Last updated: 7 October 2026 · App: Star Pals (Android, package com.adrivermaak.starpals) · Developer: Adri Vermaak (South Africa)
The short version: Star Pals does not collect, send or share any personal information. There are no accounts, no ads, no analytics and no tracking. Everything a family enters stays on their own phone or tablet.
Star Pals is a picture-based routine and reward app for young children (about 3 to 8) and their parents or carers. A child ticks off everyday tasks (like brushing teeth or getting dressed), earns stars and looks after a cartoon pet. A parent sets it up in a parent area protected by a PIN.
All of the following is stored only inside the app's private storage on the device. It is never sent to us or to anyone else:
We (the developer) have no server for this app and no way to see any of this information.
The spoken words in Star Pals are recorded audio files bundled inside the app, so they work offline. If a parent chooses to use the phone's own text-to-speech voice in the parent settings, the words are spoken by the text-to-speech service already installed on the device; Star Pals only uses voices that are installed on the device for this.
The Android app package declares the standard internet permission because the app framework (Capacitor/Android WebView) expects it. Star Pals does not use it to send or receive any personal information, and the app works fully offline.
Star Pals turns off Android cloud backup for its data, so nothing is copied to a cloud backup by the app. If the app is uninstalled, its data is deleted from the device.
Because there is no account, there is nothing for us to delete on a server. To remove a child's information, open the parent area and remove the child profile, or clear the app's storage in Android Settings, or uninstall the app.
Star Pals is designed for children and complies with the Google Play Families Policy. Because the app collects no personal information from children, there is nothing to disclose to third parties. Parents stay in control of everything through the PIN-protected parent area. This approach is intended to meet the requirements of South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), the US Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the EU/UK GDPR.
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date. If the app ever starts collecting information, this page and the Google Play listing will be updated first.
Questions about privacy: adri.dippenaar1985@gmail.com
Laas opgedateer: 7 Oktober 2026
Kortliks: Star Pals versamel, stuur of deel geen persoonlike inligting nie. Daar is geen rekeninge, geen advertensies, geen analise en geen opsporing nie. Alles wat 'n gesin invoer, bly op hul eie foon of tablet.
Die kind se voornaam of bynaam, taal en troeteldier; die take en belonings wat die ouer opstel; sterre en vordering; opsionele foto's wat 'n ouer vir 'n taak neem; die ouer-PIN (as 'n gesoute hash, nie die PIN self nie) en instellings. Dit word slegs in die toep se private berging op die toestel gestoor en word nooit na ons of iemand anders gestuur nie.
Geen aanmelding of aanlyn rekening, geen advertensies, geen analise of derdeparty-opsporing, geen skakels wat 'n kind uit die toep neem nie, en ons verkoop of deel geen data nie.
Verwyder die kind se profiel in die ouerafdeling, maak die toep se berging in Android-instellings skoon, of verwyder die toep.