Town and Gown

Your game stays on your device

Everything the game keeps, including your shop, your money, the people you meet and how they feel about you, and the choices you make, is saved on your device. None of it is sent to us. The game has no login, so there is nothing for us to see or recover. Deleting the app removes the game from your device.

Testing before release

Before release, the game is tested through Apple's TestFlight and Google Play's testing tracks. If you test a pre-release version, Apple or Google may share with us the crash reports, screenshots and feedback you choose to send, along with basic device information such as the model and operating system version. We use this only to fix and improve the game. Apple and Google handle this data under the Apple Privacy Policy and the Google Privacy Policy.

Advertising

The free version of the game shows ads through Google AdMob. Once your shop has a manager, an occasional full-screen ad may appear between moments of play, never in the middle of one. You can also choose to watch an ad to double what your shop earned while you were away, or a garden order. To serve and measure ads, Google collects device information such as a device advertising identifier, along with general usage and diagnostic data. Google may use this information under the Google Privacy Policy, and you can read how Google handles data in its partners' apps on the Google partner sites page.

On iOS, the game asks for your permission before the advertising identifier is used to personalize ads. This is Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt. If you decline, you will still see ads, but they will not be personalized using that identifier. You can change your choice at any time in the iOS Settings app under Privacy and Security. On Android, the game uses your device's advertising ID under the choices you have set in Android settings, where you can reset it or delete it. On either platform, where local law requires a consent choice, the game also presents Google's consent form so you can set your preference.

Players who buy Remove Ads or the Provost Pass do not see ads at all, and the doubling is theirs without one.

Purchases

The game offers two one-time purchases: Remove Ads, and the Provost Pass, which removes ads and lets you set how the people in town feel about you. Apple processes the payment on iPhone and Google Play on Android, and your payment details go to them, not to us. We never see or store your card or billing information. To confirm what you have bought and to restore it across your devices, we use RevenueCat, which validates the purchase receipt from Apple or Google and keeps a record of the purchase tied to an anonymous identifier rather than to your name. You can read their practices in the Apple Privacy Policy, the Google Privacy Policy, and the RevenueCat Privacy Policy.

Children

Town and Gown is a game about running a business in a college town, with romance among its storylines, and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided information through the ad or purchase providers, please contact us and we will help you reach the relevant provider.

Your choices

You can decline ad tracking when the game asks, and you can reset or limit your advertising identifier in the iOS Settings app or in Android settings. You can remove ads with a purchase, and restore your purchases from the game's Settings. Deleting the app removes your local game data. If you have a question about your information, you can reach us at the contact address below.

Changes to this policy

We will update this page if the way the game handles information changes. The date below shows when it was last revised.