Privacy Policy

Last updated 14 September 2026

App: software.basilbase.wagetick
Version: 1.0.0
Developer: basilbase
Contact: contact@basilbase.com

The short version. WageTick does not collect, share or transmit any data. The jobs, hourly rates and work sessions you enter stay on your phone. The app has no internet permission, no accounts, no analytics and no crash reporting.

The verifiable version

WageTick'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, Navigation, DataStore and Kotlin serialization libraries, which run entirely on the device.

Permissions in full

Permission	What it is for	Without it
`POST_NOTIFICATIONS`	Showing the running amount and time in a notification. Asked for only when you turn Show in notification on. You can revoke it at any time in Android settings.	No notification. The counter inside the app keeps working.
`RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`	Putting the notification back after the phone restarts, if a session was still running and the notification was on. Nothing else happens at start-up.	The notification returns only when you next open the app.
`software.basilbase.wagetick.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`	Added automatically by the AndroidX core library: a signature-level permission private to WageTick that stops other apps sending it internal broadcasts. Never shown to you; 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 overlay and no exact alarms. Saving and opening files uses Android's file picker, which needs no permission.

What WageTick does not do

It does not send your rates, jobs or working times anywhere. It cannot. Files leave the app only when you save one yourself (see Files you save).
It does not know when you arrive at work or where you are. It counts only between your Start and Stop.
It does not know who you are. There is no account or identifier.
It does not calculate or report tax, and it shares nothing with an employer or client.
It does not show your earnings on the lock screen: there the notification only says that WageTick is counting.

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

Each job you add: its name, hourly rate and currency.
If a session is running: which job, the rate and currency it started with, and when it started (the device's uptime clock, wall-clock time and restart counter, used to measure time correctly).
Every finished session (the history), including sessions you add or edit by hand: job name, rate, currency, overtime rule, start and end time, paid time, break time, amount, and whether it was edited or bridged a restart.
For a running session, its current break, if any.
Your settings: theme, language, whether the notification is on, whether you swiped it away for the current session, whether first-run setup was completed, your daily goal and your deductions percentage.

These live in the app's private storage, which other apps cannot read.

What is deliberately not stored

No usage times, no logs of when the app was opened, and no location. Weekly and monthly statistics are calculated from the history each time they are shown, not stored separately.

Files you save

Export CSV writes your sessions to a spreadsheet file, and Save a backup file writes jobs, sessions and settings to a JSON file. Both go only to the place you pick in Android's own file picker (for example your Downloads folder or a cloud drive app you use). WageTick does not choose, see or upload anything beyond writing that one file.
Restore from a backup reads only the file you pick, and replaces the app's data with it.
Once saved, a file is under your control and subject to wherever you put it.

Widget and Quick Settings tile

If you place the widget on your home screen, it shows the selected job, the running time and the amount to anyone who can see your home screen. The Quick Settings tile shows the job name and whether it is counting. Both are optional and read only the app's own data.

Backup

WageTick turns Android backup off. Its data is excluded from cloud backup and from device-to-device transfer, so your pay figures do not leave the phone that way either. On a new phone you start empty.

Children

WageTick collects no data from anyone, children included. It is a general-purpose tool for working people 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, Settings → Delete all data removes every job, session and setting at once and stops a running counter; single sessions can be deleted in History. 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 WageTick: contact@basilbase.com