Privacy Policy
Last updated: July 3, 2026
In short
- Max Drive reads the on-screen offer text (fare, distance, duration) via the Android Accessibility Service, only enough to calculate whether a ride is profitable.
- The calculation runs on your phone. Your vehicle profile and ride history are stored locally on the device.
- We send only diagnostic data about how the app is working to Firebase (Google), plus minimal billing information for subscriptions. We do not collect your name, email, contacts, location, or screenshots.
- We do not sell or share your data for advertising.
This policy explains what data the Max Drive app (the “app”) processes, why, and what control you have. The app is published by Atom Apps (“we”). You can contact us at any time at atom.devapps@gmail.com.
1. Accessibility Service — how and why
Max Drive uses the Android Accessibility API to perform its core function: automatically detecting ride offers shown by ride-hailing apps (for example Bolt and Uber) and instantly showing you a profitability verdict, without you having to touch anything.
When a ride-hailing app is in the foreground, the service reads the text visible on screen and extracts only:
- the offer fare;
- the distance (pickup and trip);
- the estimated duration.
These values are used immediately to calculate profit, based on the costs you set yourself (fuel price, consumption, commission, wear-and-tear). The result is shown as a colored verdict overlaid on your screen.
What the accessibility service does NOT do:
- It does not take or send screenshots.
- It does not store or transmit the full contents of your screen or of other apps.
- It does not read passwords, messages, banking details, or any content outside of ride offers.
- It does not monitor your activity in other apps.
You can turn the accessibility service off at any time from Settings → Accessibility on your phone.
2. What data we process and where it goes
a) Data kept locally, on your device
The following stays stored only on your phone and is not transmitted anywhere by us:
- Vehicle profile: fuel price, consumption, platform commission, wear-and-tear rate, currency, distance unit, rating thresholds.
- Ride history: the offers you save (fare, distance, verdict, timestamp).
This data is completely removed when you uninstall the app or clear the app's data from your phone settings.
b) Diagnostic data (Firebase Analytics and Crashlytics)
Because the app runs on users' devices we have no physical access to, we use Firebase (Google) to understand whether the scanner is working correctly and to debug errors. We send:
| What | Examples | Why |
|---|---|---|
| “Offer detected” event | the source app's package name (e.g. Bolt/Uber), the fare, total distance, price per distance, verdict | to confirm detection and calculation work correctly |
| Status events | scanner start/stop, whether the service is enabled | to tell “the overlay never showed” apart from “the service was never turned on” |
| Error reports | exception type, technical message, execution traces (breadcrumbs) | to identify and fix defects |
| Standard Firebase technical data | device model, Android version, app version, a pseudonymous app instance identifier | collected automatically by the Firebase SDK |
This data describes ride offers and how the app behaves, not your identity. It does not contain your name, email, or phone number.
c) Subscription data
Full features are unlocked through a subscription paid via Google Play. To manage this we use:
- Firebase Anonymous Authentication: you are assigned an anonymous identifier (UID), with no name or email, so we can associate the subscription with your installation.
- Google Play Billing: payment is handled entirely by Google Play. The app receives a purchase token and the product identifier, not your card details.
- Firebase Cloud Functions + Firestore: the purchase token is verified server-side against the Google Play API, and the subscription status (active + expiry date) is stored in your entitlement document, linked to the anonymous UID.
3. Third-party services
We rely on the following providers, which process data according to their own policies:
- Google Firebase (Analytics, Crashlytics, Authentication, Firestore, Cloud Functions) — Firebase Privacy Policy.
- Google Play Billing — Google Privacy Policy.
4. Permissions
- Accessibility Service — to read the on-screen offer text (see section 1).
- Display over other apps — to draw the colored verdict overlaid on the ride-hailing app.
- Internet — for diagnostics (Firebase) and subscription verification.
5. Data sharing
We do not sell your data. We do not share it with third parties for advertising. The data described above is processed only by the infrastructure providers named (Google/Firebase), strictly to make the app work. We may disclose it if required by law.
6. Data retention
- Local data (profile, history) stays on your phone until you delete it or uninstall the app.
- Firebase diagnostic data is kept according to Firebase's retention periods and then deleted automatically.
- Subscription data is retained for as long as the subscription is active and for a reasonable period afterward, for billing records and compliance.
7. Your rights
Depending on your jurisdiction (for example the GDPR in the EU), you have the right to access, rectify, delete, and object to the processing of your data. You can:
- delete all local data by clearing the app's data or uninstalling it;
- stop collection by disabling the accessibility service;
- email us at atom.devapps@gmail.com for any request regarding your data, including deletion of subscription data associated with your anonymous identifier.
8. Children
The app is intended for adult drivers and is not directed at anyone under 16. We do not knowingly collect data from children.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy. We will change the “Last updated” date above, and material changes will be communicated in the app or on this page.
10. Contact
For any question about privacy or your data, email us at atom.devapps@gmail.com.
Data controller: Atom Apps.