Privacy Policy
Your rituals, journal and history live only on your phone. There are no accounts, no servers of ours and no analytics, and we cannot see your data. From version 1.0.5, the free version of Ritual+ shows ads from Google AdMob, described below.
What we collect
We, the developer, receive nothing: no personal data and none of your content. The app has no sign-in, does not connect to servers of ours, and contains no analytics or crash-reporting software. The only data that leaves your phone is what Google's ad software collects to show ads, described next.
Ads (Google AdMob)
From version 1.0.5, Ritual+ shows ads in its free version, provided by Google AdMob. Ads start only after a 7-day ad-free preview. To show ads, limit how often you see them, measure them and prevent fraud, Google's ad software in the app collects and shares with Google:
- Your device's advertising ID
- Basic device and app information, such as phone model, Android version, language, IP address (used for approximate location) and app version
- How you interact with ads, such as views and taps
Google, not Ritual+, processes this data under Google's Privacy Policy. See also how Google uses information from apps that use its services. Ads never receive your rituals, journal, history or any other content you enter.
Your choices. In the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland, Ritual+ asks for your consent with Google's consent form before any ad is requested, and you can change your answer at any time in Settings → Ad privacy choices. Everywhere, you can reset or delete your advertising ID, or opt out of personalized ads, in your phone's settings (usually Settings → Google → Ads, or Settings → Privacy → Ads).
Watching an optional "Ad break" video turns ads off for the rest of that day. This is stored only on your phone.
What stays on your phone
Everything you enter is stored only in the app's private storage on your device:
- Your rituals, their schedules, reminders, steps and notes
- Your check-ins, history, journal entries and focus minutes
- Your settings, such as language, appearance and passcode (the passcode is stored only as a salted, one-way hash)
Uninstalling the app, or choosing Erase all data in Settings, deletes this data from the device.
Backups
- Backups you export. Settings → Export backup creates a backup file that you save wherever you choose. It is a plain file, so keep it somewhere you trust. We never receive a copy.
- Android's own backup. If you have turned on Android backup on your phone, Android may include Ritual+'s data in your device backup to your Google account, and restore it on a new phone. This is handled by Android and Google under your Google account settings, not by us; we cannot access it. Your passcode and device-only settings are excluded from these backups.
Permissions and why they are used
- Notifications: to show the reminders you set.
- Alarms & reminders (exact alarms): so reminders and focus timers arrive at the exact minute.
- Full-screen alerts: for alarm-style reminders that ring and fill the screen, like an alarm clock.
- Run at startup: to set your reminders again after the phone restarts.
- Vibration: for reminder alerts and gentle feedback.
- Biometrics (fingerprint): only if you choose fingerprint unlock. The check is done entirely by Android; Ritual+ never receives or stores your fingerprint.
- Internet and network state: only for loading ads from Google AdMob. Your own data is never sent anywhere.
- Advertising ID: used by Google AdMob, as described under Ads.
Ritual+ does not use your location, contacts, camera, microphone or files beyond the backup file you choose to export or import.
Children
Ritual+ is not directed at children under 13. We collect no information from anyone, including children, and the ads are not intended for children.
Your responsibility
Because your data lives only on your device, keeping it private is in your hands. If other people use your phone, set a passcode in Settings → Privacy, and store exported backups somewhere safe.
Changes to this policy
If a future version changes how data is handled, for example when an optional paid version without ads is added through Google Play, this page will be updated before that version is released, and the date above will change.
Contact
Questions about this policy: flashmonkdeveloper@gmail.com