What this policy covers
Cosmic Forge is a free, offline idle game published by QualityCat (hereafter "we", "us"). This policy explains what data the app collects from users of the iOS and Android versions, how we use that data, and the rights you have under applicable privacy law (including the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the California Consumer Privacy Act).
The short version: we collect nothing. The sections below describe what that means in practice.
Data we collect
We do not collect, store, transmit, sell, or share any personal data. The app:
- Does not contain any analytics SDK (no Firebase Analytics, Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Amplitude, Segment, AppsFlyer, Adjust, Branch).
- Does not contain any advertising SDK (no AdMob, Unity Ads, AppLovin, IronSource).
- Does not contain any crash-reporting SDK (no Crashlytics, Sentry, Bugsnag).
- Does not contain any social SDK (no Facebook, Google Sign-In, Twitter, TikTok).
- Does not make any network requests of its own. The app's binary has no networking dependencies.
- Does not use Apple's Required Reason APIs (disk-space query, file-timestamp query, system-boot-time, active-keyboard enumeration). Declared in the
PrivacyInfo.xcprivacymanifest bundled with the iOS build.
Data stored locally on your device
The app stores your game progress in a JSON file in the app's private sandbox on your device (Documents/cosmic_forge_save.json on iOS, files/cosmic_forge_save.json on Android). The file is readable only by the app itself. It is not uploaded anywhere. The file contains:
- Resource amounts and production state
- Unlocked mines, managers, research, and locations
- Prestige and ascension progress
- Settings (haptics, notifications, number format, God Mode toggle)
- Lifetime play statistics used for achievements
On Android we explicitly opt the save file out of Google Drive cloud backup and device-to-device transfer via res/xml/data_extraction_rules.xml. On iOS the file lives in the app's sandboxed Documents directory. If you enable iCloud device backup at the OS level, Apple's encrypted device-backup machinery may include the file in your personal iCloud backup — that backup is between you and Apple, not us, and we have no access to it.
If you want to remove all data the app has stored, uninstall the app, or use Settings → Danger Zone → Reset Game inside the app.
Notifications
The app can schedule local reminders (e.g., "Your mines are busy, come collect" after 4 hours of background) via:
- iOS
UNUserNotificationCenter - Android
NotificationManager/AlarmManager
Notifications are purely local. They do not call home and carry no user identifier. You can disable them in OS settings or in Settings → Gameplay → Notifications inside the app.
Haptics
The app triggers haptic feedback for taps and prestige events via the device's system haptics API. No data is collected or transmitted. You can disable haptics in Settings → Gameplay → Haptics.
Children
The app is rated 4+ on the App Store and Everyone on Google Play. It contains no user-generated content, no chat, no online interaction, and collects no data about any user regardless of age. It is compliant with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by design.
Third parties
The app does not share data with third parties because it does not collect data in the first place. The app does not embed third-party SDKs that phone home.
Your rights
Because the app does not process any personal data, the standard GDPR and CCPA rights (access, deletion, portability, correction, restriction of processing, objection) do not apply in the usual sense — there is no profile of you for us to operate on. If you nevertheless want confirmation that we hold no data about you, contact us at kontakt@qualitycat.pl.
Changes to this policy
If we ever add a feature that does collect data (for example, optional cloud sync or opt-in crash reporting), this policy will be updated before that feature ships, the app's version number will change, and a plain-English disclosure will appear in the app.
Contact
For questions about this policy, email: kontakt@qualitycat.pl