PRIVACY POLICY
App: Bitcoin Launcher
Package: com.bitcoin.launcher
Effective date: July 18, 2026
Most information you create in Bitcoin Launcher stays on this device. Online data, websites, advertising, search, Google Play subscriptions, and Android services involve the service providers described below. Read this complete policy to understand what is local, what leaves the device, how it is used, and what you can delete or disable.
1. Scope and who is responsible
This Privacy Policy explains how Bitcoin Launcher, package com.bitcoin.launcher, handles information when you use its Android launcher, market dashboard, charts, news reader, browser, alerts, paper-trading tools, app drawer, widgets, downloads, text-to-speech, advertising, and optional subscription features.
"We", "us", and "our" mean the developer or publisher identified for Bitcoin Launcher on its Google Play listing. This policy covers the app itself. Google Play, Cloudflare, websites, Android system services, advertising services, news publishers, and market-data providers have their own privacy practices.
2. Plain-language summary
- No Bitcoin Launcher account is required or created.
- Your favorites, dock layout, bookmarks, recent browser history, paper trades, alerts, settings, and cached market/news data are stored locally on your device.
- The app does not upload those local records to a developer-controlled account or cloud database.
- Online features make direct requests to third-party services. Those services receive ordinary network information such as your IP address, request time, and device or browser request details.
- Google Mobile Ads may collect and share advertising, device, interaction, and diagnostic data.
- If you buy or restore the optional ad-free subscription, Google Play processes billing and the app sends Play purchase information plus a pseudonymous installation hash to the developer verification service only to confirm, acknowledge, secure, and restore access.
- Websites opened in the in-app browser can use cookies, local storage, forms, downloads, and permissions under their own policies.
3. Information kept on your device
Depending on the features you use, Bitcoin Launcher may store the following information in Android app storage, SharedPreferences, Hive databases, WebView storage, memory caches, or Android Download Manager:
- Launcher data: installed launcher activities, app labels/icons, user-profile identifiers supplied by Android, dock order, favorite apps, shortcuts, widgets, and launcher preferences.
- Market and chart data: recent BTC prices, candles, volume, percentage-change reference prices, funding data, open interest, long/short ratios, Fear & Greed readings, indicator settings, chart viewport state, drawings, and cached responses.
- User-created finance data: simulated paper trades, virtual balances, trade history, calculator settings, price alerts, drawing alerts, and indicator alerts. These are simulation records, not exchange accounts or real cryptocurrency holdings.
- Browser data: bookmarks and categories, recent history, open-tab snapshots, page titles and URLs, favicons, Smart Scroll positions/data, desktop-mode choices, site permission decisions, cookies, site storage, service-worker/offline data, cache, and download records.
- News and audio data: cached headlines/articles, played or announced item state, source/filter choices, TTS settings, and optional downloaded offline voice models.
- App settings: theme/runtime choices, Live updates or Battery Saver state, permission-prompt state, market refresh periods, feature-unlock state, ad security state, and other UI preferences.
- Subscription data: a signed, time-limited ad-free entitlement and local integrity proof containing plan identifiers, Play subscription state, expiry, a purchase-token hash, and a pseudonymous installation hash. The raw Google Play purchase token is not stored in local app preferences.
4. Installed apps, launcher data, and widgets
Because Bitcoin Launcher can act as your Android home screen, it queries Android LauncherApps and package services to display launchable apps, work/profile entries, shortcuts, app icons, uninstall/settings actions, and available widgets. Android may expose package name, activity class, label, icon, profile serial, install/change events, shortcuts, and widget provider metadata.
This information is used to operate the launcher and is cached locally for faster startup. The app does not send your installed-app list, favorites, dock layout, or widget choices to a developer-controlled server.
5. Notification access and notifications
If you separately grant Android Notification Access, Android can expose notification events and metadata from other apps. Bitcoin Launcher uses the source package and posted/removed state to calculate local app-icon badge counts. It does not intentionally store or transmit notification message content to a developer-controlled server.
