PingHopper – Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 24, 2026
PingHopper is a network diagnostic tool (trace route, ping and network scan) made by Miguel Godreau. This policy explains what the app does with information. The short version: PingHopper itself does not collect or store any personal data and has no accounts. The app is free and shows ads provided by Google AdMob, which collects some device information as described below.
What the app does on your device
- Trace Route and Ping send standard network test packets (ICMP) to the website or IP address you type in, and show the response times on your screen.
- Network Scan checks the addresses on the Wi-Fi network you are connected to and shows the devices that answer (IP address, device name and, where Android allows it, MAC address).
- All results are shown on screen only. Nothing is saved after you close the app, and nothing is sent to the developer.
Public IP address
To display your public IP address in Network Scan, the app makes a single request to a public "what is my IP" service (api.ipify.org, with ifconfig.me or icanhazip.com as fallbacks). Like any website, that service sees the IP address the request comes from. The app does not send any other information to it.
Advertising (Google AdMob)
PingHopper shows banner ads through Google AdMob. To show and measure ads, the Google Mobile Ads SDK may collect and share with Google: your device's advertising ID, IP address (used to estimate approximate location), and information about ad interactions and app performance (such as crashes). This data is handled by Google under the Google Privacy Policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.
In the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland, the app asks for your consent before personalized ads are shown. You can reset or limit your advertising ID at any time in your phone's settings (Settings → Google → Ads).
Permissions
- Internet – to send ping / trace route packets and look up website addresses.
- Network state / Wi-Fi state – to read this phone's Wi-Fi IP address, subnet mask and gateway for Network Scan.
- Advertising ID – used by Google AdMob to show ads.
PingHopper does not use your location, contacts, camera, microphone, photos or files.
Children
PingHopper is a technical utility intended for adults and is not directed at children under 13.
Changes
If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new date.
Contact
Questions: miguel4games@gmail.com