Privacy policy

Last updated: 14 October 2026. Contact: [email protected].

This policy describes how Stillminute handles information when you use our Android app, website and testing program. Stillminute is responsible for the practices described here. You can contact us using the support address above.

The short version

Your detailed phone-use and notification history stays on your phone. Optional Deep Insights shares daily totals for comparisons. Separate statistics about Stillminute itself are enabled by default and can be switched off. There are no ads, and we do not use advertising identifiers.

What stays on your device

• Phone-use events: screen activity, lock and unlock events, app usage, sessions and recording coverage, after Usage Access is granted.
• Notification records: which app sent a notification, when it arrived, changed or was removed, and a reference to its category, after Notification Access is granted.
• Installed-app names, identifiers and icons used to label reports and let you choose apps, plus your rules, exceptions, schedules, reminders, selected apps and report preferences.
• Verified subscription state. Google Play handles your payment information.

Notification titles and message text are checked when applying a rule and are not saved as notification history. We do not request contacts, camera, microphone or precise-location access. Detailed history is excluded from Android app backup and device-to-device transfer.

Recording continues in the background while the relevant Android access remains enabled, so reports can include activity when Stillminute is not open. You can revoke access in Android Settings. Reminder notifications require separate notification permission. We use these records to create your reports and provide the reminders and rules you choose.

Optional Deep Insights

When you enable it, a profile that does not use your name or email is created with Google’s Firebase service. With your agreement to the updated sharing details, completed-day summaries include phone-use time, notifications, unlocks, screen wakes while locked, detected notification opens and usage time associated with those opens. They can also include the apps you used, each app’s usage and notification totals, detected notification opens and time associated with those opens. Reporting dates, time zones and corrections help us interpret the summaries.

App identifiers reveal which apps contributed to your summaries; we do not upload your entire installed-app list. Summaries do not include notification titles or text, contacts or individual event timestamps. We keep information needed to verify your app and protect your profile. Our service providers also receive your internet address. These records are linked to your profile, so they are not completely anonymous.

After you accept the updated sharing details, daily summaries and their combined totals are kept using Firebase in the United States until you delete your shared profile. This supports daily, weekly, monthly, yearly and lifetime comparisons. Older sharing agreements cover only the original four overall totals and their 90-day storage period. When you accept the updated agreement, earlier summaries that have not expired can also become part of your retained history. Previously deleted records cannot be recovered.

Comparisons can include just one other participant, so a small group may reveal information about that person’s activity. Your own accepted contribution is excluded. Stopping sharing prevents new uploads; it does not delete existing summaries. Deleting your shared profile removes its stored summaries and contributions to comparisons. Both controls are available without Pro. Recovery transfers the contributing profile to one phone; it does not restore local history from the cloud.

Product usage statistics

Google’s analytics service collects information linked to an app identifier about Stillminute itself: screen views, app opens, interactions with features such as comparison filters and purchase controls, app/device versions and automatically collected purchase or subscription events when available. It may estimate your general location from your internet address.

These statistics do not include your other-app usage history or notification contents. They are on by default and are separate from Deep Insights. Turn them off in Help → Usage statistics. Doing so stops new collection after the setting is saved and starts a new statistics record on your phone; it does not retroactively delete events already held by Google. Detailed event data is retained for two months. User-level data has a 14-month retention period; new activity resets the user identifier’s retention period, so it can remain while you continue using the app. Standard aggregated reports are not subject to those retention periods and may remain longer.

Retention and deletion

Daily phone-use and notification summaries, including app totals, stay on this phone until you clear the corresponding history. Detailed events and session timelines are kept for seven days on both plans and removed during scheduled cleanup. Minute-level usage summaries and grouped session-length counts stay locally for up to 15 days to compare two completed weeks. They contain no notification content or ordered app-switch timeline, and clearing phone history removes them. Minimal continuation information may remain to measure activity crossing that boundary correctly. Free includes recent basic reports; Pro adds detailed recent sessions, app visits and longer-term summary insights. Changing plans does not delete daily summaries. Uninstalling or clearing app storage removes local history; recovery codes do not restore it. Clearing local history does not require Pro. Settings and subscription state are separate from history.

