Privacy

Arca Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 3, 2026

Arca is built by an independent developer. We do not sell your data, share it with advertisers, or track you across other apps and websites.

Data stored on your device

Your bookmarks, reading history, reading streaks, recent searches, app preferences, and cached articles are stored locally. Your personalized ranking is calculated on your device. Deleting the app removes this local data.

Arca+ daily edition

Arca’s server creates one shared daily edition from public headlines, publisher names, links, and excerpts carried in the app’s RSS feeds. That public story information is sent to OpenAI to generate the edition. Every subscriber receives the same cached edition; your reading history, searches, source preferences, bookmarks, and on-device ranking profile are not sent with the request.

For paid access, the app sends an Apple-signed transaction so the server can verify that your subscription is active. The daily-edition service does not create a user profile or keep a per-reader usage history. Arca does not receive or store your payment card or bank information. Apple processes the purchase.

Offline podcast downloads

Arca+ can save the audio file a podcast publisher includes in its RSS feed to your device for offline playback. Downloaded episodes, download settings, and playback position stay on your device until you delete them or remove the app. They are not uploaded to Arca’s server.

Crash diagnostics

TestFlight and App Store builds use Sentry to send crash and watchdog-termination reports so we can diagnose reliability problems. These may include app version, device and operating-system details, stack traces, and technical lifecycle breadcrumbs. Arca disables default personal data, screenshots, view hierarchies, logs, network breadcrumbs, failed network requests, performance traces, session replay, and analytics events.

Sign in with Apple

Sign in with Apple is optional. If you use it, the app stores Apple’s user identifier on your device for account continuity. Your email is optional and controlled through Apple’s sign-in flow. The identifier is not sent to the Arca+ server.

Publishers and network requests

Arca fetches articles and podcasts from publishers’ RSS feeds. When a feed does not contain a complete article, Arca opens the publisher’s webpage. Publishers may receive the ordinary network information your device sends when requesting their feed or webpage, subject to their own privacy policies.

What Arca does not collect

Arca does not collect your precise location, contacts, photos, advertising identifier, or payment information. There is no advertising, and your reading habits are not sold or shared with data brokers.

Retention and deletion

Arca’s server retains the shared daily editions and the public story information used to create them. It does not create an Arca account, store your reading profile, or keep a daily-edition usage history tied to you. Delete local data and podcast downloads inside Arca or by deleting the app. Apple manages subscription and billing records.

Contact

Questions or deletion requests can be sent to support@arcareader.app or through the support page.