The standard notification permission is used for price alerts, foreground data-sync status, download status, and other app notices. You can revoke either standard notifications or the separate Notification Access permission in Android Settings.
6. Market, chart, news, and Bitcoin data
When Live updates are enabled or you request an online feature, the app contacts third-party endpoints directly. The app sends only what is needed for that request, such as symbol, interval, time range, news feed request, Bitcoin transaction ID, or public Bitcoin address.
- Binance USD-M Futures: BTC price, candles, ticker, funding, open interest, and long/short market data.
- Alternative.me: Crypto Fear & Greed Index readings.
- News publishers: RSS feeds and article/image content from configured crypto-news sources, including Cointelegraph, CoinDesk, CryptoPotato, Bitcoin.com, Decrypt, BeInCrypto, Bitcoinist, and NewsBTC.
- mempool.space and Blockstream: Bitcoin fees, mempool, blocks, mining, Lightning, transaction, and address lookups.
- Connectivity checks: Binance and Google/Android connectivity endpoints may be contacted to determine whether online services are reachable.
7. In-app browser, search, and websites
The in-app browser is an Android WebView. URLs, searches, form submissions, files you select for upload, and content you enter on a website are delivered to that website, not to a Bitcoin Launcher account. Websites may collect information, set cookies, store data, fingerprint devices, show advertising, or use their own analytics under their policies.
Search terms can be sent to Google Search. Typed text may be sent to Google Suggest to return search suggestions. Host names may be sent to Google favicon services when a site icon cannot be obtained directly. A website receives the WebView user agent and ordinary network information, including your IP address.
Browser history is limited by the app to recent entries and is stored locally. WebView cookies and site storage may persist sign-ins and preferences until you clear them, the site expires them, or Android removes them.
8. Camera, microphone, location, and file access
Bitcoin Launcher does not request camera, microphone, or location merely to show the launcher or market dashboard. A secure HTTPS website in the in-app browser may request one of these capabilities. The app first asks for a site-specific allow/block choice and then requests the corresponding Android runtime permission. If allowed, the website receives the result or media through WebView under that website's privacy policy.
When a website requests a file upload, Android's system document picker lets you choose the file. Only the file(s) you select are made available to that website. Site decisions can be reviewed in Browser > Site settings, and Android permissions can be revoked in Android Settings.
9. Advertising, rewarded features, and optional subscription
Bitcoin Launcher uses the Google Mobile Ads SDK for banner, interstitial, app-open, native, and rewarded advertisements. Google states that its Mobile Ads SDK automatically collects and shares IP address, user product interactions, diagnostic information, and device or account identifiers for advertising, analytics, and fraud prevention. Ad requests and ad interactions are handled by Google and its advertising partners under their policies.
Watching a rewarded ad may unlock an app feature. The app stores local integrity-protected state for that unlock.
The optional Crypto Launcher Ad-Free Monthly subscription is sold, billed, renewed, refunded, and canceled through Google Play. Google may collect payment and billing information under its own policies. Bitcoin Launcher and its verification service do not receive your payment-card number, bank details, billing address, or Google account password.
When a purchase or restore is verified, the app sends over HTTPS the app package name, subscription product, base plan and offer identifiers, Google Play purchase token, optional Play purchase identifier and transaction date, a random one-time request nonce, and a pseudonymous installation hash to the developer-operated verification endpoint. The installation hash is derived from the app package and a random value created on this installation; it is not your advertising ID, hardware serial number, email address, or Google account ID.
The verification endpoint runs on Cloudflare Workers. Cloudflare necessarily processes the source IP address, TLS connection, and ordinary request metadata to deliver and protect the service. The Worker hashes the source IP for a short-lived rate-limit key and further hashes the already pseudonymous installation hash for a separate abuse limit.
