Privacy Policy

CounterMint is a mobile app published by AkiziTech, an independent studio (“we”, “our”, “us”). It helps casual collectors assess whether a Pokémon card is likely counterfeit. You can reach us at support@akizitech.com.

CounterMint has no account and no login. The following is saved only in the app’s local storage on your phone and is not uploaded to a CounterMint server unless you choose to share a card or send feedback (see section 5):

• Your check history— the cards you’ve scanned and the verdicts and reasons you received.
• Your collection — cards you choose to save.
• The photos you took for each check (front and back), kept so you can look back at the card you checked. Clearing your check history deletes them.
• Your token balance, your language choice, and basic app preferences (such as whether you’ve finished onboarding).

You can export a backup of your collection and history to a JSON file from Settings and import it on another device. That file is created and shared by you, goes wherever you choose, and is never sent to us. Token balances are deliberately excluded from backups (purchases move via the store’s “Restore purchases” instead).

To inspect a card, CounterMint sends the following to our analysis service — a Cloudflare Worker that calls OpenAI’s models (with Google’s Gemini as a backup):

• The photos of the card you capture (downscaled before sending), and
• The answers you give to Pip’s follow-up questions, and the messages you send when you Ask Pip about a card.

To check the print, our service also compares your photo with the official image of the matched card; that comparison runs on our own Cloudflare service. These are processed in real time to produce a verdict or reply, and are not used to build a profile of you. OpenAI and Google receive this content as our service providers, only to generate the result, under their API terms. Each scan runs as a short-lived server session that holds the conversation and images only transiently and auto-deletes after about two hours of inactivity.

There is no account or personal identifier attached to these requests. Requests may carry a single fixed app key that is the same for every install and does not identify you. To prevent abuse, basic rate limits are applied by IP address at our infrastructure provider (Cloudflare); the IP is used for that protective purpose and not to profile you. We never sell or share this content with advertisers.

When you search your collection or view a card’s official artwork and details, the app queries TCGdex (api.tcgdex.net), a free, open-source Pokémon TCG database. Only the card name or search text and your chosen language are sent so it can return the right data — no personal information is included. TCGdex is operated by a third party under its own terms.

Rough market estimates come from public card-price data (the Pokémon TCG API at api.pokemontcg.io, which reports TCGPlayer and Cardmarket listings), and the news and new sets on Home come from a public PokeBeach news feed. Our service fetches these for you; only card identifiers are sent, never anything about you. Estimates are rough guides, not appraisals or financial advice.

Tapping a news headline opens the full article on PokeBeach’s website in your browser. That site is run by a third party under its own privacy policy.

Two optional features store data on our servers, only when you use them:

• Share links. When you share a checked card, the card’s photo, name and check result are stored so anyone with the link can open it. Don’t share a link if you don’t want the photo to be seen. Email us to have a link removed.
• “Was Pip right?” feedback. If you tell us a result was wrong, we store your answer, any note you type, the card name, the verdict, your app language and version and, only if you leave “include photo” on, the photo of the card. We use it solely to make checks more accurate.

Neither is linked to an account, name, email or device identifier. Both are stored with our infrastructure provider (Cloudflare).

• Camera — to photograph the card you want checked. Images are used for the inspection and then handled as described above.
• Photo library— optional, only if you choose “Pick from library” instead of the camera. We access only the photo you select.
• Files — only when you explicitly export or import a backup, to write or read the file you pick.

CounterMint shows no ads and does not include third-party advertising, analytics or cross-app tracking SDKs. We do not track you across other apps and websites. Aggregate, non-identifying diagnostics provided by the app stores (such as crash reports) may be available to us to keep the app stable; these are not linked to your identity.

We rely on a small number of third parties to run the app. Each receives only what it needs for its function:

• OpenAI — analyses the card photos, answers and Ask Pip messages to generate a verdict or reply.
• Google (Gemini) — a backup for the same analysis if OpenAI is unavailable.
• Cloudflare — hosts our analysis service, applies abuse protection, and stores shared cards and feedback.
• TCGdex — supplies card names, details, and artwork.
• Pokémon TCG API (pokemontcg.io) — supplies TCGplayer-based card price data for market estimates.
• PokeBeach — the public news feed behind the headlines on Home.
• Apple App Store / Google Play (via RevenueCat) — handle token purchases.

Tokens are sold as consumable in-app purchases through the Apple App Store and Google Play, managed via RevenueCat. Your payment is handled entirely by the app store — we never see or store your card or payment details. We receive only the transaction information needed to credit your tokens and support “Restore purchases”.

CounterMint is not directed to children under 13 (or the equivalent age in your region), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. Because there is no account and no personal data sent to us, the app collects no such information by design.

Since your history, collection, and tokens live only on your device, deleting the app removes that data. Any backup file you exported is yours to keep or delete. We hold no server-side user database to delete from. Shared cards and feedback aren’t tied to you, so to remove one, email us the share link or roughly when you sent the feedback. If you have any question about data, email support@akizitech.comand we’ll help.

We may update this policy as the app evolves. When we do, we’ll revise the “Last updated” date above and, for material changes, surface a notice in the app.

Questions about your privacy? Email support@akizitech.com.