Privacy policy

Effective October 15, 2026

Sean Duran Studios develops Patchwork Pals. Contact sean@seanduran.com with privacy questions.

Your game stays on your device

Your player name, animal avatar, quilt progress, daily puzzles, spool balance, unlocked items and preferences save locally. These details are not uploaded to a player account or shared with an online leaderboard. The daily league uses labeled computer opponents. There is no email registration, password or cloud account.

Advertising

Patchwork Pals uses Google AdMob to show rewarded ads for disclosed helper refills and occasional full-screen ads between levels. The first five levels and at least the first 24 hours are ad-free. Daily Pattern Slide has no ads. Unavailable ads never prevent continuing to play.

Advertising remains off when the player's age eligibility is unresolved or indicates a younger player. An optional age-range choice stores only an eligibility category on this device. The game does not ask for or store a date of birth.

When advertising is eligible and the required privacy flow permits ad requests, Google's SDK may process an IP address and approximate location, device or app identifiers, ad views and interactions, and crash/performance diagnostics for advertising, measurement, security and fraud prevention. Ads are requested without personalization, and Google's publisher first-party ID is disabled. The app does not request Apple's cross-app tracking permission or access an authorized advertising identifier.

Google handles its advertising data under its Privacy Policy. Retention and deletion of that data follow Google's policies. The game does not send your chosen name, avatar, spool wallet or puzzle board to Google.

Your choices

Settings includes the privacy policy and support links, optional age sharing, and Google's advertising privacy choices when those are required. You can change your local name/avatar, mute audio or switch pattern mode without creating an account. Game analytics and experiment uploads are disabled in the published app.

Deleting information

Deleting the app can remove its local game data; progress is not linked to an online recovery account. Device backups are controlled by your Apple settings. For questions about information you send directly to us by email, contact the address above. Support email is used to answer your request and is not added to a marketing list.

Children

The game is for a general audience outside Apple's Kids Category. Younger or unresolved age categories do not start the advertising SDK. Please avoid putting personal information in your player name or support messages. A parent or guardian may contact us with privacy questions.

Changes

We may update this policy as the game changes. The effective date above identifies this version.