Cipher Launcher Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 12, 2026

Overview

Cipher Launcher is a home screen app for Android. This page covers Cipher Launcher only. Our game, Guess The Password, is a separate app with its own privacy policy.

Cipher Launcher does not ask Android for internet access. It cannot send anything to us or to anyone else, and we run no server for it.

What It Uses on Your Phone

To work as a home screen, Cipher Launcher uses the following. All of it stays on your phone.

• Your apps: it reads the list of apps on your phone to show them in the app drawer, the dock and search.
• Notification dots (optional): if you turn on notification access for it, it checks which apps have notifications so it can put a dot on their icons. It does not keep or send what your notifications say. You can turn notification access off at any time in Android's settings.
• Wallpaper: it sets the wallpaper you pick in it, and can take an accent colour from your wallpaper.
• Widgets: it shows widgets from your other apps once you add them. Android asks you before it may do this.
• Your streak: if Guess The Password is installed, it reads your day streak from the game on your phone to show it on the Daily Cipher card and widgets.
• Your settings: your theme, home screen layout, folders, hidden apps and other choices are saved on your phone. If you set a hidden apps password, only a scrambled form of it (a salted hash) is saved, never the password itself.
• Backup files (optional): if you save a backup, it writes your settings to a file in the place you pick. If you restore a backup or import a layout from another launcher, it reads only the one file you pick. It does not look at any of your other files.
• Contacts (optional): only if you turn on Contacts in search, and Android asks you first. It then reads your contacts' names and numbers on your phone to show them when you search, so you can call, text or WhatsApp them. It does not save, copy or send your contacts. Turn it off in the launcher's settings, or take the permission away in Android's settings, at any time.
• Which apps you open most: it counts how often you open each app from it, to put those apps first in search and in the Most used row. The counts stay on your phone and are not in backups.
• Search in other apps: when you tap a Search in button, what you typed is handed to that app (your browser, Play Store, YouTube, Maps or Spotify), which then searches under its own privacy policy. The launcher itself sends nothing.
• Commands in search: a timer or alarm you type is handed to your phone's clock app, and a number you type opens your phone app with the number filled in, so you press call yourself. A web search you type opens in your browser.

It does not ask for your location, camera, microphone, photos or files. It reads your contacts only if you turn that on, as above.

Permissions

Cipher Launcher uses these Android permissions:

• Set wallpaper: to put on the wallpaper you pick.
• Request to uninstall apps: when you choose Uninstall for an app, it opens Android's own uninstall screen, where you confirm.
• Expand the status bar: to pull down your notifications when you swipe down on the home screen.
• Read your contacts (optional): only if you turn on Contacts in search, for the search described above.
• Set alarms: to hand a timer or alarm you type into search to your phone's clock app.
• Notification access (optional): only if you turn it on, and only for the dots described above.

Backups

If Android's backup is turned on, Android may save your Cipher Launcher settings to your Google account, so they come back on a new phone. That backup is handled by Google and we never receive it.

Buying and Updating

You buy and update Cipher Launcher through Google Play. Google handles the purchase under its own privacy policy. The launcher never sees your payment details.

Contacting Support

If you email us from the launcher's About screen, we receive your email address and what you write, as with any email. The launcher adds its version number to the subject and nothing else. We use your email only to reply.

Children's Privacy

Cipher Launcher collects no data from anyone, including children, and shows no ads.

Deleting Your Data

We hold no data about you, so there is nothing for us to delete. Everything Cipher Launcher saves is on your phone, and it is removed when you clear the app's data in Android's settings or uninstall the app.

Changes to This Policy

If we ever update this privacy policy, the changes will be reflected on this page with an updated date.

Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at:

Email: irnotech@gmail.com

Cipher Launcher is made by the team behind Guess The Password.