Summary
The app doesn't ask for an account or sign-up and stores your steps, your measurements and your beast only on your device. The “Your body” photos are analyzed on the phone and deleted right away. It shows Google AdMob ads, which may use the device's advertising ID (see “Third-party services” below).
Data processed on your device
- Steps per hour and per day, read from the phone's step sensor.
- Activity type (walking, running, still, vehicle, bicycle) reported by Android's activity recognition, used only to discard false steps while you travel in a vehicle.
- Height and weight you enter voluntarily, to estimate distance, calories and your BMI.
- Age, sex and tape measurements (shoulders, waist and hips) you enter voluntarily in “Your body”, to calculate your proportions and body type.
- Full-body photos, one from the front and one from the side, that you take in “Your body”. They are analyzed on your device at that moment to measure your proportions and deleted immediately. They are not stored, not sent and not used for anything else. Only the measurements from the analysis are kept.
- Your beast, its items, your relics and your Coins.
All of this data is stored only in the app's private storage on your device and is not included in cloud backups.
Permissions
- Physical activity, to count steps and detect if you are in a vehicle.
- Notifications, to show today's steps while the pedometer is active.
- Foreground service (health), to keep counting with the app closed.
- Run at startup, to resume counting after restarting the phone.
- Internet and advertising ID, only to load and show ads.
- Nearby devices (Bluetooth and Wi-Fi; location only on Android 12 or earlier, which requires it to search for devices), to find rivals, fight duels and trade items. They are only requested when you tap “Find a duel” or start a trade.
- Camera, only to take the “Your body” photos. It is requested the first time you go there, and you can use the app without granting it.
The app does not request precise background location, microphone, contacts or files.
Third-party services
Activity recognition is performed by Google Play Services locally on your device.
Advertising (Google AdMob). To show and measure ads, the Google Mobile Ads SDK may collect the advertising ID, device data (model, operating system, language, approximate IP address) and ad interactions, and share them with Google. In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and other regions where the law requires it, the app asks for your consent before showing ads, and you can change it in Settings → Ad preferences. You can reset or turn off the advertising ID in your device's Google settings.
Both services are governed by Google's privacy policy. Your steps, your body data, your photos and your beast are never sent to Google or any third party.
Duels and trades. Your beast's name, species and level, its gear bonus and your actions in the fight are sent directly to the phone of the rival you chose through Google Nearby Connections, without going through servers. In a trade, the items you put in your bag are sent the same way. Your location is not sent.
Retention and deletion
Your history is kept while the app is installed. You can delete all data by uninstalling the app or from System settings → Apps → Lovecraft RPG → Storage → Clear data.
Children
The app is not directed at children under 13.
Changes
If this policy changes, this page and the date shown above will be updated.