ByteTrue privacy policy

Effective date: 2026-11-12

Applies to: ByteTrue for Android, version 1.0 and later, as installed from Google Play

Made by: Raghid, the developer shown on ByteTrue's Google Play page

Contact: the “Email developer” link on ByteTrue’s Google Play page

The short version

• ByteTrue reads your phone's own network counters and connection details from Android, and shows them to you.
• Everything it reads or saves stays on your phone. ByteTrue has no account, no server, no analytics, no crash
• reporting and no ads.
• ByteTrue has no server, no account and no analytics, so there is nowhere for your data to go. The app's
• manifest does carry the internet permission, because Google Play Billing needs it for the optional Pro
• purchase — but nothing about your usage, your apps or your network is ever sent by ByteTrue.
• Data leaves your phone only when you send it yourself: a CSV file you save, or a text you share.

What ByteTrue reads from Android, and why

ByteTrue explains each permission before Android asks you, either during setup or on the screen that needs it.

You can say no to any of them. The feature that needs it then shows "Not allowed" or "Unavailable" with the reason, and the rest of the

app keeps working.

Permission (as Android names it) | What ByteTrue reads | What it is used for

---|---|---

**Usage access** (you switch it on in Android Settings) | Android's own data counters: how much data the phone and each app sent and received, over Wi-Fi and over mobile data. | The Usage, History and Check screens, today's totals, plan tracking and alerts.

**Location** | Only what Android shares with apps that hold this permission: the name of the Wi-Fi network you are connected to, the list of nearby Wi-Fi networks (only when you tap to scan), and details of the mobile cell your phone uses (band, channel, cell code). | Showing which Wi-Fi you are on, the networks around you, and the mobile network details. ByteTrue never reads your position (no GPS, no coordinates) and does not ask for location in the background.

**Phone** | Your SIM cards, the carrier name, the country, whether you are roaming, and the radio type (for example 4G or 5G). | Labelling mobile data by SIM and carrier, and the roaming warnings. ByteTrue does not read your phone number, calls, contacts or messages.

**Notifications** | Nothing is read. This only lets ByteTrue show notifications. | Alerts you switch on, the morning summary, and the speed meter in the status bar.

Android also gives ByteTrue these without asking you, because it lists them as low-risk: the names and icons of

your installed apps (so each counter shows which app it belongs to), the state of the network and of Wi-Fi, asking

Android to scan for Wi-Fi when you tap, running the status-bar speed meter (it starts only when

you switch it on), running short scheduled checks in the background, starting those checks again after a restart,

and talking to Google Play for purchases.

What you type in

Plans you create (name, data allowance, billing cycle and any price you enter), carrier readings you type or paste

(for example the text of your carrier's balance SMS or USSD reply; you paste it, ByteTrue does not read your

messages), the amounts you set for alerts, and your answers on the Check screen. All of it stays on your phone.

What ByteTrue saves on your phone, and for how long

Everything is stored in ByteTrue's private storage on your phone. Other apps cannot read it, and it is left out of

Android and Google backups.

What is saved | Kept for

---|---

One record per day of the phone's Wi-Fi and mobile data totals, copied from Android's counters | Until you delete the app's storage or uninstall it

A log of the networks your phone used: when it changed network, the Wi-Fi name (only when Location is allowed) together with a one-way code made from it, the carrier name, the SIM slot and the radio type | 400 days, then removed automatically

Wi-Fi quality samples (signal strength, link speed, frequency, and whether Android's own internet check passed), about every 15 minutes. **Off until you switch it on.** No Wi-Fi name is stored with them. | 30 days, then removed automatically

Your plans and their carrier readings | Until you delete the plan or the app's storage

Your Check results and answers | Until you delete the app's storage or uninstall it

Your settings, alert settings, and what background alerts found (Android's number for the app and a byte count; no app name, no network name) | Until you delete the app's storage or uninstall it

Whether this Google account owns ByteTrue Pro (yes or no) and when that was last checked | Until you delete the app's storage or uninstall it

Per-app figures are read from Android each time you look. ByteTrue does not keep its own copy of them.

ByteTrue does not add its own encryption to these files. They are protected by Android's app sandbox and by your

phone's own encryption and screen lock.

What leaves your phone

Nothing, unless you send it. ByteTrue has no server and no account, and it contains no analytics,

crash-reporting or advertising software. The only network traffic it can make is Google Play Billing's own,

for the optional Pro purchase, handled by Google Play on your phone; your usage data is not part of it.

Data can leave your phone only in these ways, and you start each one yourself:

• **Export my data (CSV)** (Settings, Data and privacy): Android's file picker opens and you choose where the file
• goes. The file holds one line per saved day and network: date, time zone, Wi-Fi or mobile, bytes received, bytes
• sent, total, and which Android counter it came from. It holds no app names and no Wi-Fi names.
• **Share this month** (History): you see the exact text first, then Android's share menu sends it to the app you
• pick. It contains the month's totals, your top apps, and your plan use, if you have a plan.
• **Links:** opening this policy, or Google's pages, from ByteTrue hands the link to your web browser. The browser
• is a separate app with its own privacy policy.

Google Play

ByteTrue is installed and updated through Google Play. Google runs Google Play under

[Google's privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy). Through Google Play Console, Google shows me install

numbers and, if you allowed your phone to share usage and diagnostics with Google, crash reports. That information

comes from Google, not from ByteTrue, and ByteTrue sends nothing extra.

Purchases (ByteTrue Pro). If ByteTrue Pro is offered in your country, you buy it through Google Play. Google

handles the payment. ByteTrue never sees your card, your bank details or your Google account name. To know whether

to unlock Pro, ByteTrue asks the Google Play app on your phone whether this Google account owns Pro, and saves only

the yes-or-no answer and the time it checked (see the table above). You manage or cancel a subscription in Google

Play, not in ByteTrue.

Ads

ByteTrue version 1 shows no ads. It contains no advertising software and does not use your advertising ID. If a

later version ever adds ads, this policy will be updated before that version is published, and the change will be

written here.

Your choices

• **Withdraw a permission:** in ByteTrue, open Settings, then Data and privacy, then Privacy and permissions. Each
• permission has an "Open settings" button. Or use Android Settings > Apps > ByteTrue > Permissions. Usage access is
• under Android Settings > Apps > Special access > Usage data access (the exact path varies by phone maker).
• Withdrawing a permission stops ByteTrue reading that information from then on.
• **Stop a feature:** switch off Wi-Fi quality history, any alert, the morning summary or the status-bar speed
• meter in ByteTrue's Settings.
• **Delete your data:** deleting a plan removes the plan and its carrier readings. To delete everything, use
• Android Settings > Apps > ByteTrue > Storage > Clear storage, or uninstall ByteTrue. ByteTrue has no button that
• deletes everything at once. Because nothing is stored anywhere except your phone, I hold no copy of your data,
• so there is nothing for me to delete on a server.

Children

ByteTrue is meant for adults. It is not directed at children.

Changes to this policy

When the policy changes, the effective date at the top changes and the change is described here. If a change

affects what leaves your phone, it takes effect only in the app version that makes that change.

Contact

Questions about this policy or about ByteTrue: the “Email developer” link on ByteTrue’s Google Play page.