Privacy Policy

Your privacy, in plain words

BrainHive: Brain Games is a free collection of 75 puzzle and brain-training games made by DevsBrainGames. You don't need an account, your progress stays on your phone, and you stay in control of the ads. Here is the short version, followed by the full policy.

Effective date: 3 November 2026  ·  Contact: devsbrain.games@gmail.com

Quick answers

Tap a question to see the answer. The full policy below has all the details.

The full policy

Effective 3 November 2026. Everything above is a quick summary; this is the complete policy.

About this policy

BrainHive: Brain Games (the "App") is a collection of puzzle and brain-training games for Android and iOS, developed and published by DevsBrainGames ("we", "us", "our"). This Privacy Policy explains what information the App handles, why, who it is shared with, and the choices you have. It applies to every version of the App on Google Play and the App Store.

By using the App you agree to this policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the App.

Summary

• You do not need an account. We never ask for your name, email address, phone number, contacts, photos or precise location.

• Your game progress (levels, stars, coins, hints, IQ points and settings) is stored only on your device. We do not run servers that receive it.

• The App is free and funded by ads from Google AdMob. Google may collect your device's advertising identifier, IP address and similar device information to show and measure ads.

• In the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom and Switzerland we ask for your consent before personalised ads are shown. On iOS, personalised ads also require your permission through Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt.

• We do not sell your personal information.

Information stored on your device

To make the games work, the App saves the following on your device only:

• level progress, scores, stars and completed puzzles;

• coins, hints and other in-game rewards, and your IQ points, rank, brain stats and daily streak;

• favourite and recently played games;

• music, sound-effect and vibration settings, and your consent choices;

• cached puzzle photos used by the Jigsaw game.

This information is not sent to us. It is kept in the App's private storage, which other apps cannot read, and it is deleted when you uninstall the App.

IQ points, rank, brain stats and "brain age" are game scores based on the levels you solve. They are for entertainment only and are not a medical, psychological or IQ assessment.

Advertising (Google AdMob)

The App shows ads provided by Google AdMob, a service of Google LLC. These include full-screen ads between levels and optional rewarded video ads that you can choose to watch for a reward such as extra hints or coins. The App may also show banner ads.

To serve, measure and limit these ads, the Google Mobile Ads SDK built into the App may collect and process:

• your device's advertising identifier (Google Advertising ID on Android; IDFA on iOS, only if you allow tracking);

• your IP address and the approximate location derived from it;

• device and app information, such as device model, operating system, language, screen size and the App's name and version;

• ad interaction data, such as ad impressions, clicks and whether a rewarded video was completed;

• diagnostic and performance information about the ads.

Google uses this information to select ads, measure their performance, cap how often you see the same ad and prevent fraud. Personalised ads use your advertising identifier to show ads based on your interests. Non-personalised ads rely only on contextual information, such as the game you are playing and your approximate location. How Google handles this data is described in Google's Privacy Policy and in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

When you tap an ad, you may be taken to a third-party website or app store page. Those sites have their own privacy policies, and we are not responsible for them.

Your consent and choices

European Economic Area, United Kingdom and Switzerland

Before any ad is requested, the App shows Google's consent message, which lets you accept or decline personalised advertising. You can still use the whole App if you decline. You can review or change your choice at any time in the App under Settings, then Privacy & Ads. Our legal basis for personalised ads is your consent. For non-personalised ads, ad measurement and fraud prevention, it is our legitimate interest in keeping the App free.

iOS: App Tracking Transparency

On iPhone and iPad, the App asks for permission before your IDFA can be used for tracking. If you choose "Ask App Not to Track", ads are still shown but are not personalised using your IDFA. You can change this at any time in iOS Settings, then Privacy & Security, then Tracking.

Android: advertising ID

You can reset or delete your advertising ID, or opt out of personalised ads, in your device settings (usually Settings, then Google, then Ads, or Settings, then Privacy, then Ads).

United States

If you live in a US state with a consumer privacy law, such as California, you can opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information for targeted advertising by using the device controls above. We do not sell personal information ourselves.

Jigsaw puzzle photos

The Jigsaw Puzzle game downloads its photos from Lorem Picsum, a free photo service. When a photo is requested, that service receives your IP address, as happens with any internet request. Nothing else is sent. Downloaded photos are cached on your device so the game also works offline.

Notifications

The App does not currently send you notifications. If a future version adds optional reminders, they will be scheduled entirely on your device, nothing will be sent to us or to any server, the App will ask for your permission first, and you will be able to turn them off at any time.

Sharing your score

When you tap Share, the App opens your device's standard share sheet with a short text summary of your score and links to the App. It runs only when you tap it, and we never see what you share or with whom.

Device permissions

• Internet: to load ads, the consent message and Jigsaw photos.

• Notifications (only if you allow them): reserved for optional reminders (see Notifications above).

• Vibration: for haptic feedback in the games.

• Tracking (iOS, only if you allow it): for personalised ads, as described above.

The App does not access your camera, microphone, contacts, photos, files or precise location.

Children

The App is a general-audience puzzle game and is not directed at children under 13 (or under the minimum age of digital consent in your country). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information through the App, please contact us and we will take appropriate steps.

Data retention and deletion

Because your game data is stored only on your device, you can delete all of it at any time by uninstalling the App. We hold no account or profile about you to delete. Advertising data collected by Google is kept according to Google's policies, and you can limit or reset it using the advertising controls described under Your consent and choices.

Security

We do not store your data on our servers. Communication between the App and Google's ad services, and with the Jigsaw photo service, is encrypted using HTTPS. Your game data stays in the App's private storage on your device.

International data transfers

Google may process advertising data on servers outside your country, including in the United States. Google relies on recognised safeguards for these transfers, such as the EU Standard Contractual Clauses and the EU–US Data Privacy Framework.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or delete your personal data, to restrict or object to its processing, to data portability, to withdraw consent at any time, and to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. Because we do not hold personal data about you, these rights are usually best exercised through the device and Google controls described under Your consent and choices. For anything else, contact us and we will help.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, for example when the App gains new features or the law changes. The current version is always available inside the App (Settings, then Privacy Policy) and at the same web address as this page. The effective date at the top shows when it was last changed. Continued use of the App after an update means you accept the updated policy.