Effective 30 October 2026.
Pandaedits is a PDF editor for iPhone and Mac. This policy explains what the app does with your information. The short version: your documents never leave your device, and the app collects nothing about you.
What the app does with your documents
Every document you open is read, rendered, edited and saved on your device by software built into the app. The app has no server. It makes no network connection to open, view, edit, protect, redact, watermark, sign or save a PDF, and it never uploads, copies or transmits a document or any part of one. Only the two optional digital-signature features described below connect to a server, and only when you use them.
What the app collects
Nothing. The app has no accounts, no sign-in, no analytics, no advertising, no crash reporting of its own and no third-party software development kits. It does not collect, store or share personal information, usage information, device identifiers or location.
What the app keeps on your device
The app keeps a few things on your device only, so that it can work the way you set it up:
- your settings (the theme, the accent colour, whether to reopen the last document);
- a list of recently opened documents, as references to where they are, not copies of them;
- signatures you choose to save, so you can place them again;
- the last watermark you configured;
- signing certificates you create or import, in your device’s Keychain, and the signers you choose to trust;
- whether trusted timestamps are on and which timestamp server you chose;
- a record of your subscription or trial, so the app can tell whether it is active without asking the App Store every time.
One of them, the accent colour, is also kept in your iCloud account while iCloud is on, so your iPhone, iPad and Mac show the same colour. Apple keeps it under your Apple Account; it never reaches us.
You can remove any of these from within the app or by deleting the app. Deleting the app removes all of them from the device.
Optional online features for digital signatures
Two optional features for digital signatures connect to servers outside the app. Both are off until you use them:
- Trusted timestamp. When you turn on “Add a trusted timestamp” while signing, or choose “Timestamp This Document”, the app sends a fingerprint of the document to the timestamp server you picked (DigiCert, Sectigo, SSL.com, or an address you enter) and receives a signed time in return. The fingerprint is a SHA-256 hash: the document cannot be rebuilt from it.
- Add Verification Information. The app downloads certificate status information (OCSP responses, certificate revocation lists and certificates) from the servers named in the certificates of the document’s signatures, and stores it in the document.
Neither feature sends your document, its contents or anything about you. Like any connection, the server you reach sees your device’s IP address. These servers are run by their operators under their own terms, not by us, and nothing is sent to us.
These two features need an internet connection. If your device is offline when you use one, the app says so: turn on Wi-Fi or mobile data and try again. Everything else in the app works without a connection.
Subscriptions and purchases
Subscriptions are sold and billed by Apple through the App Store. The app never sees your payment details, your name or your Apple Account. What it receives from Apple is a signed record that a subscription exists and when it ends, which it keeps on your device to work offline. Apple’s handling of your purchase is described in Apple’s own privacy policy.
Passwords
A password you enter to open a protected PDF, or set when protecting a copy, is used on your device for that one operation. It is not stored by the app and it is not sent anywhere.
Children
The app is a general-purpose document editor and is not directed at children. It collects no information from anyone.
Changes to this policy
If the app ever changes what it does with your information, this policy will change first, with a new effective date at the top, and the app’s next update will say so.
Contact
Questions about this policy or about the app: email [email protected], or see the support page.