Privacy Policy
1. Your data stays on your phone
Packsmith turns the photos you pick into stickers on your device only. You choose up to 30 photos with Android's system photo picker, so Packsmith never gets access to your photo library and asks for no photo, storage, camera, microphone or location permission. The background is removed by an on-device model; your photos and stickers are never uploaded to us or to any server we operate, and we have no accounts.
Your packs and stickers are kept in the app's private storage, are not readable by other apps, and may be included in your Google account's Android backup (up to 25 MB); temporary working images are not backed up. Stickers leave your phone only when you tap “Add to WhatsApp” or “Add to Telegram”: they are then handed to that app, whose own privacy policy applies, or when you share an export yourself.
Packsmith is an independent app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by WhatsApp, Meta or Telegram; those names are trademarks of their owners and are used only to say which apps the stickers work with.
2. Permissions
- Photos, camera, storage, location, microphone — not requested. Photos are chosen with the system photo picker.
- Package visibility (WhatsApp, Telegram) — lets the app see whether WhatsApp, WhatsApp Business or Telegram is installed so the “Add to” buttons work. It reads nothing from those apps.
- Sticker provider — a content provider that serves your stickers to WhatsApp or Telegram when you add a pack; only those apps ask it for stickers.
- Notifications — free users only, can be turned off: one short note a day.
- Internet — ads, analytics, purchases and consent. Your content is never sent.
3. Analytics and crash reports (Google Firebase)
With your consent where required, we use Google Analytics for Firebase and Firebase Crashlytics to understand how the app is used and to fix crashes. We log anonymous events such as “paywall viewed” or “purchase completed”, plus device model, OS and app version, approximate region and an app-instance identifier. We never log your content; the app enforces this with an allow-list of event parameters. Crash reports contain the error type and stack trace only. Firebase Remote Config is used to tune paywall and ad settings.
4. Advertising (Google AdMob and Unity Ads)
The free version shows ads: one slim banner on a list screen, an occasional full-screen ad after you save something, and optional rewarded ads you choose to watch to unlock a Pro tool for a while. Ads never cover a live tool, onboarding or the paywall, and never appear in the first two minutes of first use. Packsmith Pro removes all ads.
Ads are served by Google AdMob, with Unity Ads competing through AdMob mediation and serving the banner directly. These partners may collect the advertising ID, device and usage information and approximate location derived from your IP address to serve and measure ads. See Google's and Unity's privacy policies.
5. Your choices (GDPR, UK GDPR, Swiss FADP, US state laws)
In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, Packsmith asks for your consent through Google's consent message (IAB TCF) before personalised ads or analytics are used. If you decline, ads are non-personalised and analytics stays off. In US states with privacy laws (such as California, Virginia, Colorado), you can opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information and targeted advertising. You can change your choice at any time in Settings → Privacy choices.
Legal bases (GDPR): consent for analytics and personalised ads; performance of a contract for the features you use and for purchases; legitimate interest for crash diagnostics where consent is not required. You may request access, deletion, correction or portability of data we control, object to processing, or lodge a complaint with your supervisory authority. California residents (CCPA/CPRA): we do not sell personal information for money; ad partners may receive identifiers as described above, which you can opt out of in Privacy choices. We do not discriminate against users who exercise their rights.
6. Purchases
Subscriptions and the lifetime purchase are processed by Google Play. We never receive your payment details; Google tells the app whether Pro is active.
7. Retention and deletion
Your content remains on your device until you delete it or uninstall the app. Analytics data is retained by Google for up to 14 months. See how to delete your data.
8. Children
Packsmith is not directed to children under 13 (under 16 in the EEA) and we do not knowingly collect their data.
9. Changes
We will update this page if our practices change and revise the date above.