Octapla privacy policy
Last updated 2026-10-14
Octapla is a Bible reader for Android and Windows, published by Inside Out Play, Inc. It is free, has no ads and no account, and we don't collect anything about you.
What stays on your device
Your notes, tags, highlights, links, bookmarks and settings are stored on your device, and nowhere else unless you put them somewhere. We never receive them.
- Sync. If you turn on sync, Octapla writes to a folder you choose. If that folder is kept in step by a cloud service (Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox), that service's own terms apply to it.
- Export. An export is a file saved where you choose.
- Android backup. On Android, the system backs up app data to your Google account if you've turned backup on. Octapla leaves its sharing key and everything from API.Bible out of that backup.
When Octapla connects to the internet
Only when you choose a translation that is read online, and only after you agree in the app. Each service asks for its own yes.
YouVersion (the Hawaii Pidgin Bible, the NIV and Bibelen på Hverdagsdansk). Octapla asks the YouVersion Platform, run by Life.Church, for each chapter it shows. YouVersion sees your device's internet (IP) address and which chapters are requested. No notes, names or settings are sent. The text is kept in memory while Octapla is open and never saved on your device. YouVersion's privacy policy applies to what it receives.
API.Bible (the New Living Translation, the New King James Version and the New American Standard Bible 1995). Octapla asks API.Bible, run by the American Bible Society, for each chapter you open that isn't already on your device. API.Bible sees your device's internet (IP) address and which chapters are requested. The chapters are kept on your device, encrypted, for up to 14 days, so you can read them offline, and are never exported, synced or shared. API.Bible's license requires its usage reporting (FUMS, its Fair Use Management System): while one of these translations is shown, Octapla tells API.Bible which chapters are read, with a random number made for your device and a random number for each session. These numbers say nothing about who you are, and no notes, names or settings are sent. The American Bible Society's privacy policy applies to what it receives.
If you untick every translation from a service, Octapla stops connecting to it and forgets your yes.
Otherwise Octapla doesn't connect to anything. Links to sources and licenses open in your own browser.
Sharing a passage
When you share a passage, Octapla makes a link or a file, and you send it with an app you choose. The passage and your notes travel inside the link, after the "#", which browsers don't send to any server. Someone without Octapla can open the link at octapla.app. That page loads only files from octapla.app, unless the share is in a translation read online and you ask to see it; it then asks the YouVersion Platform for those chapters, as the app does, and YouVersion sees your IP address and which chapters are read. The page never shows the translations read through API.Bible. Nothing of the share is sent. The page uses no cookies or analytics, keeps that text only while it is open, and stores nothing in the browser. octapla.app is hosted by GitHub Pages, which keeps server logs, including IP addresses, for security.
Feedback
"Send feedback" and "Report a problem with this verse" open your own mail app with an email to feedback@octapla.app. It contains the app's version and the kind of device, and for a verse report the passage and the translations on screen. You can read and change it before sending, and nothing is sent unless you send it. We use your email only to read and answer it.
Children
Octapla is not made for children under 13, and collects no information from anyone.
Changes
If what Octapla sends ever changes, this page will change first, with a new date.
Contact
Inside Out Play, Inc. · feedback@octapla.app