Privacy Policy

Mergelaxy

1. Overview

Mergelaxy (the "App") is a physics merge arcade: drop celestial bodies, merge them into bigger ones, build your galaxy. It has no accounts and no sign-up, shows no ads and collects no personal data — only the anonymous usage statistics and crash reports described in section 2. This policy explains what data the App touches and where it lives.

2. Data We Collect

Mergelaxy collects no personal information. There are no accounts and nothing the App records is tied to you as a person:

• No registration, no account, no profile;
• No advertising SDKs and no ads;
• No access to your contacts, photos, location or any other personal information;
• The advertising identifier (IDFA) is never read, and ad-personalization signals are switched off.

What the App does send, via Google Firebase acting as our processor:

• Anonymous usage statistics (Firebase Analytics) — a short, fixed list of gameplay events: game started, game over (score and duration), a merge happened (rank), daily challenge played, paywall shown, trial started, subscription bought (plan name only — never payment details). Events carry a random app-instance identifier and coarse technical data (device model, OS version, country) — never your name, email or Apple ID;
• Crash reports (Firebase Crashlytics) — stack traces and device state at the moment of a crash, so we can fix it. No personal identifiers are attached.

These signals cannot identify you, and we never sell them or share them for advertising. Google processes them under Google's Privacy Policy.

3. Game Progress and iCloud

Your progress — best score, stardust, daily-challenge streak and settings — is stored locally on your device. If your device is signed into iCloud, the App also keeps a copy in your private iCloud database (CloudKit) so progress follows you between your own devices.

• We operate no servers; the sync goes through Apple's iCloud, under your Apple Account;
• The private iCloud database is readable only by you — we cannot see your progress, and the App never learns your Apple ID;
• Without iCloud the game works fully; progress simply stays on the device.

4. Game Center (Optional)

Leaderboards and achievements use Apple Game Center. Game Center is operated by Apple under Apple's Privacy Policy; your nickname and scores are handled by Apple, not by us. If you decline Game Center, everything except the shared leaderboards still works.

5. Subscription (Mergelaxy+)

The optional Mergelaxy+ subscription is processed entirely by the Apple App Store. We never see your payment details, and we receive no personal information about you when you subscribe. Manage or cancel the subscription any time in your App Store account settings; Family Sharing is provided by Apple.

6. Notifications

The streak reminder is opt-in and is scheduled on your device. There are no push servers; nothing about the reminder leaves the phone.

7. Children

Mergelaxy is rated 4+. It shows no ads and offers no external links inside gameplay; the only data it touches is the anonymous, non-identifying statistics of section 2 — for children as for everyone.

8. Future Versions

A future update may add family-safe advertising for the free tier. If that happens, this policy will be updated before such a version ships, with a new "Last updated" date and a clear description of what changes.

9. Contact

Questions about privacy: mergelaxy@hollybyte.com.