Privacy Policy
Star Grid is a logic puzzle game. It is free and shows ads: now and then a full screen ad between puzzles, never during one, and a short video ad when you choose to watch one for an extra hint. A one time purchase removes the ads between puzzles for good. There is no account and no sign in, and the game never asks for your location. This page covers the Android and the iOS game, which behave the same way.
What the game collects
- Usage data. To see how the game is played and where it breaks, it sends anonymous play statistics to Amplitude: that it was opened and for how long, the first launch, each solved puzzle (the mode, the grid size, the difficulty, the time taken and the hints used), a solved daily puzzle and the streak, a hint taken, a setting switched, ad events and the estimated value of an ad, and quiet errors. They are tied to a random install id the game makes on first launch, never to your name, email, phone number or advertising ID. Amplitude adds the device model, the system and app version, the language, and an approximate location it works out from the connection.
- Crash reports. When the game crashes or hits an error it sends a report to Sentry: the error, the game's own log lines, the device model and the system version, with the same install id.
- Your choice. Usage data and crash reports are optional: Settings, Privacy, Usage statistics and crash reports turns both off at any time, and nothing is sent after that. Where the game shows the ad consent form, nothing is sent until you have answered it.
- Advertising. The ads come from Google AdMob. In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and the US states with their own privacy laws, the game asks for your choice with Google's consent form before any ad is requested, and you can change it later under Settings, Privacy, Ad privacy options. On iPhone the game also asks Apple's permission to track; saying no keeps every feature and every ad, the ads are just less tailored. Depending on your choices and your device's ad settings, Google may use the advertising ID, the IP address and device information to show and measure ads, under its own policies.
- The remove ads purchase. The purchase is handled entirely by the App Store or Google Play. The game never sees your payment details; it only learns whether remove ads is owned, so it can stop the ads and restore the purchase on a new phone. The usage data notes that the offer was opened and whether a purchase went through, never the amount.
- The date. So the daily puzzle and the streak follow the real date rather than the phone's clock, the game reads the time from this website once in a while. The request carries no personal data and no game data; only the date comes back.
Data the game keeps on your device
Your progress (solved puzzles, times, the streak, puzzles left half done) and your settings are stored on your phone and are never sent to the developer. If your phone's own backup is on, Android may back them up to your Google account and iPhone to your iCloud, under Google's and Apple's control, so a new phone can get them back. A save code from Settings, Your progress is made on the phone and goes only where you paste it. Uninstalling the game removes everything it stored on the phone.
Third parties
These services receive data as described above, each under its own privacy policy:
- Amplitude (in the United States) receives the usage data. Amplitude Privacy Notice.
- Sentry (in the European Union) receives the crash reports. Sentry Privacy Policy.
- Google AdMob serves the ads and the consent form. Google Privacy Policy, and how Google uses information from apps that use its services.
- Apple (App Store) and Google (Google Play) process the remove ads purchase.
Nothing is sold, and the developer shares nothing with anyone else.
Deleting your data
Everything on the phone goes when you uninstall the game. To have the usage data and crash reports for your install deleted, write to the address below and they will be removed. Turning off Usage statistics and crash reports stops anything new from being sent.
Children
Star Grid is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect data from them. Ad content is set for a general audience. If you believe a child has used it, contact the address below and the usage data will be deleted.
Changes
If a future version ever changes any of the above, this page will be updated with a new effective date before that version ships, and the change will be noted in the app's release notes.
Contact
Questions about this policy: tobdev237@gmail.com