Pawfile is a pet scrapbook, records and vet calendar app published by Southwest Blueprints. This policy explains what happens to your information when you use it. Contact: info@southwestblueprints.com.

The short version

We do not collect, store, sell or share any of your data. We have no servers and no accounts.
No analytics, advertising, tracking or crash-reporting software.
The app does not have Android's internet permission, or any camera, location, contacts or calendar permission, and opts out of Android's automatic cloud backup.
Pawfile never links to or signs in to any pharmacy, vet or other account.

What the app stores, and where

Your pets, scrapbook entries and photos, weights, vaccines, medications, vet visits, expenses, receipts, attached documents, calendar events and settings are stored in the app's private storage on your device.

Photos and scans

Photos come from Android's photo picker or your camera app, which need no permission. Pawfile stores a re-encoded copy with the photo's metadata (EXIF, including any GPS location) removed. Scans use Google Play services' document scanner, which runs on your phone; Pawfile itself doesn't need camera permission.

Shared files and text recognition

You can share a PDF, receipt or screenshot to Pawfile from another app, for example an order or prescription from a pet pharmacy such as Chewy, or a document from your vet.
Pawfile keeps a copy in its private storage and reads the text on your phone with Google's on-device ML Kit text recognizer. Nothing is uploaded.
Pawfile suggests a record from that text, and nothing is saved until you check it.
Pawfile isn't affiliated with Chewy or any pharmacy or clinic.
Suggestions such as refill dates are for your own records and aren't medical advice. Always follow your vet's instructions.

What leaves your device

Only what you send. PDF records, CSV exports and calendar (.ics) files are made on your phone. If you back up, export or share, Android's Save or Share dialog lets you choose where the file goes, for example your device, Google Drive or an email you send. A backup can be protected with a passphrase (AES-256-GCM, with the key derived from your passphrase by Argon2id). We cannot recover a forgotten passphrase. If you add reminders, Pawfile asks for notification permission and your device schedules them; nothing is sent from a server. If you turn on the app lock, Pawfile asks your phone's own fingerprint, face or screen lock and receives no biometric data.

Purchases

The optional one-time unlock is sold through Google Play. Google processes the payment under its own privacy policy. We do not receive your name, email address or payment details.

Your control

Delete a pet in the app (its photos and documents go with it), or uninstall the app or clear its storage in Android Settings to delete everything. Backup and export files you saved elsewhere stay under your control.

Children

The app is not directed at children and collects no personal information from anyone.

Changes

If this policy changes, we will update this page and its effective date. Because the app has no internet access, it cannot change what it collects without an app update that you install.

Made by Southwest Blueprints with AI assistance.

iPhone version: the same privacy rules

The Android-specific permission and backup references above describe the Google Play version. The iPhone version has no application networking code, developer backend, analytics, advertising, tracking or crash reporting. iOS has no Android-style internet permission switch. Apple processes the optional one-time purchase under its own privacy policy.

Private app-data directories are marked as excluded from device backups. Manual exports and backup files go where you choose through Files or the share sheet, including a cloud provider you select. Those exported files remain under your control. Delete the app, not Offload, to remove local data.

Photos, documents and text recognition, where available in this app, are processed on the device. Face ID and device passcodes, where used, are handled by the operating system. Reminders are local notifications, not messages from our servers.

The iPhone app can blur its app-switcher snapshot. iOS does not let ordinary apps block screenshots; the setting describes this limitation.

Selected PDFs and images shared to Pawfile are copied into a local App Group inbox, excluded from device backup, then processed locally with Apple PDFKit and Vision for your review. No account linking.

Pawfile Privacy Policy