App Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 10, 2026

Who this covers

This policy applies to every app and game published by CalTech Web on the App Store, including anything we release in the future. The terms below apply to all of them.

Information we collect

Our apps keep their saves on your device. The exceptions are the optional online features described below and Little Way Home's gameplay reporting, Game Center features and Feedback page. We do not ask for your real name, location, contacts or photos inside our games, and an email address is only ever collected if you choose to type one into the Feedback page. Apple account identifiers can be associated with online records as explained below; you do not give us your Apple password.

Data stored on your device

Progress, scores, preferences, and anything else an app remembers are saved on your own device. The online features and Little Way Home reports described below send limited information to Apple's services. Removing the app removes its local data, but does not automatically delete records that have already reached an online service. See the relevant section below for data requests.

Network use

Core gameplay works offline. Optional online play, Game Center and Little Way Home's gameplay reports use a network connection, as does sending Feedback. Our apps do not show advertising or perform cross-app tracking, and include no advertising SDK. Little Way Home uses Apple's CloudKit for the limited analytics described next.

Little Way Home: gameplay reports and Game Center

Versions of Little Way Home that include gameplay reporting send reports from TestFlight and App Store builds when an iCloud account and connection are available. Reports help us measure and improve puzzle difficulty. Development test builds do not upload these reports. Reporting failures do not prevent play or change your progress.

What is reported. Reports contain the level and game version, attempt number, outcome, playing time, gameplay progress, replay status and booster use, including in-game coin costs. We use a random identifier for each attempt and record the UTC day, rather than the exact time you played. We do not add your name, email, Game Center identity or device identifier to these reports.

Account association and access. Reports are stored in the game's database on Apple's CloudKit service. Apple attaches a container-specific account identifier to manage record ownership and access, and records when each record is created or updated. These reports are considered linked to you. We use gameplay measurements to produce difficulty summaries; those summaries do not include account identifiers. Other ordinary players are not given access to your gameplay reports. We do not sell the reports or use them for advertising or cross-app tracking.

Retention and requests. The upload queue holds at most 2,000 events for up to 30 days after they are queued. Local gameplay log files are also limited in size. Reports already delivered to CloudKit are retained for comparison across puzzle and game versions; that local limit does not automatically delete server records. You can contact us at the email address below to request access to or deletion of your reports. Removing the app does not itself delete CloudKit reports.

Game Center. Little Way Home uses Apple's Game Center for leaderboards and achievements when you sign in. It submits your collected-block score, selected crab and badge, and achievement progress. The leaderboard displays Game Center player names and scores. This feature is separate from gameplay reports. You can manage Game Center in iOS Settings; Apple's privacy policy also applies to its service.

Little Way Home: Feedback

You can open Feedback from Little Way Home's settings and write us a note. There is no account or login, and nothing is sent unless you press Send.

What is sent. When you press Send, the app sends your message, a reply email address only if you type one, the app's version and the level number you are on. It is sent over HTTPS to CalTech Web's forms service at forms.caltechweb.com, which emails it to the developer so we can answer you.

How it is used. We use it only for customer support, to read and answer your note. We do not use it for tracking or advertising, we do not sell it, and we do not combine it with the gameplay reports described above.

Retention and requests. We keep feedback emails only as long as needed to answer you and to keep a record of support conversations. You can ask us to delete yours at the email address at the bottom of this page.

Apps with optional online play

Some of our games let you play against another person. That part cannot work without sending something off your device, so we ask first, in plain words, and it stays off until you say yes. Everything in this section applies only once you have said yes, and only in an app that offers online play.

What is stored. We store the gamertag you choose and the limited information the game needs to recognize your device, connect you with the people you play against, and keep a match in progress. A gamertag is a handle you make up, not your name. We never ask for or receive your Apple Account, your email address, your real name, your contacts, or your location.

Where it is stored. It is held in that app's own database on Apple's iCloud service, under your device's iCloud account. Other players of the same app can see your gamertag, which is how a friend's device finds you. We do not run a server of our own, we do not copy this information anywhere else, and we never sell it or use it for advertising.

Game Center. Agreeing also signs you in to Apple's Game Center, which records your leaderboard scores and achievements under your own Apple account. Apple's privacy policy covers that information, and you can manage it in the Game Center section of iOS Settings.

Gamertags and player safety. Gamertags are checked against an offensive word filter before they are saved and again before another player sees one, and any player can be blocked or reported from inside the app. Reports reach us at the address at the bottom of this page, and we remove offending tags and the players who use them.

Deleting it. Open the app and use the delete option in its multiplayer settings, called Delete My Player Data. Your gamertag and everything stored for online play are deleted, online play switches back off, and your own progress stays on your device untouched. You can also email us at the address at the bottom of this page and we will delete it for you.

If you never turn it on. The app stores nothing anywhere but your own device, exactly as described above.

Purchases

Any purchase made inside one of our apps is handled entirely by Apple through the App Store. We never see or store your payment details.

Children

The data handling described above also applies when children use our apps. Our games do not ask for real names, email addresses, contacts, photos or location. Parents or guardians can contact us at the address below with privacy questions or data requests. For apps with optional online play, gamertags are handles rather than names, and we remove tags reported to us.

Changes

If this policy ever changes, the updated version will be posted on this page along with a new date at the top.

Contact

Questions about this policy, or about any of our apps, can be sent to the address below.