Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 30, 2026
Cosmetic Buddy is made by THE ALCHEMIST CODE LTD ("we"). This policy explains what the app handles and where it goes. The short version: your shelf stays on your phone, and the free version shows ads from Google.
No account, and your shelf stays on your phone
Cosmetic Buddy has no sign-up. The products you add (names, brands, dates, notes), their photos, your routines and your settings are stored only on your device. We have no server that receives them, and we never see them.
Photos
If you add a photo to a product, the app asks for access to your camera or lets you pick one picture from your library. That picture is copied into the app's own folder on your phone. The app doesn't read the rest of your library.
Reminders
Expiry warnings and routine reminders are local notifications, scheduled on your phone. Nothing is sent to us to deliver them.
Backups
Premium lets you export a backup file of your products and routines (without photos). You choose where it goes, for example your own files or email. We don't receive it.
Purchases
Subscriptions are sold by Apple (App Store) or Google (Google Play). We never receive your payment details. The app asks the store, on your phone, whether your subscription is active.
Ads in the free version
The free version shows banner ads served by Google AdMob. To show and measure ads, Google may collect data from your device such as an advertising identifier (on Android), your approximate location from your IP address, and how you interact with ads, as described in how Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services. On iOS the app doesn't ask for permission to track you, so the advertising identifier isn't available to ads. Where the law requires it (for example in the EEA and the UK), Google's consent form asks for your choice first, and you can change it in Settings › Ad privacy choices. Premium has no ads.
Deleting your data
Settings › Delete all my data erases everything the app keeps on your phone. Uninstalling the app does the same. Since we hold none of it, there is nothing for us to delete on our side.
Children
Cosmetic Buddy is not directed at children under 13.
Changes
When this policy changes, we will update this page and the date above.