Privacy, in one breath.
Gatefold collects nothing about you. Your books, your place in them and your notes travel only between your device and your own PocketBook Cloud account.
Last updated 2 November 2026. Applies to Gatefold Reader for iPhone and iPad.
Who Gatefold talks to
Only PocketBook Cloud (cloud.pocketbook.digital), and only on your behalf: to sign you in, list your books, download the ones you open, fetch their covers from the links PocketBook Cloud provides, and sync your reading position, highlights, notes and bookmarks. There is no Gatefold server. We never see your books, your account or anything you do in the app.
Your sign-in
When you sign in, your email and password go straight to PocketBook Cloud, which hands back a session token. Gatefold keeps that token in your device's Keychain, on this device only (it is not synced to iCloud). Your password is never stored. Signing out removes the token and the cached shelf.
One small Keychain note stays behind on purpose: for each book, the last reading position Gatefold sent to PocketBook Cloud, so Gatefold can recognise its own bookmark when the Cloud hands it back, even after a reinstall.
What stays on your device
Downloaded books, their covers, your highlights and notes, your reading settings and the EPUB files you open from the Files app live in the app's own storage on your device. Deleting the app deletes them.
What Gatefold doesn't do
- No analytics, crash reporting services, advertising or tracking of any kind.
- No accounts of our own, and no data sold, shared or used to profile you.
- No access to your contacts, photos, location, camera or microphone.
PocketBook Cloud's side
What PocketBook Cloud does with your account and library is covered by PocketBook's own privacy policy, since it's their service. Gatefold is an independent app and isn't part of it.
Children
Gatefold isn't aimed at children and collects nothing from anyone, children included.
Changes and questions
If this ever changes, this page changes first, with a new date at the top. Questions are welcome on the support page. Gatefold's source code is public, so every claim here can be checked.