Privacy policy

Last updated: 4 November 2026. The App Reviews is operated by Pranshu Patidar. This policy explains how we use information on this site, in the newsletter, and in our app submission and issue sponsorship services.

Information we collect

For newsletter subscriptions, we collect your email address, confirmation and subscription status, and delivery, bounce, complaint, and unsubscribe records. For app suggestions, we collect the product details, contact information, links, and images you submit. For advertising enquiries, we collect the contact details and message you provide.

For sponsorships, we collect the brand and contact names, email address, website, note, logo, booking and payment status, and issue placement records. We record outbound link clicks, including the time and referring host, to understand interest in featured products. Our hosting and security services also process technical request data such as IP address, browser details, and security signals.

How we use it

We use this information to confirm and send requested newsletters, review submissions, answer enquiries, assess and deliver sponsorship placements, handle payments and disputes, keep records, protect the service from abuse, and understand how the publication is used. Newsletter email is sent only after address confirmation, and you can unsubscribe using the link in an issue email.

Where a legal basis is required, we rely on your consent for the newsletter, our agreement with you for a sponsorship, our legitimate interest in running and securing the publication for submissions and site operations, and legal obligations for records we must retain. You may withdraw newsletter consent by unsubscribing.

What becomes public

We review app suggestions privately. If an app is selected, its published product details and image appear in an issue and its web, email, and PDF editions. An approved, paid sponsor’s brand name, logo, and website appear in its booked issues and corresponding email and PDF editions. Contact names, private messages, and payment details are not part of those placements. Published emails and downloaded PDFs cannot be recalled from recipients.

Service providers and transfers

Cloudflare hosts the site, database, and media and provides security checks. Resend handles publication email and delivery events. Dodo Payments handles hosted test checkout and, if live payments are later enabled, payment processing. We do not receive full card numbers. These providers may process data in other countries under their own terms and safeguards. We share information with them only as needed for the services described here, or when required by law. We do not sell personal information.

Analytics and cookies

We count outbound clicks and use Cloudflare Web Analytics for site visits and performance when enabled in production. We do not load that analytics script for visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland. Cloudflare may use necessary security technologies, including Turnstile, to protect forms and the site.

How long we keep information

We keep newsletter records while a subscription is active and retain unsubscribe, bounce, or complaint records as needed to avoid unwanted mail. We keep submissions, sponsorship records, payment records, and security logs as needed to operate the publication, handle questions and disputes, meet legal obligations, and prevent abuse. Rejected private images are removed when the related application is closed. Published issue content remains in the archive; email and PDF copies may remain with recipients. You can ask about a particular record or request deletion, subject to records we must keep.

Your choices and contact

You can unsubscribe at any time. You can ask to access, correct, or delete your information, object to or restrict certain uses, request a copy where applicable, or raise a privacy concern by emailing support@theappreview.fyi. We will review requests under the laws that apply to you. You may also complain to your local data protection authority if you have that right. Links to other sites have their own privacy practices.

We may update this policy as the service changes. The date at the top shows the current version. See our contact page for other enquiries.