Effective date: 17 September 2026 · App package: com.ashutosh.kiko
Kiko Launcher ("Kiko", "the app") is a home-screen app for Android made by Ashutosh ("I", "me"). This policy explains what information the app uses, where it goes, and the choices you have.
In short: Kiko has no ads, no analytics and no trackers. Almost everything the app handles stays on your phone, and you don't need an account. Two things can leave your phone. For weather, your approximate location (or the city you choose) is sent to Open-Meteo. If you choose to turn on the optional Status sharing feature, the data described in section 3 is sent too.
What
Why
Where it goes
List of apps installed on your phone, and how often you open them from Kiko
To show your apps on the home screen, in the app drawer and in search, and to suggest your most used apps
Stays on your phone
Your home-screen layout, settings, notes, quick memo and widget choices
To save your home screen and the notes you write
Stays on your phone (and in your Android backup, if you have it turned on)
Voice memos (microphone)
Only while you record a memo in the Voice memos screen
Saved on your phone. Shared only if you choose Share.
Contacts
Only if you allow it, to find people in search
Searched on your phone and never uploaded
Notifications (with Notification access)
Only if you allow it, to show a dot or count on app icons. Kiko only uses which apps have notifications and how many.
Not stored and never leaves your phone
Approximate location, or a city you search for
To show the weather
Sent over an encrypted connection to Open-Meteo to get the forecast. Kiko does not store it on any server.
Wallpapers from the Kiko collection, dim and blur settings
To draw and set wallpapers, including on a schedule if you turn on auto-change
Created on your phone. Nothing is downloaded or uploaded.
Your "Today's status" (mood, text, colour)
To show your status on your home screen
Stays on your phone, unless you turn on Status sharing (section 3)
Accessibility service ("Kiko gestures")
Only if you turn it on, to lock the screen when you double-tap and open the notification shade when you swipe down
The service cannot read your screen content, receives no accessibility events, and collects no data
Kiko includes an optional service built on Android's AccessibilityService API. It is used only to perform two actions that you trigger yourself: locking the screen (double-tap an empty spot on the home screen) and opening the notification shade (swipe down on the home screen). The service is set up so that it cannot retrieve window content and does not receive accessibility events. Kiko shows an explanation and asks for your consent before sending you to turn it on. You can turn it off at any time in Settings → Accessibility → Kiko gestures.
Status sharing lets you show your status to contacts who also use Kiko. It is off until you set it up, and it may not be available in every version of the app. If you use it:
Phone number: you verify your number with an SMS code. Verification is handled by Google Firebase Authentication, which stores your phone number with your account. To prevent abuse, Firebase may use information such as your device's integrity status and IP address.
Contacts, as one-way codes: after you agree in the app, Kiko reads the phone numbers in your contacts and turns each one into a one-way SHA-256 code on your phone. Only these codes are sent to Kiko's database (Google Cloud Firestore), to check which contacts have a Kiko account. Names and other contact details never leave your phone, and the codes you check aren't stored on the server. The list of matched friends is saved on your phone.
Your status: the mood, text, colour, time and display name you choose are stored in Firestore with a list of coded account IDs of the people allowed to see it. That's your matched contacts, minus anyone you've hidden it from or blocked. Only those people, and only if they have also saved your number, can see it. Statuses expire after 24 hours and are then deleted automatically.
Reports: if you report a status, the report, the reported text and both account IDs are stored so the report can be reviewed. Reports are kept for up to 90 days.
Notifications: if you allow them, Kiko checks for friends' new statuses about once an hour and shows a notification on your phone.
This data is used only to run Status sharing and keep it safe. It is never used for advertising or sold. Google provides the servers as a service provider. See Firebase privacy information. You can stop sharing, hide your status from anyone, block people, sign out, or delete your account at any time. Deleting your account removes your account, phone-number entry, profile and status right away. See how to delete your account and the Terms of Use.
When you search the web, open a map, call or message someone from Kiko, your request is handed to the app you use for that (for example your browser or dialer). That app's own privacy policy then applies.
Weather data comes from Open-Meteo. Requests contain either your approximate location (Android's "approximate" setting, accurate to about 3 square kilometres, which Kiko further rounds to two decimal places) or the city name you typed. You can avoid sending your device location by turning off Use my location and choosing a city instead. See Open-Meteo's terms for how they handle requests.
I do not sell your information, and I do not share it with advertisers or data brokers. The app has no advertising or analytics software. Data is shared only with the service providers named in this policy (Open-Meteo, and Google Firebase for Status sharing), only to provide those features.
Data stored on your phone is under your control. Delete notes and memos in the app, clear the app's storage in Android settings, or uninstall Kiko to remove it. If you use Status sharing, statuses are deleted after 24 hours and your account data is deleted when you delete your account (instructions). Without Status sharing, nothing is kept on a server.
Network requests to the weather service and to Firebase use HTTPS. Firebase access is restricted by security rules, so your status can only be read by you and the people you share it with. Data stored by the app is kept in the app's private storage, which other apps cannot read.
Kiko is not directed at children under 13. Status sharing is only for people aged 13 or older, or the minimum age in their country. Kiko does not knowingly collect personal information from children.
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date. Significant changes will also be mentioned in the app's release notes.
Questions or requests: ashutoshsmartcool@gmail.com