This policy explains how UniUI (package siva.app.uniui), an Android home
screen launcher developed by Siva Nimmala ("we", "us"), handles information.
In short: everything UniUI shows on your home screen is read and kept on your phone. We run no servers
of our own and no analytics, and we never sell your data. The free version shows ads from Google AdMob,
which is the main way data leaves your device; Premium subscribers see no ads.
1. Information that stays on your device
As a launcher, UniUI needs to know which apps you have and show information on your home screen. Each permission below is asked for only when you use the widget or feature that needs it, and you can review or remove every one in More settings → Access.
| Access | Used for |
|---|---|
| Installed apps | Listing your apps in the app drawer, on the home screen and in search. The list is read on your device and never uploaded. |
| Calendar (read only) | Showing your next events on themes such as Signal, Tide and Gazette. |
| Approximate location | Getting the local weather (see section 2). Only a rounded location is used; precise location is never requested. |
| Usage access | Showing today's screen time on the Ink theme. |
| Health Connect – steps (read only) | Showing today's steps on the Moss theme and step quests on Arcade. |
| Notification access | Reading which song or video is playing (title, artist and play/pause controls) for the "Now playing" widget. UniUI does not read, store or send the content of your notifications. |
| Accessibility service | Only to lock the screen when you double-tap an empty part of the home screen. UniUI does not read what is on your screen or what you type. |
| Do Not Disturb access | Turning Do Not Disturb on and off for Bedtime (Nocturne) and focus sessions (Tide). |
| Alarms & reminders, notifications | The launcher's own alarm and the end of a focus timer. |
| Photos you pick | Photos you choose for a photo frame or theme wallpaper. A resized copy or a link to the photo is kept in the app's private storage. |
| Home screen widgets | Android widgets you add to the widget shelf are drawn by their own apps. |
Your app data – your theme and its settings, the apps you placed on your home screens, folders, notes, saved web pages, tasks, alarms, Playground settings (its parent PIN is stored only as a salted hash) and other preferences – is stored in the app's private storage on your device. Uninstalling the app or clearing its data in Android settings deletes all of it.
2. Online features and the services they contact
Some features need the internet. When you use them, your device connects directly to the service listed, which receives your IP address and the details of the request, under its own privacy policy. We do not receive or store any of this.
| Feature | Service | What is sent |
|---|---|---|
| Weather on your home screen | Open-Meteo (api.open-meteo.com) | Your approximate location, rounded to about 1 km, and your temperature unit |
| Webpage widget | Only the website you save to the widget shelf | A normal request for that page, to show its title and summary, and the page itself when you open it in the widget |
3. Advertising (free version)
The free version of UniUI shows a banner and occasional full-screen ads provided by Google AdMob on settings screens only. Ads are never shown on your home screens or in the app drawer. To show and measure ads and prevent fraud, the Google Mobile Ads SDK collects and shares with Google and its ad partners:
- Device identifiers, including the Android advertising ID (where permitted) and app set ID
- IP address and approximate location derived from it
- Device and app information (model, OS version, language, app version)
- Ad interactions, such as ad views and taps, and diagnostic information
Depending on your consent choices, ads may be personalised. If you are in the European Economic Area, the UK or Switzerland, UniUI asks for your consent through Google's consent message before any ads are requested, and you can change your choice any time in More settings → Ad privacy. Elsewhere, you can reset or delete your advertising ID or opt out of personalised ads in your device's Google settings.
Learn more: How Google uses information from apps that use its services and Google Privacy Policy.
4. UniUI Premium (subscriptions)
Premium is sold through Google Play Billing. Google processes your payment; we never see your payment card or billing details. The app receives only a purchase confirmation (product, plan, purchase state and a purchase token) from Google Play to unlock Premium, and remembers on your device that you are a subscriber. Premium removes all ads, after which the AdMob SDK requests no ads. See the Terms of Use for subscription details and the Google Payments Privacy Notice.
5. Contacting us
If you use the email or other contact links in About UniUI, the matching app opens a message to us. We receive only what you choose to send (such as your email address and message) and use it solely to reply.
6. What we do not do
- No user accounts, sign-in or profiles.
- No analytics, crash reporting or tracking SDKs other than Google AdMob described above.
- We do not sell personal data, and we do not upload your app list, calendar, steps, screen time, photos, notes or any other data the launcher shows.
7. Data security and retention
Connections to online services use HTTPS where the service supports it (a website you save to the Webpage widget may use plain HTTP, which you control). Data stored by the app stays on your device until you delete it or uninstall the app. Data collected by Google for ads is retained under Google's policies.
8. Children
UniUI is meant for a general audience and is not directed at children under 13. The Playground theme is a simple home screen that a parent or guardian can set up on their own device for a child, protected by a parent PIN; it shows no ads. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are a minor, please ask a parent or guardian before buying a subscription.
9. Your choices and rights
- Deny or revoke any permission at any time in More settings → Access or Android settings; the related widget simply stops showing that information.
- Change ad consent in More settings → Ad privacy (EEA/UK/Switzerland) or your device's ad settings, or remove ads entirely with Premium.
- Delete all app data by clearing the app's storage or uninstalling it.
- Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR or India's DPDP Act), you may have rights to access, correct or delete personal data. Because we hold no personal data on our own servers, most requests are handled by the services above; contact us and we will help.
10. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when the app changes. The effective date above shows the latest version; significant changes will be noted in the app's release notes.
11. Contact
Siva Nimmala · sivanimmaladev@gmail.com