Privacy Policy
1. Your data stays on your phone
Pillsmith is a reminder and logging tool: it only stores what you type. Your medicine names, doses, schedules, reminder times, notes, stock counts and dose history stay on this phone. There is no account, no server and no sync, and the app reads no camera, microphone, contacts, location, Health Connect data or files other than a backup or report you choose to export or import. We operate no servers that process this information, and it is never sent to us, to advertisers or to analytics. If Android's automatic backup to your own Google account is turned on, your phone's operating system may include the app's data in that backup; we cannot access it. Backup files and PDF summaries only leave the phone if you share them.
Important: Pillsmith is a reminder and logging tool. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical condition. Always follow your doctor's or pharmacist's instructions.
2. Permissions
- Notifications (POST_NOTIFICATIONS) — asked on the second onboarding screen, so Pillsmith can show your medicine reminders. You can turn them off at any time.
- Alarms & reminders (SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM) — a special access you grant in Android Settings when you ask for exact reminders, so a dose reminder rings at the minute you chose, even in sleep mode.
- Run at startup (RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED) — re-schedules your reminders after the phone restarts. Normal permission, no prompt.
- Vibrate (VIBRATE) — vibration with a reminder. Normal permission, no prompt.
- Internet (INTERNET, ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE) — ads, analytics, purchases and consent. Your medicine data is never sent.
3. Analytics and crash reports (Google Firebase)
With your consent where required, we use Google Analytics for Firebase and Firebase Crashlytics to understand how the app is used and to fix crashes. We log anonymous events such as “paywall viewed” or “purchase completed”, plus device model, OS and app version, approximate region and an app-instance identifier. We never log medicine names, doses, times or notes; the app enforces this with an allow-list of event parameters, and events only carry coarse buckets such as “2–5 medicines” or “taken from notification”. Crash reports contain the error type and stack trace only. Firebase Remote Config is used to tune paywall and ad settings.
4. Advertising (Google AdMob and Unity Ads)
The free version shows ads: one slim banner on a list screen, an occasional full-screen ad after you save something, and optional rewarded ads you choose to watch to unlock a Pro tool for a while. Ads never cover a live tool, onboarding or the paywall, and never appear in the first two minutes of first use. Pillsmith Pro removes all ads.
Ads are served by Google AdMob, with Unity Ads competing through AdMob mediation and serving the banner directly. These partners may collect the advertising ID, device and usage information and approximate location derived from your IP address to serve and measure ads. See Google's and Unity's privacy policies.
5. Your choices (GDPR, UK GDPR, Swiss FADP, US state laws)
In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, Pillsmith asks for your consent through Google's consent message (IAB TCF) before personalised ads or analytics are used. If you decline, ads are non-personalised and analytics stays off. In US states with privacy laws (such as California, Virginia, Colorado), you can opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information and targeted advertising. You can change your choice at any time in Settings → Privacy choices.
Legal bases (GDPR): consent for analytics and personalised ads; performance of a contract for the features you use and for purchases; legitimate interest for crash diagnostics where consent is not required. You may request access, deletion, correction or portability of data we control, object to processing, or lodge a complaint with your supervisory authority. California residents (CCPA/CPRA): we do not sell personal information for money; ad partners may receive identifiers as described above, which you can opt out of in Privacy choices. We do not discriminate against users who exercise their rights.
6. Purchases
Subscriptions and the lifetime purchase are processed by Google Play. We never receive your payment details; Google tells the app whether Pro is active.
7. Retention and deletion
Your content remains on your device until you delete it or uninstall the app. Analytics data is retained by Google for up to 14 months. See how to delete your data.
8. Children
Pillsmith is not directed to children under 13 (under 16 in the EEA) and we do not knowingly collect their data.
9. Changes
We will update this page if our practices change and revise the date above.