Privacy Policy

Bloomword, by Such Software LLC · Last updated June 27, 2026

We keep data collection focused on running the game, keeping the Daily fair, understanding stability, and supporting optional ads and purchases. We do not sell your personal information, and you can delete your leaderboard data yourself from inside the app at any time.

What we collect

• On your device only (never sent to us): your settings, your Lexicon (the words you have found), your streak, which biomes you have unlocked, and local gameplay preferences. These live in the app's local storage.
• Leaderboard data (only when you finish a ranked Daily): a pseudonymous install identifier, your chosen display handle, the Daily date, score, rank-related stats, submitted words and timestamps for that Daily, and coarse device context such as platform and form factor. The server uses this to replay and verify the score. We do not collect your name, email, contacts, photos, or precise location for leaderboard play.
• Purchases: Bloomword Premium is sold through the Apple App Store and Google Play. Those stores handle the payment; we receive only confirmation that a purchase is valid, never your card or billing details.
• Ads: Bloomword may show rewarded ads through Google AdMob. AdMob may process device, app, and advertising information to show and measure ads according to Google's policies and your device settings. Bloomword does not ask for Apple's App Tracking Transparency permission.
• Analytics and crash diagnostics: we use Firebase Analytics and Firebase Crashlytics for aggregate product events and crash diagnostics. Events may include app start, screen views, Daily start/finish, ranked qualification, share taps, Practice/ad/premium flow, biome picks, purchase events, config health, app version, device model, operating system, and crash logs. Analytics events do not include raw typed words, leaderboard handles, contacts, photos, or precise location.
• Sharing: PNG result cards are generated on your device. If you tap share, your device's native share sheet sends the image and result text only to the app or person you choose.
• Server and website logs: our servers and hosting providers may keep standard operational logs, such as IP address, request time, and error information, for security, debugging, and reliability.

Why

• Local data makes the game work — your progress, settings, and collection.
• Leaderboard data powers the shared Daily competition and lets our server verify every score by replaying it, so nobody can fake their way up the board. Money never buys a higher score.
• Purchases and ads support the free-to-play model.
• Analytics and crash reports help us understand whether Bloomword is fun, stable, fair, and working correctly across devices without reading your personal word list.

How long we keep it

Local data stays on your device until you delete it or uninstall the app. Leaderboard scores are tied to each day's board. You can remove your leaderboard data at any time in the app (Leaderboard → Delete my data), which permanently deletes your leaderboard account, scores, and handle from our servers. Operational logs, analytics, and crash diagnostics are kept only as long as reasonably needed for security, debugging, analytics, and app improvement.

Your choices

• Delete your data: Leaderboard → Delete my data, in-app, any time.
• Play without the leaderboard: your Daily and Practice puzzles work offline — a score is only submitted when you finish a ranked Daily.
• Control ads: use your iOS or Android privacy settings to reset or limit advertising identifiers and ad personalization.
• Depending on where you live (e.g. the EEA/UK under GDPR, or California under CCPA), you may have rights to access or delete your data. Because leaderboard data is pseudonymous, the in-app delete is the most direct way to do this; you can also email us.

Service providers

We use service providers to operate Bloomword, including Apple and Google for app distribution and purchases, Google AdMob for rewarded ads, Firebase for analytics and crash diagnostics, and hosting providers for the website and leaderboard servers. These providers process data under their own terms and privacy policies.

Children

Bloomword is for general audiences and is not directed at children under 13. We don't knowingly collect personal information from children.

Changes

If this policy changes, we'll update the date above and post the new version here.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Email johnwmurphy@gmail.com.