NO ACCOUNTS.
NO TRACKING.

Starlight Ascendant has no account and no login. The game shows a short ad from Google AdMob after some waves, and the Supporter Pack removes those ads. The game has one optional purchase, the Supporter Pack, through Apple and RevenueCat. Game Center and iCloud sync are optional Apple services. We do not track you across other companies’ apps or websites, and the game never asks for tracking permission.

Settings (music and sound volume, auto aim, haptics, reduce motion, display options), your unlock progress, your run history, your achievements, and a saved run in progress. The game also keeps local play and performance records for each run. This data stays in the app’s own storage. iCloud sync is on by default. While it is on, a copy of your progress and your saved run also goes to your own iCloud account, as described under iCloud saves. Deleting the app deletes the data on your device. We never see it.

We have no server of our own. The services below receive only the data they need to do their job. We do not sell data, and we do not share data with data brokers.

The game offers one purchase, the Supporter Pack. Payment goes through Apple. We never see your name, email, card, or Apple Account. Apple’s handling of purchases is covered by Apple’s privacy policy.

To recognize the purchase and restore it on a new device, the app uses RevenueCat, a purchase management service. RevenueCat receives an anonymous identifier the app generates for your install (not your name or Apple ID) and your purchase history for this app (the product bought and when). RevenueCat also receives a record of each ad the game shows and the estimated ad revenue, tied to the same anonymous identifier, so we can measure how the ads perform. RevenueCat does not link this data to your identity and does not use it for advertising or tracking.

The game shows full-screen ads through Google AdMob, part of the Google Mobile Ads SDK. An ad can appear only when you start the next wave after wave 5, 10, or 15. You see at most two ads in a run and four in a day, never in combat, never on the death screen, and never in your first run. The Supporter Pack removes these ads.

To select, show, and measure ads, Google receives your IP address, which Google may use to estimate your general location, a device identifier, the ads you see and tap, and app performance and crash information. The game runs Google’s limited ads mode. It does not request tracking permission and does not use the advertising identifier (IDFA). Google may use its own identifiers under its own policy. Read Google’s privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

We limit ad content to a PG rating and block gambling, dating, alcohol, and politics. To report an ad, use the Report an ad page at starlight.game/support/report-an-ad.

The game asks Google for limited ads for every player, in every country. Google does not use your personal data or a device identifier to personalize these ads. Google may keep a small record on your device only to detect fraud and invalid traffic.

Because the game never asks for personalized ads, it shows no consent message and has no ad settings. It does not sell your personal information or share it for targeted advertising. To remove the ads, buy the Supporter Pack.

Game Center is optional. The game asks you to sign in only when you open the Achievements screen, and you can play without it. When you sign in, the game reports your achievement progress and your leaderboard scores to Apple. Apple, not Contemplative Software LLC, stores this data under Apple’s Game Center privacy policy. The game does not send Game Center data to us or to anyone else.

iCloud sync is on by default. It copies your progress and your saved run to the private CloudKit database in your own iCloud account, so a new device can continue where you left off. Only your iCloud account can read this data. We cannot read it. Turn sync off in the game’s Settings at any time. To delete the copy, remove the app’s data in your iCloud settings.

The app does not request tracking permission, does not use the advertising identifier, and does not link your data with data from other companies’ apps or websites. It shares no data with data brokers.

The game is rated 13+. It is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Delete the app to remove all local data. RevenueCat keeps the anonymous purchase and ad records for as long as needed to recognize your purchase. To ask for their deletion, write to the support address below with the approximate purchase date, and we will request it. Google keeps ad data under its own policy. Apple keeps Game Center and iCloud data under Apple’s policies.

We share data only with Apple, RevenueCat, and Google, as described above. Each of them protects your data under its own privacy policy, to the same standard as this policy.

We will post any change to this page and update the effective date.

darec@contemplativesoftware.com, or starlight.game/support.