Privacy Policy for Pick the Point
This policy explains how DifferApps (“we”, “our”, or “us”) handles information when you use Pick the Point on iOS or Android.
1. Information stored on your device
The app stores the information needed to run the game, including completed and unlocked levels, coins, boosters, achievements, bonus-game progress, settings, and tutorial status. This data stays on your device and is not uploaded as a game profile or cloud save.
2. Accounts and cloud save
Pick the Point does not create a user account and does not currently provide cloud save. We do not ask for your name, postal address, phone number, or payment-card details.
3. Usage analytics
The app uses Google Firebase Analytics to understand how the game is used and improve it. Analytics may collect app interactions (such as a level starting or ending), device and operating-system information, app version, approximate location derived from IP address, and identifiers generated for the app installation. We do not send your puzzle progress, name, or email address to Firebase Analytics.
4. Advertising
Pick the Point may show interstitial and rewarded advertisements using Google Mobile Ads. Google may process device information, IP address, ad interactions, diagnostic data, and advertising identifiers where permitted to deliver, measure, and protect advertising. Ad availability and personalisation depend on your region, device choices, consent, and the version of the app.
Where the law requires it (for example in the UK, the European Economic Area, and Switzerland), the app shows Google’s consent message before any ads are requested, and you can change your choices at any time from Settings → Privacy choices. On iOS, the app asks for permission through Apple’s App Tracking Transparency prompt before your device’s advertising identifier can be used; if you decline, ads may still be shown but they will not use that identifier. If you buy “No Ads”, between-level adverts stop; optional “watch an ad for coins” videos remain available if you choose to use them.
5. In-app purchases
You can buy coin packs and a “No Ads” upgrade. Payments are handled entirely by Apple’s App Store or Google Play; we never receive your payment-card details, name, or billing address. The app receives a confirmation of each purchase (such as the product and a transaction identifier) so it can add coins or remove ads, and it stores that confirmation on your device to avoid granting the same purchase twice. Purchase records are also held by Apple or Google under their own privacy policies. “No Ads” can be restored on a new device using Restore purchases in the shop.
6. Apple Game Center and Google Play Games
On iOS, the app can sign in to Apple Game Center to record achievements and leaderboard scores (such as levels cleared and points picked). This information is handled by Apple and linked to your Game Center profile under Apple’s privacy policy; other players may see your Game Center nickname and scores on leaderboards. You can sign out of or restrict Game Center in your device’s Settings app. We do not receive your Apple Account details.
On Android, the app uses Google Play Games Services to sign you in to your Play Games profile and record the same achievements and leaderboard scores. Google handles this information under its privacy policy and links it to your Play Games profile; other players may see your Play Games gamer name, avatar and scores on leaderboards. You can manage your profile visibility, or delete your Play Games data, in the Google Play Games app or your Google Account settings. The app receives only the identifiers it needs to report achievements and scores, not your Google Account password or email address.
7. How information is used and shared
We use information to operate and improve the app, understand feature use, diagnose problems, deliver and measure advertising, prevent abuse, and respond to support requests. We do not sell your personal information. Information is shared only with service providers needed for these purposes, including Google Firebase and Google Mobile Ads, and with Apple or Google to process purchases and to run Game Center (iOS) or Google Play Games (Android).
Google explains how it handles information in its Privacy Policy and its information about data used by sites or apps that use Google services.
8. Retention and deletion
On-device data remains until you reset it, clear the app’s storage, or uninstall the app. Analytics and advertising information is retained by Google according to its settings and policies. Because Pick the Point has no user account or cloud-save record, there is no server-side game account for us to delete. See the Pick the Point data deletion page for instructions.
9. Your choices
You can reset game progress from the app’s Settings screen. Where consent is required, you can review or withdraw your advertising consent from Settings → Privacy choices in the app. On iOS you can change tracking permission at any time in Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking; on Android you can reset or delete your advertising ID in your device settings. You can stop analytics and advertising data collection entirely by uninstalling the app.
10. Children’s privacy
Pick the Point is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information, contact us so we can investigate.
11. Security and international processing
We use reasonable technical and organisational safeguards. No service can guarantee absolute security. Our service providers may process information in countries other than the one where you live, subject to their legal safeguards.
12. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when the app or its services change. The current version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.
13. Contact
DifferApps is operated by Colin Differ. For privacy questions or requests, email hello@differapps.com.