Privacy policy

Pageless for Android (com.yannkost.launcher) · Effective 1 November 2026

Who we are

Pageless is an Android home screen app developed by Yann Kost (“we”). This policy explains what Pageless does with information on your phone. If you have questions, contact us at privacy@pageless.space.

Information that stays on your phone

To work as your home screen, Pageless uses the following. It is stored only in Pageless’s private storage on your phone and is not sent to us or anyone else:

• Your installed apps. Pageless reads the names and icons of apps that can be opened, so it can list them. It does not read the content of other apps.
• Your setup. Layout, style, categories, favourites, quick actions, hidden apps, saved links and other settings.
• Launch counts. How often you opened each app through Pageless, used only to order your apps: the “Most used” order, the Now layout’s Rank and the suggestions in search. Pageless does not ask for Android’s usage access and doesn’t know about apps opened another way.
• A background photo, if you choose one. You pick it with Android’s photo picker, and Pageless keeps its own copy. It doesn’t have access to the rest of your photos.

Notification dots (optional)

If you allow Notification access, Pageless learns which apps currently have unread notifications, so it can show a dot on their icons. It never reads, stores or sends what the notifications say, and nothing about your notifications leaves your phone. You can turn this off in Pageless’s settings or in Android’s Notification access settings at any time.

Saved links and the internet

When you save a link, Pageless loads that page directly from the site to read its title, then downloads the icon the page points to. It tries again later if that fails or finds no icon, and again after a restore, because icons aren’t backed up. These requests go to the site and to wherever the page says its icon is kept. They look like the requests a browser would send, including your IP address, and those sites’ own privacy policies apply. Pageless uses no third-party icon service and contacts no server of ours. If you turn the Links panel off, Pageless makes no internet requests at all.

Purchases

Pageless Pro is a one-time purchase processed by Google Play. Google handles your payment details under the Google Privacy Policy. Pageless only receives whether you own Pageless Pro, and stores that answer on your phone so Pro also works offline. The 7-day trial is measured on your phone from when you installed Pageless. The terms of the purchase are in our terms of use.

Backups

• Android backup. If backup is on in your phone’s settings, Android may include Pageless’s setup, launch counts and background photo in your Google account backup or a phone-to-phone transfer, so they come back on a new phone. This is managed by Android and Google, and you control it in your phone’s settings.
• Export setup. If you export your setup, Pageless writes a file with your setup and launch counts to the place you choose, such as your Downloads folder or a cloud drive. What happens to that file is up to you.

Permissions

• Home app role: so Pageless opens when you press Home.
• Notification access (optional): for notification dots, as described above.
• Internet: only to fetch titles and icons of links you save.
• Request to uninstall apps: only opens Android’s own confirmation when you choose Uninstall on an app.
• Google Play billing: to offer the Pageless Pro purchase.

Children

Pageless is not directed at children under 13 and doesn’t knowingly handle personal information from them.

Deleting your data

Everything Pageless stores is on your phone. To delete it, clear Pageless’s storage in Android’s app settings or uninstall Pageless. To remove a backup, manage backups in your Google account or phone settings. Purchase records are kept by Google Play.

Changes

If Pageless’s handling of data changes, we will update this page and its effective date before the change reaches the app.