Satchel privacy policy

Effective 17 October 2026

Satchel is an Android app for saving text you reuse and pasting it into other apps. It's made by Taofeek Isiaka-Aliagan ("I" below). This page explains what Satchel does with your information.

In short

What Satchel stores

The snippets you save (their text, title, folder, tags, whether they're pinned, and when and how often you used them) and your settings. They're kept in Satchel's private storage on your phone, which other apps can't read.

With Satchel Pro, Satchel also stores:

How text gets into Satchel

Only when you put it there: by typing it, sharing text to Satchel, selecting text and tapping "Save to Satchel", tapping the Save copied widget, or importing a backup file. Satchel doesn't capture anything automatically.

Direct paste

Direct paste uses Android's accessibility service to put a snippet straight into the text box you're typing in. It's off until you turn it on, and Satchel explains it and asks you first.

When you tap a snippet in the bubble, and only then, Satchel finds the text box you're typing in and reads the text already in it and where your cursor is, so it can put the snippet in the right place. Satchel doesn't save, collect or share that text or anything else on your screen, and it doesn't watch what you type.

With Satchel Pro, Satchel also checks which app is open when you tap the bubble or a snippet. It reads the app's name (its package name, such as com.android.chrome) and nothing else about the app. That lets the bubble open the folder you chose for that app and show the snippets you paste there most. The only thing kept is the count described under "What Satchel stores".

You can turn direct paste off at any time in Android's Accessibility settings.

The apps on your phone

When you choose apps for a folder (Satchel Pro), Satchel shows a list of the apps on your phone that you can open from your home screen or app list. It reads their names and icons to show that list, and to name the app the bubble is over. It keeps only the apps you tick, and it never sends the list anywhere.

Satchel Pro and purchases

Satchel Pro is a one-time purchase made through Google Play. Google handles the payment under Google's privacy policy. Satchel never sees your card or other payment details.

Satchel asks the Play Store app on your phone whether Satchel Pro has been bought with your Google account, and keeps the answer on your phone so Pro works offline. Reinstall Satchel or move to a new phone, and the same Google account brings Pro back.

Google Play gives me a record of each order (such as its number, date, price and country) so I can deal with refunds. It doesn't give me your payment details.

The clipboard

What others can see

The bubble and the home-screen widgets show your snippets on screen. Widgets show their titles and the start of their text. Anyone who can see your screen can see them.

Settings → Privacy and backup can keep Satchel and the bubble's list out of screenshots, screen recordings and the Recents screen. Widgets still show on your home screen.

Permissions

Satchel does not have the internet permission. A purchase goes through the Play Store app, which makes the connection itself.

Backups

Android's backup. If backup is turned on for your phone's Google account, Android may include Satchel's data in it (your snippets and settings and, with Satchel Pro, the apps chosen for each folder and the count of what you pasted where), and may copy it to a new phone when you set one up. This backup is made by Android and kept in your Google account under Google's terms. On Android 9 and later, when your phone has a screen lock, it's end-to-end encrypted. I can't access it. You can turn it off in your phone's backup settings.

Files you export. Settings → Privacy and backup → Export saves your snippets to a file in a place you choose, such as your Downloads folder or Google Drive. You can protect the file with a password. If you forget the password, the file can't be opened, and I can't recover it. A file without a password can be read by anyone who can open it. The file includes the order you put your folders in and the apps you chose for each folder. It doesn't include the count of what you pasted where.

Folders you share. With Satchel Pro, "Share as file" on a folder makes a file of that folder's snippets (their text, titles, tags and dates) and hands it to the app you pick, such as your email or chat app. It has no password: anyone who gets the file can read it. Your pins, your usage, your other folders and the folder's apps aren't in it.

Crash reports

If you've allowed it in your phone's settings, Google Play may send me crash and performance reports about Satchel. They describe what went wrong in the app, with details such as the phone model and Android version. They don't contain your snippets or identify you.

Sharing

Satchel doesn't share your information with anyone. A folder leaves Satchel only when you share it yourself (see "Folders you share").

Satchel is built with standard open-source Android and Kotlin libraries. The only code in it that deals with anything outside the app is Google Play's billing library and the Google components it includes, which Satchel uses to sell Satchel Pro, and Google Play's in-app review library, which shows the rating window. Both talk to the Play Store app on your phone. Because Satchel has no internet permission, none of this code can send anything from Satchel over the internet.

Children

Satchel isn't directed at children.

Deleting your data

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, I'll update this page and the date at the top.

Contact

Questions about this policy or your data: taotechtips@gmail.com
Taofeek Isiaka-Aliagan