Medicine Tracker — Privacy Policy

Effective date: 4 November 2026 Publisher: High Peak Software ("we", "us") Contact: keerthi@highpeaksw.com Public URL of this policy: https://highpeak-games.web.app/medicine-tracker/privacy/ Applies to: Medicine Tracker for Android (com.highpeaksw.medicine_tracker) and iOS (com.highpeaksw.medicineTracker)

This policy explains what information Medicine Tracker ("the app") handles, why, where it goes, and the choices you have.

1. Summary

• You sign in with your phone number (Firebase Authentication) so your medicines can be saved to your own account and synced.
• Your medicines, schedules, dose history and stock are stored in your private account in Google Firebase (Cloud Firestore). Only your signed-in account can read or write them.
• Reminders are scheduled on your device as local notifications.
• Prescription scanning lets you photograph a prescription. The text is read on your device; the photo is never uploaded, and you always review the result before anything is saved.
• The free version shows banner ads from Google AdMob. A one-time Premium purchase removes all ads.
• The app uses Firebase Remote Config to force an update when needed: it checks the minimum supported version and asks you to update if your version is too old.
• We do not sell personal information, and we never use your health information for advertising.

2. Information you give us

Phone number. Used only to sign you in through Firebase Authentication. Google sends a one-time code by SMS to verify it.

Medicine information. For each medicine you add: name, strength, form (tablet, syrup, …), dosing schedule (morning / lunch / dinner, before or after food, units per dose), start and end dates, notes, current stock, pack size and low-stock warning.

Dose history. Which scheduled doses you mark as taken or skipped, and when.

This is health-related information. We treat it as sensitive: it is used only to run the app's features for you (your schedule, reminders, stock tracking), it is not shared with advertisers, and it is not used to personalise ads.

3. Where your data is stored

When you are signed in, your medicines and dose history are stored in Google Firebase Cloud Firestore, under your account only. Our security rules allow a document to be read or written only by the signed-in account it belongs to; nothing is publicly readable. Data is sent over encrypted (HTTPS) connections. Google processes this data on our behalf under the Firebase terms and privacy information.

If the app runs without a cloud connection configured, the same data is kept only on your device.

The app also keeps a few settings on the device (for example reminder preferences and whether Premium is active).

App version checks (Firebase Remote Config)

The app uses Google Firebase Remote Config to check whether your version of the app is still supported, so we can ask you to install an important update (a "force update") when needed. When the app starts, it fetches a small set of settings from Firebase, such as the minimum supported version. To do this, Firebase receives technical information: a Firebase installation identifier, the app version, your device's operating system and platform, language/country setting and IP address. Remote Config does not receive your phone number, medicines, dose history or any health information, and we do not use it for advertising. Google processes this data on our behalf under the Firebase privacy information.

4. Reminders

Dose reminders are scheduled on your device using the operating system's local notifications. You can allow or refuse notification permission, and change it at any time in your device settings. Reminder content is created on your device.

5. Camera, photos and prescription scanning

You can take a photo of a prescription or medicine strip with the camera, or pick one from your photo library. The app asks for camera or photo access only when you choose to scan.

Reading happens on your device. When you choose to scan, the text on the photo (medicine names, strengths and dosing) is read on your phone using on-device text recognition. The photo is not sent to us, to Firebase, or to any other service, and no third-party service is used to read it. The text found is shown to you on a confirmation screen, and nothing is saved until you confirm it. The app does not keep its own copy of the photo.

6. Advertising (Google AdMob)

The free version shows banner ads served by Google AdMob. To serve and measure ads, and to prevent fraud, Google may collect:

• your device's advertising identifier (Advertising ID on Android, IDFA on iOS) where available;
• IP address, device model, operating-system version, language and app information;
• ad interactions (views, taps).

We do not give AdMob your phone number, your medicines or your dose history. Google's processing is governed by its policies: https://policies.google.com/privacy and https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

You can reset or limit your advertising identifier in your device settings (Android: Settings → Google → Ads; iOS: Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking), or buy Premium to remove ads.

7. Premium (one-time purchase)

Premium is a single non-consumable in-app purchase (com.highpeaksw.medicine_tracker.premium). It removes every ad and unlocks no extra data collection or permission.

• The payment is handled entirely by Apple or Google. We never see your card number, billing address, Apple ID or Google account.
• The app keeps one flag on the device recording that Premium is active, the store it came from and the date, so it stays ad-free offline. Nothing about the purchase is sent to us.
• Restore purchases asks the store again under your store account.
• On a Premium device no ad is requested and the ads SDK is not started, so no advertising identifier is read or shared.

8. Sharing

We share information only with the service providers needed to run the app: Google (Firebase Authentication, Cloud Firestore and Remote Config; AdMob on the free tier), and Apple or Google for purchases. We do not sell or rent personal information, and we do not share health information for advertising.

9. Retention and deletion

Your data stays in your account until you delete it. Settings → Delete all my data deletes every medicine, dose log and reminder from your account and the device, clears the Premium flag, and deletes your sign-in account. If Firebase asks for a recent sign-in before removing the phone number itself, the app tells you so. Uninstalling the app removes on-device data.

You can also email us at the address below to ask for deletion.

10. Children

The app is not directed at children under 13 (or the minimum age in your country). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. A parent or carer managing a child's medicines should use their own account.

11. Not medical advice

Medicine Tracker is an organiser and reminder tool. Always check doses and schedules with your doctor or pharmacist, especially anything read from a scanned prescription.

12. Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete or export your personal information, or object to its processing. You can view and edit your data in the app, delete it from Settings, or contact us.

13. Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted at the URL above with a new effective date.

14. Contact

High Peak Software — keerthi@highpeaksw.com