Effective date: July 12, 2026
Tilely is a photo sliding-puzzle app for iPhone and iPad, made by Vinh Nguyen ("we", "us"). This policy explains what the app does with your information. The short version: we collect nothing.
We do not collect, transmit, sell, or share any personal data. Ever.
We do not operate any servers — nothing you do in the app is sent to us.
The app contains no advertising, no analytics, no tracking, and no third-party code.
Your photos and everything the app stores stay on your device.
Tilely turns photos into puzzles entirely on your device:
Picking a photo uses Apple's system photo picker, which runs outside the app — Tilely never gets access to your photo library, only to the one image you choose.
Taking a photo (optional) uses the camera with your permission; the shot goes straight into the puzzle and is not added to your photo library.
The app keeps a private, on-device copy of each puzzle's picture so your puzzles work offline and survive restarts. Deleting a puzzle deletes its copy; deleting the app deletes everything.
Saving a replay video asks for add-only photo library access — the app can put a video into your library but can never read, browse, or see anything already there.
No photo, video, or any derivative of them ever leaves your device.
The app keeps the following only on your device:
Puzzles — the shuffled board, your progress, your move history (for the replay), and the puzzle's picture.
Settings — theme, haptics, tile numbers, replay speed, and similar preferences.
You can delete any puzzle inside the app, or remove all app data by deleting the app.
Tilely Pro is a one-time purchase processed entirely by Apple through the App Store. We never see your payment details. The app only learns, on your device, whether Pro is active so it can unlock features. Refunds are handled by Apple.
If you have opted in to share analytics with app developers (an iOS-level setting), Apple may provide us with aggregated, anonymized statistics such as download counts or crash reports. These contain no photos, no puzzle data, and nothing that identifies you.
Tilely is not directed at children under 13. Since the app collects no personal data from anyone, it collects none from children either.
If the app's behavior ever changes in a way that affects your privacy, we will update this policy and its effective date before the change ships.
Questions about privacy? Email vinhnguyen30062002@icloud.com.