Privacy Policy

Last updated: 14 May 2026

aka Alarm ("the app") is designed with privacy at its core. The short version: nothing leaves your device. There is no server, no account, no analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs. The same policy applies to the iOS and Android versions.

What the app accesses

• Microphone. The app uses the microphone to measure the ambient sound level of your room while an alarm is set. It establishes a rolling baseline and detects when the level rises above it — which is the cue to wake you. The microphone is active only between the moment you tap Start and the moment the alarm ends or you cancel it. On Android the app additionally runs a foreground service while the alarm is armed; this is a system requirement for continuous microphone access and shows a persistent notification ("aka Alarm is listening…") so you always know when the microphone is in use.
• Motion sensors. While the alarm is firing, the app reads the gyroscope so a light movement of the phone triggers a snooze. This data is read in real time and is not stored.

What the app does not do

• The app does not record audio. Microphone samples are processed on the fly to compute a sound level (in dBFS) and then discarded. No audio buffer is ever written to disk.
• The app does not transmit any data off your device. There are no network requests of any kind.
• The app does not collect, store, or share any personal information.
• The app does not use third-party analytics, advertising, or tracking SDKs.

Permissions you can revoke

You can revoke microphone access at any time:

• iOS: Settings → aka Alarm → Microphone.
• Android: Settings → Apps → aka Alarm → Permissions → Microphone.

Without microphone access the spike-detection feature cannot work, but the alarm will still fire at the end of the wake-up window so you don't oversleep.

Children's privacy

The app is rated 4+ on the App Store. It does not knowingly collect data from anyone, including children.

Changes to this policy

If this policy ever changes, the updated version will appear at this URL with a new "Last updated" date.

Contact

Questions: akaseeingred@gmail.com

Source code: github.com/seeingred/aka-alarm