LocReminder
Privacy Policy
Last updated 15 August 2026
The short version
LocReminder has no account system, no analytics, no advertising and no server of its own. Your destinations and your location never leave your phone, because there is nowhere for them to go.
What the app stores
Everything below is stored only on your device, inside the app's private storage, and is deleted the moment you uninstall it.
Saved destinations (name, coordinates, radius)
To know when to wake you
Your alarm sound choice
To play the sound you picked
Theme preference
To remember light or dark mode
Location
LocReminder uses your location solely to work out how far you are from a destination you have saved, and to ring an alarm when you arrive.
- Your location is processed on your device and is never sent anywhere.
- It is not stored. Each position is compared against your saved destinations and then discarded.
- Background access is needed because the whole point of the alarm is to work while the app is closed and the screen is off.
- Location access stops entirely once you have no active alarms.
Network connections
The app talks to exactly one third party: OpenStreetMap (tile.openstreetmap.org, nominatim.openstreetmap.org), to download map tiles and to search for places by name. Those requests reveal your IP address and the map area or search term to the OpenStreetMap Foundation, the same as with any map app.
Map tiles are only requested for areas you actually look at, and a search is only sent when you type one. Your saved destinations are never sent. There is no other network connection, and no LocReminder server.
Permissions and why each is needed
Location (fine and coarse)
To measure the distance between you and your saved destination
Background location
So the alarm keeps working while the app is closed and your screen is off
Foreground service, location and media playback
Keeps the watcher running and the alarm sound playing without being killed
Notifications
To show the alarm and the "watching" status
Full screen intent
To show the alarm over your lock screen
Wake lock
Keeps the phone awake long enough to ring
Vibrate
Vibrates along with the alarm
Receive boot completed
Restores your alarms after the phone restarts
Ignore battery optimizations
Asks to be exempt from battery limits so alarms are not delayed
Internet
To download map tiles and search for places
Children
LocReminder collects no personal data from anyone, including children.
Changes to this policy
Any change to this policy will appear on this page, and the history of it is public in the project's Git history.
License and attribution
Source code: MIT, free to use, modify and distribute, commercially or otherwise.
Logo, app icon and the name "LocReminder": all rights reserved.
Map data and search: © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.
Contact
Md Al Shahoriar Hossain
shahoriar.connect@gmail.com
shahoriar.bd