Privacy Policy

Boulder Bash · Pixel Fox Design · Last updated 23 September 2026

Boulder Bash is made by Pixel Fox Design. Pixel Fox Design is the data controller for the processing it decides to carry out through the game. Apple, Google, Appodeal, Unity Ads and the advertising networks they work with may also act as controllers for their own services, as explained in their privacy policies.

The short version. Boulder Bash has no account or server of its own. The core game works offline. Progress is stored on your device and can also be stored through Google Play Games on Android or iCloud and Game Center on Apple devices when those services are available. The game uses Appodeal and Unity Ads for ads, Firebase Analytics to understand gameplay, RevenueCat to verify the optional Remove Ads purchase, and the platform gaming services described below.

We do not ask for your name, email address, phone number, contacts, precise location, photos, microphone or camera. We ask for a date of birth once to choose an ad route; it is not saved or sent. You can skip that question. There is no free-text field, chat or user-generated content in the game.

Contact: [email protected]

1. Game progress and settings

Boulder Bash stores the following information locally on your device:

Levels completed and stars earned
Coin balance
Lives and the timestamp used to calculate when the next life is due
Attempts made at each level
Tutorial hints already shown
Mine cart rewards and achievement rewards already claimed
Achievements unlocked
Gameplay totals, including boulders cleared, obstacles removed, specials and combinations made, tools used, board shuffles, best matches and coins earned or spent
The counters and timestamp used to space full-screen ads apart
Whether Remove Ads has been purchased
The adult, protected or age-unknown ad setting chosen on first launch
Sound, music, vibration, hints, reduced-effects, high-contrast and text-size settings
A timestamp recording when progress last changed, used while reconciling local and cloud copies
How many times you have deliberately reset progress, so an old cloud save cannot undo a reset

This information is game progress, not a personal profile. Pixel Fox Design does not receive a copy on its own servers because it operates no game server.

Android - Google Play Games

If Google Play Games signs you in, the progress described above can be copied to a private Saved Games slot and achievements can be associated with your Play Games profile. Google may provide the game with your player identifier, gamertag and avatar so that it can provide those features. Boulder Bash does not copy that identity into a Pixel Fox Design database.

Google Play Games also processes service analytics and diagnostics, saved progress, achievement unlocks and a save-cover image to provide, secure and improve Play Games services. Data is sent over encrypted connections. See the Play Games profile privacy settings and Google Privacy Policy.

Android system backup is disabled for Boulder Bash. Uninstalling or clearing the app removes the local save. A Play Games cloud copy may remain available to the same Play Games profile until it is reset or deleted through Google's controls.

Apple devices - Game Center and iCloud

If Game Center is available, achievement unlocks can be associated with your Game Center player identity. Apple may provide the game with the limited player identifier and display information needed to show and update achievements.

If iCloud is available for Boulder Bash, supported progress can be stored in the app's private iCloud container so it can be restored or used on compatible Apple devices signed in to the same Apple Account. Pixel Fox Design does not receive your Apple Account credentials and cannot browse your private Game Center or iCloud data.

Apple controls these services and their retention. You can manage Game Center in the device's Game Center settings and manage or delete app data stored in iCloud from your Apple Account and iCloud storage settings. See Apple's Privacy Policy.

Resetting progress

Settings > Reset progress clears the game's progress on the device. Where a supported cloud-save service is active, the reset save may replace the cloud copy. Deleting the platform gaming profile itself must be done through Apple or Google's account controls.

2. Advertising - Appodeal and Unity Ads

Boulder Bash shows full-screen ads between levels and optional rewarded videos that you choose to watch in exchange for the benefit shown in the game. The optional Remove Ads purchase removes full-screen ads between levels. Rewarded ads remain available by choice after that purchase.

On Android, players who indicate they are at least 18 may receive ads through Appodeal, a mediation platform. Its active networks are BidMachine, DT Exchange, InMobi, Mintegral and Liftoff Monetize (Vungle). Younger players and players who skip the age question use direct Unity Ads with contextual, non-behavioural settings. On Apple devices all players use this Unity route. Where that route has not passed release verification, the game requests no ads for those players. Boulder Bash does not include Appodeal's AdMob or Google Ad Manager adapters. The network that supplies an ad processes the request under its own privacy policy.

