Privacy policy – Story Timer: Kids Visual Timer
Last updated: 3 November 2026
Who we are
Story Timer: Kids Visual Timer ("the app") is made by HPLPRO LIMITED, trading as HPLpro Games, a company based in the United Kingdom ("we", "us").
Contact: hplprogames@gmail.com · Website: https://sites.google.com/view/hplprogames
The short version
The app does not collect any data, from children or from adults. There are no accounts, no ads, no analytics and no tracking. The app contains no third-party code that collects data. The only outside service it uses is Google Play Billing, which handles optional theme purchases. The timer works fully offline.
Made for families
Story Timer is a visual timer for children, set up and controlled by parents and carers. It is suitable for families with young children:
- no personal information is asked for or collected
- no ads of any kind
- no chat, sharing, links to social media or user-generated content
- no third-party software development kits (SDKs) other than Google Play Billing
- a grown-up check (a typed answer to a multiplication question) appears before any purchase or restore
What the app stores, and where
The app remembers your settings, such as the sound, volume, child lock, keep-awake and countdown options, your last timer length and theme, and which themes you've unlocked. All of this is stored only on your device, inside the app's private storage. It is never sent to us or to anyone else.
No analytics, ads or tracking
The app contains no advertising, analytics, crash-reporting or tracking tools. It does not use advertising IDs, does not track anyone across other apps or websites, and does not sell or share any data.
Theme purchases and Google Play
Extra themes, theme packs and All themes are optional one-off purchases. Google Play sells and processes them under Google's terms and privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy). We never see or store card or payment details. There are no subscriptions.
The app asks Google Play for theme prices and which themes your Google account owns. It uses this to unlock themes, to restore them on a new phone, and to remove a theme if its purchase is refunded. It remembers the answer on your device. As the seller, Google gives us limited order information through the Google Play Console, such as an order number, date, price and country. We use it only for accounting, tax, refunds and support.
Permissions
- Notifications: used only to show a "Time's up!" alert when a timer finishes while the app is in the background, and the timer-running notification described below. The app asks once, when you first start a timer, and works without it.
- Foreground service (media playback): while a timer plays a background sound (such as rain or a fan), the app keeps that sound playing when the screen is locked or you switch apps. Android shows a notification while this is happening.
- Alarms (exact alarms): used only to show the "Time's up!" alert at the exact moment your timer ends, even if the phone is asleep or the app is closed. The alarm is set when you start a timer and cancelled when you pause or reset it.
- Internet and network state: used only by Google Play Billing for purchases.
The app does not ask for access to your location, contacts, camera, microphone, photos, calendar or files.
Backups
The app turns off Android's automatic app backup, so its data is not copied into your Google account backup. Themes you've bought are linked to your Google account by Google Play and can be restored with Restore purchases.
Keeping and deleting your data
Your settings stay on your device until you clear the app's storage in Android settings or uninstall the app. Uninstalling deletes all of the app's data from your phone. Themes you've bought stay linked to your Google account and can be restored.
If you email us, we use your email address and message only to reply to you. We delete them when they're no longer needed.
Children
The app does not collect personal data from anyone, including children. Purchases go through Google Play, behind a grown-up check, and parents can also use Google Play's parental controls to require approval for purchases.
Your rights
We don't hold any personal data about you from the app, so there is usually nothing for us to access, correct or delete. You still have rights under UK data protection law (UK GDPR). If you have a question or concern, please email us. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (https://ico.org.uk).
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time, for example if the app gains new features. We'll post the new version at https://sites.google.com/view/hplprogames/story-timer-privacy-policy and change the "Last updated" date.
Contact
HPLPRO LIMITED (trading as HPLpro Games), United Kingdom · hplprogames@gmail.com