Privacy Policy

Last updated: 14 October 2026

SPLOP! is a physics puzzle game developed by Jose Luis Querido Chica. This policy explains what data the app handles and what happens to it. The short version: the app has no servers of its own and your game data stays on your device. What leaves it is your scores, sent to Apple's Game Center and only if you are signed in (section 2), and, from version 1.1, what Google processes to serve ads (section 4).

1. Data stored on your device

SPLOP! stores the following in local device storage, and nowhere else:

Your best score in each mode and the highest difficulty you have reached.
Your settings: music, sound effects, volumes, haptics, language, world, background, piece style, tilt, shake, aiming aid and automatic weapon choice.
The songs you have unlocked, the hints you have already seen and whether you chose not to show the intro video.
Statistics about your games (score, shots, duration, weapons used), which the game only uses on the device itself.
To space out the ads between games: how many games you have played, when the last ad was shown and whether you bought "No ads".

None of this is sent anywhere: the app has no servers of its own. The exceptions are the Game Center scores in section 2 and what Google processes when serving an ad (section 4). Everything stored on the device is deleted when you uninstall the app.

2. Game Center

If you are signed in to Game Center, Apple's gaming service, at the end of each game SPLOP! sends it your score and, in SPLOP! Classic, the difficulty reached. When the game opens, it also sends the best scores already saved on your device. Game Center shows them on the leaderboards with your Game Center nickname, where other players can see them.

SPLOP! does not receive or store this data: Apple handles it under its own privacy policy. If you would rather not appear on the leaderboards, sign out of Game Center in your device Settings: the game works just the same.

3. Motion sensors

If tilt or shake is turned on, the app reads the device's motion sensors to move the pieces while you play. That data is used on the spot, on the device, and is never stored or sent. You can turn both options off in Settings → Controls.

4. Advertising

From version 1.1 (version 1.0 has none), SPLOP! shows Google AdMob ads, always outside the game and never while you play:

An ad now and then when you leave the game-over screen (by tapping "Play again" or "Main menu"): none in your first games and, after that, at most one every three games, with several minutes between two.
An ad that you choose to watch on the game-over screen to continue the game once ("Watch an ad to continue"). It is voluntary.

The app is flagged to Google as directed to children. This means:

Ads are always non-personalized and rated for all audiences. There are no personalized ads to accept or refuse.
Apple's tracking permission is never requested (App Tracking Transparency) and the device's advertising identifier is not used.
To serve and measure ads, Google processes technical device data (model, OS version, IP address, the SDK's own identifiers) and interaction with the ad (impressions, taps), for frequency capping, attribution and fraud prevention, under its privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Where the law requires it, Google's privacy notice appears before the first ad, and its options can be reviewed in Settings → Ads.

The "No ads" purchase permanently removes the ads between games. The ad to continue a game stays available, because it only plays if you ask for it.

5. Purchases

The "No ads" purchase is a one-time payment handled by Apple through the App Store: we never receive or store your payment details. It can be restored on any device with the same account from Settings → Ads → Restore purchases. It unlocks no content: the full game is free.

6. What we do NOT do

We do not sell or share your data.
We do not use our own analytics or tracking tools.
We do not build advertising profiles from your game progress or personalize ads with your data.
We do not ask for or store your email, phone number or location.
There are no user accounts or passwords of our own (Game Center is an Apple account and is optional).
We do not use the device's advertising identifier.

7. Children

SPLOP! is suitable for all audiences. We do not knowingly collect personal data from any user, regardless of age. Ads are flagged as directed to children (section 4). Game Center is optional and run by Apple, with its own parental controls.

8. Your rights

Because the game data lives on your device and under your control, you can exercise your rights directly: settings are visible and editable in the app, and uninstalling it removes everything stored. Scores sent to Game Center belong to your Game Center account and are handled by Apple. There are no personalized ads to object to; the "No ads" purchase removes the ads between games, and for what Google processes when serving an ad, its privacy policy explains how to exercise your rights with Google.

9. Changes to this policy

If the policy changes, the date in the header will be updated.

10. Contact

For any privacy question: jlq.software@gmail.com