NoAd Scan

Privacy Policy

Effective November 13, 2026

NoAd Scan is an Android app by Asad Waheed for scanning paper into PDFs and reading, sorting and sharing the PDFs on your phone. This policy explains what happens to your information. The short version: NoAd Scan has no account, no ads, no tracking and no servers of its own. Your scans and files stay on your phone.

1. What the app stores

On your phone only:

  • The PDFs you scan, in the app's private storage, and copies you choose to save to your Downloads folder.
  • A list of the PDFs found on your phone and small preview pictures of their first page, so the list opens instantly.
  • Your pins and simple settings, such as your sort order and layout.

We never receive this information.

2. What we do not collect

NoAd Scan has no sign-in, no analytics, no advertising and no crash reporting service. The app does not upload, sell or share your documents or any personal information, and we do not track you across apps or websites.

3. Scanning

Scanning uses Google's document scanner, provided by Google Play services on your phone. It finds the page edges, crops and cleans the image on your device and returns the finished PDF to NoAd Scan. Google Play services is provided by Google under Google's own terms and privacy policy.

4. Permissions and access to files

  • All files access (optional): lets NoAd Scan find PDF files anywhere on your phone, such as those saved by WhatsApp, Telegram or your browser, so they show in one list. The app only lists and opens PDF files, and only deletes a file when you ask it to. You can turn this off at any time in Android Settings.
  • Folders you choose (instead of all files access): if you add a folder with Android's folder picker, the app reads only the PDFs in that folder. Remove a folder at any time in the app.
  • Installed apps: the app reads the names of apps on your phone only to show which app a PDF came from (for example "WhatsApp") in its filter. This list never leaves your phone.
  • Camera: used by Google's scanner while you scan, and only then.

5. Sharing and printing

When you share or print a PDF, NoAd Scan hands it to the app or printer you pick through Android's share and print screens. What happens next is up to that app or service.

6. Purchase

NoAd Scan is a one-time purchase on Google Play. Payment is handled entirely by Google Play billing; we never see your payment details. Google may share your purchase record with us (for example an order number) so we can help with a purchase question. To check that a copy was bought on Google Play, the app asks Android which store installed it, on your phone. See the Terms of Sale for payment and refunds.

7. Deleting your data

You can delete any scan or PDF in the app at any time. Uninstalling NoAd Scan removes its scans, previews, pins and settings from your phone. PDFs that belong to other apps or that you saved to Downloads stay where they are.

8. Children

NoAd Scan is not directed to children under 13 and does not knowingly collect information from anyone.

9. Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.

10. Contact

Questions about privacy: as2627165@gmail.com, or message us on WhatsApp.