Pipewick can be played without creating an account or giving us your name or contact details. The third-party services described below process limited device, advertising, usage and diagnostic data.
1. No account or profile
Pipewick requires no account, sign-in or registration. We do not ask for your name, e-mail address, contacts or precise location.
2. Game progress stored on your device
Your level progress, stars, hint balance, daily streak, settings and local entitlement state are saved in the app's local storage. We do not operate an account-based cloud backup for this progress. Device or operating-system backup and transfer features may copy or restore local app data depending on your settings; availability and completeness are not guaranteed.
3. Advertising (Google AdMob)
Pipewick offers a rewarded video only when you explicitly choose to watch one (for example to earn a free hint). It may also show an interstitial after certain campaign level completions; chapter 1 and Daily Puzzle are excluded, and frequency is limited. There are no banner ads. Google AdMob may process device and advertising identifiers, consent signals, IP address and ad interaction data to deliver, secure and measure ads. Where required, Google's User Messaging Platform asks for your choices before the app requests an ad. You can reopen Privacy choices from Settings when that option is required.
Pipewick Premium removes automatic ads. You can still choose a rewarded video to earn 1 hint.
Google UMP may show a consent form based on your region and previous choices. On iOS, its IDFA message may lead to Apple's separate App Tracking Transparency (ATT) request when the system permits it. IDFA is used only with ATT permission. Declining does not block the game; ad availability depends on applicable consent and ad inventory.
4. Firebase analytics, diagnostics and configuration
Firebase Analytics is enabled by default in production and receives app-interaction and gameplay/usage events such as level, hint, undo, completion and rewarded-ad outcomes to measure and improve the game. Analytics data is not used to personalize ads; IDFV collection and Analytics ad-personalization signals are disabled. After store verification, Firebase Analytics receives only `product_id`, `result` (`success` or `delivery_error`) and `source` (`purchase` or `restore`). No receipt, transaction ID, price or user/device ID is sent in these events, and Analytics never controls product delivery or credits. Firebase Crashlytics may receive crash reports, stack traces, app/device information and installation identifiers so we can diagnose reliability problems. Firebase Remote Config downloads non-personal configuration such as the optional More Games catalog and may use an installation identifier to deliver and measure configuration. These services are processed by Google under its privacy terms; we do not use them to create an account profile or sell their data.
5. In-app purchases
If purchases are offered in your build, hint packs and Pipewick PRO are processed by the App Store or Google Play. We never see or store your payment details. To deliver each purchase once, the app locally checks the first-party store result and stores a hashed transaction fingerprint together with local delivery or entitlement state on your device. This release does not use RevenueCat or an authoritative server-side receipt-validation service. Refunds or revocations may therefore be reflected only after the platform reports them or you run Restore; consumable hints and locally earned balances are not restorable across devices.
6. Children
Pipewick is not intended to collect a child's name or contact details and has no account system. Rewarded ads are shown only after an explicit tap. Parents and guardians should supervise store purchases and ad choices as appropriate for the player's age and region.
7. Your choices
You may decline an optional rewarded ad and continue playing. Where UMP requires it, Settings > Privacy choices lets you review your advertising consent. You may delete locally stored game data by deleting the app. Store privacy controls and Google's privacy controls may provide additional choices.
8. Changes
If this policy ever changes, the updated text ships inside an app update; the date above always shows the latest revision.
9. Contact
Questions about privacy? Write to mnpekdemir.apps@gmail.com.