Milky Way Hunting

Privacy Policy

Effective 19 October 2026

In short: Milky Way Hunting runs entirely on your phone. It has no account, no analytics, no advertising and no servers of its own. It does not collect, store, share or sell any personal information.

Milky Way Hunting ("the app") tells you when and where the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy are visible from your location. This policy explains what the app does with the information on your phone. It applies to the Android, iPhone and Huawei versions.

Location

When you tap Use my location, the app asks your phone for your position so it can compute the sky above you: the height and direction of the Milky Way core and Andromeda, sunset, darkness and moonrise times, and the compass correction for your place. The position is used on the device only. It is never sent to us or to anyone else, and it is not kept once you close the app. You can instead choose a place from the built-in list, in which case the app never reads your location at all. You can withdraw the location permission at any time in your phone's settings.

Motion and compass sensors

The compass mode reads the phone's orientation sensors to show which way you are pointing the phone. These readings are used on the device while the compass mode is on and are not stored or sent anywhere.

What the app does not do

Permissions

PermissionWhy
Location (precise)Only for Use my location, as described above. Optional.
Motion (iPhone)For the compass mode. Optional.

The store you installed from (Google Play, Apple's App Store or Huawei AppGallery) may process installation and update data under its own privacy policy; the app itself receives none of it.

This website

milkomeda.sambadoo.com sets no cookies and uses no analytics. It remembers the language you choose in your own browser only.

Children

The app is suitable for all ages and collects no data from anyone, children included.

Changes to this policy

If the app ever changes what it does with data, this page will be updated with a new effective date, and a note will appear in the app's release notes.

Contact

Questions about this policy: lowell@sambadoo.com.