Tickstave privacy policy
Last updated October 25, 2026. This policy covers the Android app Tickstave: Metronome & Tempo (com.tinyfair.tickstave) published by Tinyfair on Google Play.
The short version
The app works on your phone. We do not have accounts or servers, the app never uses the microphone or camera, and we never receive your songs, practice log or personal details. Data leaves your phone only for ads, purchases and crash reports (Google), and for a small settings file the app downloads from our website, as described below.
Data that stays on your phone
- Your songs and practice log
- Song lists, tempos, practice sessions and headphone timing are saved only in the app's private storage on your phone, with your settings. They are never uploaded, never sent to us and never passed to the ad SDK. If you use Android device backup, they may be included in that backup, which Google encrypts for your account.
- Headphone timing
- The measured delay is stored with the headphone model name Android reports, so the right delay is used next time. It never leaves your phone.
- Practice reminder
- Optional. Scheduled on your phone by Android at the time you choose. No reminder content leaves your phone.
- CSV export and sharing
- Created only when you ask, and shared only where you choose.
- Purchases
- Handled by Google Play; we never see your payment details.
Settings file from tinyfair.my.id
When it starts, the app downloads a small settings file from https://tinyfair.my.id/config/tickstave.json (the minimum app version and how often ads may appear). The request sends no personal data, no practice data and no identifier. Like any web request, our web host sees your IP address in its standard server logs; we do not use it to identify you or link it to anything else.
Ads (Google AdMob)
The free version shows a banner at the top of the metronome screen, away from the play button, and on the practice log. A full-screen ad may appear now and then after you tap Finish on a practice session of 5 minutes or more, never while the metronome is playing. You can also choose to watch 2 short videos for 24 hours of Pro. To show and measure ads, Google may collect your device's advertising ID, an approximate location from your IP address, information about ad interactions, and diagnostics. Your songs and practice log are never passed to the ad SDK. In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland the app asks for your consent first, and you can change it later under Settings, Privacy choices. You can reset or delete your advertising ID in your Android settings. See how Google uses information from apps that use its services. Pro removes all ads.
Crash reports (Firebase Crashlytics)
If the app crashes or hits a serious error, it sends a crash report to Firebase Crashlytics, a Google service that helps us find and fix the bug. A report contains the error and where it happened in the code, the app version, the device model, the Android version, and a random installation ID that is not linked to you, your Google account or your advertising ID. It never contains your songs, practice sessions, tempos or anything that identifies you. Reports are kept for 90 days. See Firebase privacy and security.
Purchases (Google Play)
Pro is sold through Google Play Billing as a yearly subscription (with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers), a monthly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically until you cancel them in Google Play. We do not see your payment details; Google Play tells the app only whether Pro is active.
Permissions
Notifications, asked when you turn on the practice reminder in Settings, and when you start a free trial for one reminder 2 days before it ends. Start at boot, so the reminder is set again after a restart. Vibration, for the optional buzz on beat 1. Wake lock, so a reminder can arrive while the phone sleeps. No microphone, camera, location, contacts, storage, Bluetooth, exact alarm or foreground service permission. Google's ad and purchase libraries add the advertising ID, network state and billing permissions. Internet is used for ads, purchases, crash reports and the settings file described above.
Children
The app is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect information from them.
Your choices and deleting data
Everything Tickstave stores is on your phone. Songs and lists can be deleted in the app; to delete everything, uninstall the app or clear its storage in Android settings (Apps, Tickstave, Storage). For ad data, use your Android advertising ID settings or Settings, Privacy choices in the app. Questions: support@tinyfair.my.id.
Changes and contact
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date. Questions: support@tinyfair.my.id.