Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 26.05.2026

Spade Launcher is designed with a privacy-first approach. The app does not use analytics, advertising, user accounts, crash reporting, or tracking technologies.

Information Stored Locally

Spade Launcher stores settings locally on your device, including:

• Favorite app selections
• Hidden app selections
• Gesture shortcut preferences
• Theme and appearance settings
• Weather city preferences
• Wallpaper settings

Spade Launcher also reads the list of launchable apps installed on your device to provide the app drawer, favorites, hidden apps, and shortcut features. This app list is not sent to Spade Launcher servers.

Weather Functionality

When weather is used, Spade Launcher may send the following information to Open-Meteo:

• City search text
• Selected city coordinates

Spade Launcher does not request precise device location permission for weather. Weather is based on the city selected by the user.

Weather data is provided by Open-Meteo.com. Open-Meteo may receive technical information such as IP addresses during requests.

Permissions Used

• INTERNET: used for weather data and city search
• SET_WALLPAPER: used to set wallpapers when requested by the user
• READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: used on Android 12 and below to select wallpaper images

Data Collection

Spade Launcher does not collect, sell, or share personal data for advertising or tracking.

Spade Launcher does not use:

• Analytics
• Advertising
• User accounts
• Crash reporting
• Tracking technologies

Data Deletion

Most data used by Spade Launcher is stored locally on your device. You can remove this data by changing settings inside the app, clearing app data, or uninstalling Spade Launcher.

Contact

For privacy-related questions, you can contact us at: support@spadelauncher.com