Privacy Policy
Chingle has no ads and no analytics SDK, and you don’t create an account with us. It reads your AdMob earnings with read-only access you grant, keeps your history on your device and in your own iCloud, and only sends anything to our server if you turn on Cloud alerts.
Your Google sign-in
To read your earnings, Chingle asks Google for one permission: read-only access to your AdMob reports (admob.readonly). It cannot change your AdMob account, your apps, your ad units or your payments, and it never asks for anything else from your Google account.
The access token Google returns is stored in the Keychain on your device. Without Cloud alerts it never leaves that device: not to iCloud, not to our server, not into any log.
What stays on your device and in your iCloud
- Earnings readings. Each time Chingle checks, it keeps the time, the day’s estimated earnings, month-to-date earnings, impressions and the currency. If iCloud is on, this history syncs to your other devices through your private iCloud database, which belongs to your Apple Account. We cannot read it.
- Settings. Your alert threshold, how often to check, sounds and similar preferences stay on the device.
- Alerts. Without Cloud alerts, every notification is a local notification created on the device itself.
- A local activity log. Chingle keeps a short log of app events (for example, “a check finished” or “an alert was shown”) on the device to help us understand problems you report. It holds no amounts, no tokens and no account IDs, and it is never uploaded.
Delete All Data in Settings erases your earnings history, including the copy synced to your other devices through iCloud. Disconnecting your AdMob account in Settings removes the token from the Keychain. Deleting the app removes what is on the device; you can also remove its iCloud data in your device’s iCloud settings.
Cloud alerts (optional, paid)
Cloud alerts let Chingle check your earnings while your iPhone or Mac is asleep. Only if you turn them on, our server (Google Firebase, run by us) stores:
- your AdMob publisher ID and your read-only access token, encrypted — the key is kept separately in Google Secret Manager and apps cannot read the stored record;
- your account’s reporting time zone and currency, and the few numbers needed to decide whether to alert you (today’s highest total, recent daily totals, your best day, your threshold and check interval);
- for each of your devices that turned it on: an anonymous Firebase sign-in ID, an anonymous purchase ID, a push notification token (iPhone only), the device’s language and region for formatting, and whether alerts play a sound.
Push notifications show an amount on your lock screen; they never contain your token or publisher ID. When you turn Cloud alerts off, disconnect your account, or your subscription ends, we delete the record and revoke the token with Google. If that fails, the app tells you it is still stored rather than claiming it is gone.
Google user data
Chingle’s use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Your AdMob data is used only to show you your earnings and alert you. It is never sold, never used for advertising, never shared with anyone else, and never read by people except where you ask us for help or the law requires it.
Purchases
Purchases and subscriptions are handled by Apple. We receive no payment details, card numbers or billing address. Chingle uses RevenueCat to confirm whether your purchase is active; RevenueCat receives your purchase history and an anonymous app identifier, not your name or email. RevenueCat also uses these purchase records to show us aggregate sales statistics, such as how many people subscribe; they are not used to track you or for advertising. See RevenueCat’s privacy policy.
No ads, no tracking
Chingle shows no ads, contains no analytics SDK and does not track you across apps or websites. If you have chosen in your device settings to share analytics with app developers, Apple may pass along anonymous crash reports.
Children
Chingle is a tool for app developers and is not directed to children under 13.
Terms
Use of Chingle is governed by Apple’s Licensed Application End User License Agreement. Chingle is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google. AdMob is a trademark of Google LLC.
Changes
If a future version of Chingle collects anything new, this page will be updated before that version ships, and the date at the top will tell you when.