Deep Insights deletion removes the profile’s stored summaries and access details and makes its comparisons and recovery codes unavailable. Exported files are separate copies under your control. See your deletion options, including contacting us without the app.

Subscriptions

Google Play processes subscriptions and payment details. Stillminute sends your purchase credential to its verification service and Google to confirm access. We retain protected purchase references to prevent reuse of replaced purchases; these are separate from usage history and are not removed by clearing that history. These purchase references do not have an automatic expiry; contact us about a deletion request. We do not receive your full card or bank details. Clearing data or uninstalling the app does not cancel a subscription.

Where paid-profile recovery is available, we store protected profile and recovery references to support one-phone access and transfers. Deleting that profile removes its purchase links and recovery credentials. We retain only a non-readable deletion identifier and a protected completion proof without automatic expiry, to prevent reuse of the deleted profile and let your phone confirm deletion after a long absence. We also retain protected identifiers for cancelled deletion requests without automatic expiry, so delayed requests cannot delete a profile after cancellation. These records contain no activity history and cannot restore Pro access. Deleting a profile does not cancel Google Play billing. You can also contact support to request deletion without the app.

This website and previous registrations

Cloudflare hosts this website and receives information such as your internet address to deliver and protect it. This site has no advertising, visitor analytics or tracking cookies. Registration is closed.

Our closed registration form used Google sign-in and collected your verified email, participation availability, and any optional phone details, feedback or Instagram username you provide. We use these to manage invitations and communicate about this testing program. An optional Instagram username is used only to contact you about this test. Separately, you can choose to receive email invitations to volunteer-test our other Android apps. This is optional, does not affect your application, and can be withdrawn at any time by contacting [email protected]. We do not send other marketing emails without your permission. Other respondents cannot see your responses. It is not collected by merely visiting this page. Contact us to request removal from the invitation list. Email support messages are processed through Google Workspace.

Complimentary tester access

Redeeming an invitation creates a tester profile with a reference to your private application, protected code identifiers, access dates, recovery transfers and reward approval. Firebase stores these records in the United States to manage access and prevent duplicate claims. Your application and contact details stay in the separate recruitment list and are not added to Deep Insights contributions. Saved codes are encrypted on your phone and excluded from Android backups.

Your invitation specifies the duration of complimentary access, which begins when you redeem it. After participation is confirmed, you can activate a 90-day reward. There are no automatic charges or requirements to share Deep Insights data. Recovery moves access to one phone without restarting the trial. Clearing phone history does not remove tester administration records. Contact [email protected] to request deletion of your application and tester records; we verify ownership before acting.

Tester application and access records are retained to administer the program, recovery and reward eligibility until you request their deletion or we remove them when no longer needed. Local activity cleanup does not automatically delete these administration records. Dedicated app-review codes create separate access records for review devices and remain reusable until revoked. They do not require payment or participation in Deep Insights.

Who receives information and how it is protected

We use Google services for hosting app services, comparisons, access verification, product analytics, testing registration and support email; Google Play handles purchases. Cloudflare delivers and protects this website. Providers process information to supply these services, including operational information such as network addresses and request times. Processing may take place outside your country. The app-service records described above are hosted in the United States.

We do not sell your personal or sensitive information or use your phone history for advertising. We may disclose information when required by law. When you choose to export or share a report, its recipient receives the information you choose to send; shared copies are outside Stillminute’s deletion controls.

App-service communications are encrypted in transit. Local data is kept in the app’s private storage, saved tester access codes are encrypted, and access to service records is restricted. Authorized support or administration may access information needed to handle your request or operate the service. No method of storage or transmission can guarantee absolute security. Do not email invitation or recovery codes.

Provider information: Google privacy policy and Cloudflare privacy policy. Contact us for access, correction or deletion requests; we verify ownership before disclosing or deleting protected records.

Children and changes

Stillminute is not directed at children under 13. Material changes will be reflected here and in relevant app notices. If you have a privacy question, email [email protected].