Privacy Policy
WordStroll — word game for Android
1. Who we are
WordStroll (“the App”, “we”, “us”) is a word puzzle game published by Kelvin Kipkoech Chepkwony (Bellon Apps). For anything about privacy, write to kelvin@bellonapps.com.
2. What we never collect
- Your name, email address, phone number or contacts
- Your precise (GPS) location
- Photos, files, messages, microphone or camera
- Your card or bank details. Payments go through Google Play, not us
The App has no sign-up, no login and no chat.
3. What stays on your phone
Your level, coins, saved hints, Daily streak, Duel record, chosen theme and music, sound and vibration settings, and a record of purchases already granted are stored in a local file on your device. They are not sent to us. Uninstalling the App or clearing its data deletes them.
4. Advertising
The App shows optional reward videos (you choose to watch them for coins or hints) and, from level 15, an occasional full-screen ad between levels. Players who buy “Remove ads” no longer see the between-level ads. Ads are delivered through these partners, which act under their own privacy policies:
- Unity LevelPlay (ironSource) mediation: privacy policy
- Unity Ads: privacy policy
- Meta Audience Network: privacy policy
Their SDKs may collect your device’s advertising ID, device model and operating system, IP address (which can indicate an approximate location), how you interact with ads, crash data for their SDK, and, for Meta Audience Network, information about apps installed on your device, to choose, measure and protect ads.
You can reset your advertising ID or opt out of personalised ads at any time in your phone’s Settings › Google › Ads (or Settings › Privacy › Ads). The App tells ad partners it is not directed at children, and passes on any consent you give through a consent screen where the law requires one.
5. Purchases
Coin packs and Remove ads are sold through Google Play Billing. Google processes your payment under the Google Privacy Policy. The App receives only what is needed to deliver your purchase: the product you bought and a purchase token, which is stored on your phone so a purchase is never granted twice.
6. Google Play features
The App uses Google Play’s in-app update and in-app review features, which are provided by Google and covered by the Google Privacy Policy. We do not receive your review or any account details.
7. Crash reports and usage statistics
To find bugs and understand how the game is played, the App uses two Google Firebase services, which act under the Firebase privacy and security terms and the Google Privacy Policy:
- Firebase Crashlytics sends a report when the App crashes: what the App was doing, the device model, Android version and App version. Crash reports are kept for 90 days.
- Google Analytics for Firebase records how the App is used, such as when it is opened, how long a session lasts and which screens are visited, together with the device model, Android version, App version and an approximate country derived from the IP address. It is kept for a limited time and then deleted automatically.
Both use a random Firebase installation ID created by the App, not your name, email or Google account. Firebase is set up so that it does not read your advertising ID and sends no data for advertising, ad personalisation or ad measurement. We use these reports only to fix and improve the game, never to show you ads, and we never sell them. If you decline through a consent screen where the law requires one, crash reports and usage statistics switch off from the next time you open the App.
8. Permissions
- Internet and network state: to load ads, purchases and updates, and to send crash reports and usage statistics.
- Vibration: for the light taps you feel while playing (can be turned off in Settings).
- Advertising ID: used by the ad partners above.
- Notifications: asked for only if you turn on the Daily reminder in Settings. The reminder is created on your phone; nothing is sent to us.
9. Children
WordStroll is a general-audience game and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information, contact us and we will help remove it.
10. Your choices and deleting data
Because your game data lives only on your phone, you can delete it by uninstalling the App or clearing its storage. See Delete your data for step-by-step instructions, including how to ask our ad partners about data they hold.
11. Changes
We will update this page when the App’s data practices change, and show the date at the top.