Privacy Policy — Ultimate Player

Ultimate Player is a media player for content you already own — files on your network shares, local storage, and your own media servers. It is built to keep your data on your device.

Last updated: 7 September 2026

The short version: Ultimate Player has no user accounts, no advertising, no analytics, and no crash-reporting or tracking SDKs. We (the developer) do not collect, receive, store, or sell any of your personal information. Your settings, playback history, downloads, and the credentials for your media servers stay on your device.

1. Who this policy covers

This policy applies to the Ultimate Player Android application (the “App”), published on Google Play. It explains what data the App handles, where that data goes, and the permissions the App requests.

2. Information we collect

We do not collect any personal data. The App has no sign-in, no user profile, and no server operated by the developer. There is no analytics, advertising, or telemetry in the App. We have no way to see how you use the App or what media you play.

3. Data stored on your device

To function, the App stores the following locally on your device only. This information is never transmitted to the developer:

Media source configuration and credentials — the addresses, usernames, passwords, and access tokens you enter for your own media sources (for example SMB/network shares, WebDAV, Plex, Jellyfin, DLNA/UPnP renderers, and direct URLs). These are stored on the device so the App can reconnect to your sources.
Library and playback data — the list of media the App has scanned from your sources, watch/unwatched status, and playback progress, so you can resume where you left off.
Downloads — media you choose to download for offline playback, saved in the App’s storage.
Subtitles you download in the player — kept on the device so the same subtitle comes back the next time you play that video.
Preferences — your in-app settings (theme, playback options, and similar).

This data is removed when you uninstall the App or clear its storage.

4. Connections to your own media servers

When you add a media source, the App connects directly from your device to the server you specified (for example a computer on your home network, or your own Plex/Jellyfin server). Your credentials and media travel between your device and your server only. The developer is not a party to, and has no access to, these connections.

5. Third-party services

The App contacts a small number of outside services. None of them receives your name, your account, a device identifier, or the contents of your media — only the search terms needed to answer the request.

Artwork, metadata and subtitles

Service	What is sent	When	Privacy policy
The Movie Database (TMDB)	Movie/show title queries	When artwork and descriptions are fetched for your library	themoviedb.org
Apple iTunes Search API	Movie/show title queries	As a fallback when TMDB has no match	apple.com/legal/privacy
OMDb API	The IMDb id of a title	When IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic scores are shown	omdbapi.com
SubDL	A title or IMDb id, plus the subtitle languages you chose	Only when you search for subtitles in the player	subdl.com
OpenSubtitles	A title or IMDb id, plus the subtitle languages you chose	Only when you search for subtitles in the player	opensubtitles.com

Connectivity and optional sign-in

Service	What is sent	When	Privacy policy
Plex (plex.tv)	A request for a sign-in code and an app client identifier. In return the App receives your Plex account token and the list of your own Plex servers.	Only if you choose passwordless sign-in with Plex	plex.tv
Cloudflare DNS over HTTPS	The hostname being looked up (for example `api.themoviedb.org`)	Only when your own network cannot resolve a host — your system resolver is always tried first, and most people never reach this fallback	cloudflare.com
Jellyfin demo server	An anonymous sign-in as the shared public `demo` user — no password, nothing personal	Only if you tap “Load a demo library”	jellyfin.org

This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

6. Permissions the App requests

Permission	Why it is used
Read media / video (and legacy storage on older Android)	To list and play video files stored on your device (e.g. your Downloads folder or a local folder you pick).
Internet & network/Wi-Fi state	To connect to your media servers and to fetch artwork/metadata; to detect network availability.
Change Wi-Fi multicast state	To discover DLNA/UPnP devices (“Cast to TV”) on your local network.

7. Data sharing and selling

We do not sell, rent, or share personal information — because we do not collect any. Data leaves your device only in these cases:

traffic between your device and the media servers you configure;
the title, IMDb id and language queries described in Section 5;
if you use it, passwordless sign-in with Plex, which contacts plex.tv on your behalf;
a DNS lookup sent to Cloudflare when your own network cannot resolve a hostname.

Apart from the Plex sign-in that you start yourself, none of this carries your name, your account, or a device identifier.

8. Data security

Data the App stores — including media-server credentials — is kept in the App’s private storage on your device and is protected by your device’s own security (screen lock, encryption). Please keep your device secure. Uninstalling the App or clearing its data removes this information.

9. Children’s privacy

The App is not directed at children. On Google Play its target audience is set to 18 and over, because the App plays whatever media you supply from your own servers and the developer neither controls nor moderates that content. We do not knowingly collect information from children.

10. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the App evolves. Material changes will be reflected here with an updated “Last updated” date.

11. Contact

Questions about this policy or the App? Contact the developer at vnikie1@gmail.com.