Privacy Policy

Castle Card Journal

Effective: November 11, 2026 / Last updated: November 11, 2026

Castle Card Journal (the "App") respects your privacy and handles information about you as described below. The App has no account registration, no developer servers, no ads, no analytics tools, and no third-party SDKs.

1. Information the App Handles

Information you record

The App stores your castle visit records (visit dates, card types, photos, and notes), the cards you have collected, the warlords and castles you mark as favorites, and your display settings on your device. This information is never sent to the developer's servers.

Location

When you collect a card at a castle, the App asks for permission to use your location only while you are using the App, to check that you are near the castle. Your location is used on your device only to check whether you are nearby and to show the map. Your current location is not saved as a record and is never sent to the developer's servers. The App does not get your location in the background.

Map

The map is shown with Apple's map service (MapKit). Information needed to show the map (such as the area being displayed) is sent to Apple and is handled under Apple's Privacy Policy.

Photos

When you pick a photo to add a past visit (photo check), the App loads only the photo you picked and reads its location and capture date and time on your device to find the castle you visited and the date. The App asks for access to your photo library to read the location and capture date and time of the photo you picked. It does not read any other photos in your library. The photo you picked is saved on your device as part of the record, and neither the photo nor its location or capture date and time is ever sent to the developer's servers.

When you save a card image for sharing, the App asks for permission to add photos and saves the image to your photo library.

Sharing

When you share a card, the App creates an image of the card and hands it to the destination you choose (such as Messages or a social network). How the destination handles it is governed by that service's policy.

iCloud backup

If you use iCloud backup with Premium, your records, photos, and notes are saved to a storage area for the App in your own iCloud (Apple) account (a CloudKit private database). This data is managed by Apple's iCloud. It is never sent to the developer's servers, and the developer cannot access its contents.

Purchase information

Premium (a one-time purchase) is processed with Apple's StoreKit. Payment information is managed by Apple, and the developer never receives payment details such as credit card numbers. The App checks your Premium purchase status to provide the features you bought.

Widgets

To show them in the Home Screen widget, the App stores your favorite warlord and castle and your progress, such as the number of castles you have collected, only in a location on your device shared between the App and its widget. This information is never sent to the developer's servers.

Rating requests

The App may show Apple's standard rating dialog. To decide whether to show it, the App stores, on your device only, the date you first opened the App, the number of days you have opened it, the number of times you have collected a card or added a record, and the date and version of the last attempt to show the dialog. This information is never sent to the developer's servers. Ratings and reviews are managed by Apple.

Links to external sites

Items in Settings such as "More Apps by the Developer," "Write a Review," "Send Feedback," and "Privacy Policy" open external pages in your browser or another app. "Send Feedback" opens a Google Form, and the developer receives what you enter and submit. Information on the sites you open is handled under those sites' policies.

2. Storage and Deletion

The information you record and your settings are generally stored on your device. Depending on your device's backup settings, they may be included in OS backups. When you delete the App, the information the App stored on your device is also deleted, except for anything remaining in OS backups.

Backups saved to iCloud are not deleted automatically when you delete the App. You can delete them from the iCloud storage management screen in the iOS Settings app.

3. Sharing with Third Parties

Except as required by law, the developer does not sell or provide the information you record in the App to third parties. As described above, Apple's services are used for payments, iCloud backup, and the map.

4. Children's Privacy

The App is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children.

5. Security

The App works to protect your information by storing it on your device and using the permission controls provided by the OS, as appropriate to the nature of the information.

6. Changes to This Policy

This policy may be updated to reflect changes in features, services used, or laws. If there are important changes, we will announce them on this page or in the App.

7. Contact

For questions about this policy or how the App handles information, please contact atsushi.ito6@gmail.com. You can also use the feedback and bug report form.