Privacy Policy

You can browse the entire app without an account, and browsing records nothing about you. There is no advertising, there are no third-party trackers, and the app asks for no permissions beyond network access. An account is optional. You only need one if you want to rate a game, write a review, or save a wishlist (see “Things you choose to give us” below).

One thing is recorded: when you tap through to a game's store page, we log which game it was, which store, and a random number the app made up about itself when you installed it. That's so we can tell a developer “we sent you 40 players” rather than “we sent you 40 taps that might all be one person”.

That random number is not your advertising ID, your Android ID, or anything belonging to your device. It doesn't follow you into other apps and it doesn't survive an uninstall. Browsing the app records nothing at all — only the tap out to a store.

As with any internet request, our hosting providers see the IP address it came from in order to send a reply. We don't store it or use it to build a profile.

Once you land on Google Play or the App Store, you're in Google's or Apple's hands, under their privacy policies, not ours.

To know which games are being discovered, the website records a page view when you open a game page, and a click when you head off to a store. Each record contains the page or game involved, the site that referred you (if any), any campaign tags in the link, a country code, and a random visitor ID.

That visitor ID is a random number stored in a cookie called swf_v. It exists only so we can tell one visit from ten visits. It isn't linked to your name, your email, or anything you do on other websites. We do not store your IP address alongside it — only the country our host derives from it.

We share aggregate counts (views and clicks) with the developer of each game, so small studios can see that people are finding their work. Developers see numbers, never individual visitors.

If you subscribe to the newsletter, we store your email address and nothing else, and every email has an unsubscribe link.

If you use the contact form, we keep the name, email, and message you send so we can reply.

If you create an account to rate games, we store your email address, used only to sign you in, and the content you create: your star ratings, written reviews, and wishlist. You can delete your account and everything attached to it at any time from within the app, or by emailing us.

If you create a developer account to manage your studio's games, we store your email address, your name, and the content you publish (game details, screenshots, and posts). Your email is used to sign you in and to verify that you are who you say you are.

We keep the list short and use them as service providers, not as partners we hand your data to for their own purposes:

• Supabase — stores the database and player and developer accounts.
• Vercel — hosts the website and serves its pages.
• Resend — sends account and newsletter email.
• Cloudflare Turnstile — blocks spam on our forms.
• PostHog — aggregate pageview analytics, hosted in the EU, when enabled.

Sponsored banners on the site are sold directly by us and served from our own servers. They contain no third-party ad networks, no tracking pixels, and no cross-site profiling.

We don't sell or rent your data. We don't run third-party advertising networks. We don't track you across other websites. We don't collect location, contacts, photos, or anything from your device beyond what's described above.

SmartWatchFun isn't directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, email us and we'll delete it.

Analytics records are kept for up to 24 months so we can show year-over-year trends, then deleted. Newsletter subscriptions and accounts are kept until you ask us to remove them, and you can delete your account from within the app at any time.

Wherever you live, you can ask us what we hold about you, ask for a copy, or ask us to delete it — including your account and everything attached to it. Email support@stonegolemstudio.com and we'll take care of it. You don't need to give a reason.

If this policy changes in a way that matters, we'll update the date at the top and, for anything significant, say so on the site.

Questions, requests, or anything that looks wrong: support@stonegolemstudio.com or through our contact page.