Last updated: 8 August 2026
Brush Buddy is made by Small Victories (Marijn Vandevoorde, Belgium) and published on Google Play under the package name co.smallvictories.brushbuddy.
This policy is short because there is very little to say: Brush Buddy collects nothing, and sends nothing anywhere.
What leaves the device
Nothing. Brush Buddy has no analytics, no crash reporting, no advertising, and no accounts. The Android app does not declare the INTERNET permission at all, which means the operating system itself prevents it from making any network connection. The entire app — the code, the fonts, the animated characters — ships inside the download and is read from local storage while you brush.
A practical consequence: Brush Buddy works exactly the same in aeroplane mode, on a tablet with no SIM, or in a bathroom with no signal.
What is stored on your device
Brush Buddy remembers a few things locally so it behaves sensibly between brushes:
- Your brushing streak and star count.
- The colour scheme you picked.
- Which buddy character you chose.
- Your language and sound/calm-mode preference.
These live in the app's private storage on your own device. They are not an account, they are not tied to you or your child, and they are never transmitted. Uninstalling Brush Buddy deletes all of them.
Permissions
Brush Buddy requests exactly one permission:
Vibration. Used to buzz gently when it is time to move to the next part of the mouth, so the cue still lands when the phone is face-down on the sink. It grants no access to any data, and Android does not even prompt for it.
There is no camera access, no microphone access, no location access, no contacts access, no photo library access, and no network access.
What Brush Buddy does not do
- No advertising, no ad SDKs, no ad identifiers.
- No analytics or behavioural tracking of any kind.
- No user accounts, no sign-in, no email collection.
- No crash reporting.
- No location, microphone, camera or contacts access.
- No data shared with or sold to third parties.
- No in-app purchases and no payment data — Brush Buddy is a one-off purchase handled entirely by Google Play, which never shares your payment details with us.
- No links out of the app, no social media, no chat, no user-generated content.
Children
Brush Buddy is designed for children and is intended to be used alongside a parent or carer. It does not collect any personal information from anyone, including children, because it does not collect personal information at all and cannot transmit data off the device.
Your rights
Because Brush Buddy holds no personal data and transmits nothing, there is nothing for us to export, correct, or delete — we have never received anything to begin with. To remove the app's local data (streak, stars and preferences), uninstalling Brush Buddy wipes it from the device.
Contact
Small Victories — BE0793.301.929 Belgium hello@small-victories.co
Changes to this policy
If this policy ever changes, the new version will replace this page and the "Last updated" date at the top will be bumped.
