Effective Date: April 22, 2026
Thank you for choosing StudyNow (“we,” “us”, or “our”). This Privacy Policy explains how our Android application (“StudyNow”) manages and protects your data.
Our core philosophy is absolute privacy. StudyNow operates entirely offline for its core functions. We do not collect, transmit, store, or share any of your personal information, network traffic, or usage data to any external servers.
StudyNow is designed to help you stay focused. To provide this functionality, the app requires access to certain sensitive device permissions. All data processing related to these permissions happens strictly locally on your device and the data never leaves it.
StudyNow uses Android’s VpnService to manage internet access for applications during focus sessions.
How it works: We create a local “sinkhole” VPN on your device. The VPN allows StudyNow to selectively route network traffic. Depending on your session type (Focus, Pomodoro, or Emergency), we may restrict internet connectivity for all but your permitted study tools.
Strict Mode: During specifically designated “Break” or “Emergency” phases, the app may transition to a strict internet lockdown to prevent distractions.
Privacy Guarantee: We do not route your traffic through remote servers, we do not inspect, log, or store your network packets, and we do not collect any analytics related to your web browsing.
StudyNow requests PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS (Usage Access) permission.
How it works: This permission is used exclusively to detect which application is currently in the foreground. If you open a distracting app during an active focus mode session, StudyNow detects this and redirects you away from the distraction.
Settings Protection: If you enable the “Block App Settings” feature, the app will also monitor for attempts to access your device’s System Settings or Security apps while focus is active, redirecting you back to StudyNow to prevent bypass attempts.
Privacy Guarantee: Your foreground app status is analyzed locally in real-time. While we log the total time and frequency of your Focus Sessions to help you track your productivity, we do not save your history of which other apps you use, nor do we share any data with third parties.
StudyNow requests the SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW permission.
How it works: If you attempt to open a blocked app or system setting, StudyNow uses this permission to draw a focus reminder screen over the distracting app to prevent access.
Privacy Guarantee: This permission is strictly utilized to render our focus UI. We do not use it to record your screen or read any content on your screen.
StudyNow may ask to ignore battery optimizations and requires “Exact Alarm” permissions.
How it works: This ensures the app’s background monitoring thread and countdown timers run reliably without being killed by Android’s battery management system, ensuring sessions start and end precisely as scheduled.
StudyNow uses the POST_NOTIFICATIONS permission to display a persistent notification while Focus Mode is active.
How it works: This notification keeps the service alive and provides you with a quick way to see your remaining focus time. No notification data is ever transmitted off-device.
StudyNow uses the RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED and RECEIVE_LOCKED_BOOT_COMPLETED permissions.
How it works: This ensures your active focus sessions or scheduled modes are restored automatically if your device restarts. Our “Direct Boot” capability allows this protection to activate even before you unlock your device for the first time after a restart.
StudyNow includes a feature to automatically terminate background processes.
How it works: When enabled, the app uses standard Android APIs to identify and close background applications that are not on your permitted list when a session starts. This is done locally to ensure a zero-distraction environment.
StudyNow includes the INTERNET and ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE permissions.
How it works: These permissions are required for the “Internet Blocker” feature to interact with the Android network stack via the local VPN. Additionally, they allow you to access external support resources, such as the developer’s GitHub or Telegram links, within the app’s settings.
Privacy Guarantee: We do not use these permissions to track your activity, serve advertisements, or send any of your personal data to our servers. All internet blocking logic is executed locally on your device.
StudyNow does not include any third-party tracking SDKs, analytics tools (like Google Analytics or Mixpanel), or advertisement networks. We do not monetize your data.
All your focus history, preferences, and session logs are stored locally in Android’s encrypted device-protected storage. Since no data is transmitted to an external server, there is no remote data for us to delete.
User Control: You have full control over your data. You can delete all your focus history and preferences at any time by navigating to the app’s Settings > Reset Focus Data. Additionally, uninstalling the application will permanently remove all StudyNow data from your device.
StudyNow does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13, as the app operates completely offline and does not collect personal data from any user regardless of age.
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Since we do not have your contact information, we encourage you to review the Privacy Policy URL provided in the Google Play Store occasionally for any changes.
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our Privacy Policy, please reach out directly:
Developer: MD Apon Ahmed
Email: mdaponahmed412@gmail.com
Telegram: https://t.me/@Apon112123