Privacy Policy

Chargie ("the App") is developed by Vi Truong Le ("we", "us", "our"). This Privacy Policy explains what happens to your data when you use Chargie. We wrote it to describe exactly what the App does — no more, no less.

Chargie is a local-first app: it has no accounts or logins, and almost everything it does happens entirely on your device. The one exception is described below under "Information sent over the internet" — the App loads a public content catalog. The sections below spell out exactly what is and is not collected.

Information we do not collect

Chargie does not collect, and does not ask you for:

• Your name, email address, or any account/login information — the App has no account system.
• Your location, contacts, photos, camera, or microphone — the App never requests access to any of these.
• Advertising identifiers (IDFA) or any data used for ad targeting — the App contains no advertising SDK.
• Analytics or usage-tracking data — the App contains no analytics SDK.
• Crash or diagnostic reports sent to us or to any third party — the App contains no crash-reporting SDK.
• Payment or subscription information — the App does not currently offer in-app purchases.

Information that stays on your device

To function, Chargie reads and stores the following, entirely on your device (and, where noted, inside an iOS App Group container shared only between the Chargie app and its own Widget/Live Activity extension — never transmitted anywhere):

• Battery status. The App reads your device's current battery level and charging state (provided by iOS) to animate your companion and to detect charging sessions. This reading is used in real time and is never stored, logged, or sent off your device.
• App preferences and selections. The companion you've chosen, your favorites, onboarding progress, and simple counters (like charge-session counts) are saved locally using Apple's standard on-device storage so the App remembers your choices between launches.
• Data shared with the Chargie Widget and Live Activity. Your selected companion and current charge state are shared, on-device only, between the main Chargie app and its Home Screen Widget / Live Activity extension through an iOS App Group container. This data never leaves your device and is not visible to us.

None of the information above is transmitted to us, to Vi Truong Le, or to any third party.

Information sent over the internet

The App makes one type of network request: it loads a content catalog (the list of available companions, wallpapers, and widget faces, along with their names and preview images) from our content delivery network. This is a standard, public, read-only web request — it does not include your name, device identifier, location, or any other personal information. It exists purely to let the App show you an up-to-date catalog of content, the same way loading a public web page would.

Sharing

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties, because we do not collect any personal information to begin with. The only outbound network activity is the public catalog request described above, which is not a data-sharing arrangement — it is a one-directional content fetch.

Children's privacy

Chargie is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, regardless of age. Because the App does not collect personal data from any user, this applies equally to children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact us at the address below and we will address it — though as explained above, the App has no mechanism to collect such information in the first place.

Your choices and rights

Because Chargie stores its data only on your device, you are always in control:

• You can clear the App's locally-stored preferences at any time by deleting and reinstalling the App, or via iOS Settings → General → iPhone Storage → Chargie → Offload/Delete App.
• Since we do not hold any of your personal data on our servers, there is nothing for us to access, export, or delete on your behalf — your data already lives only on your device, under your control.

Changes to this policy

If we change how the App handles data — for example, if we introduce a new feature that requires different data handling — we will update this page and change the effective date above. We encourage you to review this page periodically.