This policy covers Ninekey, a retro phone launcher for Android made by Quietwell Labs. It explains what the app can see on your phone and what it does with it.
The short version
- Ninekey does not collect, sell or share any of your data, and it never sends anything to a server.
- The app has no internet permission, so Android itself blocks it from connecting to the network. Nothing you do in Ninekey can leave your phone through it.
- There are no ads, no analytics, no trackers and no accounts.
- Purchases are handled by Google Play. We never receive your payment card details.
What the app can read on your phone, and why
Each of these is optional. You can allow or refuse it in Android settings, and Ninekey only uses it on your phone.
- Contacts: to find and call people by typing their names on the keypad.
- Calendar: to show your upcoming events on the Calendar page.
- Notification access: to show and control the music that is playing, and to show how many new notifications you have. Notification contents are not saved.
- Phone calls: to call a contact or number when you press the green key or use speed dial.
- Installed apps: to search for and open your apps, as every launcher does.
- Do Not Disturb: to switch between the Silent and General profiles when you ask it to.
- Notifications, alarms and vibration: for the countdown timer and key-press feedback.
What the app stores
Your settings, speed-dial choices, notes, and how often you open each app (used to sort search results) are kept only in the app's private storage on your phone.
If the app crashes, it saves a crash report on your phone. The report is never sent anywhere unless you choose to share it yourself from Settings.
If Android's device backup is turned on, Android may include Ninekey's settings in your Google account backup. That backup is handled by Google under your account settings, not by the app.
Uninstalling Ninekey deletes everything it stored.
Purchases
Ninekey offers optional premium themes as one-time in-app purchases. Payments are handled entirely by Google Play, under Google's own terms and privacy policy. Quietwell Labs never receives your payment card details.
The app only learns from Google Play which themes you own, so it can unlock them. Google may show us basic order information, such as an order number, so that we can help with a refund or a purchase problem.
Children
Ninekey is not directed at children under 13, and it does not collect information from anyone.
If you email us
When you write to us we receive your email address and whatever you choose to tell us. We use it only to reply to you, and we do not share it.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date.
Contact
Questions about this policy or about Ninekey? Email Quietwell Labs at quietwell.labs@gmail.com.