Privacy Policy

Last updated: 10 November 2026

This Privacy Policy describes how the operator of the AniKoma mobile application ("AniKoma," "we," "us" or "our") collects, uses and discloses information in connection with the AniKoma application (the "App").

By using the App, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy. We use and disclose information only as described in this Privacy Policy. Capitalized terms not defined here have the meanings given to them in our Terms of Use, available at anikoma.app/terms.

1. Information We Collect

As of the date of this Privacy Policy, AniKoma does not operate any server that receives information from the App. Your library, reading progress, files and the other information you keep in the App are stored on your device and are not sent to any server we operate (see Section 3). The App contains no analytics, advertising or tracking software.

The information we receive is limited to the following:

1.1 Information You Send Us

If you contact us by email, we receive your email address, the contents of your message and any attachments you choose to include, such as diagnostic information you copy from the App or that the App adds to an email you choose to send.

1.2 Information Apple Shares With Us

If you test the App through TestFlight, Apple shares with us the feedback and screenshots you choose to submit, crash reports from beta versions of the App, and the tester details that Apple provides with them, under Apple's TestFlight terms. If you download the App from the App Store and choose to share analytics with app developers in your device settings, Apple may share crash reports and usage statistics with us. Apple's handling of this information is governed by Apple's privacy policy.

2. How We Use and Disclose Information

2.1 Use of Information

We use the information described in Section 1 only to:

• respond to your questions, requests and reports;
• investigate and fix crashes, errors and other problems with the App; and
• comply with applicable law and enforce our Terms of Use.

We do not sell, rent or monetize your information, and we do not use it for advertising, marketing or profiling.

2.2 Disclosure of Information

We may disclose information we hold where we believe in good faith that doing so is necessary to:

• meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request;
• enforce our Terms of Use, including investigation of potential violations;
• detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues; or
• protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of AniKoma, our users or the public, as required or permitted by law.

If AniKoma is involved in a merger, acquisition or sale of assets, information we hold may be transferred as part of that transaction.

3. Information Stored on Your Device

The following information is stored on your device, within the App, and is not sent to us:

• your library, reading progress and history;
• files you add and chapters you download;
• your notes, highlights, drawings and bookmarks;
• the media servers and source lists you add, and the credentials or access keys used to connect to your media servers;
• cookies set by websites contacted by your sources;
• your account details, if you sign in (see Section 4.5);
• the profile name and picture you choose for your account; and
• your settings.

Where more than one account is used on a device, each account's information is kept separately. This information is not sent to us and we do not have access to it.

3.1 Diagnostics

Crash and hang reports that iOS provides to the App remain on your device. They leave your device only if you choose to share them, for example by copying them into an email to us.

3.2 Age Range

To turn off Hide Sensitive Content, the App asks for your age range through Apple's age range feature. You choose whether to share it. The answer is used on your device and is not sent to us.

3.3 Device Backups

If you use iCloud Backup or back up your device to a computer, iOS may include the App's data in that backup. Such backups are handled by Apple, or stored on your computer, under Apple's terms and not by us.

3.4 Backup Files You Create

If you use Back Up Now, the App writes a backup file to the location you choose, such as the Files app or iCloud Drive. That file contains your library, reading progress and settings. It is stored where you save it and is not sent to us.

4. Third-Party Services

To provide its features, the App sends certain information from your device directly to third parties. These third parties are not our service providers. They receive information directly from your device, and their handling of it is governed by their own terms and privacy policies, not by this Privacy Policy. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party site or service, and we advise you to review the privacy policy of each service you use.

4.1 Catalog Metadata Service

To show series, together with their titles, cover images and descriptions, the App sends requests to a third-party catalog metadata service. These requests contain the words you type in Search, the series the App looks up and the lists it displays. The catalog metadata service also receives your device's Internet Protocol ("IP") address. The App does not send it an account identifier, your name or your library.

4.2 Cover Images

Cover images are loaded from the location the series information points to, which may be the catalog metadata service's image host, a media server you connect or a website used by a source you add. That server receives your IP address and the image requested.

4.3 Media Servers You Connect

If you connect a media server, the App communicates with that server directly. The sign-in details you enter for a media server are sent only to that server, and whatever the App needs to stay connected to it is stored on your device.

4.4 Sources You Add

The App does not include any sources or source lists, and we do not recommend, check or control any of them. If you add a source list, its sources run on your device and connect from your device directly to the third-party websites they use. Those websites receive the requests the source makes, such as searches, chapter lists and pages, together with your IP address, and they may set cookies. We are not a party to these connections and do not receive any information from them. Each website's own privacy policy applies.

