Net Speed Meter: Privacy policy

Last updated: 2026-10-30. Developer: Perseid Studio, contact: [email protected]. Deutsche Fassung: Datenschutzerklärung.

What the app does with your data

Net Speed Meter measures everything on your phone. It has no account, no analytics of its own and no server. What it reads and records stays on your device and is deleted when you uninstall the app or clear its storage:

the current download and upload speed, from your phone's own traffic counters, read once a second only while the speed icon is on and the screen is on;
how much mobile and Wi-Fi data your phone and each app used per day, from Android's own records (only if you allow Usage access), and a daily summary the app keeps on your phone for up to 400 days;
your data plan, your alerts and the results of speed tests you ran;
your Wi-Fi link (signal strength, link speed, band). The network name and your location are never read.

Speed test (our own server)

The speed test runs only when you start it. It downloads random test data from our own server and uploads test data to it (the server runs on Cloudflare Workers; Cloudflare's network picks the data centre nearest to you, and the app shows its city). The requests contain only test data, no name, account or device id. Like every connection on the internet, the server sees your IP address while it answers; it is used only to answer that request and is not stored. The server keeps no logs and no results. The app keeps your last 50 results on your phone only. The result is the speed between your phone and our nearest server, not a promise about every website or service.

Advertising

The free version shows ads from Google AdMob (none in your first session). Google may collect your device's advertising ID, approximate location derived from the IP address and information about ad interactions to show and measure ads. In the European Economic Area and the UK you are asked for consent first, and you can change it any time in Settings, "Ad privacy choices". See how Google uses information from apps that use its services.

Purchases

"Remove ads" is bought through Google Play. We never see your payment details; Google Play tells the app only whether the purchase is active.

Permissions

Usage access (optional, you turn it on in Android's settings after an explanation in the app): only to read Android's own records of data used per app and per day.
Notifications: the speed icon next to the clock (it is a notification) and the alerts you switch on (plan at 80 % and 100 %, daily mobile limit, app alerts, evening summary).
Foreground service: only while the speed icon is on; it measures only while the screen is on.
Run at startup: only to bring the speed icon back after a restart if you left it on, and to keep the daily data check going.
Phone state: on Android 9 and older only, where Android needs it to report mobile data; never on newer versions. The app never reads calls, messages or your number.
Network and Wi-Fi state, internet: the connection type, the Wi-Fi link, ads, purchases and the speed test you start.

Children

The app is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect their data.

Changes and contact

We update this page when the app changes what it does with data. Questions: [email protected].