The Worker sends the package name and purchase token to the Google Play Android Developer API to check the subscription state, matching product/base plan, expiry, and acknowledgement status. It may acknowledge a verified purchase so Google Play knows that access was granted.
The verifier code holds the raw purchase token and purchase metadata in memory only while handling that request. It does not store them in a developer database, KV store, or entitlement account; it does not intentionally log or return the raw purchase token. Cloudflare and Google may retain operational, security, transaction, or legal records under their own policies.
The Worker returns an Ed25519-signed entitlement containing the package and plan identifiers, Play state, expiry, acknowledgement state, a SHA-256 purchase-token hash, the pseudonymous installation hash, request nonce, and a verification identifier. The app validates the signature and stores the signed entitlement plus a local integrity proof in Android app preferences. The raw purchase token is not stored there.
Subscription information is used only for app functionality, purchase acknowledgement and restore, fraud prevention, security, and compliance. The developer does not use it for advertising, marketing, behavioral profiling, or a cloud subscriber profile. A cached entitlement can be used offline for no more than three days and never beyond its Google Play expiry before fresh verification is required.
While the entitlement is active, app-owned banner, feed, interstitial, app-open, and rewarded ads are suppressed, and ad-gated actions are available without watching an ad. Canceling normally leaves access active until the paid period ends. Clearing app data or uninstalling deletes the local entitlement but does not cancel recurring billing; cancellation and renewal must be managed through Google Play. A later restore queries Google Play and repeats secure verification.
Before requesting ads, the app uses Google's User Messaging Platform to request the current consent status and show any consent message required for your region. Depending on your region and choices, Google may serve personalized, non-personalized, or limited ads. When Google requires an ongoing privacy-options entry point, App Menu > Ad privacy choices lets you review or change that choice.
10. Text-to-speech and optional voice downloads
News text can be read aloud using Android system text-to-speech. The selected system TTS engine may process text according to that engine provider's privacy practices. Bitcoin Launcher also offers an optional enhanced offline voice. That model is downloaded from the official sherpa-onnx release hosting on GitHub only when you choose to download it, then speech generation runs on the device.
Downloaded voice files can be removed from News Settings. Partial download files may remain temporarily so an interrupted download can resume.
11. Background work, overlays, and device roles
- Default Home App: lets Bitcoin Launcher replace the Android home screen and launch apps, shortcuts, and widgets.
- Default Browser: lets Android route supported web links to the in-app browser when you choose this role.
- Display over other apps: enables the optional floating BTC price overlay. It does not give the app permission to read the contents of other apps.
- Foreground service and wake lock: support visible background market synchronization when that service is active. Android shows a persistent notification.
- The app explicitly does not request automatic start after device boot in the current release.
12. Downloads, clipboard, sharing, and feedback
Browser downloads are handed to Android Download Manager. The app stores local download metadata so you can view, pause, cancel, restart, or open browser-owned downloads. Downloaded files may remain in device storage after browser history or app cache is cleared and must be deleted through the download controls or Android.
The app reads the clipboard only after an explicit action that needs pasted text, such as a Bitcoin transaction or address lookup. It writes to the clipboard when you choose Copy or when an explicit export/share fallback uses it. Sharing and feedback open Android's chooser or your email app; data is sent only after you select a destination and complete the action.
13. Battery Saver and offline expectations
Turning Live updates OFF enables Bitcoin Launcher's Battery Saver mode. It stops the app's automatic live price/news refresh, market sockets, advertising loading, background sync, and related periodic online work, while allowing saved local data and launcher features to remain available.
Battery Saver is not Android airplane mode or a network firewall. A user action that opens a website, starts a download, shares data, launches another app, uses a system service, restores a subscription, or re-enables Live updates can still cause network communication.
14. How information is used and shared
Information is processed to provide the feature you requested, remember your settings, render charts and launcher content, deliver alerts, verify and restore subscription access, maintain security and ad integrity, diagnose failures, and improve reliability.
