Privacy is easy to promise and hard to prove. This post is our proof, in plain language: how Speedometer handles your location, what actually happens to the data, and why we built the app the way we did.
The short version
- Your location is read on your device, used to calculate speed, and nothing else happens to it.
- Byte Bloom Apps runs no servers. There is no backend, no cloud, no analytics dashboard nothing that could receive your data.
- When the app is closed, location access stops immediately.
How GPS works in Speedometer
Speedometer asks Android for permission to read your device’s GPS. From that signal it calculates current, average, and maximum speed for your trip. That is the whole pipeline: sensor in → calculation on your phone → number on your screen.
Nothing is recorded to a file, synced to an account, or transmitted. There is no account, because there is nothing to store. If you clear the app’s data or uninstall it, there is nothing left behind not even on our side, because there was never anything on our side.
What about the ads?
Speedometer’s free version shows ads through Google AdMob, which supports development. Google may collect certain device information to serve and measure those ads, as described in Google’s Privacy Policy. That data goes to Google we never receive it, and it is separate from your location. Users who prefer a completely ad-free experience can upgrade to Speedometer Pro, which makes no advertising requests at all.
Why we built it this way
A speedometer is a tool you use while driving. It should feel like a tool open it, glance at it, put the phone down. We decided early that the app should not feel like a service you are feeding. No login prompts at 100 km/h, no permission nagging, no “improve your experience” dialogs.
That constraint turned out to be a feature: no servers means no breaches, no leaks, and no way for anyone including us to see where you have been. We think that is how a driving app should work.
If you have questions about any of this, the Speedometer Privacy Policy has the full details, and you can always write to us at bytebloomapp@gmail.com.