Privacy Policy for Anvilspell
Anvilspell ("the app") is developed and published by Machinaut Studios LLC ("we", "us"). This policy explains what data the app handles. The short version: there is no account and no server of ours. Your scores, streaks and settings are written to your phone and stay there. The app requests no permissions at all. Two things touch the network — the ads, served by Google, and your purchases, handled by Apple or Google.
Information we collect
None. We run no server for Anvilspell, no analytics, no crash reporting, and no tracking of any kind. There is no account to create and no sign-up: we never ask for your name, email address, phone number, or contacts. We build no profile of you, and we have nothing to sell, rent, or trade. We hold no record that you exist.
What the app stores, and where
Everything the game remembers is written to your device's own local app storage and stays there. That is:
- high scores and endless-run statistics;
- Daily Forge results, flame tiers, and your streak;
- settings — sound, haptics, and the tile theme you picked;
- the run in progress, so a game survives the app being closed or killed;
- a local flag recording which purchases you own.
None of it is uploaded, backed up to us, or synced between your devices — we have nowhere to sync it to. Deleting the app deletes all of it; see Deleting your data.
The game runs on your device
The ENABLE word list ships inside the app, so every word you trace is checked locally. The words you play are never sent anywhere. The Daily Forge board is not handed out by a server either: it is computed on your device from the calendar date, which is exactly why every player worldwide gets the identical board. Apart from loading ads, Anvilspell is fully playable offline.
Permissions
Anvilspell requests none. No camera, no microphone, no location, no
contacts, no photo library, no notifications. Neither the Android manifest nor the
iOS Info.plist declares a single permission or usage description; the
only thing the ad SDK adds is ordinary network access.
Advertising
Anvilspell is free, and ads are what pay for it. They are served by Google AdMob. There are two kinds:
- Interstitials between games — never during play, at most every third game over, and never less than two minutes apart.
- One optional rewarded ad — Second Wind, which you choose to watch to revive an endless run. Nothing makes you watch it.
We hand Google nothing about you, because we have nothing to hand over. But an ad network is still a network. To select, deliver, measure and cap ads, Google's SDK receives information from your device directly — typically device model and operating system, language, coarse location derived from your IP address, your device's resettable advertising identifier, and which ads were shown and interacted with. Depending on your device settings and your region, that information may be used to personalize the ads you see. Google's handling of it is governed by the Google Privacy Policy and How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services. What comes back to us is an aggregate dashboard — impressions and revenue — never anything about an individual player.
Purchases
Anvilspell offers a Remove Ads purchase and two cosmetic tile themes, Frostrune and Gilded. There is no subscription, and no purchase changes scoring. Purchases are processed entirely by the store you downloaded the app from — Apple's App Store on iOS, or Google Play Billing on Android. We do not receive or store your payment details, card information, or billing address. On iOS, payment handling is governed by the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions and the Apple Privacy Policy; on Android, by the Google Play Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy. The app stores only a local flag for what you own, and "Restore purchases" asks the store, not us.
Sharing a Daily Forge result
The share button hands a short block of text — the day's puzzle and how you did — to your device's ordinary share sheet. You choose where it goes. It does not pass through us, and we never see it.
Data sharing
We do not sell, rent, or trade your data, and we have none to share. The only third parties in the picture are Google, whose AdMob network serves the ads described above, and Apple and Google as the stores that distribute the app and process payments.
Children's privacy
Anvilspell is a word game. It has no chat, no accounts, no user-generated content, and no way for one player to reach another; the content is suitable for all ages. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, children included. The part worth a parent's attention is advertising: ads come from Google's network, which receives the device information and advertising identifier described above and may use it to personalize what is shown. Ad personalization can be limited in your device settings, and the Remove Ads purchase removes the interruption ads entirely — the rewarded Second Wind ad remains, and remains opt-in.
Your choices
- On iOS, limit ad personalization in Settings → Privacy & Security → Apple Advertising, and stop apps from asking to track you in Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.
- On Android, reset or delete your advertising ID in Settings → Privacy → Ads.
- Buy Remove Ads to end the between-game interstitials for good.
- Decline Second Wind. It is never required — skipping it just ends the run.
- Play with the network off. The game works; the ads simply do not load.
- Delete the app, which removes everything it stored.
Deleting your data
Every piece of Anvilspell data lives on your device, so you delete it yourself and it is gone. There is no account for us to close, no copy on a server, and no request to file with us. To erase it:
- 1. Android — open Settings → Apps → Anvilspell → Storage and tap Clear storage. Every score, statistic, streak, setting and saved run is erased; the app stays installed.
- 2. Android — or touch and hold the Anvilspell icon and choose Uninstall. The app and all of its data go together.
- 3. iOS — touch and hold the Anvilspell icon, tap Remove App, then Delete App. This removes the app along with everything it stored. (Choosing Offload App instead deliberately keeps the data.)
- 4. Either platform — that is the entire procedure. Nothing about you exists off the device, so there is nothing left to request, revoke, or wait on.
Purchases are the one exception, and they are not ours to delete: the record of what you bought is held by Apple or Google. Deleting the app does not cancel a purchase, and reinstalling and tapping "Restore purchases" brings Remove Ads and any themes back.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by updating the "Last updated" date above.
Contact
Questions about this policy can be sent to info@machinautstudios.com.