Depending on your device, region, consent choices and platform permissions, the active ad provider may process:

Other device or app identifiers used for app operation, analytics, attribution, fraud prevention and security
Approximate location inferred from the IP address used to connect; Boulder Bash requests no GPS or precise-location permission
Ad activity, such as an impression, completed rewarded video or ad tap
Basic device and app information, including device model, operating system, language, app version and network connection information
Diagnostic and fraud-prevention information

This information can be used to deliver and measure ads, limit repeated ads, detect invalid activity and report advertising performance. Appodeal may select personalised ads for adults who allow it. The game removes Android's advertising ID permission and does not request Apple's tracking permission. Pixel Fox Design does not receive your precise location or a list of websites or other apps you use.

Consent and personalised advertising

The age question is separate from advertising consent. The game uses the date only on your device to choose an adult or protected ad setting, then discards it. If you skip it, the protected setting applies. The choice is stored only on your device and is not sent to an ad provider. Google Play Games or Game Center sign-in does not establish your age for this purpose.

For adults on Android, where applicable law requires it, Appodeal presents a privacy or consent form before advertising and analytics are enabled. You can review or change available choices from Settings > Privacy options. Analytics remains disabled for younger or age-unknown players.

If you do not consent to personalised advertising, you may still receive contextual or non-personalised ads. Advertising partners may still process limited information needed to deliver an ad, count it, prevent fraud and comply with law.

Apple App Tracking Transparency

The Apple ad route uses contextual Unity ads and does not request App Tracking Transparency permission or access the IDFA.

Android advertising ID

Boulder Bash removes the Android advertising ID permission from its merged manifest. Your device also lets you reset or delete the identifier under its Ads settings; the exact menu varies by Android version.

3. Analytics - Firebase Analytics

Boulder Bash uses Firebase Analytics, a Google service, to understand how the game is played - principally which levels are difficult, which are left unfinished and how long attempts take. This helps Pixel Fox Design improve level balance and reliability.

The game sends these five custom events:

Event	Sent when	Information included
`level_start`	An attempt begins	Level, theme, attempt number and boosters selected
`level_end`	An attempt ends by winning or running out of moves	Level, theme, result, stars, score, moves remaining, duration and tools bought during the attempt
`level_quit`	A level is left after at least one move	Level, theme, moves used and duration
`lives_exhausted`	No lives remain	Level and theme
`achievement_unlock`	An achievement is earned	Achievement identifier, tier and whether it was awarded from earlier progress

These values describe gameplay. They contain no messages or other free text.

Firebase automatically processes standard app and device information with analytics events, which can include an app-instance identifier, device model, operating system and app version, language, and a coarse region inferred from the IP address. The app-instance identifier is specific to an installation and is normally reset when the app is uninstalled or its data is cleared.

Boulder Bash does not use Firebase Crashlytics or Firebase Performance Monitoring, and Pixel Fox Design does not combine Firebase Analytics data with advertising profiles.

Firebase Analytics starts disabled. It is enabled only for an adult answer, after the applicable privacy flow completes and in accordance with your choices. It stays disabled for younger or age-unknown players, and if the privacy check cannot be completed. Adults on Android can revisit available choices through Settings > Privacy options.

Analytics data is retained for the period configured in the Firebase project and is then deleted or aggregated. See the Google Privacy Policy.

4. Purchases - RevenueCat, Google Play and Apple

Boulder Bash offers one optional real-money purchase: Remove Ads. It is a one-time purchase, not a subscription.

On Android, payment is processed by Google Play. On Apple devices, payment is processed by Apple through StoreKit and the App Store. Pixel Fox Design and the game do not receive your card number, full billing details or store account password.

Boulder Bash uses RevenueCat to validate the purchase, remember the entitlement and restore it on a compatible installation. RevenueCat may process:

The purchase receipt and product or transaction information supplied by Google Play or Apple
A randomly generated anonymous app-user identifier
Purchase status and history needed to provide and restore Remove Ads
Basic app, device, platform and country information
Diagnostic information needed to operate and secure the purchase service

The game does not send RevenueCat a Boulder Bash account identifier because no such account exists. RevenueCat processes this information as a service provider for purchase functionality and does not use it to serve advertising.

Purchase records may be retained where needed to provide the permanent entitlement, restore purchases, prevent fraud and meet accounting or legal obligations.

