Last updated: November 2026 (now covers the iPhone app too).
Privacy policy — Fairhold
Effective November 2026.
Developer: Boban Kostadinoski, Indiana, United States.
App: Fairhold on Google Play and the App Store.
Contact: hello@itsthierry.com
The short version
Fairhold works on your phone. The rate cons you check, your settlements, loads, costs and receipts stay on your phone. There is no Fairhold account, no sign-in and no bank login. We do not run a server for this app and we do not receive your files or your numbers.
Two things the app sends on its own, neither with your files or your numbers. Google’s text-recognition tool (ML Kit), which reads pictures of rate cons on your phone, sends Google anonymous usage and performance information; it never sends your picture or the text in it. And where Fairhold Pro is on sale, the app asks a purchase service (RevenueCat) whether this phone has Pro. Details below.
What Fairhold is
Fairhold is a money and rate-con tool for owner-operators. You type or import settlements, bills and costs. You can check a rate confirmation (a PDF or a picture) on the phone. Your records are kept in the app’s storage on this device.
What the app does with your files
- Rate-con check: when you open or share a rate confirmation with Fairhold, the app copies it into app storage and reads it on your phone to find the pay and signs of editing. The file is not uploaded anywhere.
- Pictures of rate cons: a picture is read with Google ML Kit text recognition, which runs on your phone. ML Kit sends Google anonymous usage and performance information so Google can measure and improve it: the phone’s make, model and system version, the app’s name and version, how long the reading took, the picture’s format and size, error codes, and a random number for this installation (not meant to identify you or your phone). It is sent over an encrypted connection and Google says it does not pass it to third parties. It does not include your picture or the text in it. Google’s description: https://developers.google.com/ml-kit/android-data-disclosure (Android) and https://developers.google.com/ml-kit/ios-data-disclosure (iPhone)
- Your records: settlements, deductions, miles, work costs, life bills, the percent set aside for taxes and the savings percent, reminders, rate-con checks, and attached photos or PDFs stay in app storage on the phone.
- Photos: when you attach a receipt or settlement picture, the app opens your phone’s photo picker and gets only the picture you pick; it does not ask for access to all your photos, and it does not use the camera.
- Reminders are scheduled on the device. They do not use a push token.
- Fonts ship inside the app. They are not downloaded.
Buying Fairhold Pro
Where Fairhold Pro is on sale in your version of the app, you buy it through the App Store or Google Play. Apple or Google takes your payment; we never see your card or bank details.
The app uses a service called RevenueCat (https://www.revenuecat.com) to ask the store whether your subscription is active, each time the app starts and when you buy or restore. RevenueCat receives a random ID the app makes for this installation (it is not tied to your name or email), your purchase history for Fairhold (the plan, the price, the dates and the store’s receipt), and your language and currency settings. It does not receive your files, your rate cons or the numbers in the app. We can see those purchase records, under the random ID, in RevenueCat’s dashboard, to count sales and help with a purchase problem. RevenueCat’s privacy policy: https://www.revenuecat.com/privacy
What leaves your phone only when you choose
- Files you share or export: a result card, a year-end pack (a ZIP of spreadsheets with your figures), a spreadsheet, a backup file or the error log opens your phone’s share sheet. The file goes where you pick (Drive, Messages, Files, a person). It does not come to us unless you send it to us. A backup can be locked with a password (Settings → Backup → Lock with a password); without one, anyone who has the file can open it. A backup holds your records, not the photos or PDFs you attached.
- Links you tap: this policy, the Terms of Use and your store’s subscriptions page open in your browser or store app.
What we do not do
- No account and no bank or payroll login.
- No ads, no tracking, no analytics of our own, and no crash reporter that sends data to us.
- We do not sell or share your data.
- The app’s records are kept out of cloud backups (Android backup to Google is turned off; on iPhone they are excluded from iCloud backup). The app does not copy your records to the cloud.
Error log
If something breaks, Fairhold writes a line to a log on the phone: which screen, and the error text. Most dollar amounts are blanked out, but not every way of writing one, so look at the log before you send it. The log stays on the phone; you can send it through the share sheet, or clear it.
Deleting your data
Uninstalling Fairhold deletes everything it stored on your phone. Files you shared or exported stay where you sent them. We hold no copy to delete.
Children
Fairhold is built for working drivers and owner-operators. It is not directed at children.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version is posted on this page with a new date.
Questions: hello@itsthierry.com
Boban Kostadinoski, Indiana, United States.