Sudoku: Pieces

Last updated: November 8, 2026

Provider: Rice Awn LLC
Contact: contact@riceawn.com

Sudoku: Pieces is a puzzle game. This policy explains local game storage, advertising, purchases, gameplay statistics, crash reports and your data choices.

1. Versions and local game data

Versions 1.0.3 and earlier were paid, offline releases without an advertising or analytics SDK. Version 1.0.4 introduced ad-supported access and an optional one-time Remove Ads purchase. iOS version 1.0.5 includes banner and interstitial advertisements.

Puzzle progress, records, sound preferences and language choices are saved locally on your device. The game does not require an account or provide cloud synchronization of your puzzle progress. Uninstalling the app may delete locally saved records. Puzzles can be played offline; advertising, purchases and purchase restoration may require an internet connection.

2. Advertising and privacy choices

Ad-supported releases use Google AdMob. Google and its advertising partners may process IP addresses (including approximate location inferred from them), device or app identifiers, advertising interactions, crash reports, performance information and other diagnostics. This information may be used to deliver and measure advertising, prevent fraud, and improve services, subject to your choices and applicable requirements.

Where required, Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP) presents advertising privacy choices. You can revisit these under Settings → Advertising choices when that entry is available. UMP consent does not itself grant Apple's App Tracking Transparency permission. The current iOS app does not request access to the advertising identifier through ATT.

See Google's Privacy Policy and how Google uses information from apps that use its services.

3. Purchases and ad-free access

Remove Ads is an optional one-time purchase processed by Apple App Store or Google Play. The app checks store entitlements to provide and restore ad-free access. We do not receive your payment card details. Restore purchases is available in Settings.

Ad-free access removes both banner and interstitial advertisements. The updated iOS app also skips advertising initialization and ad loading while ad-free access is active. Earlier paid-owner eligibility is determined through store purchase information.

4. Usage statistics and crash reports

We use Google Firebase Analytics and Firebase Crashlytics to understand gameplay and improve reliability. These services are separate from advertising privacy choices and Apple's tracking permission.

Current iOS data controls — version 1.0.8 (Build 12) and later: Basic, non-advertising gameplay statistics can be enabled automatically where the configured regional privacy policy does not require prior consent. Where Analytics consent is required, collection follows your Analytics privacy choice. If that purpose is unavailable in the regional message, the game offers a separate usage-statistics choice. Refusing personalized advertising does not by itself disable permitted gameplay statistics. You can turn usage statistics off under Settings → Data choices or revisit the regional privacy choices when they control Analytics.

Usage statistics may include installation and session information, puzzle difficulty, progress, completion, advertising events, purchase outcomes, app-instance identifiers, and device and app information. Firebase Analytics on iOS is configured without advertising identifier support and with vendor identifier collection disabled. We do not use these gameplay statistics for personalized advertising.

Minimal crash reporting is enabled by default for fault diagnosis and game reliability unless you have opted out, relying on our legitimate interest in providing a stable game where this basis is applicable. Crashlytics may process error details, crash traces, limited app state, device, operating-system and app information, and installation identifiers. These reports are not anonymous. We do not attach a player account identifier or use them for advertising. You can disable crash reports separately under Settings → Data choices. Disabling this choice stops future reporting and deletes unsent crash reports held by the game. Explicit choices made in earlier versions, including refusals, are retained.

Earlier iOS data controls and Android: iOS version 1.0.5 (Build 8) through 1.0.7 (Build 11), and the Android app with the earlier data-choice dialog, disable Firebase usage statistics and crash reports until you opt in. Earlier iOS builds do not include these Firebase features.

Turning a choice off does not automatically erase information already received by Google. Google states that Crashlytics retains crash traces and associated installation identifiers for 90 days before beginning their removal from live and backup systems. Analytics retention follows the configured Google Analytics retention controls; aggregated reports may be retained longer. See Firebase privacy and security information. Contact contact@riceawn.com with questions or requests about retention or deletion.

5. Children

The ad-supported app includes advertisements and purchases and is not specifically directed to children under 13. The game does not ask players for their name, email, date of birth or contacts. If you believe a child's information has been collected inappropriately, please contact us.

6. Your choices and contact

You can revisit advertising choices where available, disable usage statistics or crash reporting, restore purchases, or remove locally saved game data by uninstalling the app. For privacy questions, including questions about information already submitted, contact contact@riceawn.com or use the project support page. Do not post personal or sensitive information in a public issue.

7. Changes

We may update this policy as the app changes. The date above identifies the current version.

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