pawpawpawpaw ("the app") is a game for cats, made by Nicholas Lim ("we", "us"). This policy explains how the app handles information. In short, the app does not collect, share or sell any data. Everything you enter stays on your device.
What the app stores on your device
To work, the app saves the following on your device only:
- Cat profiles: the name you give each cat (up to 20 characters), the cat face you pick, and which critters are turned on for that cat.
- Scores and stats: best scores, number of rounds, catches by critter, and how many rounds were played on each day for the 7-day chart.
- Settings: round length, background, the after-round choice, and whether intro tips have been shown.
This information is saved in the app's local storage on your device (iOS UserDefaults). It is never sent to us or anyone else. A cat's name does not need to be a real name, and the app never asks for your name, email, phone number or any other personal details.
What the app does not do
- No accounts or sign-in.
- No network connection. The app works fully offline and sends no requests to any server.
- No advertising, analytics or tracking, and no third-party SDKs.
- No access to your camera, microphone, photos, contacts, location, health data or other apps. Game sounds are generated inside the app and only played back.
- No in-app purchases.
Information Apple may provide
If you choose to share analytics with app developers in your device settings (Settings > Privacy & Security > Analytics & Improvements), Apple may give us anonymized crash reports and usage statistics, such as how often the app is installed or crashes. This is controlled by Apple and your device settings, and is covered by Apple's Privacy Policy. We use it only to fix bugs and improve the app.
Keeping or deleting your data
- To delete a cat and its scores and stats, open Your Cats, edit the cat and use Hold to delete this cat.
- To erase a cat's play history, open Play Stats and use Hold to reset stats. Best scores are kept.
- To delete everything, delete the app from your device.
Because we never receive your data, we cannot see, export, change or delete it for you. You control it on your device. If your device backups are on (iCloud or a computer), the app's local data may be included in those backups under Apple's terms.
Children
pawpaw is suitable for all ages and collects no personal information from anyone, including children under 13.
Changes to this policy
If the app's data practices change, we will update this policy and its effective date before the change takes effect. The latest version is always at https://niclimcy.github.io/pawpaw/privacy.html.
Contact
pawpaw is a personal project without dedicated support. Questions about this policy can be left at https://github.com/niclimcy/pawpaw/issues, though a reply isn't guaranteed.