Effective date: June 11, 2026
ClearView helps you review installed apps on your Android phone in plain English. ClearView is designed to keep your app information on your device.
ClearView reviews installed apps locally on your phone. It may show app permissions, install source, optional recent activity signals, optional notification counts, and review notes you save in the app.
ClearView cannot prove that an app is bad. It only points out apps and signals that may be worth checking.
ClearView does not collect personal data off your device.
ClearView does not:
Ads and network behaviour:
ClearView includes the Google Mobile Ads SDK and User Messaging Platform (UMP) to support optional, user-initiated rewarded ads and advertising consent. Because of this SDK, the app requests the INTERNET, ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE, and Advertising ID (AD_ID) permissions. When you choose to watch a rewarded ad, the ad SDK may use the internet and the Advertising ID to serve that ad. ClearView itself does not transmit your installed-app inventory, app activity, notification data, or review decisions to any server. If rewarded ads are unavailable or disabled in a build, ClearView does not initialize ad loading, but the SDK and its permissions remain present in the app.
ClearView can work without optional access, but some checks may show less detail.
Usage Access is optional. If you turn it on, ClearView can show recent app activity signals such as app opens, screen time estimates, and likely battery impact. This processing happens on your phone.
Notification Access is optional. If you turn it on, ClearView counts which apps send notifications. Notification Counting stores app-level counts only.
Recent Notification Details is separate and off by default. If you turn it on after the separate in-app disclosure, ClearView can save recent notification titles and text locally on this phone for review. Saved notification details are automatically deleted after 7 days and are never uploaded.
You can turn optional access off at any time in Android Settings.
ClearView stores some information locally on your phone so the app can work normally, including:
The current backup configuration excludes local scan cache, notification counts, review decisions, setup and consent state, background safety preferences, and background scan snapshots from Android cloud backup and device-to-device transfer. Recent notification title and text records are stored in Android no-backup app storage. Uninstalling ClearView deletes ClearView’s local app data from your phone.
If ClearView includes a clear-data option in Settings, you can use it to remove supported local data from inside the app. You can also clear app data from Android Settings.
If you enable background safety checks, ClearView can occasionally check your installed apps and notify you if something new looks worth reviewing. This stays on your phone. ClearView does not send your app list anywhere.
ClearView is not designed to collect data from anyone, including children.
If this policy changes, the updated version should be published with a new effective date.
For privacy questions, contact the ClearView developer at hollowpointsoftware@gmail.com.