Privacy Policy
Sleep Tracker & Night Recorder (package: com.sleep.tracker.app)
Developer: Growlimo Apps
Effective date: November 6, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how the Sleep Tracker & Night Recorder app (shown inside the app as "BedTime"; "the app"), published by Growlimo Apps ("we", "us"), accesses, collects, uses, stores and shares information, including health data related to your sleep. By using the app you agree to the practices described here.
SUMMARY
• The app handles health data: sleep sessions and sleep stages, sleep scores, night sounds (snoring, sleep talk, coughing) and the optional wellness details you enter.
• All of this health data is processed and stored only on your phone. It is never uploaded to our servers, and we never sell it, share it with advertisers or use it for advertising.
• With your permission, the app reads sleep sessions from Health Connect. It never writes to Health Connect.
• Microphone audio is analysed on your device. Only short sound clips are saved, on your phone, and only if you turn that on.
• The free version shows ads (Google AdMob), and the app uses Google Firebase for analytics and crash reports. These services receive device and usage data, not your health data.
1. HEALTH DATA WE ACCESS AND HOW WE USE IT
1.1 Sleep data from Health Connect
If you choose to connect Health Connect, the app asks for one permission: Read sleep (READ_SLEEP). With it, the app reads:
• Sleep sessions recorded by your smartwatch, fitness tracker or other apps (start time, end time, duration)
• Sleep stages within those sessions (awake, light, deep and REM sleep)
Why: to import up to the last 30 days of nights into your Nights tab, calculate a sleep score for them, and show your sleep trends alongside nights tracked by the app.
What we don't do: The app does not read any other Health Connect data type, never writes or changes data in Health Connect, and does not send Health Connect data off your device. Imported nights are stored only on your phone.
The app's use of information received from Health Connect complies with the Health Connect Permissions policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Health Connect data is used only to provide and improve the sleep-tracking features you see in the app. It is not used for advertising, not sold, not shared with third parties, and not used to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes.
You can grant or remove this permission at any time in the app's settings or in the Health Connect app.
1.2 Sleep data created by the app
When you track a night with the app, the app creates and stores the following health data on your device:
• Bedtime, time asleep, wake-up time and number of wake-ups
• Estimated sleep stages (light, deep, REM, awake) and a nightly sleep score
• Noise levels through the night (in decibels) and detected events such as snoring, sleep talk or coughing
• Smart alarm, snooze and reminder settings
Why: to show your night report, sleep score, trends and tips, and to wake you during light sleep inside your chosen wake window.
1.3 Microphone and sound recordings
If you allow microphone access, the app listens during sleep tracking to estimate your sleep stages and detect snoring, sleep talk and other sounds.
• Audio is analysed in real time on your phone and is never uploaded.
• If "Save sound clips" is on, only short clips of detected sounds are saved on your phone so you can listen to them in the morning. If it is off, the app only measures loudness and saves no audio.
• You can delete any clip or night at any time. A clip leaves your phone only if you choose to share it using Android's share menu.
• The microphone is used only while sleep tracking is active, and a persistent notification shows when the app is listening.
Microphone access is optional. Without it, the app can still run your smart alarm, but your night report will be limited and no recordings are saved.
1.4 Wellness information you enter
You may optionally provide:
• Your age (used to tune your report, because sleep needs change with age)
• Your sleep goal, usual bedtime and wake-up time
• Answers to setup questions (for example, how long it takes you to fall asleep or what affects your sleep)
• Your morning and daytime mood
• Notes and tags for each night (for example, caffeine, alcohol, exercise or screen time)
Why: to personalise your sleep report and reminders and to show which habits relate to better or worse nights. This information is stored only on your phone.
2. WHERE YOUR HEALTH DATA IS STORED
All health data described in Section 1 is stored locally on your device in the app's private storage. The app has no user accounts, and we do not operate a server that receives your sleep data, recordings, mood or notes. We (Growlimo Apps) cannot see or access this information.
