Last Updated: June 2026
Pal BotaniNote ("the App") is an offline plant journal and plant care tracking application designed to help users manage their personal plant collections, growth records, watering history, and plant journals in a private and secure way.
Your privacy is important to us. Pal BotaniNote is built with a privacy-first approach and is designed to function without collecting personal information, creating user accounts, or transmitting data to external servers.
By using Pal BotaniNote, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Pal BotaniNote does not collect, transmit, sell, rent, share, or store personal information on external servers.
The App does not collect:
Name
Email address
Phone number
Physical address
Location information
Contacts
Messages
Device identifiers
Advertising identifiers
Biometric information
Payment information
Health information
Usage analytics
Browsing activity
No personal information is collected by the developer.
Pal BotaniNote stores application data locally on your device using Room Database.
Examples of locally stored data may include:
Plant names
Plant nicknames
Plant categories
Watering schedules
Plant notes
Growth journal entries
Care history
User preferences
App settings
This information remains on your device and is not transmitted to the developer or any third party.
Pal BotaniNote may allow users to optionally attach plant photos.
When photos are added:
The Android system file picker is used.
Photos are selected only by user action.
No gallery permission is requested.
No storage permission is requested.
Photos are copied into the application's private internal storage.
Photos are never uploaded to any server.
Photos remain accessible only on your device.
The developer cannot access, view, or receive your photos.
Pal BotaniNote is designed to work completely offline.
The application:
Does not require an internet connection.
Does not communicate with external servers.
Does not send data over the internet.
Does not perform background network requests.
Pal BotaniNote does not require:
Registration
Account creation
Login
Authentication
Social media integration
You can use the entire application without creating an account
TNo Advertising
Pal BotaniNote:
Does not display advertisements.
Does not use advertising networks.
Does not use advertising identifiers.
Does not participate in targeted advertising.
Pal BotaniNote does not use:
Google Analytics
Firebase Analytics
Behavioral analytics
User tracking systems
Marketing analytics
The developer does not receive information about how you use the App.
The App does not include:
Tracking SDKs
Marketing SDKs
Behavioral profiling tools
User fingerprinting technologies
Data brokers
No user activity is tracked.
At the time of publication, Pal BotaniNote does not request sensitive Android permissions for personal data collection.
The App is designed to minimize permission usage and operate without accessing:
Location
Contacts
Microphone
SMS
Call logs
Calendar
Bluetooth
Nearby devices
Pal BotaniNote does not share data with:
Advertisers
Marketing platforms
Analytics providers
Data brokers
Government agencies except where legally required
No user data is sold or shared.
Because all information remains on your device, you maintain control over your data.
The App stores information locally and does not transmit information to external systems.
However, users are responsible for maintaining the security of their own devices.
The App may provide local export and import functionality.
When used:
Backup files are created locally by the user.
Backup files are stored only where the user chooses.
Backup files are never uploaded by the App.
Users are responsible for managing exported backup files.
Pal BotaniNote is designed to be family-friendly and does not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Since no personal information is collected from any user, the App complies with privacy-focused design principles for users of all ages.
Users may delete their information at any time by:
Removing individual entries within the App
Using the "Clear Local Data" feature
Uninstalling the App
Deleting the App removes access to locally stored application data unless the user has created a separate backup.
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time.
Any future changes will be reflected in the updated version available within the application or on the application's store listing.
If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy, you may contact the developer using the contact information provided on the Google Play Store listing.
Pal BotaniNote is built with a privacy-first philosophy:
No accounts
No ads
No analytics
No tracking
No data selling
No data sharing
No cloud storage
No unnecessary permissions
No background tracking
Local storage only
Offline-first experience
Your plant journal belongs to you and remains on your device.