Laxus
Privacy Policy
Laxus collects no data. Everything you put into it stays on your device, and nothing is sent to us or to anyone else.
What Laxus doesn't do
- It has no account, no sign-in and no server. The app contains no networking code.
- It doesn't connect to your bank, card issuer or e-wallet.
- It has no analytics, no advertising, no tracking and no third-party code.
- We never see your entries, budgets, bills, receipts or anything else you add.
What stays on your device
Your entries, categories, budgets, bills, goals, receipt and screenshot images, the chat and your settings are stored only on the iPhone or iPad where you use Laxus. They're protected by iOS Data Protection: the receipt images can't be read while your device is locked, and the rest stays readable after you first unlock it so Apple Pay logging, bill autopay and the widget can work.
Like other app data, Laxus's data can be included in your device's own backups (iCloud Backup or a backup to a computer), which Apple handles under your settings. Laxus doesn't sync between devices.
The Laxus widget and the "Share to Laxus" option use a storage area on your device shared only with the Laxus app itself. With Hide Amounts on, the widget's figure isn't stored at all.
Permissions it asks for
Camera
Only when you scan a paper receipt. The picture is read on your device and kept with the entry it belongs to.
Microphone
Only while you're saying an entry, after you tap the mic in the chat. What you say is turned into text on your device by iOS's on-device speech model and goes into the message field; Laxus keeps no recording and sends nothing anywhere. The first time, iOS may download its language files for your language from Apple.
Photos
Laxus uses the system photo picker, so it only ever receives the screenshots or photos you choose. It can't see the rest of your library.
Face ID
Optional, to lock Laxus. Face ID is handled by iOS; Laxus only learns whether it succeeded and never receives any biometric data.
Notifications
Bill reminders and alerts about purchases that need a look. If you turn them on in Settings, Laxus also sends budget alerts and a weekly recap; both are off until you do. All of them are scheduled on your device; there's no push service.
Apple Pay, Siri and Shortcuts
Laxus can't read Apple Wallet. If you set up the Shortcuts automation, iOS passes Laxus the amount, merchant and card name of each Apple Pay purchase you choose to send, on your device. Siri and Shortcuts requests to Laxus run on your device too; Siri itself is covered by Apple's privacy policy.
Reading receipts and screenshots
Text in receipts and screenshots is recognised with Apple's on-device Vision framework. On devices with Apple Intelligence, Apple's on-device language model may help pick the right amount and merchant. Neither sends the image or its text off your device.
Questions you ask
When you ask Laxus a question in the chat, the answer is worked out on your device from your own entries, by fixed rules. Nothing is sent anywhere.
Export and backup
Settings › Export to CSV creates a spreadsheet (CSV) of your entries only when you ask, and hands it to the share sheet. Where it goes from there is up to you.
Settings › Back up everything creates one file holding everything in Laxus, receipt images included, only when you ask, and hands it to the share sheet in the same way. Laxus doesn't upload it and keeps no copy. The file isn't protected by a password, so anyone who has it can read it; keep it somewhere you trust. Restoring reads a backup file that you pick, on your device. The date of your last backup is kept on your device so Settings can show it and the chat can remind you; Laxus doesn't know where you saved the file.
Deleting your data
Delete the Laxus app and everything it stored on the device is removed. Copies in your own device backups follow your backup settings, and a backup file or spreadsheet you saved elsewhere stays where you put it until you delete it.
Children
Laxus collects no personal information from anyone, including children.
Your rights
Because we don't collect or process personal information, we hold nothing to access, correct or delete on your behalf, under the Philippines' Data Privacy Act of 2012 or any other law. Your data is yours, on your device. If you have a question about this policy, write to us.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new effective date. If Laxus ever starts collecting data, this page and the App Store listing will say so before it happens.