Minium
Privacy policy
Minium is an ebook reader for iPhone and iPad. It does not collect, share or sell your data, and it has no account.
What stays on your device
Your books, reading positions, bookmarks, quotes and collections are stored on your device, in storage that only Minium and its widgets can read, and in your device backups if you use them. Minium has no server, so none of it is sent to the developer or to anyone else. Settings such as typeface and theme are kept in the app’s preferences on the device.
What Minium does not do
- It has no account or sign-in.
- It collects no personal data and no usage data.
- It has no analytics, no advertising and no crash reporting, and it includes no third-party tracking code.
- It does not track you across apps or websites.
Apple asks every app to declare what it tracks and collects. Minium declares no tracking and no collected data, so its App Store page reads “Data Not Collected”.
Importing books
When you add a file, from Files, with “Open in Minium” or from the share sheet, Minium reads it on your device and copies it into the app’s storage. Nothing is uploaded. A book’s contents go nowhere unless you share the file yourself.
Reading
Most books can’t reach the internet: Minium blocks them from loading anything over the network.
Two kinds of book are the exception: fixed-layout books, where every page is laid out like a picture, and books set in vertical text. Minium shows these another way, without that block, so if such a book links to images or other files online, they may load.
A link you tap inside a book opens in your browser or mail app, and that app’s own privacy policy applies from then on.
Widgets
Minium’s widgets (Continue, Reading Now and Quote) show the book you read last or one you pick, the books you are in the middle of, or a saved quote. They read the same on-device storage and do not use the network.
Sharing
If you share or copy a quote, or share a book file, with the share sheet, it goes to the app you pick. Minium never shares anything on its own.
System data the app uses
Minium keeps its settings in the system’s preferences, and reads file dates and available disk space on your device to manage your library. None of this leaves the device.
This website
This website has no cookies, no tracking, no third-party code.
Sample books
The books that come with Minium are public-domain texts from Project Gutenberg, bundled in the app. Minium does not download them.
Removing your data
Delete a book in the app to remove it. “Forget removed books” (in Settings, then Privacy) clears the reading positions Minium keeps for deleted books. Quotes you saved stay in Quotes after their book is deleted; delete them there. Deleting the app removes everything it stores.
Children
Minium collects no data from anyone, children included.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new effective date.
Contact
Questions about privacy: support@readminium.app.