Privacy Policy

Rwibutsa is a countdown timer app developed by Itaratec, based in Kigali, Rwanda. The name means "It reminds you" in Kinyarwanda.

The app is designed to be offline-first. It works entirely on your device with no account, no sign-up, and no internet connection required.

The app does not collect, transmit, or share any of the following:

• ✕ Personal information (name, email, phone number)
• ✕ Location or GPS data
• ✕ Device identifiers or advertising IDs
• ✕ Usage analytics, events, or crash reports
• ✕ Contacts, photos, files, or any other device data

All data you create in the app — countdown titles, target dates, and emoji icons — is stored only on your device using Android's local storage (SharedPreferences). This data:

• ✓ Never leaves your phone
• ✓ Is never sent to any server
• ✓ Is permanently deleted when you uninstall the app

Rwibutsa uses local notifications to alert you when a countdown reaches zero. These notifications are scheduled entirely on-device and do not involve any external service or server. No notification content is ever transmitted off your device.

You can disable notifications at any time from your phone's system settings.

Rwibutsa does not include any third-party SDKs for analytics, advertising, crash reporting, or tracking. There are no embedded trackers of any kind.

Rwibutsa does not collect any data from any user, regardless of age. The app is safe for users of all ages, including children under 13, and complies with COPPA requirements.

If we update this policy, the new version will be published at this URL with an updated effective date. We will only update this policy if we add features that affect how data is handled — and given our offline-first approach, we expect that to be rare.