Privacy Policy

Last updated 13 September 2026

App: software.basilbase.paydodge
Version: 1.1.0
Developer: basilbase
Contact: contact@basilbase.com

The short version. PayDodge does not collect, share or transmit any data. The salary and hours you enter stay on your phone. The app has no internet permission, no accounts, no advertising SDK, no analytics and no crash reporting.

The verifiable version

PayDodge's manifest does not request INTERNET or ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE. An Android app without INTERNET cannot open a network connection; the operating system refuses. You can confirm this on the Play listing's permission list or by inspecting the app bundle.

There are no third-party SDKs. The app uses Google's AndroidX, Jetpack Compose, Material and DataStore libraries, which run entirely on the device.

Permissions in full

Permission	Why it is needed
`POST_NOTIFICATIONS` Notifications	The notification shown while a break runs, with its Stop button, and the optional monthly milestone notification. Asked once, when your first break starts. Declining it changes nothing else, and both notifications can be switched off in Settings.
`RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`	If the phone restarts during a break, puts that break's notification, widget and milestone reminder back. It starts nothing on its own.
`USE_BIOMETRIC`, `USE_FINGERPRINT`	Only for the optional app lock: Android checks your fingerprint, face or screen lock and tells PayDodge whether it matched. PayDodge never receives the fingerprint, face or PIN itself.
`software.basilbase.paydodge.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`	Added automatically by the AndroidX core library. A signature-level permission private to PayDodge that stops other apps sending it internal broadcasts. It gives no access to any data.

There is no internet, network state, storage, photos, camera, microphone, location, contacts, calendar, account, phone or SMS permission, no usage access, no accessibility service, no foreground service and no exact alarms. The widget and the Quick Settings tile need no permission.

What PayDodge does not do

It does not send your salary, hours or break times anywhere. It cannot.
It does not know when you actually work, where you are, or who your employer is.
It does not upload your break history. Backups are files you save yourself, where you choose.
It does not know who you are. There is no account, identifier or advertising ID.
It does not calculate or report tax, and it shares nothing with an employer.

What is stored on your device, and only on your device

Your net salary amount, whether it is monthly or yearly, the display currency, and how overtime is paid.
Your normal weekly hours and extra weekly hours.
Your break labels: the built-in ones and any you create, with their names and colours.
Your break history: for each break its label, start time, length, the hourly rate it was counted at, the currency, and whether it was an overtime break or added by hand.
If a break is running: the moment it started, its label and rate.
Your settings: notifications, milestones, hide amounts, app lock, theme and language.

These live in the app's private storage, which other apps cannot read. Statistics are calculated from the history on the device each time you open them.

What is deliberately not stored

No usage statistics about the app itself, no logs of when it was opened, no location, and nothing about your employer.

Backup

PayDodge turns Android backup off. Its data is excluded from cloud backup and from device-to-device transfer. To move to a new phone, use Settings → Backup → Export: it writes a JSON file containing your salary settings, labels and break history to a place you pick (for example your Downloads folder or a cloud drive app you choose). PayDodge does not upload that file anywhere; whatever you do with it afterwards is up to you. Import replaces the data on the phone with the file's contents.

Sharing

The Share button on the Statistics screen creates a summary image, with or without amounts as you choose, and hands it to the app you pick in Android's share sheet. Nothing is shared unless you do this.

Children

PayDodge collects no data from anyone, children included. It is a general-purpose tool for working adults and is not directed at children.

Data retention and deletion

There is no server, so there is nothing for us to retain. In the app, About → Delete all data removes your salary, hours, labels and break history at once; single breaks can be deleted in History. Backup files you exported are yours and are not touched. Uninstalling the app, or Clear storage in Android's app settings, removes everything.

Changes

If a future version ever collects or transmits data, this policy will be updated before that version is published. Updated versions are published at this URL with a new date at the top.

Contact

Questions about this policy or about privacy in PayDodge: contact@basilbase.com