3. OTHER DATA COLLECTED BY THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
The app uses the following Google services. They collect limited device and usage information under their own privacy policies. We do not send them your health data (sleep data, Health Connect data, recordings, mood, notes or age).
• Google AdMob (free version only): shows ads and measures ad performance. May collect advertising ID, IP address, device and app information, ad interactions and approximate location derived from IP.
• Google User Messaging Platform: asks for ad consent where required (for example, EEA and UK). Stores your consent choices.
• Firebase Analytics: helps us understand how the app is used so we can improve it. Collects app interactions, screens viewed, app instance ID, device model, OS version and country.
• Firebase Crashlytics: helps us find and fix crashes. Collects crash logs, device state, app version and installation ID.
• Firebase Remote Config and A/B Testing: lets us adjust app settings and test improvements without an update. Uses installation ID, app version and device information.
• Google Play Billing: processes Pro version purchases and restores them. Payment details are handled by Google; we never receive your card information.
Learn more:
Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
How Google uses data from apps: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
Firebase privacy: https://firebase.google.com/support/privacy
You can reset or delete your advertising ID, or opt out of personalised ads, in your device settings. Upgrading to the Pro version removes ads.
4. PERMISSIONS THE APP USES
• Health Connect – Read sleep: import sleep sessions and stages from your watch or other apps (optional)
• Microphone: estimate sleep stages and detect snoring or sleep talk during tracking (optional)
• Notifications: bedtime reminders, your morning report and the tracking/alarm notification
• Alarms & reminders, full-screen alerts: ring the smart alarm at the right moment and show it over the lock screen
• Run at startup: restore your alarms and reminders after the phone restarts
• Foreground service, wake lock, media playback: keep sleep tracking and sleep sounds running through the night
• Vibration: alarm and snooze vibration
• Internet and network state: ads, analytics, crash reports, app configuration and in-app purchases
• Advertising ID: ads in the free version
5. SHARING AND SELLING
• We do not sell your personal information or health data.
• We do not share your health data with anyone, including advertisers, data brokers or information resellers.
• Device and usage data is shared only with the service providers listed in Section 3, for the purposes listed there.
• We may disclose information if required by law. Your health data stays on your device, and we do not hold it.
6. DATA RETENTION AND DELETION
• Health data on your device stays until you delete it. You can delete a single night (its report, notes and sound clips) or a single clip inside the app. Uninstalling the app or clearing its storage from your phone's settings permanently deletes all of it.
• Health Connect: removing the app's permission stops all further reading. Data in Health Connect belongs to Health Connect and the apps that wrote it; the app never changes or deletes it.
• Analytics and crash data is kept by Google according to its retention settings (Firebase Analytics data up to 14 months; Crashlytics crash reports up to 90 days).
• To ask about any data related to you held by our service providers, contact us at the email below.
7. SECURITY
Your health data stays in the app's private storage on your device, which other apps cannot access. Data sent to Google services is encrypted in transit (HTTPS). No method of storage or transmission is completely secure, so please also protect your phone with a screen lock.
8. CHILDREN
The app is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact us and we will help remove it.
9. YOUR RIGHTS
Depending on where you live (for example, under the GDPR in the EEA/UK or the CCPA/CPRA in California), you may have the right to access, correct, delete or restrict the use of your personal information, to withdraw consent, and to object to processing. Because your health data is stored only on your device, you control it directly through the app and your device settings. For anything else, email us and we will respond within 30 days.
10. NOT A MEDICAL DEVICE
Sleep Tracker & Night Recorder is a wellness app. Its sleep stages, scores and sound detection are estimates for general information only. They are not medical advice and are not intended to diagnose, treat or prevent any condition. Talk to a doctor about any sleep or health concern.
11. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy. Changes will be posted on this page with a new effective date. If we make a significant change to how we handle health data, we will tell you in the app before it takes effect.
12. CONTACT US
Growlimo Apps
Email: growlimoapps@gmail.com