Privacy policy
Last updated: 2026-11-11. Applies to Leoveld for iPhone, version 1.0.0.
In short
Leoveld has no account, no advertising, no purchases, no analytics and no tracking. The lions you identify, your sightings and your progress are stored only on your iPhone. A few small requests leave the device, all described below.
What the app sends, and why
Version check on launch. Each time the app starts, it asks our server at api.leoveld.info whether a newer version exists. The request carries the iPhone's vendor identifier (a random identifier Apple gives each publisher, the same for all our apps on one device and reset when they are all removed), the app's bundle identifier and its version number. The server answers with whether an update is available. The identifier is not linked to your name, your Apple Account or any other identity, and we do not use it to follow you across apps or websites. If the server cannot be reached, the app simply opens.
Sighting of the day. To give the daily sighting the real light and weather of a lion reserve, the app asks Open-Meteo for the current conditions at that reserve. Only the reserve's fixed coordinates are sent. Your own location is never read. Like any web request, it reaches Open-Meteo from your network address; Open-Meteo describes its handling of requests in its own terms.
Notifications. Leoveld can send occasional news about new chapters and updates through OneSignal, a push notification service. The app never asks at launch: permission is requested only if you tap Notifications in the app's Settings. To deliver notifications, OneSignal stores a push subscription identifier, the vendor identifier described above, your device model, iOS version, language, time zone and two short labels (whether this is the first launch, and that the app has opened). These are not linked to your name or Apple Account and are not used for advertising or tracking. You can turn notifications off at any time in the iPhone's Settings, Notifications, Leoveld; removing the app ends the subscription.
Pages from our server. In rare cases the version check can ask the app to show a page from api.leoveld.info inside the app. That page is ordinary web content and may use cookies or local storage in the app's own web view, which stays separate from Safari.
What the app does not collect
No name, e-mail address, contacts, photos, location, health data, payment data, advertising identifier, or usage analytics. The app asks for no permissions: no camera, no microphone, no location. Notifications arrive only if you allow them.
Overview
| Data | Collected | Purpose | Kept | Shared with | Your control |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendor identifier | Yes, on launch | Version check | Not stored beyond answering the request | Our server (hosted on Cloudflare) | Remove all our apps to reset it |
| App version, bundle identifier | Yes, on launch | Version check | Not stored beyond answering the request | Our server | None needed |
| Push subscription identifier, device model, iOS version, language, time zone, launch labels | Yes, by OneSignal | Delivering notifications | While the app is installed; OneSignal removes inactive subscriptions | OneSignal | iPhone Settings, Notifications, Leoveld; or remove the app |
| Analytics, crash reports | No | - | - | - | - |
| Advertising identifier, attribution | No | - | - | - | - |
| Reserve coordinates | Sent, not about you | Weather for the daily sighting | Per Open-Meteo's terms | Open-Meteo | Skip the daily sighting |
| Web content from our server | Possible cookies or local storage | Showing the page | Until the app is removed | No one | Remove the app |
| Your ledger and progress | Stays on your iPhone | The game itself | Until you erase it | No one | Settings, Erase the ledger |
| E-mails you send us | Only if you write | Answering you | Up to 12 months after the conversation ends | No one | Ask us to delete them |
Children
Leoveld is rated 4+ on the App Store and contains nothing unsuitable for any age, but it is made for teenagers and adults and is not offered in the Kids Category. It collects no personal information from anyone, children included.
Keeping and deleting data
Your ledger lives in the app's own storage on your iPhone. Settings, Erase the ledger removes every lion, sighting and chapter at once; removing the app removes everything. Because we hold no account and no stored copy of your game, there is nothing on our side to delete. To have your e-mails with us deleted, write to support@leoveld.info.
Where requests go
The version check is answered by our server running on Cloudflare's network, which may process the request in a data centre close to you, inside or outside the European Union. Weather requests go to Open-Meteo, operated from Europe. Notification data is processed by OneSignal, Inc. in the United States under the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.
Your rights
Under the GDPR and similar laws you can ask what we hold about you, ask for it to be corrected or deleted, and object to its use. Since the app keeps no profile of you, the answer will usually be that we hold nothing beyond any e-mail you sent. Write to support@leoveld.info; we reply within two business days. You can also complain to your national data protection authority.
Changes to this policy
If a future version starts handling data differently, this page will be updated before that version is released, with a new date at the top.