Privacy Policy¶
Effective Date: September 2026
Thank you for using Action Dot (the "App"), provided by Androxus ("we," "us," or "our"). This Privacy Policy explains what the App collects, what it does not, and what you can switch off.
Overview¶
Action Dot shows ads and uses Firebase for analytics, crash reporting and feature flags. Its floating button, and many of its actions, run through Android's Accessibility Service — this page explains exactly what that service does and does not do.
The short version:
- Your recordings stay on your device. Screenshots, screen recordings, and silent photo, video and audio captures are saved to your device only, never uploaded
- The accessibility service does not read your screen. It triggers system actions such as Home and Back, and tracks only which app is in the foreground, to support the Blacklisted Apps list
- No accounts, no sign-in, and we run no server of our own for your recordings or settings
- Ads never appear in the floating button, its menus, or the Quick Apps row, and are off entirely for Pro users
- Analytics, crash reporting and feature flags are provided by Firebase; none of them see your recordings, contacts, or which actions you run
What leaves your device¶
| What | When | Where it goes | Can you stop it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advertising and device data | Whenever the App requests an ad, which happens as soon as its screens open | Google AdMob | Personalisation only, by declining ad consent where offered. Buying Pro stops ad requests entirely |
| App-screen analytics events | Automatically, in the released App | Firebase Analytics | No in-app switch; see Analytics |
| Crash reports | When the App crashes | Firebase Crashlytics | No, see Crash reporting |
| Your phone's manufacturer group (for example "samsung"), to fetch the matching how-to video | Automatically, as soon as you start setup (before you reach the permission screen) | androxus.com | No, this happens automatically during setup |
| Purchase and entitlement status | When you buy or restore Pro | Google Play Billing | This is how purchases work |
Opening a tutorial later plays the saved clip, fetching any part that hadn't finished downloading from the same address; if nothing was saved, it plays a generic video that doesn't name your manufacturer.
Your recordings, screenshots, contacts, installed apps, and the actions you run are never on this list — see Data we do not collect.
Advertising¶
The App shows ads from Google AdMob. Based on the code, ad surfaces include an app-open ad shown when you return to the App, a banner on the Home screen, a banner shown when you exit the App, and interstitial ads shown around app launches, all inside the App's own screens.
Ads never appear in:
- The floating button
- Its floating or grid menu
- The Quick Apps row
- Anywhere, for Pro users
Consent. On first launch, where required by law (for example in the EEA and UK), the App shows Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP) consent form. This does not currently gate ad loading: the App requests ads from AdMob as soon as its screens open, whether or not you have answered the form yet, but your choice, once made, determines whether further ad requests are personalised. Where consent applies, AdMob may receive your advertising ID, device and app information, IP address, and your interactions with ads, and may use them to personalise advertising. See the Google Privacy Policy and how Google uses data from partner apps. You can also manage ad personalisation for all apps from your Google Account's Ads Settings.
Buying Pro removes ads entirely.
Analytics¶
The App uses Firebase Analytics to understand how the App's own screens are used, not what you do with the floating button.
Analytics collection in the released version of the App is on by default and does not currently have an in-app switch; it is switched off automatically in test/debug builds. If you would prefer not to be included, contact us.
Based on the code, the events recorded cover:
- Viewing the Pro/upgrade screen and the support screen
- Starting, completing, restoring or verifying a purchase or subscription, and related failures
- Accessibility permission prompts and tutorial video playback
- The rating and feedback prompts being shown
- A small number of setting toggles, such as turning on "Disable on Call"
None of these events record your recordings, screenshots, contacts, the apps you open, or which floating-button actions you run. Firebase also derives standard information such as an app instance identifier, device model, operating system version and approximate country from your IP address.
Crash reporting¶
The App uses Firebase Crashlytics in release builds to record crashes and handled errors. A crash report contains the stack trace, device model, operating system version and app state at the time. It does not contain your recordings or their content.
