Overview
Rocktopus ("we", "our", or "the app") is a game made by muddermis. This policy explains what the app collects, what it does not, and who else is involved.
The short version: your game progress never leaves your device, there is no account, and the only data that goes anywhere is what Google's ad network needs in order to show you an ad — which you can limit or refuse.
What stays on your device
- Your career record — wins, losses, draws, streaks, per-throw totals and perfect victories.
- Which octopus colours you have unlocked and which one you are using.
- Your sound and haptics settings.
- Whether you have bought Remove Ads.
All of this is stored locally, on your device only. We do not operate a server, and none of it is uploaded, backed up to us, or visible to us.
Advertising
Rocktopus is free and shows ads from Google AdMob. There are two kinds:
- A full-screen ad that appears occasionally after a match ends.
- An optional video you can choose to watch in order to unlock an octopus colour. This one only ever plays if you ask for it.
To serve those ads, Google may collect and process device and usage information — IP address, device model, operating system version, and coarse location derived from your IP address. Rocktopus does not request your device's advertising identifier (IDFA) and does not track you across other apps or websites. Every ad request the game makes is flagged as non-personalised, for every player in every region, so ads are never chosen from a profile of you.
Buying Remove Ads stops all of this: no ads are requested, and no ad requests are made to Google.
Your choices about advertising
- There is no tracking prompt. Rocktopus never asks permission to track you across apps and websites, because it never does. iOS shows that prompt only to apps that request it, so you will not see one here.
- Consent (EEA, UK and Switzerland). If you are in a region covered by the GDPR, a Google consent form appears before any ad is requested. You can reopen it at any time from Options › Ad Preferences.
- Ads are non-personalised for everyone. Not only for people who decline something — every ad request carries the non-personalised flag, in every region, whatever you choose.
Reward videos, if you decline consent
Six of the eight octopus colours can be unlocked by choosing to watch a reward video. A reward video is an ad request like any other, so in the EEA, UK and Switzerland, declining the Google consent form means there is no video to show and those colours cannot be unlocked that way. The game says so plainly rather than failing quietly, and you can reopen the form from Options › Ad Preferences at any time.
Remove Ads unlocks all six immediately, with no video and no ad request of any kind, so this never puts a colour permanently out of reach. The other two colours, vermillion and indigo, are free from the start.
Game Center
If you play against another person, Rocktopus uses Apple's Game Center to find an opponent and to exchange each player's eight throws during the match. Game Center is operated by Apple, and your Game Center identity and friend relationships are managed by Apple under Apple's Privacy Policy. We receive only the display name Game Center provides for your opponent, and we do not store it.
Single player does not use Game Center at all and works with no connection.
Purchases
Remove Ads is sold through Apple. Apple processes the payment; Rocktopus receives only a signed confirmation from StoreKit that the purchase exists. We never see your payment details, your Apple Account, or your name.
What we do not collect
- No account, email address, name or phone number.
- No precise device location.
- No access to your photos, contacts, calendar, microphone or camera.
- No analytics SDK of our own — we do not track how you play.
Children
Rocktopus is rated 9+ and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided information through the app, contact us and we will look into it.
Data retention and deletion
Because your data is stored only on your device, deleting the app deletes it. There is nothing held on our side to request the deletion of. Data held by Google in connection with advertising is subject to Google's own retention policies and controls, linked above.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new "last updated" date. Material changes will also be noted in the app's release notes.
Contact
Questions about this policy can go to muddermister@gmail.com.