Frictio for Android: Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 4, 2026

Frictio is built so that your data never leaves your phone.

What Frictio stores (on your device only)

• Your check-in answers (how you were feeling, and whether you chose to take a break), session length, the date and time of the check-in, and which monitored app was open
• How long you spend in each monitored app each day
• Your settings (check-in interval, which apps to monitor, your wording choices for the check-in buttons, and the optional "ask before opening" prompt with its hour limits). Frictio also keeps the name of any app you added, so that past history still reads correctly after you remove it.
• If you turn on the optional launch prompt, a count per app and day of how often you chose to continue or to leave
• A crash log, if the app ever crashes

All of this is stored in the app's private storage on your device.

Usage Access

Frictio uses Android's Usage Access permission (PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS) for a single purpose: to notice when a social app you have chosen to monitor is opened or closed, so Frictio can time your session and show the check-in overlay.

Usage Access is a system-wide permission. While it is granted, Frictio can see when any app on your device is opened or closed, not only the apps you picked. Frictio does not act on that: it records time only for the apps you chose to monitor, and it keeps no record of any other app. When you open the app picker to add an app, Frictio reads which apps you use most so it can put those at the top of the list. That reading happens on your device, only while the picker is open, and nothing about it is saved.

Usage Access does not grant access to the contents of any app. Frictio cannot read your screen, your messages, or anything you type.

You can revoke Usage Access at any time in Android Settings. Frictio stops monitoring when you do.

What Frictio does NOT do

• No data transmission. There is no server, no account, no analytics SDK, and no ads. The app does not request the INTERNET permission.
• No screen reading. Frictio never reads screen content, text, or input in any other app. It only uses the system's app open and close events.
• No personal information. Frictio never asks for or collects your name, email, contacts, or anything else about you.

Sharing

The only way any data leaves the app is if you explicitly choose to share the crash log from Settings → Export crash log.

Data deletion

Uninstalling Frictio permanently deletes all data.

Contact

Questions about this policy: hello@just-software.com