The developer does not operate a user-profile database for your local bookmarks, history, installed apps, notification badges, trades, alerts, or subscription entitlement, and does not sell those local records. Information is disclosed when you direct a share/upload/request, when a service provider, SDK, or endpoint is needed for a feature, or when disclosure is legally required. Third parties decide their own retention and further use under their policies.
15. Retention, deletion, and your controls
- Delete bookmarks, alerts, trades, downloads, optional voices, and other user records through the relevant feature controls where available.
- Clear recent history from the browser hub. Use Clear browser data to remove WebView cache, cookies, local storage, and cached favicons. Site settings manages saved camera, microphone, and location decisions.
- Use Android Settings > Apps > Bitcoin Launcher > Storage to clear all app-owned local data, or uninstall the app. Files downloaded to shared/device storage may need separate deletion.
- Revoke launcher, browser, notification, Notification Access, overlay, camera, microphone, or location permissions through Android Settings.
- Caches are replaced, capped, or aged as features refresh; other local preferences remain until reset, app data is cleared, or the app is uninstalled.
- The signed subscription entitlement remains locally until it expires, becomes invalid, is replaced, app data is cleared, or the app is uninstalled. The verifier keeps no subscriber database; its rate-limit counters are temporary abuse controls rather than entitlement records.
- Clearing local data does not cancel a Google Play subscription or delete Google's transaction records. Manage cancellation and payment-history controls through Google Play.
- Bitcoin Launcher disables Android cloud backup and device-to-device transfer for its private app data in the current release.
16. Security and international processing
App-owned data is kept in Android's application storage and protected by Android's app sandbox. Online app services use HTTPS or secure WebSocket connections where supported. Subscription entitlements are digitally signed and locally integrity-protected. No mobile app, device, WebView, storage system, or network transmission can be guaranteed completely secure.
Google Play, Cloudflare, advertising providers, websites, and other third-party services may process network, purchase, security, or advertising data in countries other than yours. Their legal bases, security controls, international transfers, and retention periods are governed by their own policies.
17. Children
Bitcoin Launcher is a general-audience crypto launcher and is not designed or directed to children under 13 or the minimum digital-consent age in their country. It does not knowingly create accounts for or request personal information directly from children. If you believe a child has sent personal information through a feedback channel, contact the publisher so the request can be reviewed.
18. Financial and third-party content notice
Prices, charts, sentiment, news, calculator results, alerts, and paper trades are informational or simulated. They are not financial, investment, legal, tax, custody, brokerage, or exchange services. Purchasing the ad-free subscription does not provide an exchange account, investment product, or financial service. Data can be delayed, incomplete, or incorrect. Do not submit seed phrases, private keys, exchange passwords, or other secrets into the app, feedback, or untrusted websites.
19. Your privacy rights
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, portability, or information about certain processing. Most Bitcoin Launcher records are only on your device, so the developer generally cannot access or identify them. Use the local controls above first.
For data handled by Google Play, Cloudflare, a visited website, a news publisher, a system TTS provider, or a market-data provider, submit requests to that provider. For questions about developer-controlled processing, use the contact method below.
Google privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Cloudflare privacy policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/
20. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when app features, permissions, providers, legal requirements, or data practices change. The effective date at the top will be updated. Material changes should be presented in the app, the store listing, or another appropriate notice before or when they take effect.
21. Contact
For privacy questions or requests, use the Developer contact information on Bitcoin Launcher's Google Play listing. You can open that listing from App Menu > Rate app. Clearly write "Privacy request" in your message and do not include private keys, passwords, payment-card information, or other secrets.
The release build does not currently include a direct support email inside the app. App Menu > Send feedback creates a shareable feedback template; it does not send anything until you choose and complete a destination in Android.
App: Bitcoin Launcher
Package: com.bitcoin.launcher