Inspect/Check Pro

Privacy & Security

Your client records stay on your device.

Inspect/Check Pro has no online account, no sign-in and no publisher server holding your data. That keeps your records private. It also means the backup you make is the copy that protects your business.

Three kinds of protection

Know which one does what.

Encryption on the device

Records are kept in a database encrypted with its own key (SQLCipher, AES-256). The app creates the key at random and keeps it in this device’s Keychain. You never see or enter it, and it is not known to the publisher.

Your encrypted backup

Back Up My Data creates one file locked with a passphrase you choose (AES-256-GCM). You save it in Apple’s Files app, in a location you control. With its passphrase, it is how you move or recover your records.

Apple device backups

An ordinary iCloud or computer backup of the whole device is made by Apple, not by the app. It does not carry the database key to a different device, so do not rely on it to move your records.

What the app does

Careful by default.

  • Stores everything locally: clients, visits, photos, signatures, reports, invoices, keys and access codes (optional).
  • Applies iOS Data Protection to its database files, so they cannot be read while the device is locked and the app is closed. This depends on your device passcode.
  • Verifies every backup after saving by reading the saved copy back and comparing it.
  • Checks a backup completely before restoring, and keeps an encrypted recovery copy of your current data first, so a restore can be undone.
  • Reminds you on the Dashboard if no verified backup has been saved for 14 days.
  • Leaves payments to Apple. The app never asks for, sees or stores card details.

Good habits

Back up after a busy day and on some regular schedule. Backups are manually controlled within the app. Save the file somewhere you control off the device. Keep more than one copy.

What the app cannot do

Without a usable Inspect/Check Pro backup and its passphrase, records on a lost, damaged or erased device may be permanently unrecoverable. Sentravest Publishing Inc. cannot recover a forgotten passphrase or a lost device key, because neither is ever sent to us.

No security measure removes every risk. Protect your device with a passcode and Face ID or Touch ID, and keep your passphrase separate from your backup file.

Changing devices

Moving to a new iPhone or iPad.

  1. Back up the old device

    Create an encrypted backup and save it with Save to Files to a location the new device can reach.

  2. Wait for verification

    Look for “Backup saved and verified”, then confirm the file is there in the Files app.

  3. Restore on the new device

    Install the app, open Data Protection & Backup, choose the backup file and enter its passphrase. Then tap Restore Purchases if needed.

Only reset, erase or trade in the old device after the backup is verified and you have its passphrase. Read the full Privacy Policy (draft).