Privacy Policy

# Upload Manager Privacy Policy

**Effective date:** October 31, 2026

**Developer:** Makingthings

**Contact:** jcjin81@gmail.com

Upload Manager helps creators keep track of how many videos they have scheduled on each channel. It is available for iPhone (Apple App Store) and Android (Google Play). This policy covers both, explains what information the app uses, who receives it, and the choices you have.

## The short version

- Everything you enter (channels, schedules, expenses, receipts) stays on your phone. Upload Manager has no accounts and no servers, and Makingthings never receives this information.

- The free version shows ads from **Google AdMob**. To show ads, Google collects some information from your device, such as your advertising ID and approximate location. The details are below.

- **Pro subscribers don't see ads**, and the ad service isn't started for them.

- We don't sell your personal information.

## What the app stores on your phone

The app saves these on your device only:

- Channel names, logos, platforms, established dates, and subscriber counts you enter

- Your counters, upload frequencies, upload dates and times, scheduled counts, weekly goals, and upload history

- Your idea pipeline counts (ideas, filmed, edited)

- Expenses you record: name, amount, date, channel, category, recurring setting, and receipt photos

- Your settings, such as color theme, channel colors, reminders, and app lock

Makingthings can't see this information. Uninstalling the app or using **Settings → Delete data** removes it from your phone.

## Information collected by Google AdMob (free version)

The free version shows banner ads from Google AdMob. When ads are shown, the Google Mobile Ads SDK in the app collects and sends to Google:

- **Device identifiers:** an app- or developer-specific device ID, and on Android your device's advertising ID. On iPhone, Upload Manager does not ask for permission to track you, so Apple's advertising identifier is not available to ads.

- **Approximate location:** based on your IP address

- **App interactions:** which ads were shown and tapped

- **Diagnostics:** crash and performance information about the ad service

- **Device information:** such as device model, operating system, and language

Google uses this information to show and measure ads, to prevent fraud, and for analytics, as described in [How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services](https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites) and the [Google Privacy Policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy). The information is sent directly from your phone to Google. Makingthings doesn't receive it.

**Your choices:**

- **Consent:** in the European Economic Area, the UK, Switzerland, and other places where it's required, the app shows Google's consent form before any ads load. You can change your choice any time in **Settings → Upload Manager Pro → Ad privacy choices**.

- **Advertising ID (Android):** reset or delete it in **Settings → Google → Ads** (or **Settings → Privacy → Ads**).

- **iPhone:** Upload Manager never asks for permission to track you (Apple's App Tracking Transparency). You can manage ad settings in your iPhone's **Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking** and **Apple Advertising**.

- **No ads at all:** subscribing to Pro turns ads off.

## Subscriptions and purchases

Upload Manager is free to use with limits. Upload Manager Pro is an auto-renewing subscription (monthly or yearly) and may include a free trial for new subscribers.

- **iPhone:** sold through the Apple App Store and charged to your Apple ID. Apple handles all payments under Apple's terms.

- **Android:** sold through Google Play. Google handles all payments under Google's terms.

Makingthings doesn't receive your card, payment details, or purchase history. The app only checks with Apple or Google whether your subscription is active, on your phone. You can cancel any time from **Settings → Upload Manager Pro → Manage subscription** in the app, or in your iPhone's **Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions**, or the Google Play app under **Payments & subscriptions → Subscriptions**. If a subscription ends, the app goes back to the free limits and your data stays on your phone.

## Photos and camera

If you add a channel logo or a receipt photo, the app asks to use your camera or photos. It only uses the picture you pick, and saves a copy on your phone. Nothing is uploaded.

## Reminders and weekly alert

If you turn on reminders or the Monday runway alert, the app schedules notifications on your phone. They are created and delivered on the device. No reminder information is sent anywhere.

## App lock

If you turn on App lock, your phone's own Face ID or Touch ID (iPhone), or fingerprint or face unlock (Android), checks it's you. The app only learns whether the check passed. It never sees or stores your fingerprint or face data.

## App updates

To deliver small app updates, the app checks Expo's update service (EAS Update) when it opens. This check includes the app version, your phone's platform (iPhone or Android), and a random ID created for this installation of the app. The random ID isn't based on your device, name, or account, and it isn't used for advertising. It changes if you reinstall the app.

## YouTube auto-count (optional, Pro, where available)

If you connect a YouTube channel for auto-count, you sign in with Google and allow read-only access to your YouTube account (the `youtube.readonly` permission). The app uses this only to read your channel's name and your videos' schedule details (privacy status, scheduled publish time, and length) so it can count your scheduled videos. The sign-in token is stored only on your phone and is never included in backups. Requests go directly from your phone to Google. Makingthings never receives, stores, or shares your YouTube data, and it is not used for advertising.

Upload Manager's use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the [Google API Services User Data Policy](https://developers.google.com/terms/api-services-user-data-policy), including the Limited Use requirements. You can disconnect any time in the channel's settings, and revoke access at the [Google security settings page](https://myaccount.google.com/permissions).

## YouTube subscriber counts (optional)

If you connect a YouTube channel by entering its @handle, the app asks the YouTube Data API for that channel's public subscriber count. This request goes directly from your phone to Google and includes the channel handle and an API key. Makingthings doesn't receive or store this information.

This feature uses YouTube API Services. By using it, you agree to the [YouTube Terms of Service](https://www.youtube.com/t/terms). Google's handling of these requests is covered by the [Google Privacy Policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy). You can stop it any time by removing the channel's handle.

## Expense export and backups

**Expenses → Export to spreadsheet** creates a CSV file, and **Settings → Backup** creates a file with your app data. In both cases you choose where to save or send the file, such as Google Drive or email. The app never uploads these files by itself. Backups don't include your YouTube sign-in or API key.

## Your rights

Because Makingthings doesn't collect or store your personal information, there is nothing for us to access, correct, or delete on our side. Your app data is on your phone, and you can delete it any time. For information collected by Google for ads, use the choices above or Google's tools at [myaccount.google.com](https://myaccount.google.com).

## Children

Upload Manager isn't directed to children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect information from children.

## Changes

If this policy changes, we'll update it here and change the effective date.

## Contact

Questions? Email jcjin81@gmail.com.