Remote configuration¶
The App uses Firebase Remote Config to fetch a small number of feature flags — for example, whether to show a reminder notification, and which review flow to use when you rate the App. It sends no personal information and is fetched roughly once an hour.
Purchases¶
If you buy Action Dot Pro, the transaction is handled entirely by Google Play, as a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. We never see or receive your payment details. The App checks the purchase's signature and your entitlement with Play; if that check keeps failing, the App may treat the purchase as inactive until Play confirms it again. See the Google Play Privacy Policy.
Permissions and special access¶
Android requires a permission or a special access grant for each capability below. Action Dot requests most of them only when you turn on the specific action or setting that needs them.
| Permission | What it's used for | What happens to the data |
|---|---|---|
| Internet | Ads, Firebase, checking your purchase, and the tutorial video described above | See the table at the top |
| Query all packages | Open An App, Choose Apps, Blacklisted Apps | The installed app list is read on device. Never transmitted |
| Camera | Silent photo/video capture, the flashlight, Scan QR Code | Used live. Captures are saved to your device only; QR codes are decoded on device |
| Microphone | Silent Audio Recording, and screen or video recording with sound | Recordings are saved to your device only |
| Contacts | Call a Contact | Read on device only when you pick a contact from the picker. Never transmitted |
| Phone state | The optional "Disable on Call" setting | Used only to detect that a call is ringing or active, so the floating button can pause. Not read otherwise |
| Notifications | Status notifications while recording, with a Stop action; file-saved and rating notifications | No data collected |
| Vibrate | Haptic feedback when you tap the button or a menu item | No data involved |
| Storage (Android 12 and earlier only) | Saving a copy of a recording to your device's Pictures, Movies or Music folder | File is written on device. Never transmitted |
| Display over other apps | Declared for compatibility with older Android versions | Not requested separately on Android 8 and later — see below |
| Modify system settings | Toggle Brightness, Dim/Brighten Screen, Toggle Auto-Rotate | Changes the setting. No data is read |
| Notification policy access (Do Not Disturb) | Toggle Sound/Vibrate, Toggle Do Not Disturb | Changes the ringer/DND state. No notification content is read |
| Usage access | Choose Apps: Most Used and Recently Used | Reads your app usage from roughly the last 24 hours, on device, to build the list. Never transmitted |
| Foreground service (including screen capture) | Screen Recording | Keeps the recording running and shows the ongoing notification Android requires |
| Accessibility service | The floating button, and Home, Back, Recent Apps, Notifications, Quick Settings, Power Menu, Screenshot and Scroll actions | See below |
On Android 8 and later, the floating button is displayed through the Accessibility Service's own overlay type, so the App does not separately ask you to turn on "display over other apps."
Accessibility service access¶
The floating button, and many of the actions you can assign to it, are only possible through Android's Accessibility Service API. There is no other way for an app to draw a persistent button over every screen, or to trigger Home, Back, Recent Apps, Notifications, Quick Settings, the Power Menu or the system Screenshot action on your behalf.
We want to be precise here, because accessibility access is powerful and you deserve the exact picture rather than a reassuring summary.
What it does:
- Calls Android's
performGlobalAction()to trigger Home, Back, Recent Apps, Notifications, Quick Settings, Power Menu, Turn Screen Off and the system Screenshot action — the same actions Android's own navigation buttons trigger - Simulates a swipe gesture on screen for the Scroll to Top and Scroll to Bottom actions
- Notes which app is currently in the foreground, kept in memory only, so the floating button can hide itself in apps on your Blacklisted Apps list
What the service is configured to do:
- It listens for one type of system event — window changes — used only for the foreground-app check above
- It does not declare the capability to read window content, so it cannot read text, images or layout from other apps
- It does not use the Accessibility API's own screenshot capability; the Screenshot action instead triggers the same system screenshot your device's own buttons would, saved by Android itself, not by us
What it does not do:
- It does not log, store or transmit anything it can see. The foreground app's package name is kept in memory for the blacklist check only, and is never written to disk or sent anywhere
- It does not read the text or content of other apps, your notifications, or what is on your screen
You can turn off Accessibility Service at any time in Android Settings. The floating button, and everything that depends on it, stop working; nothing else in the App changes.
