Warlord Academy — Privacy Policy

Last updated 23 October 2026

Warlord Academy is made and run by Todd Grubbs (GrubbsieDev), who is responsible for the data described here.

Warlord Academy collects as little as it can. There is no advertising, no third-party analytics service, no third-party tracking, and nothing is ever sold or shared for advertising.

What we collect

• Your Game Center player identifier. When you open the game while signed in to Game Center, the app signs you in to our server so ranked play and the ladder are ready, even if you only play practice. We store the identifiers Game Center gives us and the alias you chose there. Nothing is stored if you are not signed in to Game Center, or if Game Center keeps your account out of multiplayer games. We never receive your Apple Account email or password.
• Gameplay content. For ranked matches: the moves you submit, the boards you field, match results and your ladder rating. We store these so matches can be verified, replayed, and used as recorded opponents for other players.
• Practice results, anonymously, if you opt in. With share usage & crash data on, when a practice match ends, the app sends the difficulty you chose, where you finished, how many rounds it ran and the app's version. Nothing in it identifies you or your device, and we do not keep the address it came from. We use the totals to tune how hard practice is.
• Crash and performance diagnostics, anonymously, if you opt in. When the app crashes, hangs or runs slowly, your iPhone or iPad produces a diagnostic report (Apple's MetricKit). The app keeps it on your device, and sends it to us with the app's version, the iOS version and the device model only while share usage & crash data is on. After a crash, the app asks you once. It is not linked to your account or your device, and we do not keep the address it came from. We use it to find and fix bugs.
• Usage counts, anonymously, if you opt in. With share usage & crash data on, the app counts a few things it does, such as a match started or finished, the store screen shown, or the app opened on a given day, and sends only the counts, with the app's build and the date the app was first played on that device. Nothing in them identifies you or your device, and we do not keep the address they came from. We add them into daily totals to see how many players keep playing and where the game loses them.
• Ranked-play integrity. When the app first signs you in, it proves it is a genuine copy with Apple's App Attest, and we keep the key Apple issues to your installation. It is deleted with your account.
• Reports. If you report another player, we keep the report: your player record, the alias you reported and the reason you chose.
• Purchase records. When you buy something, Apple gives the app a signed receipt, which we send to our server to confirm what you are entitled to. It contains identifiers for the purchase — never your name, card, or billing address.

We also use these records to count, in total, how many people play and how many matches are played each day, so we can run and improve the game. Those counts name no one.

If you open the ladder's Friends tab, the app sends the identifiers of the Game Center friends you allowed it to see, so we can show where they stand. We use them for that answer only and do not store them.

Practice matches are played on your device. The only things sent are the anonymous result, usage counts and diagnostics described above, and only if you opt in.

What we do not collect

No advertising identifier, no location, no contacts, no photos, no browsing activity, no device fingerprinting, and no tracking across other companies' apps or websites. Warlord Academy does not ask for permission to track, because it does not.

Where it goes

Our server runs on Fly.io and its database on Neon, both in the United States. They store and process this data only on our behalf, under agreements that require them to protect it at least as well as this policy does. Apple handles payments and Game Center sign-in under its own privacy policy, and sends us only the signed receipt described above. We share data with no one else. We do not use third-party analytics or advertising software development kits: diagnostic reports come from Apple's own MetricKit, usage counts are made by the app itself, and both are sent only to us.

Your Game Center alias, ladder points and rank appear on the leaderboards in the game, on Game Center and on our public website ladder (the top 100 of each board), and other players see your alias beside your recorded games. Deleting your account removes you from the in-game and website ladders. Game Center player identifiers and hidden skill ratings are never shown.

How long we keep it

Ranked match records and ladder standings are kept while your account is active and for as long as a season's results need to be verifiable. Recorded games used as opponents are removed after 30 days. Anonymous practice results are kept for about 15 months, and so are the daily totals of usage counts. Crash and performance diagnostics are kept for 90 days. Purchase records are kept as long as the entitlement lasts and as long as tax and accounting rules require.

Children

Warlord Academy is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from them.

Your choices

• Share usage & crash data is off unless you turn it on (Settings, then About), and you can turn it off at any time. Nothing anonymous described above is sent while it is off.
• You can play practice matches without signing in to Game Center at all; only the anonymous practice result, usage counts and diagnostics described above are sent, and only if you opt in.
• You can delete your account in the app: Settings, then Ranked, then Delete account. This permanently removes your ratings, ladder standing, recorded games and our records of your purchases. A recorded game that another player's match is using at that moment is removed when that match ends. Anti-cheat alerts from past matches are kept with your identifiers removed, and the notifications Apple sends us about purchases are kept for tax and accounting. Your Game Center account and your App Store purchases are Apple's and are not affected: Restore Purchases links them to a new account. Opening the game again while signed in to Game Center starts a new, empty account.
• You can also ask us for a copy of what we hold about you, or ask us to delete it, by writing to the address below.
• Deleting the app removes everything stored on your device, including your local match history.

Changes

If this policy changes in a way that matters, we will update the date at the top and say so in the app.

Contact

Privacy questions and data requests: privacy@grubbsiedev.com.