Steady Privacy Policy

Effective date: October 29, 2026

Steady: Quit Smoking Gradually is provided by Billiards Innovations, LLC, using the developer name Southline Software Apps. For privacy questions or requests, contact southlinesoftware@gmail.com.

Information stored on your device

Steady stores the information you enter in the app on your device. Depending on the features you use, this can include cigarette logs, reduction plans, cravings, goals, reasons for quitting, schedules, cigarette costs and savings estimates, health and well-being check-ins, manually entered pulse readings, notes, a chosen photo, and a trusted person's name, phone number and message. These records support your plans, reminders, progress displays and exports. Steady does not upload these records to a developer-operated server.

Trial start time, purchase-access status and verification times are stored separately from your plan. Steady does not require a separate Steady account. It does not include advertising or a separate app-usage analytics service. Google Play Billing processes technical diagnostics as described below.

Purchases and Google Play

Google Play processes subscriptions and one-time purchases. Steady uses Google Play Billing to retrieve product prices, start purchases, verify and acknowledge purchases, and restore access. Purchase information can include product identifiers, purchase tokens, transaction details, purchase state and signatures. Steady does not receive your full payment-card details. Google processes payment and related technical information under its own privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Google Play Billing also sends technical diagnostics to Google, such as billing operation results and errors, app and library versions, device model and operating-system information, network type, and locale settings. These diagnostics support analysis of billing reliability and performance. They do not include your smoking logs, health check-ins, chosen photo, or trusted-person details. Steady does not provide an in-app switch to disable the billing library's diagnostics. Google's retention and processing are governed by its privacy policy.

The seven-day trial starts when you choose to start it in the app. It does not require payment details or automatically start a paid subscription. Monthly subscriptions renew through Google Play until canceled. Deleting Steady or its data does not cancel a subscription; manage subscriptions in Google Play. To switch from monthly access to a one-time unlock, first cancel monthly renewal in Google Play. Steady checks renewal status before opening one-time checkout. Canceling renewal preserves access for the period already paid for and does not refund that payment.

Exports, backups and messages you choose to share

You can export records, backups, feedback and reports to a location you choose using Android's file picker. A location may be on your device or with a cloud provider. Exported files may contain sensitive personal information; the provider or recipient you choose controls its own copy. Optional passphrase-protected backups are available. Keep the passphrase safe because the publisher cannot recover it.

Feedback entered inside the app stays local until you choose to export and share it. The trusted-person feature opens your messaging app with a message for your review; you decide whether to send it. Steady does not send SMS automatically or request access to your address book. Links to external health resources open in your browser and are subject to those sites' policies.

Permissions and device features

Steady uses notification and alarm permissions to provide reminders you enable, and can reschedule reminders after your device restarts. You can manage these permissions in Android settings. Photos and backup files are selected through Android's file picker. The app does not request location, microphone, camera or broad contacts access. Google Play Billing uses network access for purchases and access restoration. Steady's automatic Android app-data backup is disabled; you control manual exports.

Retention, deletion and security

Your plan and records remain on your device until you erase them, clear the app's storage or uninstall it. Steady keeps a previous local save for recovery; erasing the plan also removes that recovery copy. Erasing a plan does not erase the separate trial and purchase-access settings. Clearing app storage or uninstalling removes local app data. Copies you previously exported remain wherever you saved or shared them and must be deleted separately.

Google retains its transaction records under its own policies and applicable requirements. Purchase access can be restored through the Google account that made the purchase.

Android app storage protections help separate local records from other apps. Protect your device with a screen lock and use encrypted exports when appropriate. No storage or transmission method can be guaranteed completely secure.

Support correspondence

If you email the publisher, we receive your email address and the message or attachments you choose to send. We do not request smoking records unnecessarily. Do not send smoking records, photos or other sensitive details unless needed for your request. We use correspondence to answer requests and resolve problems, and retain it for up to 12 months after resolution unless a longer period is legally required. Contact southlinesoftware@gmail.com to request deletion of support correspondence; we honor deletion requests unless retention is legally required.

Intended audience and changes

Steady is intended for adults aged 18 and older. It is a personal planning and tracking tool, not a medical device or a substitute for professional medical advice.

We may update this policy when Steady's features or data practices change. The current policy will be available through the app and its Google Play listing, with an updated effective date.