SnapPuzzle
Effective date: November 3, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how SnapPuzzle ("the app", "we", "us"), published by Mohamed Mostafa, handles information when you use the app on Android. SnapPuzzle does not require an account, and we do not run our own servers that collect your personal data.
Photos you choose from your gallery or take with the camera: Used to create puzzles. The app keeps a resized copy in its own storage on your device. Photos are shared only with nearby players when you use one in a multiplayer match.
Puzzle history: Photo, difficulty, moves, time and date are stored on your device only.
Settings: Sound, vibration, hint balance and other preferences are stored on your device (see section 7 for backups).
Multiplayer display name: A random name such as "Player 123" is used unless you change it. It is visible to nearby SnapPuzzle players while you host or look for a room, and is not saved.
Advertising data: Collected by Google AdMob (see section 4).
Purchase information: Handled by Google Play. We never see your payment details.
Camera: To take a new photo for a puzzle, only when you choose to.
Nearby devices, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and Location: Used only for VS Friends (local multiplayer), to find and connect to nearby phones through Google Nearby Connections. Android requires location access to discover nearby devices; SnapPuzzle does not collect, store or share your location.
Notifications: To tell you, as the host, when a friend joins your room.
Vibration: For haptic feedback. You can turn it off in Settings.
Internet and network access: To show ads, check ad consent requirements, process purchases and check Google Play for app updates.
The app does not ask for access to your photos or media. When you pick a photo from your gallery, Android's system Photo Picker gives the app access only to the image you choose.
When you host or join a nearby match, the app connects directly to the other devices over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi using Google Nearby Connections.
The photo chosen for each race (by the host, or by the player whose turn it is to pick), players' display names and game progress (moves, time, results) are sent directly between the devices in the match.
Shared photos are re-encoded first, so they carry no photo metadata such as location.
This data does not pass through our servers. Only share photos you are comfortable showing to the people you play with.
SnapPuzzle shows ads through Google AdMob. AdMob may collect and use information such as your device's advertising ID, IP address, device and app information, and ad interactions to deliver, measure and (where permitted) personalize ads, as described in the Google Privacy Policy.
Google Privacy Policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
How Google uses information from apps that use its services:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
The app uses Google's User Messaging Platform to check whether privacy laws where you are (for example in the European Economic Area, the UK or Switzerland) require your consent for ads. Where consent is required, the app does not request ads until consent requirements are met. If the app offers you consent choices, an Ad privacy option appears in Settings so you can change them later.
You can also reset or delete your advertising ID in your device settings.
If you buy Remove Ads, the app stops showing ads.
Purchases are processed by Google Play under the Google Payments Privacy Notice.
We receive only confirmation that the purchase was made so we can unlock it; we never receive your card or billing details.
If the app crashes or freezes, it may save a technical report on your device.
This report may include:
Device model.
Android version.
Technical details of the error.
A list of recent multiplayer connection events, which can include nearby players' display names.
The report is never sent automatically. It is shared only if you choose to copy it and send it to us yourself.
Your settings may be included in your device's Android backup (for example, to your Google account) if you have backups turned on.
Your photos, puzzle history and crash reports are not included in the app's configured backups.
Backups are controlled by your device settings, not by us.
Information stored by SnapPuzzle itself is kept on your device.
You can delete locally stored app data by clearing the app's data in Android settings or uninstalling the app.
For information processed by Google services, including advertising and purchases, please refer to Google's applicable privacy policies and account controls.
Uninstalling the app does not necessarily delete information previously processed by third-party services.
SnapPuzzle is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children through our own servers.
If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can review your request.
Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR or CCPA), you may have rights to access, correct or delete your personal data or to object to its processing.
Because we do not hold your data on our servers, most requests concerning locally stored information can be handled through your device settings.
For data processed by third-party services, please refer to their privacy policies and available privacy controls.
For any other questions or requests, contact us using the information below.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.
We will publish the updated version on this page and change the effective date above.
Developer: Mohamed Mostafa
Email: mohamedmostafa.apps@gmail.com