Rungwick privacy policy

In effect from 7 November 2026. Rungwick, the daily word-ladder game, is made by EqualInformation, LLC.

The short version

Rungwick keeps your progress on your own device, has no account, and does not send us anything about you. The only outside party that sees data is Google, through the ads that pay for the free game.

Stored on your device only

Your finished ladders, streak, saved climbs, practice count, ad-free time you earned and your choice of ad settings live in the app's own storage. We run no server for Rungwick, so we cannot read, back up or recover that information. Deleting the app deletes it.

What the app never asks for

Rungwick does not use your location, contacts, photos, camera, microphone, health data or any account or sign-in. It has no analytics or crash-reporting service of ours.

Advertising

The game is free and shows ads served by Google AdMob. To show and measure them Google may process your device's advertising identifier, an approximate location taken from your network address, and how you interact with an ad. If iOS asks whether Rungwick may track you and you say no, ads still appear but are not personalised. In regions where the law asks for it (the EU, the UK and some US states) Google's consent form appears at the start, and you can reopen it later from More, then Ad privacy choices. Google explains its practices at policies.google.com/technologies/ads.

Paid options

The optional monthly plan that turns ads off is sold and billed by Apple. We never see a card number or any payment detail, only whether the plan is active. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings.

Sharing your result

If you tap Share, the text of your result is handed to the iOS share sheet and goes only where you choose to send it.

Children

Rungwick is a general-audience puzzle game and is not directed at children under 13.

Your choices

You can stop tracking for Rungwick at any time in iOS Settings, Privacy & Security, Tracking. You can switch ads off by earning ad-free time or subscribing. You can erase everything the app keeps by deleting the app.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes, the date above changes with it. Questions go to privacy@equalinformation.com.