4.5 Sign in with Apple and Google Sign-In

Use of an account is optional. If you choose Sign in with Apple, Apple provides the App with an account identifier and, if you allow it, your email address or a private relay address. The App does not request your name. If you choose Google Sign-In, Google provides the App with an account identifier and your email address. The Google Sign-In software included in the App is provided by Google and may collect device information in accordance with Google's privacy policy.

The App uses the account identifier and email address only for app functionality: to open your account on your device and to recognize the same person across both sign-in methods. They are linked to your account within the App, are stored on your device and are not used for tracking. We do not receive this information on any server we operate. Information that Apple or Google receives and processes when you sign in is governed by their privacy policies.

4.6 Our Service Providers

We use an email service provider to send and receive support email. Providers that process personal information on our behalf are bound by contractual or legal obligations to protect it and may use it only to provide their services to us. Other disclosures of information we hold are described in Section 2.2.

5. Advertising and the Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA)

The App does not display advertising and does not contain advertising software. The App does not access or use your device's Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) or any other advertising identifier, and it does not ask for permission to track you under Apple's App Tracking Transparency framework.

6. Tracking

We do not track you across apps or websites owned by other companies, and we do not build a profile of you. We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising, as those terms are defined under applicable law. Because we do not track you, we do not respond differently to "Do Not Track" signals.

7. Data Retention

Information stored on your device remains there until you delete it, delete your account or delete the App, subject to the exceptions described in Section 8. We do not keep a copy of it on any server we operate.

Email you send us is kept for as long as necessary to research your issue and respond to you, and thereafter for as long as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements. TestFlight feedback, crash reports and App Store analytics are retained by Apple under Apple's terms; we keep information from them only for as long as necessary to investigate and fix the problems they report.

Information received directly by the third parties described in Section 4 is retained under their own policies.

8. Data Deletion

You can delete information at any time:

• You can remove a file, media server, source list or download in the App.
• If you have an account, You > Account > Delete Account removes that account's library, reading progress, downloads and settings from your device. If you signed in with Google, the App also asks Google to disconnect the App from your Google account. If you signed in with Apple, Delete Account does not remove the link between the App and your Apple Account. To remove it, go to Settings > [your name] > Sign-In & Security > Sign in with Apple, select the App and choose Stop Using Sign in with Apple.
• If you do not have an account, deleting the App removes the App's files from your device. Items the App stores in the iOS Keychain, such as sign-in details and media server credentials, may remain on the device after the App is deleted until the device is erased or the App is reinstalled and that item is removed from within it. Copies of the App's data in a device backup remain in that backup (see Section 3.3).

We do not hold a copy of this information on any server we operate. To ask us to delete email you have sent us, contact us at support@anikoma.app. To ask a third party described in Section 4 to delete information it has received, contact that third party.

8.1 Withdrawing Consent

You may withdraw your consent to any optional feature at any time, for example by signing out or deleting your account, removing a media server or source list, choosing not to share your age range, leaving a TestFlight beta, or turning off sharing with app developers in Settings > Privacy & Security > Analytics & Improvements. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that took place before you withdrew it.

9. Security

Information the App stores is kept within the App's storage on your device and is protected by the security features of your device. We use commercially acceptable means to protect the information we receive. However, no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security. You are responsible for keeping your device secure.

10. Children's Privacy

The App is not directed to children and is not intended for anyone under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at support@anikoma.app, and we will take steps to delete that information to the extent we hold it.

11. International Users

AniKoma does not currently operate servers that store your information, and the information kept by the App remains on your device. Information sent from your device to the third parties described in Section 4, and email you send us, may be processed in countries other than the one in which you live, where data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

12. Your Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights under applicable data protection law, including the right to access, correct or delete personal information we hold about you, to restrict or object to our processing of it, to receive a copy of it in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and to withdraw your consent where we rely on consent.

Because the App keeps your information on your device and we do not hold it on any server we operate, most of these rights can be exercised directly through the controls in the App described in Section 8. For information we hold, such as email you send us, contact us at support@anikoma.app. We may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection authority about our collection and use of your personal information.

12.1 Legal Bases for Processing

Where the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") or a similar law applies, AniKoma is the controller of the information described in Section 1 and processes it on the following legal bases: to respond to your requests, because it is necessary to take steps at your request or is in our legitimate interest in providing support; to investigate and fix problems with the App, because it is in our legitimate interest in maintaining the App and is not overridden by your rights; for crash reports and statistics that Apple provides to us, because you have chosen to share them with app developers in your device settings; and to comply with the law.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy at any time. When we do, we will post the updated Privacy Policy on this page and revise the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes, and it is your responsibility to do so. Your continued use of the App after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, or wish to exercise any of your rights, contact us by email at support@anikoma.app.