Privacy Policy
This policy describes the Android app's local animal sounds, optional speech search, Wikipedia information, and optional usage and crash reporting. No account is needed. This version contains no advertising or in-app purchases.
On your device
The app stores favorites, selected sound versions, appearance, language and pinyin preferences locally. Animal pictures, calls and available name recordings are included in the app. Name pronunciation may use an installed offline Android text-to-speech voice. The app does not request an online voice when an offline voice is unavailable. Local information can be removed by clearing app storage or uninstalling the app.
Microphone and optional voice search
Microphone access is requested for speech search, not for listening to animal calls. Recording starts only when you use the microphone function and lasts up to five seconds. A recording may be sent over HTTPS to our speech gateway and Alibaba Cloud's Singapore speech service to convert the spoken animal name into text. The returned text is used to search the animal catalogue. Provider retention is separate from our gateway: we have not enabled or verified Zero Data Retention for this app. Alibaba Cloud may retain model inputs and outputs under its applicable service, security and legal policies. See its data retention policy for scope and conditions.
Our gateway processes audio and recognition text in memory; it does not save audio files or transcript logs. The service receives connection information such as your IP address. To protect the service and limit costs, the gateway keeps authentication/session records, request identifiers and quota counters, and aggregate request status, duration and size information. Aggregate request metrics are kept for approximately 30 days, request records for approximately two days, and expired session records are removed after approximately one day. Hosting security and connection logs may be processed separately.
If cloud recognition is unavailable, the app may ask you to repeat your request using the device's installed Android speech recognition service. Depending on your device and recognition provider, that service may process speech online under its own policy. System recognition is not guaranteed to be offline. You can decline microphone permission and use text search instead. Speech is not used by this app to identify a speaker.
App integrity
Cloud speech requests use Firebase App Check with Google Play Integrity to help verify that requests come from the app. Google may process app, device and integrity information for this purpose. This protection is separate from optional analytics. The Alibaba Cloud provider key is kept on our server and is not sent to the app.
Animal information and images
Opening animal facts requests Wikipedia information and, where available, Wikimedia Commons image metadata. These services receive network connection information such as your IP address. Facts and remote images are cached on your device, normally for seven days with a bounded cache. Image creators, source pages and licence details are displayed with the material. Opening an original article or source launches your chosen external browser, whose privacy policy also applies.
Optional usage statistics and crash reports
Both options are off by default. An adult-facing disclosure in Settings allows usage statistics and crash reporting to be enabled separately and withdrawn. A confirmation checkbox is not an identity verification service.
If enabled, Firebase Analytics records limited product interactions such as viewing a screen, using search, playing a sound, reading a name or changing a favorite. Firebase may also process app-instance identifiers, approximate location derived from masked IP addresses, device/app information and standard diagnostic information. The app does not request precise GPS location. We do not include raw search terms, microphone recordings, transcripts, personal profiles or developer credentials in custom analytics events. Advertising ID collection and advertising personalization are disabled.
If enabled, Firebase Crashlytics can send crash traces, app/device information and installation-related identifiers to diagnose failures. The app only requests upload of crash reports from eligible previously opted-in release sessions. Turning off reporting stops future requests from the app and discards locally pending reports; it does not recall reports already received by Google. Firebase handles received data under its service retention and deletion practices. Debug builds do not send our optional analytics or crash reports.
Children and family use
The app is designed for children with adult guidance. Children do not need to create accounts, provide contact details, or enable optional reporting to hear sounds. An adult should manage online speech search, external links and optional reporting choices. The app does not sell personal information or use it for behavioral advertising. If you believe a child has submitted personal information through support, please contact us so we can investigate and handle a deletion request.
Providers, international processing and your choices
Online features involve our hosting provider, Alibaba Cloud, Google/Firebase and Wikimedia. Processing may occur outside your country, including Singapore for the configured cloud speech service. Provider policies apply to their processing: Firebase privacy, Google privacy, Alibaba Cloud privacy and Wikimedia privacy.
You can disable optional reporting in Settings, revoke microphone permission through Android, clear local app data, and avoid online facts and speech features. Contact us to request access or deletion of identifiable support information we hold. We cannot independently identify all pseudonymous Google records or delete records controlled solely by another provider.
Contact and changes
Developer: AbelChanger. Email: abelchanger@gmail.com. If you send support email, we receive the contact information and content you choose to send and use it to respond. Do not include passwords, payment details or recordings containing private information. We retain correspondence as needed to resolve the request and meet applicable obligations. Material policy changes will be reflected on this page with an updated effective date.