Texy Privacy Policy

Effective September 28, 2026. Texy is a text-only web browser for Apple and Android devices, developed by Ritwik Takkar. This policy explains the data Texy handles when you use the app. For privacy questions or requests, use the Texy feedback form.

Browsing and data on your device

Texy stores bookmarks, browsing history, open-tab addresses, and preferences on your device. You can remove bookmarks and history in the app. Incognito tabs and windows do not save browsing history or their tabs for restoration. Incognito browsing still makes normal network requests and sends the analytics described below, marked as incognito.

Texy does not operate a browsing proxy. When you open a page, Texy contacts that website directly. Redirects contact their destinations. If you request media, Texy contacts its source when you tap it. Texy does not automatically fetch page images, scripts, stylesheets, fonts, ads, or tracking resources. Websites and network providers may receive your IP address, requested address, and user-agent information and may handle them under their own policies. Texy does not accept or store website cookies, execute website JavaScript, or support website sign-ins or POST forms. GET forms can put the values you submit in the destination address, where they may be visible to that site and in browsing history.

Texy accepts HTTPS and HTTP pages. HTTPS protects the connection in transit; HTTP does not. Texy marks HTTP pages as not secure.

Search and optional suggestions

When you search, Texy sends your search terms directly to DuckDuckGo for results. Search suggestions are off by default. If you enable them in Settings, Texy sends search-like text you pause on while typing to DuckDuckGo for suggestions. Text that looks like an address is not sent for suggestions. DuckDuckGo handles those requests under its privacy policy.

Optional account and encrypted sync

You can use Texy without an account. If you create one, Texy sends your email address and sign-in information to Supabase, which provides the account service for Texy. Sign-in normally uses a one-time code sent to your email. An account is needed for some optional features, including sync and domain blocking.

Bookmark and history sync are separate choices and both are off by default. If you turn either on, Texy encrypts the selected bookmarks or history on your device with a sync code before sending them to Supabase. The developer and Supabase cannot read the synced addresses, titles, or visit counts without that code. The server can see the account associated with each encrypted item, how many items there are, when each item changed, when a synced page was last visited, and which items were deleted. The sync code stays on your devices. If you lose all devices and the code, Texy cannot recover the encrypted copy; you can reset sync and start again. Open tabs do not sync.

Deleting your Texy account removes its account data and synced rows from the service. Local bookmarks and history remain on your device until you remove them there. See Texy account deletion for the in-app steps or to request deletion without the app.

Product analytics

Texy uses PostHog to process product analytics for the developer. The app sends named events for installs and updates; sign-in and sign-out; pages opened and searches made; settings changes; media taps; opened tabs or windows; bookmark changes and history deletions; and blocklist updates. On macOS, it can also report use of Texy's local Russet connection, including the tool used and whether it succeeded. Events may include counts such as page size and load time, the type of action, and whether a tab was incognito. They do not contain page content, full web addresses, search terms, bookmark titles, or history titles.

When Settings → Help Improve Texy is on (the default), relevant page, media, search, history-deletion, and local-tool events may include a website's domain, such as ‘example.com‘. If you turn it off, those events continue, but the domain is replaced with ‘P‘. This setting does not stop all analytics. Incognito activity can still produce events under the same rule.

PostHog receives an installation identifier, app and operating-system details, device model, event times, and your IP address with the connection; it may derive an approximate location from that address. If you sign in, Texy associates analytics with your account ID and email address, and earlier anonymous events from that installation may be joined to your account. Signing out resets the analytics identifier. Texy does not use analytics for advertising or cross-app tracking, and does not sell personal information.

Other service requests and retention

If you enable domain blocking, Texy downloads the oisd blocklist and refreshes it periodically. The source can receive ordinary request information such as your IP address. Texy may check its version against store or developer endpoints, and store review prompts use the platform's store service. Feedback links, store links, and sites you choose to open are governed by their own policies.

Data stored only in Texy can be removed through the app or by removing the app, subject to device and system backups. Android app backup and device transfer are disabled for Texy. A computer owner may independently back up macOS app data. Account and synced data are deleted when you delete the account. Analytics may remain in PostHog under its retention settings; use the Texy feedback form to ask about access or deletion of analytics associated with you.

Children and changes

Texy is a general-purpose browser and is not directed to children. This policy may be updated when Texy's data handling changes. The effective date at the top will change with the policy.