Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 2026
TestCircle is developed by GreenAnt Apps, which is the controller of the personal data processed through the app (contact: greenantapps@gmail.com).
Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding your data.
Important note on Google accounts: You may sign in to TestCircle with any Google account. However, to install other developers’ apps, you must join our Master Google Group at https://groups.google.com/g/testcircle-testers using the Google account linked to your Android test device — this may be a different account to the one you use to sign in to TestCircle. Additionally, you must add testcircle-testers@googlegroups.com to your app’s closed testing track in Google Play Console so other testers can install your app. TestCircle collects account information from your sign-in account only.
To provide the TestCircle service, we collect the following information:
Account information (via Google Sign-In):
- Your Google account email address
- Your Google display name
- Your Google profile photo URL
This information is used solely for authentication and account management. Your personal contact details, email, or Google profile are never displayed alongside your feedback or messages. How you are identified depends on the activity:
- Single Tests: Feedback is completely anonymous. Developers cannot see who wrote the feedback or link it to any specific user or app.
- Group Tests & In-App Messaging: Feedback and chat messages are attributed strictly to your submitted app. Other testers in your active group will see your app’s name and icon, but your personal Google account details remain hidden.
App submission details:
- App name, package name, and Play Store URL
- App icon
- App pricing details and optional test account credentials (username, password, additional notes) — used solely to allow testers to access your app
Testing activity and communication:
- Test feedback forms (your written responses to testing prompts — automatically deleted within 30 days)
- In-App Messaging: Text messages and image/screenshot attachments exchanged with group members during active Group Tests to help clarify feedback, share bugs, or coordinate testing.
- Screenshots uploaded as proof of install, to illustrate bugs, or shared within chat messages, including proof images generated by TestCircle (usage and install cards) (automatically deleted within 30 days)
- Automatic testing proof (optional): If you turn on automatic testing proof (Menu → Testing Proof), you allow TestCircle to use Android’s Usage access to measure how long the app you are testing is open. This is read on your device; only the total time spent in the app you are testing is used and shared (on a generated usage card). Usage of your other apps is never stored or shared. You can turn this off at any time in the app or in Android settings.
- Installation checks: When you confirm installing an app in a Group Test, TestCircle checks on your device that the app is installed and was installed from Google Play, and reads its install time. Only this result and install time are shared (on a generated install card or added to your screenshot).
- Group announcements: Messages you send as a group announcement are delivered to every member of your testing group, in their chat with you.
- Timestamps of key actions (installs, submissions, logins, messages sent)
- Moderation records (feedback flags and account restrictions, if any)
Purchases and Credits:
- Your Credit balance and purchase confirmations from Google Play (we never receive or store your payment card details)
Consent and legal:
- Timestamp of consent acceptance and date of the Privacy Policy accepted
Technical:
- Firebase Cloud Messaging token (for push notifications)
- App version and last-active time
We use your information solely to operate the TestCircle platform:
- To display, list, or feature your submitted apps to other testers on the platform (including via group tracking systems, public testing lists, or featured app sections)
- To facilitate community communication and feedback resolution via the in-app messaging system in Group Tests
- To track testing progress, individual test assignments, and task completion
- To verify installs and testing activity (screenshots, or optional automatic usage and installation checks)
- To send you notifications about testing activity and feedback received
- To generate an AI-assisted summary of feedback received on your app
- To automatically translate non-English feedback into English
- To detect and address abuse, harassment, or low-quality content (via our in-app flag system for testing feedback, text verification prompts for messages, and user email reports)
We do not sell your data, use it for advertising, or share it with third parties except as described in Section 3.
Legal basis (GDPR): we process your data to provide the TestCircle service you requested (performance of a contract), to comply with legal obligations, and for our legitimate interests in keeping the platform safe and fair (preventing abuse). Push notifications are sent with your consent, which you can withdraw at any time in your device settings.
3. Third-Party Services
TestCircle uses the following third-party services:
- Firebase (Google) — authentication, database, file storage, and push notifications. Subject to Google’s Privacy Policy at policies.google.com/privacy.
- Google AI (Gemini API) — used to (1) generate a summary of tester feedback for developers, and (2) automatically translate non-English tester feedback into English. Only feedback text is sent for these purposes — no name, email, account information, or other identifier. A note about this processing is included in this policy in compliance with GDPR requirements.
