Unplug Privacy Policy
Unplug (Android package app.veriscribe.unplug) is published by Veriscribe Analytics & AI Private Limited (“we”, “us”). Unplug helps you spend less time in apps you choose. This policy explains what Unplug uses on your phone, why, and what happens to it.
Last updated · 12 November 2026
1. The short version
Unplug has no account, no ads and no analytics.
Unplug cannot send anything over the internet: the app does not have Android's internet permission.
Everything Unplug records stays only on your phone. We never receive it, and we never sell or share it.
Uninstalling Unplug deletes all of it.
2. What Unplug uses, and why
Unplug asks for these Android permissions. Unplug explains each one before you turn it on. The two accessibility services are separate: the second one is off unless you turn it on.
| Permission | Why Unplug uses it |
|---|---|
| Accessibility service (main, required for blocking) | To see which app is on screen, so Unplug can show its pause screen when an app you chose opens; to time how long you spend in the apps you chose; and, in short-video apps you chose (such as Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts), to notice when you swipe to the next reel or short, using the scroll position only, so it can count them. Only if you turn on Stop Reels & Shorts (Unplug Pro), it presses Back once when you tap “Back to feed” on Unplug's limit page. |
| Accessibility service “Unplug website pausing” (optional, Unplug Pro) | A second, separate switch that you turn on yourself. It reads only the web address at the top of a supported browser, to pause the websites of the apps you chose. It is checked on your phone and never stored, logged or sent. When you tap the button on a paused website's page, it asks the browser to load a blank page and, if the website is still there, presses Back once. It does nothing until you turn it on. |
| Usage access (optional) | To read how long you used each app over the last week, so Unplug can suggest a daily allowance and count time more reliably. Only app names and times are read. |
| Notifications (optional) | To show reminders and the status of a break or focus session. |
| Do Not Disturb access (optional) | To turn on Do Not Disturb while Kids Mode is on, and restore your own setting afterwards. With Bedtime's “Silence notifications”, to turn on Do Not Disturb at bedtime and restore your setting at wake-up. |
| Run at start-up and in the foreground | So protection keeps working after your phone restarts and while Unplug runs in the background. |
| Fingerprint or face unlock (optional) | To confirm your PIN. Unplug never sees or stores your fingerprint or face data; Android handles it. |
3. What the accessibility services do not do
The main accessibility service does not read the text on your screen, videos, your messages, passwords or notifications, and it does not record your screen. It does not type or tap in other apps. The only thing it presses is Back, once, and only when you tap “Back to feed” with Stop Reels & Shorts on.
The website pausing service never reads a page, what you type, your messages or your passwords, and it never presses anything by itself. It acts only on your tap.
You can switch either service off at any time in Android Settings > Accessibility. Without the main service, Unplug can still give reminders but cannot pause apps.
The one exception is Kids Mode, which you start yourself when you hand your phone to a child. While it is on, Android Settings stays closed (on Android 11 and later) so the child cannot switch Unplug off. You end Kids Mode with your screen lock, and Settings opens again after a restart.
4. What Unplug stores on your phone
Your settings, the apps you chose, your goal line, daily time used in those apps, video time, breaks, focus sessions, your garden and forest, reel and short counts, and an optional PIN. The PIN is stored only as a secure one-way hash, never as the PIN itself.
If you use Bedtime, this includes your bedtime schedule, the night the one short break was used and when it ends, the night the reminder was shown for, and the Do Not Disturb setting Unplug replaced, so it can put it back.
Unplug never stores the web addresses it checks for website pausing.
All of this is kept in Unplug's private storage on your phone. Unplug has no internet permission, so it cannot send this information anywhere, and we never receive it. We do not sell or share it.
5. Payments
Unplug Pro is a subscription sold through Google Play Billing. Google Play handles the payment under Google's own terms and privacy policy. Unplug does not see or store your card or payment details. The app only asks Google Play whether your Google account has Unplug Pro.
Unplug itself has no internet permission and sends nothing, including your purchase.
6. Children
Unplug is meant for people aged 13 and over and is not directed to children under 13. Kids Mode and the parent PIN are tools for a parent who lends their own phone to a child. Unplug does not collect information from or about children.
7. Data retention and deletion
Because we do not hold any of your information on a server, there is nothing for us to delete. To remove everything Unplug has stored, open Unplug > Settings > Privacy & data > Delete all data, or uninstall the app. You can also clear the app's storage in Android settings. Uninstalling Unplug deletes all of it.
8. Security
Your information is protected by Android's app sandbox and your phone's own security, such as its screen lock and encryption. No method of storage is completely secure.
9. Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, the GDPR or similar laws) you may have rights to access, correct or delete your personal information. Because the information stays on your phone, you control it directly: you can change it in the app, or delete it with Delete all data or by uninstalling. You can also contact us with any question.
10. Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, for example because we add a feature, the new version will be posted on this page with a new “Last updated” date.
11. Contact
Questions about this policy or privacy requests: contact@veriscribeanalytics.com.
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