What exactly am I paying for?
The upstream AI model's tokens, plus a small markup that keeps the gateway and this scanner running. The on-device OCR, the cloaking engine, the detection model and the receipts cost you nothing.
Is anything free forever?
Yes. Unlimited on-device OCR + cloaking + preview with no account, 10 scans a day, and 25 AI "ask" actions a month in this app, no account needed. It's the same detector and the same receipts as the paid tiers.
Do you ever see my scans?
No. This OCR path does not upload the file, and the reviewed text reaches the gateway only when you press "Ask AI". Detected values are replaced on this device before sending; anything the engines miss can remain as written. The receipt records detected spans, not missed values or raw-PII byte counts.
How is this different from a phone's built-in OCR, or ChatGPT vision?
cloak-scan reads the image on your device, then offers reviewed text to an AI after replacing values detected on-device. A value missed by OCR or detection can remain as written; review the text before asking.