5. Information Boulder Bash does not collect

Boulder Bash does not ask for or collect through its own gameplay:

Name, email address, phone number or postal address
Precise GPS location
Contacts, calendar, call history, messages, photos or files
Camera or microphone data
Health, fitness or sensitive financial information
Free text or user-generated content

The app requests no location, camera or microphone permission. It has no chat, friends list, social feed, public profile or developer-operated leaderboard. Platform gaming services may show achievements and the platform identity you have configured with Apple or Google, but they do not create a Boulder Bash account.

6. Children

Boulder Bash is suitable for a mixed audience, including children. Its neutral age question has no suggested answer. Under-18 and age-unknown players use the protected contextual ad route and do not have Firebase Analytics enabled. Their date of birth is discarded immediately after the local age check. Only the broad ad setting is stored on the device. A parent or guardian can remove local data by clearing or uninstalling the app and manage platform gaming data through the relevant Apple or Google account.

Ads can be reported through Settings > Report an ad. Include the platform, the approximate time, and a description or screenshot if possible; do not send personal details about a child.

If you believe a child has provided personal information through a service used by Boulder Bash, contact [email protected].

7. Legal bases, sharing and international transfers

Where UK or EEA data-protection law applies, processing may rely on:

Consent for personalised advertising, cross-app tracking and related storage or access where consent is legally required
Legitimate interests for limited analytics, non-personalised advertising, security, fraud prevention and improving game balance, where those interests are not overridden by your rights
Performance of a contract or steps at your request for purchase validation, entitlement restoration and optional platform gaming features
Legal obligations where records must be retained or disclosed by law

Data is shared only as described in this policy: with Appodeal and active ad networks for adult Android advertising, Unity Ads for the contextual route, Google for Firebase and Android platform services, Apple for Apple platform services, and RevenueCat for purchase validation and restoration. These providers operate internationally and may process data in the United States and other countries. Their policies describe the transfer mechanisms and safeguards they use.

Firebase, RevenueCat and platform-service traffic uses encrypted network connections. Appodeal's required network configuration permits some ad networks to use unencrypted HTTP when serving an ad, so advertising traffic is not guaranteed to be encrypted in transit. Pixel Fox Design limits integrations and data fields to those needed for the functions described here.

8. Retention and deletion

Local progress remains until you reset the game, clear its app data or uninstall it.
Google Play Games or iCloud data remains according to the platform's settings and retention rules until replaced or deleted through the relevant platform controls.
Analytics data remains for the retention period configured in Firebase and may then be deleted or retained only in aggregated form.
Advertising data is retained by Appodeal, Unity Ads or the network that supplied an ad according to their respective policies and legal obligations.
Purchase records may remain for as long as required to provide a permanent entitlement, restore the purchase, prevent fraud and comply with tax, accounting or other legal duties.

Pixel Fox Design cannot directly retrieve or delete an individual cloud save, advertising profile or store purchase record using your name or email because the game does not collect them and has no account database. The practical controls below act on the services that hold the information.

9. Your choices and rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete or restrict personal data, object to processing, withdraw consent and complain to a data-protection authority.

You can act directly as follows:

Review privacy choices: open Settings > Privacy options in the game
Report an ad: open Settings > Report an ad in the game
Control Apple tracking: use Settings > Privacy & Security > Tracking on iPhone or iPad
Reset or delete the Android advertising ID: use Android's Ads settings
Erase local progress: use Settings > Reset progress, clear the app's storage or uninstall it
Manage Google Play Games data: use your Play Games profile and Google account controls
Manage Game Center and iCloud data: use the Game Center, Apple Account and iCloud storage controls on your Apple device
Restore the purchase: use the Restore Purchases control in the game on a compatible platform
Contact the relevant provider: use the rights-request process in Apple, Google, Appodeal, Unity Ads or RevenueCat's privacy policy for information that provider controls

You can also contact Pixel Fox Design at [email protected]. Include the platform you use and the nature of your request, but do not send payment card details or account passwords.

UK residents may complain to the Information Commissioner's Office. EEA residents may complain to their national supervisory authority.

Pixel Fox Design does not sell personal information for money. Some privacy laws, including California law, may define personalised advertising or the disclosure of an advertising identifier for cross-context behavioural advertising as a "sale" or "sharing". You can opt out through the in-game privacy options and the Apple or Android advertising controls described above.

10. Changes to this policy

When this policy changes, the revised version will be published at the same address and the Last updated date will change. Material changes to information leaving the device will also be reflected in the relevant store listing or release notes where appropriate.

11. Contact

Pixel Fox Design

[email protected]

For questions about this policy, the game or a privacy request, use the email address above. It is monitored by a person.