Privacy Policy
Last updated: 12-11-2026
In short
- No ads and no account. Sleek Launcher never asks who you are.
- Your personal content stays on your phone: the apps you use, screen time, contacts, calendar, notes, location and photos.
- Usage statistics and crash reports are sent to Google Firebase to help us improve the app. You can turn them off in Settings.
- We never sell your data or use it for advertising.
Who we are
Sleek Launcher (“we”) is made by Playfake, Kasaragod, Kerala. Contact: [email protected].
What Sleek Launcher accesses, and why
Sleek Launcher works on your phone. Optional permissions are asked only when you turn on the feature that needs them, and you can withdraw them any time in Android settings.
| Access | Used for | Where it goes |
|---|---|---|
| Installed apps | To list your apps in the drawer and on home, including work-profile apps. | Stays on your phone |
| Usage stats (usage access) | Screen time, the weekly recap, daily limits and Focus. | Stays on your phone |
| Contacts (optional) | Contact search and the People widget. | Stays on your phone |
| Calendar (optional) | The next event under the clock and the Calendar widget. | Stays on your phone |
| Approximate location (optional) | Weather and the automatic Light/Dark theme (sunset and sunrise). | For weather, approximate coordinates are sent to Open-Meteo. For the theme, rounded coordinates stay on your phone |
| Notification access (optional) | Only to see what’s playing for the Music widget. The content of your notifications is ignored. | Stays on your phone |
| Do Not Disturb access (optional) | To turn Do Not Disturb on during Focus and restore it after. | Stays on your phone |
| Physical activity (optional) | The step count for the Steps widget. | Stays on your phone |
| Photos you pick | Backgrounds and custom app icons. Only the photo you choose is copied into Sleek Launcher’s private storage. | Stays on your phone |
| Fingerprint, face or screen lock | App lock. Android checks it; Sleek Launcher only learns whether it succeeded. | Sleek Launcher never receives it |
| Notes, to-dos, habits and settings | The widgets and features you use. | Stays on your phone |
None of this content (which apps you use, your screen time, contacts, calendar, notes, location or photos) is included in usage statistics or crash reports.
Usage statistics and crash reports (Google Firebase)
To understand which features are used and to find and fix crashes, Sleek Launcher uses two Google Firebase services. They are on by default, and you can turn them off at any time in Sleek Launcher → Settings → Share usage & crash reports.
- Firebase Analytics collects how the app is used (for example screens opened, features used, sessions, the first time the app is opened and in-app purchases), your device model, Android version, app version, language and country or region, and pseudonymous identifiers: an app-instance ID and, where available, your phone’s Android advertising ID. Your country or region is worked out from your IP address; Google doesn’t keep the IP address itself.
- Firebase Crashlytics collects crash and error reports: the technical trace of what went wrong, the state of the app at the time, your device model, Android version, free memory and storage, whether the device is rooted, and a Crashlytics installation ID.
We use this information only to keep Sleek Launcher stable and to improve it. We don’t use it for advertising or to build profiles of you, and we don’t sell it.
Who processes it. Google LLC processes this data on our behalf as a service provider, and it may be processed on servers outside your country. See Privacy and Security in Firebase and Google’s Privacy Policy.
How long it’s kept. Analytics data is kept for [14 months]; crash reports for 90 days.
Your advertising ID. Sleek Launcher shows no ads, but Firebase Analytics may read the advertising ID that Android provides. You can reset or delete it in your phone’s settings (usually Settings → Google → Ads, or Settings → Privacy → Ads).
Services Sleek Launcher connects to
- Google Firebase, for usage statistics and crash reports as described above, unless you turn them off.
- Google Play Billing, to show plans and process Sleek Pro purchases. Payment is handled entirely by Google; we never see your payment details. See Google’s Privacy Policy.
- Open-Meteo, for the weather widget, only if you use it. Sleek Launcher sends approximate coordinates, or the place name you search for; no identifier is sent. To name the place, Sleek Launcher uses Android’s built-in geocoder, provided by your phone’s system. As with any internet request, Open-Meteo sees your IP address. See Open-Meteo’s terms.
- Web and Play Store searches you start from Sleek Launcher open in your own browser or Play Store app, under their own policies.
Backups
If Android backup is on, Android may back up Sleek Launcher’s settings to your Google account and restore them on a new phone, under Google’s terms. We can’t access these backups. Your Sleek Pro status isn’t part of them; it’s restored from Google Play.
Data we receive
Only the usage statistics and crash reports described above, which don’t include your name, email address or the content you keep in Sleek Launcher. We don’t run our own servers for your data. If you email us, we use your email address only to reply.
Legal basis and your rights
Where data-protection laws such as the GDPR apply, we process usage statistics and crash reports on the basis of our legitimate interest in keeping Sleek Launcher stable and improving it. You can object at any time by turning them off in Settings.
You can ask to access or delete data linked to your device, or object to its use, by writing to [email protected]. Because the data is pseudonymous, turning off sharing and then clearing Sleek Launcher’s storage stops new data and breaks the link to what was sent before. You can also complain to your local data-protection authority.
Keeping or deleting your data
Data on your phone stays there until you remove it: clear Sleek Launcher’s storage in Android settings, or uninstall it, to delete everything. Usage statistics and crash reports are deleted automatically after the periods above.
Children
Sleek Launcher is not directed at children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect information from children.
Changes
If this policy changes, we’ll update this page and the date above. Significant changes will also be noted in the app’s release notes.
Contact
Questions? Write to [email protected].