ArolinePrivacy policy
Last updated: 11 November 2026
In short: Aroline has no account and asks for no personal information, and your progress is saved on your phone. The app uses Google Firebase for anonymous crash reports and usage statistics, and shows ads from Google AdMob. Both are explained below.
This page explains what the Aroline app (the "app") does with information. Aroline is a puzzle game for Android.
What stays on your phone
The app saves a few things on your device so the game remembers you:
- your progress: the levels you have cleared, your stars, badges and clean streak;
- your settings: sound, music, vibration, light or dark look, and whether the dot grid is shown;
- which tune plays next, so a different one plays each time you open the app.
This saved information stays on your device. It is not uploaded, and we cannot see it. Separately, the app sends the anonymous crash reports, statistics and ad requests described below.
What Aroline does not do
- No account. There is no sign-up and no login.
- No personal information. The app does not ask for your name, email, phone number or location.
- No profiles. We do not build profiles of you or follow you around. The only data that leaves your phone is the anonymous crash and statistics data (Google Firebase) and the ad data (Google AdMob) described below.
- Only the permissions it needs. The app does not ask for access to your photos, contacts, microphone, camera, storage or location. It uses the normal internet permission, only so ads and anonymous crash reports can be sent. If you choose gentle reminders, Android asks your permission to show notifications, and the app also asks Android to put your reminders back after you restart your phone.
- No internet needed to play. The game, including its music, runs entirely on your phone. The music is made by the app itself, so nothing is downloaded. The internet is used only to load ads, to send anonymous crash reports and statistics, and to check whether a newer version of the app is available. Offline, the game works and no ads show.
Gentle reminders
If you say yes in the app, Aroline can show you a notification at a quiet time of day, at most once a day, for example when you have not played for a while. It is off until you turn it on, and you can turn it off at any time in Settings or in Android settings.
- Made on your phone. The reminders come from the app itself and are scheduled by Android on your device. They are not sent from a server, so no push notification service is used and nothing is uploaded to send them.
- Your free time stays on your phone. To pick a time that suits you, the app notes the hour of day when you usually open it. This stays on your device. It is not sent to us or to anyone else.
- Pictures and words. The pictures in the reminders are stored inside the app. The words use your own level and stars, which also stay on your phone.
Google Play
If you install Aroline from Google Play, Google handles the download and may share anonymous statistics with us, such as the number of installs, ratings and crash reports that users have chosen to share with Google. We do not receive anything that identifies you. Google's own privacy policy applies to the store.
Ratings and reviews
From time to time, after you have won a few levels, the app may ask Google Play to show its own rating card, which Google runs and limits. "Rate Aroline" in Settings opens the Aroline page on Google Play. We receive nothing from either unless you choose to post a public review, which Google shows under your Google name.
Checking for updates
From time to time the app asks our website for one small file that says which version of Aroline is the newest, and what is new in it. This is a plain web request for a public file: it carries no account, no name and nothing from your game. Like any web request, it reaches our website's host (Google Firebase Hosting), which may see your IP address and device details in its normal logs. If your version is no longer supported, the app asks you to update from Google Play.
Crash reports and anonymous statistics (Google Firebase)
Aroline uses Google Firebase, with its Crashlytics and Analytics services, to find and fix bugs and to see how the game is played so we can improve it. We use this information in anonymous form: we cannot tell who you are, and we do not link it to a name, email or account.
- Crash reports. If the app crashes, it sends a report with technical details (such as your device model, Android version, app version and what the app was doing) so the crash can be fixed.
- Anonymous statistics. The app records game events such as a level was started or finished, the stars earned, hints used, and whether a hint video was watched. It also receives basic device and app details (such as device model, Android version, app version and an approximate region), and an anonymous app installation ID. Firebase may also use your device's advertising ID where one is available.
This data is processed by Google under its own terms and privacy policy (firebase.google.com/support/privacy). We never put your name, email, phone number or exact location in it. Collection is switched on only in the version of the app you install from Google Play, never in our own test builds.
Advertising
Aroline is free and is supported by ads from Google AdMob. A quiet banner ad appears at the bottom of the home, levels and settings screens, and at the top of the game screen, above the board. When you have used all your hints for a level you can choose to watch a short video for one more hint, and when a level ends with fewer than three stars you can choose to watch a short video to earn the third star. You are never made to watch a video. Every few levels, after you finish a level and tap to go on, a full-screen ad may appear between levels. It never appears while you play, and never after a blocked tap.
To show and measure ads, Google AdMob may collect and use your device's advertising ID, IP address, approximate location, app usage and device information. This happens under Google's own privacy policy (policies.google.com/privacy), and we do not receive this data. The app asks for ads suited to a general audience.
You can reset your advertising ID or turn off personalised ads at any time in your Android settings (Settings > Privacy > Ads, or Settings > Google > Ads). If we add other ad networks in future, this page and the Data safety section of the store listing will be updated before that version is released.
Children
Aroline is made for people aged 13 and over and is not directed to children under 13.
Deleting your data
Everything is stored on your phone, so you are in control. Uninstalling Aroline, or choosing "Clear storage" for the app in your Android settings, deletes your progress and settings.
Summary for the Google Play Data safety form
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Does the app collect or share any user data? | Yes, anonymously. Google Firebase collects crash logs and diagnostics, app interactions (game events) and device or other IDs (app installation ID) to fix bugs and improve the game. Google AdMob, which shows the ads, collects device or other IDs (advertising ID), approximate location, app interactions and diagnostics for advertising |
| Does the app need an account? | No |
| Does the app contain ads? | Yes: banner ads on the menu and game screens, a full-screen ad now and then between levels, and optional videos for an extra hint or a third star (Google AdMob) |
| Is data sent over the internet? | Yes: anonymous crash reports and statistics to Google Firebase, and ad requests to Google AdMob. Your saved progress is never uploaded. Data is encrypted in transit |
| Can I delete my data? | Yes: uninstall the app or clear its storage. Reset your advertising ID in Android settings, or write to us to ask about your data |
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the new version will be published at this address with a new date at the top.
Contact
Questions about privacy? Write to sharathnaik89@gmail.com.