- Google Play — testers access your app via the Google Play Store closed testing track.
- Google Play Billing — processes in-app purchases (Credits, visibility boosts and optional support tips). Google handles your payment details; we receive only a purchase confirmation.
4. Data Retention
- Chat messages and attachments are automatically deleted 30 days after they are sent. Senders can also manually delete individual messages or attachments at any time within the app by long-pressing a message.
- Screenshots and generated proof images (including those shared in chats) are automatically deleted within 30 days.
- Testing feedback (written responses by other app users) is automatically deleted within 30 days. AI-generated summaries are retained for as long as your account is active.
- Single Tests: listings and their test reports are automatically deleted 30 days after submission (see our Terms & Conditions). Resubmitting or boosting a listing restarts the 30 days.
- Account data is retained for as long as your account is active.
- On account deletion, all your personal data, app submissions, and testing history are permanently deleted from our systems. Screenshots and active chat history are handled by their respective manual or 30-day auto-cleanup cycles.
5. Account Deletion
You can delete your account and all associated data at any time, directly from within the app:
- Open TestCircle and sign in with the account you wish to delete
- Tap the menu icon (top left)
- Tap Delete Account
- Confirm — your account and associated data will be deleted as detailed hereafter
What is deleted:
- Your account (Google Sign-In credentials unlinked)
- Your app submissions and testing history
- Your notification history
What is not immediately deleted:
- Screenshots you uploaded are subject to the 30-day auto-cleanup cycle described in Section 4
- Feedback you wrote for other developers’ apps is retained so they can access the testing results they received. This feedback remains disassociated from your personal account information, is identified by app name/anonymously depending on the test track, and is automatically deleted within 30 days.
- Messages you sent in active Group Test chats will remain visible to the other members of that active testing group to ensure continuity of the test cycle. These messages remain attributed only to your app’s identity and will be entirely purged via the 30-day auto-delete function. You may manually delete individual messages prior to deleting your account.
- Your Featured Apps entry, if you chose to be featured (app name and icon only), stays visible until it rotates out of the list, usually within a few weeks.
- AI-generated summaries of feedback received on your app contain no personal information and may be retained.
If you are unable to access the app, you may also request account deletion by contacting us at greenantapps@gmail.com with the subject line “Account Deletion Request”. We will process your request within 30 days.
6. Your Rights (GDPR)
If you are located in the European Economic Area, you have the following rights:
- Access — request a copy of the data we hold about you
- Rectification — request correction of inaccurate data
- Erasure — delete your account and all associated data from within the app, or contact us
- Portability — request your data in a portable format
- Objection — object to processing of your data
- Withdraw consent — where processing is based on your consent (such as push notifications), you can withdraw it at any time, for example by turning off notifications or deleting your account
- Complaint — you may lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at greenantapps@gmail.com.
7. Data Security
All data is stored in Google Firebase infrastructure with industry-standard security. Google may process data in the European Economic Area, the United States and other countries, protected by safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses. Access to your data is restricted by Firestore security rules — users can only access the app information and testing materials necessary to discover apps, communicate in active chat pools, and perform active tests. Optional test credentials you provide for your app are only visible to logged-in testers who are actively participating in a test for your app.
If abusive, harmful, or policy-violating messages are reported to us by developers via our Support contact options, we reserve the right to manually review the affected group chat logs to enforce our platform safety standards.
8. Children’s Privacy
TestCircle is intended for adult developers (18+) and is not directed at anyone under 18. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, the updated version will be published at this URL and the version date will be updated. Continued use of the app after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
Feedback forms, chat messages and screenshots you submit are visible to other users: feedback and screenshots to the developer of the app you tested, and messages and screenshots to the members of your testing group (group announcements to every member). Generated proof images show your app name, the tested app’s name and the measured usage time or install time. Do not include personal information, yours or anyone else’s (names, email addresses, phone numbers, account details, passwords, financial details), and check screenshots for visible personal information before uploading them.
GreenAnt Apps is not responsible for personal information you choose to share this way, or for how other users use it. Content is deleted as described in Section 4, but other users may already have seen or copied it.
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, or if you need to report abusive behavior within our communication system, please contact us through the TestCircle app via Menu → About → Contact or directly at:
greenantapps@gmail.com