OkiDose — Privacy Policy

Effective date: 31 October 2026. Applies to the OkiDose app for Android (package app.pilly).

Contact: shevch@gmail.com

In short: your medications, schedule and history stay on your phone. OkiDose has no account, no ads and no analytics. The internet is used only if you turn on the optional Family alert, and for purchases through Google Play.

1. Data the app stores on your phone

• Medications you enter: name, strength, amount per dose, dosage form, schedule, notes, intake rules (for example “with food”), pill stock, course end date, shelf life after opening, color and pill shape.
• Dose history: when each dose was due and whether it was taken, skipped (with the reason you chose) or missed.
• Optional photo of a pill or box, if you take one. It is resized and stored in the app's private storage.
• Settings (theme, language, which parts of the interface are shown, pause dates, etc.).

This data is stored only in the app's private storage on your device. We cannot see it.

2. Data we collect

We do not collect personal data. OkiDose contains no advertising SDK and no analytics. We do not sell or share data.

3. Features that work on the phone only

• Scanning the name from the box: the camera photo is processed on the phone by Google ML Kit text recognition. The photo is not saved or sent; only the text you pick is put into the Name field. Google Play services may download the recognition model once.
• Pillbox sticker (NFC / QR): the sticker only contains the link okidose://take. Touching it marks the doses due now. No data is written to the sticker except this link.
• Calendar (optional, off by default): if you turn it on and allow calendar access, OkiDose writes a daily summary and refill reminders to a separate local calendar named “OkiDose” on this phone. OkiDose does not read your other calendars. Turning the option off deletes this calendar.
• Insights, achievements, smart time tips, pharmacy list: calculated on the phone from your history.

4. Family alert (optional, off by default)

If you turn it on and invite someone, then only when a dose is missed after all repeat reminders, the app sends to Google Firebase: an anonymous account ID, the time of the dose, the name you entered and — unless you chose to hide it — the medication name. Firebase delivers it to the phones you invited, and the event is deleted right after delivery. Taken doses, your schedule and your history are never sent.

You can remove a person, turn the feature off, or delete everything stored in the cloud with Settings → Data and privacy → Delete my cloud data.

Google Firebase is operated by Google LLC: https://firebase.google.com/support/privacy

5. Backups

• Manual backup file: Settings → Data and privacy → Backup creates a file with your medications, history and photos. You choose where to save it. It is not encrypted by the app — keep it in a safe place.
• Android backup: if enabled in your phone settings, Android may include the app data in your Google account backup. This is controlled by Android and Google, not by OkiDose.

6. Purchases

OkiDose Premium is a yearly plan (subscription or one-time payment for a year) handled by Google Play. We do not receive your payment details. The app only checks with Google Play whether Premium was purchased on your Google account.

7. Permissions

• Notifications — to show reminders.
• Alarms and reminders (exact alarms) — so a reminder arrives at the exact minute.
• Run at startup — to restore reminders after the phone restarts.
• Calendar — only if you turn on the Calendar option.
• NFC — only to write or read the pillbox sticker.
• Internet — only for Family alert and Google Play purchases.

OkiDose does not request location, contacts, microphone or camera permission (scanning uses the system camera app).

8. Children

OkiDose is not directed at children under 13 and is intended for adults managing their own or a family member's medications.

9. Deleting your data

Uninstalling the app deletes all data on the phone. Deleting a medication deletes its photo. Cloud data from Family alert can be deleted in Settings → Data and privacy → Delete my cloud data, or by e-mail to shevch@gmail.com.

10. Medical disclaimer

OkiDose is a reminder tool. It does not give medical advice, check drug interactions or replace your doctor or pharmacist. Always follow the instructions of your healthcare provider and the medication label.

11. Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be published at the same address with a new effective date.