Sleep Sounds privacy policy

Who we are

Sleep Sounds is made by Orionian, the app studio of Intelliworks Inc. In this policy, “we” means Orionian and Intelliworks Inc., and “the app” means Sleep Sounds.

What the app collects

Nothing. The app doesn't collect, record or share any personal data or any data about how you use it. In particular, it has:

• no internet permission, so Android doesn't let it connect to anything, us included;
• no account or sign-in;
• no analytics, crash reporting, advertising or advertising IDs;
• no microphone, location or contacts access;
• no third-party services. Its only libraries are Android's own (AndroidX and Media3), Kotlin's, and three from Google Play that talk to the Play Store app on your phone: Play Billing, to buy Sleep Sounds Pro; Play's in-app review, to show Google's rating card once; and Play Asset Delivery, which lets Google Play download the Pro sounds right after the app installs.

The free sounds come inside the app, and Google Play delivers the Pro sounds just after it, the way it delivers the app. Because the app has no way to send data, we never receive any.

What stays on your phone

The app keeps two things, in its private storage, which other apps can't read.

Its settings:

• your saved mixes, with their names, sounds and levels, and your last mix;
• your sleep timer choice, fade length and mix volume;
• with Sleep Sounds Pro, the noise shaper's curve;
• whether the screen dims while playing, whether the morning report is on, and whether it plays alongside other apps;
• with Sleep Sounds Pro, whether the bedtime reminder is on, and its two times;
• whether you have Pro, copied from Google Play so Pro works without a connection;
• when you first opened the app, whether you've closed the card about Pro, and whether the app has asked for a rating.

A record of tonight's sound, for the morning report: when sound started and stopped, and why it stopped (you, the timer, a call, another app, headphones, or Android closing the app), plus the time once a minute while it plays. It describes one night and is replaced the next; beyond that, the app keeps only a count of nights with an hour or more of sound, to ask for a rating once.

To delete both, clear the app's storage in Android settings or uninstall the app.

Android backup

If you use Android's backup, the app's settings, including your saved mixes, are included, so a new phone or a reinstall gets them back. That backup goes to your Google account, under Google's own privacy policy; we never see it. The record of your nights is left out of the backup and stays on the phone it describes. To keep the settings out too, turn off backup for the app in Android settings.

Permissions

The app asks for six permissions, each for one job:

• Run in the foreground (FOREGROUND_SERVICE), to keep playing while the screen is off.
• Run in the foreground: media playback (FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK), the kind of foreground service Android 14 and later asks the app to name: it plays sound.
• Google Play billing (com.android.vending.BILLING), to buy Sleep Sounds Pro. It lets the app ask the Play Store app on your phone what you own and open its purchase screen.
• Run in the foreground: data sync (FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC), for Google Play's own notification while it downloads the Pro sounds just after install. The app itself syncs nothing.
• Notifications (POST_NOTIFICATIONS), for the bedtime reminder in Sleep Sounds Pro: a quiet notification at bedtime with a Play button. The app asks only when you turn the reminder on. Media controls don't need it.
• Run at startup (RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED), to set the bedtime reminder again after the phone restarts, since Android clears reminders then.

None of these lets the app read your data or reach the internet.

Third parties

The app sends nothing to anyone. It contains no third-party services.

If you buy Sleep Sounds Pro, Google Play handles the purchase, the payment and any refund, under Google's own privacy policy. Google gives us a record of each order, such as its date, price and the buyer's region, so we can keep our accounts and help with refunds. We never see your payment details.

You get the app through Google Play, which handles your Play account and downloads under Google's own privacy policy. Google Play gives us aggregated statistics, such as install counts by country, that don't identify you. If you've allowed your phone to share usage and diagnostics with Google, Google may also show us anonymous crash and performance reports for the app. The app itself plays no part in either.

Children

The app collects no data from anyone, including children.

Changes to this policy

If the app ever changes what it does with data, we'll update this page and its effective date before that version is released. A new permission would be listed here, with its reason.

Contact

Questions about this policy or the app: Contact

Intelliworks Inc. (Orionian), Canada.