Your recordings and what's stored on your device¶
Screenshots, screen recordings, and silent photo, video and audio captures are written to your device's storage and shown in the App's own Media tab, where you can play, rename, share or delete them. They are also scanned into your device's regular Gallery/Photos and Files apps, the same as any other photo or video you take. None of this content is uploaded, backed up to a server, or seen by us.
The App also stores locally, on your device: your appearance and action settings, your Blacklisted Apps list, and your chosen Speed Dial contact number.
Automation and shortcuts¶
If you use the Run Automation action or create an "Action Dot Actions" home screen shortcut, the App sends a local broadcast, or opens a shortcut, naming the action you chose — for example, to Tasker, MacroDroid or Automate if you have one installed. This stays on your device, between apps you control; we do not see it.
Data we do not collect¶
To be explicit, Action Dot does not collect, store off device, or transmit to us:
- Your screenshots, screen recordings, or silent photo, video or audio captures
- Your contacts, beyond reading the one you pick for Call a Contact, on device only
- Your installed app list
- Your precise location
- The content of your notifications
- The text or content shown by other apps
- Your name, email address or any account identity
Third-party services¶
| Service | Purpose | Policy |
|---|---|---|
| Google AdMob | Advertising; ad personalisation is consent-gated where required | Google Privacy Policy |
| Google User Messaging Platform | Ad consent form | Google Privacy Policy |
| Firebase Analytics | App-screen usage and purchase events | Firebase Privacy |
| Firebase Crashlytics | Crash reports | Firebase Privacy |
| Firebase Remote Config | Feature flags | Firebase Privacy |
| Google Play Billing | Pro purchases | Google Play Privacy Policy |
| Google Code Scanner (Google Play services) | Scan QR Code, decoded on device | Google Privacy Policy |
Apps you open through Run Automation, in-app shortcuts, Open An App, Open Assistant or Open Favorite Website are governed by their own privacy policies.
Your choices¶
| What | Where |
|---|---|
| Remove ads entirely | Buy Action Dot Pro |
| Manage ad personalisation | Your Google Account's Ads Settings |
| Turn off a specific action | Remove it from your menu, or don't grant the permission it needs |
| Revoke any permission or the accessibility service | Android Settings → Apps → Action Dot |
| Delete a recording | The Media tab in the App, or your device's Files/Gallery app |
| Delete everything | Uninstall, or clear app data in Android Settings |
Because we hold no account and run no server for your recordings or settings, there is no profile of you for us to export or erase, beyond the analytics and crash data described above, which is subject to Google's own controls.
Children's Privacy¶
Action Dot is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us.
Changes to this Privacy Policy¶
We may update this Privacy Policy. Significant changes will be reflected here and in the release notes on Google Play. The effective date at the top shows when it was last revised.
Contact Us¶
- Email: support@androxus.com
- Website: androxus.com
Summary¶
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Does the accessibility service read my screen? | No. It cannot retrieve window content, and only tracks which app is in the foreground |
| Are my recordings uploaded anywhere? | No, they stay on your device |
| Does the App show ads? | Yes, in the App's own screens; never in the floating button or its menus |
| Can I remove ads? | Yes, buy Pro |
| Is analytics on by default? | Yes, in the released App; it does not record your recordings or which actions you use |
| Does the App use crash reporting? | Yes, Firebase Crashlytics in release builds |
| Do I need an account? | No |
| Does Androxus run a server for my recordings? | No |
| Can I delete my data? | Yes, delete a recording in the Media tab, revoke a permission, or uninstall |
Last updated: September 2026
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