Privacy policy
Last updated: November 11, 2026
HorsFlux is an Android app that helps you break the habit of compulsive scrolling: after a length of time you choose in the apps you selected, it shows a mindful pause.
In short
- HorsFlux collects no data and sends no data. The only connections are those of Google Play's components (HorsFlux+ purchases and the rating prompt), handled by Google.
- No account, no ads, no trackers, no analytics.
- Everything stays on your phone, in the app's private storage, excluded from backups.
What HorsFlux uses, and why
The accessibility service
HorsFlux uses Android's Accessibility API for one thing only: knowing which app is in the foreground (its technical name, for example "com.instagram.android"), so it can measure the time spent in the apps you chose and show the pause on top of them.
- HorsFlux does not read screen content: the service configuration forbids it (
canRetrieveWindowContent="false"). No text, images, messages or web addresses. - HorsFlux keeps no history of browsing and no time-stamped list of the apps you open.
- HorsFlux only acts on your behalf to go back to the home screen or lock the screen, when you choose to ("I'll stop here", "I'll put it down") or when an app is blocked by a mode or limit you set.
What is stored on your phone
- Your settings: selected apps, threshold, goal, schedules, limits…
- Daily aggregated counters: screen time, time in the selected apps (in total and per app), number of pauses, stops, openings, openings avoided and unlocks. Kept for 90 days at most.
- If something goes wrong, a technical log of the last incident (error messages from the code), with no personal content.
You can erase everything at any time: Settings › Privacy › Erase statistics, or by uninstalling the app.
Other permissions
- Notifications: today's counter, the Sunday summary, service alerts (for example if the phone stopped HorsFlux).
- Foreground service: keeps HorsFlux running so the pause arrives on time.
- Do Not Disturb (optional): silences notifications during zero distraction mode.
- Vibration: signals that the pause has appeared.
- Internet access: declared by Google Play's purchase component; HorsFlux itself sends nothing.
Sharing
HorsFlux shares nothing. If you use "Give feedback", "Copy the report" or "Recommend HorsFlux", you choose to send that text, by the means you choose; it only contains settings, durations and app names, never the content you viewed.
Purchases (HorsFlux+)
If you subscribe to HorsFlux+, payment is handled entirely by Google Play. HorsFlux does not receive your name, email address or payment details: the app only knows whether the offer is active.
Children
HorsFlux is not specifically aimed at children and collects no data, including theirs.
This website
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Contact
For any question: contact@horsflux.fr.