Privacy Policy

This policy describes what Blurt collects, why, and what happens to it.

Local play needs no account

Blurt works fully offline, and playing without signing in needs no account: your games, scores, settings and player names stay on your device. The exception is the anonymous usage analytics described in the Analytics section below, which the app sends from first launch whether or not you ever sign in. Your player names and the words shown during a game are never among them.

Player names never leave the device

The names you type on the setup screen are labels for a living-room game. They are not uploaded, not linked to any account, and are deleted when you delete the app. The same is true of the kid marker next to a player's name. When a finished game is uploaded it carries only the seat positions, their scores and who won - never who they were.

If you sign in with Google or Apple

Sign-in is optional and uses Firebase Authentication. We receive your account's basic profile: a user identifier, your name and your email address. We use them only to label your statistics and to show who is signed in. We never see your password. If you use Sign in with Apple you may choose to hide your email address, and Apple will give us a relay address instead of your real one; everything in the app works the same either way.

Game statistics

When you finish a game while signed in, aggregate counts are uploaded: games played, words guessed, words skipped, the scores in the game and who won. No word-by-word history, no recordings, no location, no contacts, no advertising identifiers.

Analytics

The app sends anonymous usage events to PostHog, Inc., processed in the United States, so we can see how the game is actually used: app opens, screens viewed, sign-ins, game and turn counts, settings values, and - once in-app purchases exist - purchase attempts. Each event carries a random device identifier generated on your device. After you sign in, that identifier is linked to your account identifier, so your activity stays attributable to one account across devices. Player names you type on the setup screen and the words shown during a game are never sent to PostHog or anyone else. Deleting your account inside the app erases your game data from our server immediately, but does not automatically erase your PostHog analytics history; to have that erased too, contact support at [email protected] and we will remove it at PostHog.

What we do not do

No advertising, no tracking across apps or websites, and no selling or sharing of data with third parties for their own purposes. The only analytics is PostHog, described above.

Where data lives

Authentication data is processed by Google Firebase. Game statistics are stored on our own server, retained while your account exists and erased when you delete it. Analytics events are processed by PostHog, Inc. in the United States and follow the retention described in the Analytics section above - they are not automatically erased when you delete your account.

Children

The app does not knowingly collect any personal data from children. Sign-in is part of the adult-facing setup; kid players are guests of a supervising adult, and nothing identifying them is uploaded.

Deleting your account and your data

You can play forever without an account. If you did sign in, open the sign-in screen inside the app and choose "Delete account". That permanently deletes your account and every statistic stored against it, straight away and without needing to contact us. If you would rather we did it for you, email [email protected] from the address you signed in with.