.
4. Legal bases (EU, UK and Switzerland)
If you are in the EU, the UK or Switzerland, we rely on these legal bases:
- To provide the app you asked for (performance of a contract): your account, syncing what you make, AI replies, chat memory and saved conversations, Explain, note summaries, 11:11 and your membership.
- Our legitimate interests in keeping the app working, secure and affordable: crash reports and daily usage counts. You can object by deleting your account.
- Legal obligations: keeping records the law requires, such as for purchases and tax.
What you write in Chats, notes, prayers and reflections may mention your faith or health. We use it only to run these features for you, never for anything else. You can stop chat memory at any time by turning Remember me off in Profile, and delete what was remembered.
5. Where your information is processed
Bible DMs is run from India, and our providers may process your information outside your country, including in the United States. When information leaves the EU, the UK or Switzerland, we rely on adequacy decisions or the European Commission's standard contractual clauses (and their UK and Swiss equivalents) in our agreements with providers.
6. How long we keep it
- Account data and what you make: until you delete it or delete your account.
- Chat history and memory: until you delete a chat, use Forget everything, or delete your account.
- AI summaries, Explain and note questions: not kept on our server after the answer is sent.
- Usage counts: daily totals only, kept until you delete your account.
- Support messages and deletion requests: until they are answered and no longer needed, and no longer than your account. A deletion request is removed with the account it names.
- Crash reports: 90 days.
- Database backups: deleted data can remain in our provider's backups for up to 7 days before it is overwritten.
7. Your choices and rights
- See and delete your memory: Profile shows what the app remembers. You can remove any of it, use Forget everything, or turn memory off.
- Delete past chats: swipe a chat in Past chats to delete it from your phone and your account.
- Delete notes, aims, saved verses and highlights in the app, at any time.
- Delete your account: see section 8.
- Turn off 11:11 reminders in Profile.
Depending on where you live, including under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act and the EU and UK GDPR, you may have the right to access, correct, delete or get a copy of your information, to withdraw consent, to object to how it is used, and to complain to a data protection authority. You can use most of them in the app, as described above, or by writing to support@bibledms.com. For India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, the person responsible for your data and for complaints about it is Shan.
8. Deleting your account
In the app, go to Profile → Delete my account. This permanently deletes your account and everything synced to it, including your notes, their photos and recordings, your chats and memory, aims, saved verses, highlights, plans and settings. It cannot be undone.
Deleting your account does not cancel a subscription. Cancel it in your App Store or Google Play settings. If you can't open the app, you can ask us to delete it on our website, without installing anything. We email the account's address to confirm it's you, then delete it.
9. Children
Bible DMs is not meant for children under 16, and we don't knowingly collect their information. If we learn that a child has created an account, we will delete it.
10. Security
Information travels over encrypted connections. Each account can reach only its own data, and our server keys never ship inside the app. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to protect your information and will tell you if a breach affects it, as the law requires.
11. Changes
If we change this policy, we will update the date at the top. If a change is significant, we will tell you in the app before it takes effect.
12. Contact
Shan
Tamil Nadu, India
support@bibledms.com
Write to us at support@bibledms.com about anything in this policy, including using your rights, or use Profile → Contact support in the app. To delete your account without the app, use our website.