Privacy Policy
Iron Gauntlet is a single-player game made by Matthew Dutton, an independent developer. There are no accounts, no ads and no tracking across other companies’ apps or websites. This page explains the small amount of data the game does handle and why.
The short version
- We never ask for your name, email address, contacts, photos or precise location.
- The game sends anonymous gameplay analytics and crash reports so we can fix bugs and balance missions. This data is not linked to your identity.
- Purchases, iCloud saves and Game Center are handled by Apple under Apple’s privacy policy.
- We don’t sell data, share it with advertisers or use it to track you.
Analytics and crash reports
The App Store version of the game uses Google’s Firebase Analytics and Firebase Crashlytics. They collect:
- Gameplay events, such as starting or finishing a mission, the mode played, waves cleared, stars earned, tutorial progress, and when the store or Restore Purchases screen is opened, a purchase is started or completed, or a restore finishes.
- Device and app information, such as device model, operating system version, app version, language and a random app-instance identifier that Firebase creates. It is not your Apple ID and is not shared with other apps.
- Approximate region (country or city level), which Google derives from your IP address. Your IP address itself is not stored in our analytics.
- Crash and diagnostic data when the app crashes or hits a serious error: a stack trace, the device state at the time and how long the app had been running.
We use this only to understand how the game is played, find and fix crashes, and improve balance and the purchase flow. The data is processed by Google on our behalf under the Firebase terms and privacy information and is kept only for a limited period under Firebase’s retention settings. None of it is linked to your identity or used for advertising.
Purchases
The first chapter is free. The Main Game is an in-app purchase processed entirely by Apple. We never see your payment details or Apple ID. The game only learns from Apple whether your account owns the Main Game, so it can turn on the content you paid for and restore it on your other devices.
iCloud saves
Your campaign progress, stars, settings and achievements progress are saved on your device and synced to your own iCloud account using Apple’s iCloud key-value storage, so they follow you between iPhone, iPad and Mac. We cannot read this data. You can turn iCloud syncing for the app off in your device’s iCloud settings.
Game Center
If you’re signed in to Game Center, the game reports achievements and leaderboard scores (Infinite mode and the daily seed) to Apple. Your Game Center nickname and scores may be visible to other players according to your Game Center settings. Game Center is operated by Apple under Apple’s privacy policy.
This website
This site is hosted on GitHub Pages and loads fonts from Google Fonts, so those services receive your IP address and browser information when you visit, as with any website. The site sets no cookies and runs no analytics of its own. The playable demo runs entirely in your browser and saves nothing.
Children
Iron Gauntlet is rated 9+ on the App Store. We don’t knowingly collect personal information from children, and the analytics described above are anonymous and not linked to anyone’s identity.
Your choices and rights
You can play offline at any time, and nothing is sent while you’re offline. Because the analytics we receive aren’t tied to your identity, we generally can’t single out your data, but if you have a question or a request about your data, wherever you live, contact us at the address below and we’ll help however we can. Deleting the app removes its local data from your device; you can remove its iCloud data in your device’s iCloud storage settings.
Changes
If this policy changes, we’ll update this page and the date at the top. Significant changes will also be mentioned in the app’s release notes.
Contact
Questions about privacy? Email [email protected].