Privacy Policy

Christmas Countdown Widget, by Scanly Studio · Last updated 2026-10-09

The short version. Everything you enter into Christmas Countdown Widget is stored on your phone and is never sent to us. There is no account and no login. It contains no analytics, advertising or crash-reporting SDK. The only time data leaves your device is when you buy a subscription, which is handled by Google Play and by our payments provider, RevenueCat.

Who we are

Christmas Countdown Widget is published by Scanly Studio. If you have a question about anything on this page, write to scanlystudio.support@proton.me and a person will answer.

Your data, stored on your device only

The app keeps everything you choose on your device, in the app’s own storage:

your countdown settings: the date you count down to, the unit, the scene, snow, the carol and the widget style;
which advent calendar doors you have opened;
whether you want a daily reminder, and at what time;
the answers you gave during the first-launch setup.

None of this is sent to us. There is no account and no server of ours; nothing is collected and nothing passes through a server of ours, because we do not have one.

Permissions the app asks for

Photos (choose a photo). If you pick your own photo as a countdown background, the system photo picker opens and only the one photo you select is copied into the app’s own storage on your device. The app does not read the rest of your library.
Photos (add only). If you tap to save an advent wallpaper, the app asks for permission to add that image to your photo library. It does not read your library.
Notifications. Only if you turn on the daily reminder. Reminders are scheduled on your device; no push server is involved.

Every permission is optional; the countdown works without any of them.

Data handled by third-party services

One service is involved, and only in connection with a purchase.

RevenueCat (subscriptions and one-time purchases)

When you buy a subscription, buy the lifetime option, or tap “Restore”, the purchase is processed by Google through Google Play. We use RevenueCat to check whether a purchase is valid and still active. For that, RevenueCat receives an anonymous identifier generated for your installation, the Google Play transaction details for what you bought, and basic device and country information supplied by the store. It does not receive your name, your email address, or anything else listed above. RevenueCat acts as our processor. Their own privacy policy is at revenuecat.com/privacy.

What the app does not do

No analytics or product-usage tracking. There is no analytics SDK in the build.
No crash or error reporting to any external service.
No advertising, no ad network, and no advertising identifier, because there is nothing to track you with.
No account, no sign-up, no password, no email address collected.
No cloud sync and no backend of any kind. Your settings are not uploaded, backed up by us, or shared with anyone else’s device.
No access to contacts or location, and no reading of your photo library beyond the single photo you pick yourself.
No selling or sharing of personal information, as those terms are used in the California Consumer Privacy Act, and no use of your data for advertising of any kind.

Children

Christmas Countdown Widget is not directed at children and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 16.

Data retention

Because your entries never leave your phone, there is nothing for us to retain or delete. Deleting the app removes them. Purchase records held by RevenueCat and by Google are retained under their own policies and for as long as required for tax and accounting purposes.

Your choices and rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, export or delete personal information held about you, and to object to certain processing. In practice we hold almost nothing: your settings are on your device only, and the purchase record is keyed to an anonymous identifier. If you want to exercise a right, or want the purchase record associated with your installation deleted, write to scanlystudio.support@proton.me and we will act on it. To manage or cancel a subscription itself, use the Google Play Store app → your profile icon → Payments & subscriptions → Subscriptions.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes we will update the date at the top of this page. Material changes will also be flagged in the app.

Contact

Scanly Studio · scanlystudio.support@proton.me