Privacy Policy
Effective October 16, 2026. Launch list and website section added October 16, 2026. Game events list and data deletion updated October 19, 2026. Crash reports (Sentry) described October 21, 2026. Optional device preferences and playtest invitations added November 1, 2026.
Starshooter is made by Ghostberry LLC ("we"). This policy covers the Starshooter game and this website. We collect only what the game needs to save your progress and Stardust, and to learn which levels are too hard and which parts of the game people enjoy. On this website, we collect the email you choose to give us, any optional device and playtest preferences, and the campaign attribution described below.
Your account
The first time the game runs, it makes a random id for your phone and an account on our server. The account has no name, email or phone number. If you are signed in to Game Center (iPhone) or Google Play Games (Android), we link that player id to the account, so your progress can come back on a new phone.
What we collect
- Your game save. Levels cleared, stars, friends rescued, items you own, power-ups, and your Stardust balance.
- Purchases. Which product you bought, its price and when. The game sends the store receipt to our server, which checks it with Apple or Google and adds the Stardust once.
- How you play. For each try at a level: the level, whether you won, shots used, friends rescued, stars, which power-ups you used, and how long it took.
- How you use the game. When a play session starts and ends, shop visits, taps on a buy button, when you open the power-up tray, power-ups you load, unload or buy, when the game tells you that you need more Stardust and your taps on that card, looks you try on or buy with Stardust, daily chests and daily rides, ads watched for Stardust, your answer to the game's question about notifications and the notification switch in Settings, notifications you open, shares, copied links and links you open, friend codes entered, and what your invites lead to (a friend joins, plays, or earns you Stardust).
- The game's version number, sent with the two lists above.
All of this is linked to your anonymous account. We use it to run the game, to fix levels that are too hard, and to see how the game is doing as a whole. We do not use it to track you across other apps or websites, we do not use it for advertising, and we do not sell or share it with anyone, except the services listed below.
What we do not collect
- Your name, email address, contacts, photos or location. (The game never asks for an email. The launch list on this website is separate and optional.)
- Your payment details. Apple and Google handle payments. We never see your card.
- Any advertising id. The game shows no third-party ads today. If that changes, we will update this policy before it does.
Services we use
Sentry (Functional Software, Inc.) handles crash reports for us. It is a processor: it holds the data for us and uses it for nothing else. It runs in the store version of the game only.
- What it gets. When the game crashes or hits an error: the error and where in our code it happened, your device model, the iOS or Android and game version, and the memory and battery state at that moment. We add three labels: the screen and level you were on, and the build channel.
- What it does not get. Your account id, your device id, your name, your Game Center or Play Games id, or your save. We do not send the game log, screenshots or any other game data. Sentry makes its own random install id, which is not linked to your account. We have set Sentry not to store IP addresses.
- How long. Up to 90 days, which is Sentry's retention for our plan.
Read Sentry's privacy policy.
Where your data is stored
On our game server in the United States. Our server sees your IP address when the game connects, like any internet service. We do not store it with your account or use it to identify you.
How long we keep it
- Level tries: 180 days.
- Sessions, shop visits and the other events above, including purchase records: 400 days.
- Your account, save and Stardust: while you play, until you delete them.
How to delete your data
In the game, open Settings (the gear) and tap Delete my data, then Delete. This needs an internet connection. It deletes your account, progress, Stardust, looks, level tries and events from our server at once, and the game starts fresh on your phone. It cannot be undone, and we cannot refund purchases (Apple and Google handle refunds). You can get one-time purchases back with Restore purchases in the game's store. Stardust that you bought does not come back.
The stores' own receipt records stay with Apple or Google. Our copy of a store receipt is kept, no longer linked to any account, so a purchase is never paid out twice. If you cannot open the game, email support@starshooter.app and we will delete your data within 30 days.
This website and the launch list
If you join the launch list, we store your email address, the date you joined, which form you used, and the campaign tag in the link you followed (for example "utm_source=instagram"), if there was one. If you provide a platform or device model, we store those preferences too. We use your email to tell you when Starshooter comes out. If you separately opt in to playtesting, we also record that choice and its date and may email you invitations suited to your device. We do not sell or share the list, or add you to other mailing lists.
The list is stored with Cloudflare, which runs this website. We delete the whole list within 30 days after the launch email goes out. To leave the list earlier, email support@starshooter.app from that address and we will delete it within 7 days.
We count visits to this website with Cloudflare Web Analytics. It uses no cookies and no fingerprinting, and it does not identify you. It records things like the page, the referring site and the type of device. This website sets no cookies of its own.
Children
Starshooter is made for a general audience. It is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from them. The game never asks for a name, email or photo. If you think a child has sent us personal data, email us and we will delete it.
Changes
If this policy changes, we will post the new version here and update the date at the top.
Contact
Ghostberry LLC, support@starshooter.app