ReelTally Privacy Policy

In short

Everything stays on your phone. Nothing you do is uploaded or shared. ReelTally has no accounts, no analytics, no advertising and no cloud sync. We (the developer) never receive any of your data. The only time ReelTally goes online is to show this privacy policy.

Internet use

ReelTally has one internet-connected screen: when you open Privacy policy in the app, this page is loaded from GitHub Pages (anupam-pradhan.github.io) and shown inside the app. Loading it is an ordinary web request, so GitHub, which hosts the page, may see your IP address and device information as any website does; ReelTally sends no data of its own with the request. The page runs no scripts, and the in-app viewer cannot open any other site. If you are offline, the app shows a built-in summary instead.

Data stored on your device

• The time of each counted Reel, the counting session it belongs to, and how it was counted (automatic estimate, or manual in older versions).
• Session start, pause and end times and active duration.
• Your settings (for example counter style, size, position, daily budget, quiet hours).
• Which achievements and daily milestones you have earned, and when.

This data is kept in the app's private storage on your phone. It is never uploaded.

What ReelTally never collects

ReelTally does not record your screen, take screenshots, or read usernames, captions, comments, messages, text, images, videos or any other content shown on screen. It does not collect contacts, location, device identifiers or advertising IDs.

Accessibility service (optional)

Automatic counting uses an Android Accessibility service. It is off until you turn it on, after an in-app explanation, and you can turn it off at any time in Android settings. When on, it is used only to count Reels:

• It sees which app is in the foreground (its package name only), so the floating counter appears only while Instagram is open and counting sessions start and pause automatically.
• Inside Instagram it reads only the scroll position, list position and internal element names of the scrolling list, to recognize the Reels viewer (and tell it apart from Stories) and to skip items marked as sponsored.
• It does not read any text or content, does not perform any actions for you, and stores nothing it observes except the resulting count.

Other permissions

• Display over other apps: shows the floating counter.
• Notifications: the ongoing counting notification, an optional weekly summary, and a reminder if automatic counting has been switched off.
• Foreground service: keeps the floating counter running while you count.
• Vibration: a short tick when a Reel is counted (can be turned off).
• Run at startup: only re-schedules the weekly summary after a restart; it never starts counting by itself.

Sharing and export

Achievement share images and CSV exports are created on your phone. They leave your phone only when you choose an app in the share sheet; that app's own privacy policy then applies.

Your choices

• Pause or stop counting at any time, or turn off automatic detection.
• Export your data as CSV from Settings.
• Delete a single session, or delete all data, from Settings.
• Uninstalling the app removes all of its data from your phone.

Children

ReelTally is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect data from anyone.

Independence

ReelTally is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Instagram or Meta. Counts are estimates and may miss or wrongly add some Reels.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new effective date. Questions: anupampradhan161@gmail.com