Overview
WarpSend shares files, messages, and calls directly between devices — over your local Wi-Fi network or a direct Bluetooth/Wi-Fi Direct link. We do not run servers that carry your content.
This policy explains what stays on your device, what reaches other devices, and the few cases where a third party is involved.
Data We Collect
We operate no servers that receive your files, messages, or calls, and we do not collect or store your personal data. The limited exceptions are listed below, and each is either optional or provided by Google:
- Advertising identifiers, used by Google AdMob to serve rewarded ads
- A message and, if you choose to give one, an email address — only when you use the in-app feedback form
- An installation identifier assigned by Firebase, used to deliver app announcements
- Purchase status, handled by Google Play Billing
Messages and Calls
Chat messages, shared files, and audio/video calls travel directly between your device and the device you are talking to, using your local Wi-Fi or a direct Bluetooth/Wi-Fi Direct connection. Message content and call audio and video never pass through our systems, and we cannot read them. They are not backed up anywhere by us.
To set up a call, WarpSend may contact a public STUN server operated by Google (stun.l.google.com). This is a standard step that lets two devices discover how to reach each other. That server sees your device's network address in order to do so; it does not receive, and cannot access, your call audio, video, or messages. It is contacted only when a call is being established.
Your Profile
The display name and profile photo you set in WarpSend are sent to nearby devices you connect with, so they can identify you in their device list and chats. Choose a name and photo you are comfortable sharing with people around you. Both are stored on your device and on the devices you have connected to; we never receive either.
Storage Cleaner
Storage Cleaner examines file names, sizes, types, and dates on your device to suggest items you may want to remove. This analysis happens entirely on your device, and no file or file listing is ever transmitted. Items you choose to remove are moved to WarpSend's in-app Trash, where you can restore them, rather than being deleted immediately.
Clearing another app's cache is performed by Android's own Settings screens, which WarpSend opens for you — WarpSend never reads or modifies another app's data itself.
Data Stored on Your Device
The following is kept locally and is not transmitted to us:
- App preferences and your Pro subscription status
- Chat history for each conversation, limited to the most recent 200 items
- Call history — whether a call was made, received, missed, or declined, and how long it lasted
- Your profile name and photo, and cached photos of devices you have chatted with
- A list of nearby devices you have previously connected to, and any devices you have blocked
Removing a device from your nearby list deletes that conversation's history and its cached photo. If you have enabled automatic removal of inactive devices in Settings, the same deletion happens automatically once a device has not been seen for the period you chose. Uninstalling WarpSend removes all of it.
Permissions We Request
WarpSend requests only the permissions its features need, and uses them for nothing else:
- Media and files — to list, share, and clean files on your device
- Camera — to scan QR codes for connecting, and for video calls when you turn your camera on
- Microphone — for audio and video calls only, and only while a call is active
- Bluetooth and nearby devices — to discover nearby devices and carry chat, files, and calls
- Location — required by Android itself on older versions in order to scan for Bluetooth devices. WarpSend does not read, use, or store your location
- Notifications — to alert you to incoming messages, calls, and transfers
- Usage access — optional, used solely to show how much cache other apps are using in Storage Cleaner
Advertising
WarpSend displays optional rewarded advertisements served by Google AdMob. AdMob may collect device identifiers (such as the Android Advertising ID) and usage data to serve and measure ads. Watching an ad is always voluntary. You can opt out of personalised ads in your Android settings under Google → Ads. See Google's Privacy Policy for details.
Announcements
WarpSend uses Firebase Cloud Messaging to deliver occasional app-wide announcements. These are sent to all installations at once through a shared topic — there is no per-user targeting, and we hold no registry of devices or tokens.
WarpSend Pro Subscription
Pro subscriptions are processed entirely by Google Play. We do not handle or store your payment information. See Google's Privacy Policy for details on billing data.
Third-Party Services
WarpSend uses Google Play Billing for subscriptions, Google AdMob for rewarded ads, Google MLKit for QR code scanning, Google Nearby Connections for device-to-device chat and transfers, Firebase Cloud Messaging for announcements, and a public Google STUN server when setting up a call. These operate under Google's own privacy policies.
The in-app feedback form is powered by Formspree (formspree.io). If you choose to submit feedback, your message and optional email address are sent to Formspree for delivery to the developer. Formspree's privacy policy applies: formspree.io/legal/privacy-policy.
Your Choices
You can remove any device from your nearby list at any time, which deletes that conversation and its cached photo from your device. You can also block a device, which additionally stops it contacting you and stops your name and profile photo being sent to it; blocked devices are listed in Settings and can be unblocked there.
You can change or clear your profile name and photo at any time. Every permission above can be revoked in Android Settings, and the features that depend on it will simply stop working.
Deleting Your Data
Everything WarpSend keeps on your device can be deleted by you: remove a device to delete that conversation, clear your profile name and photo, or uninstall the app to remove all of it at once.
The only information that reaches us is what you choose to send through the in-app feedback form — your message, and your email address if you provide one. If you would like us to delete a message you have sent us, or the email address attached to it, contact us at the address below and we will remove it.
Children's Privacy
WarpSend is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from children. Because WarpSend allows messaging and calling with people nearby, we recommend supervision for younger users.
Changes to This Policy
If we update this privacy policy, the revised version will be posted at this URL with an updated date. We encourage you to review it periodically.
Contact
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or WarpSend's data practices, you can reach us at: