Hingebloom privacy policy

Effective 6 November 2026. Publisher: Equal Information. Contact: bpupadhyaya@equalinformation.com

Hingebloom is a petal-folding puzzle game for iPhone and iPad. It has no accounts, no sign-in, no chat and no user-generated content. This page says what the app stores, what the advertising partner may collect, and what you can control.

Kept on your device

Your progress (beds finished, stars, coins, herbarium blooms, streak, settings) is saved only on your device. We do not receive it and cannot see it. Deleting the app removes it.

Advertising

Hingebloom is free and shows ads through Google AdMob: a banner on the home and play screens, an occasional full-screen ad between beds, and optional rewarded videos that you choose to watch for bonus coins. To show and measure ads, Google may collect your device advertising identifier, coarse location derived from your IP address, and how you interact with ads. We do not sell data and we do not build profiles ourselves.

On iOS the app asks for your permission through Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt before the advertising identifier is used. If you decline, ads are still shown but are not personalised using that identifier. Where required (European Economic Area, United Kingdom, some US states) the app also shows Google's consent form on first launch; you can revisit your choice later through the Privacy choices entry in the app Settings. You can also turn tracking off at any time in iOS Settings, Privacy and Security, Tracking.

Google describes its handling of data at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Optional ad-free subscription

You can subscribe monthly to remove ads. Payment, renewal and cancellation are handled entirely by Apple; we never see your card or Apple ID. Your subscription renews automatically each month until you cancel at least 24 hours before the renewal date, in iOS Settings, your name, Subscriptions. The app reads only whether an active entitlement exists.

Children

Hingebloom is not directed to children under 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from them.

Your choices and rights

Decline the tracking prompt, change your consent in Settings, disable personalised ads in iOS, subscribe to remove ads, or delete the app. For any privacy question or request, write to bpupadhyaya@equalinformation.com.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version is published at this address with a new date.