Privacy policy
Effective 15 October 2026
Catching Words is an Android word puzzle made by QC TEAM ("we"): two pictures make one word, spelled with letter tiles. This page explains what information the app collects, why, and the choices you have.
In short
You do not make an account and the app never asks for your name, e-mail or other personal details. Your progress (levels, stars, gems, daily streak) and your settings stay on your phone. The app uses Google AdMob (rewarded videos) and Google Firebase (anonymous statistics, crash reports and remote settings), which collect the device information described below.
Information collected through Google AdMob
Ads appear only when you choose to watch a short video for gems. To show and measure ads and to prevent fraud, AdMob collects your device's advertising ID, IP address (and the approximate location it implies), device and app information, and how you interact with ads. In the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland the app asks for your consent when it first starts, and you can change your answer at any time in Settings › Privacy choices. See How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.
Information collected through Google Firebase
- Analytics: an app-instance ID and events from using the app (for example that a level was started or solved, with its stars, mistakes and hints, gems earned or spent, whether a video was offered or watched), with your device model, Android version, language and country. We use it to understand how the game is played and to improve it.
- Crashlytics: when the app crashes or hits an error, a report with the technical details of the error, the state of the device and the last level played. We use it to fix bugs.
- Remote Config and Installations: an installation ID used to fetch the app's settings.
This information does not identify you by name. See Privacy and security in Firebase.
What stays on your phone
- Your progress and settings are saved only on your device and are deleted when you uninstall the app.
- Words are read aloud with your phone's own text-to-speech.
- Google Play may show its review card in the app; a rating you give goes to Google Play under Google's terms.
Children
Catching Words is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from them. Ads in the app are limited to content rated for teens (T at most).
Your choices
- You can reset or delete your advertising ID in your phone's settings (Settings › Google › Ads, or Settings › Privacy › Ads).
- In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, use Settings › Privacy choices in the app to change your consent.
- Uninstalling the app removes everything it stored on your phone.
- To ask us to delete statistics or crash reports linked to your installation, write to us at the address below.
Keeping and protecting data
Information is sent over encrypted connections and kept by Google for as long as its services keep it (Analytics data up to 14 months, crash reports up to 90 days). We do not sell your information.
Changes and contact
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date. Questions or requests: exactly6897@gmail.com.