Privacy Policy

1. Overview

Andromeda ("the app") is a system monitoring application for Android developed by Sheibban. This policy explains what data the app accesses, why, and what happens to it.

The short version: the device metrics you monitor (data usage, battery, CPU, etc.) never leave your phone. There is no backend server and no user account. The app does use Google Firebase in release builds for anonymous usage analytics, crash reporting, and performance monitoring — explained in full in Section 5. None of this includes personal information or your monitored data, and all of it is disabled in development builds.

2. Data the app does not collect

Andromeda does not collect, transmit, or share:

• Personal identifiers (name, email, phone number, advertising ID)
• Location data (precise or GPS)
• Contacts, messages, photos, or files
• The contents of your monitored metrics (these stay on-device — see Section 3)
• Any data from other apps beyond what you explicitly view on screen

3. Data accessed locally (never transmitted)

To display metrics, the app reads the following from your device. This data is processed in memory and displayed to you — it is never written to a remote server or shared with any third party.

• Mobile and Wi-Fi data usage — per-app totals read via NetworkStatsManager
• Battery level, temperature, voltage, and charge cycles — read via BatteryManager
• App screen time — read via UsageStatsManager, labelled as screen time only
• CPU usage per core — read from /proc/stat
• RAM and storage — read via ActivityManager and StatFs
• Thermal status — read via PowerManager on Android 10+

All of this data remains on your device. The app has no outbound network connections except for user-initiated tools (Speed Test, Ping, LAN Scanner), which connect only to destinations you choose.

Importantly, your monitored metrics are never sent to Firebase or anywhere else. The analytics described in Section 5 covers only anonymous app-usage events (which screens you open) — never the data, battery, or system values you are viewing.

4. Permissions explained

Andromeda requests only the permissions it needs to function. None are used for advertising or tracking.

5. Third-party services — Google Firebase

In release builds only, Andromeda uses Google Firebase for the purposes below. All of it is disabled in development/debug builds. None of these services ever receive your monitored device metrics or any personally identifiable information.

5.1 Analytics

Records anonymous app-usage events: which screens you open (e.g. "BatteryScreen") and which features you use, sent as generic event names. We deliberately never log package names, user-entered text, IP addresses, or any monitored values. Firebase also automatically collects standard technical data such as device model, OS version, app version, and an approximate (country-level) region. This helps us understand which features are used and prioritise development.

5.2 Crashlytics

When the app crashes or logs a serious warning, a crash report is sent to Firebase Crashlytics. This includes the stack trace, device model, OS version, and app state at the time — used solely to find and fix bugs. Disabled entirely in debug builds.

5.3 Performance Monitoring

Collects anonymous performance traces (app start time, screen render time, network request timing) to help us keep the app fast.

5.4 App Distribution (beta)

During the beta phase, the app is delivered via Firebase App Distribution. Installing through the Firebase tester app means Google may collect information as described in their own policy. Once the app is on the Google Play Store, distribution will move to Play and this section will be updated.

All Firebase data is processed by Google under Google's Privacy Policy and Firebase's data-handling terms. It is used only to operate and improve Andromeda — never sold, and never shared with advertisers.

Opt-out: you can turn off all of this telemetry from inside the app. Go to Settings → Privacy → "Share anonymous usage & crash data" and switch it off; analytics, crash reporting, and performance monitoring all stop immediately. The setting defaults to on and is remembered across launches.

6. This website

This landing page (andromeda.sheibban.co.in) may use Google Analytics to understand visitor traffic. If enabled, Google Analytics collects anonymised usage data (pages visited, time on site, browser/device type) subject to Google's Privacy Policy. No personally identifiable information is collected by this website.

The website does not use cookies for tracking or advertising.

7. Children's privacy

Andromeda does not knowingly collect any information from children under the age of 13. The app contains no features designed to collect personal data from any user.

8. Changes to this policy

If this policy is updated, the revised version will be posted at this URL with an updated date at the top. Material changes (such as the addition of analytics or a new data-sharing practice) will be announced via the app's GitHub repository.

9. Contact