Privacy and security

Your money is your business.

Amount Tracker has no account system and no server that receives your data. Here is how that works in practice.

The short version

It stays on your phone

Transactions, balances, cards and accounts live in a database on the device, encrypted with a key held in Android Keystore.

Locked with you

Card and account numbers open only with your fingerprint or phone PIN. An optional app lock asks every time you open the app.

Hidden from prying eyes

Screenshots, screen recording and the recent-apps preview are blocked by default, and alerts show no amounts on the lock screen.

No ads, no tracking

No advertising, no analytics, no crash reporters, no selling or sharing of your data, and no remote AI reading your messages.

What can leave your phone, and only if you choose

Gmail (optional)

If you connect it, the app reads your mail read-only to find bank alerts and statements. The app password is stored encrypted on the phone, and disconnecting removes it.

Google Drive backup (optional)

An encrypted backup in a hidden folder of your own Drive. Card numbers, expiry dates, CVVs and bank account numbers are never part of a backup.

Google Play (only for Plus)

If you choose a plan, Google Play handles the payment. The app never sees your card or UPI details.

The only other thing the app fetches by itself is one small public settings file, which says which features are part of a plan and how strong the blur is. It carries none of your data, comes only over HTTPS from one fixed address, and can never lock your export, settings, My details or the About page.

What each permission is for

The app asks for as little as it can, explains each one before Android asks, and works if you skip them.

Read and receive SMSTo read bank, card, UPI and loan messages, once for the inbox and then each new one. One-time passwords, offers and personal messages are skipped and not stored. The app never sends, deletes, replies to or marks any message.
NotificationsPayment alerts, bill reminders, day and week summaries, and plan offers, each with its own switch.
CameraTo scan a card or a receipt, or photograph a statement. Photos are read on the phone and not kept unless you keep a card photo.
NFCTo read a card by tapping it. Only the number, expiry and name are read, never the CVV.
MicrophoneOnly when you tap Add by voice or Speak, and only where the phone can recognise speech itself. Nothing is recorded or sent.
Fingerprint, face or PINFor the app lock and for showing card and account numbers.
InternetFor the optional Gmail connection, the optional Google Drive backup, Google Play, and the small public settings file.
Notification access (a separate switch)To read payment notifications from a fixed list of UPI and bank apps. Every other app is ignored.

The app does not hold the permission to send text messages and does not read your call log or phone identity.

Checked, not just promised

The app's rules are written into automated checks that fail the build if they are broken.

Locked-down app

Backups by other apps are off, there is no debug mode in releases, only encrypted traffic is allowed, and only three entry points can be reached by other apps.

Exact permissions

A test lists every permission the app may hold. Adding another by accident stops the build.

No secrets in the code

Checks look for keys and secret-looking text, and for any logging of message text, one-time passwords or numbers.

This is the project's own testing, not an outside certification. The security reviews and what they found are kept in the project's documents.

Your rights, under Indian law

The app follows the notice, consent, security and rights expectations of the Information Technology Act 2000 with its SPDI Rules 2011 and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023. Because your data stays on your phone you exercise most rights directly: see, edit, export and delete it. A named grievance contact is on the Contact and grievance page.

Read the full privacy policy