Privacy Policy

Last updated October 6, 2026

This policy covers every game made by Cow Tippers: Rungs, Shardshine and No Hands Yet. It explains what each game keeps on your device, what it sends to us, and which outside companies are involved.

No Hands Yet (on Steam) doesn't send us anything at all. It has no leaderboards, ads or online features, and your saves stay on your PC. Steam's own handling of your account is covered by Valve's privacy policy. The rest of this page is about our mobile games.

The short version

• You never need an account, an email address or your real name to play.
• Your progress lives on your device.
• Leaderboards use a random ID and a display name you choose, which can be anything.
• The mobile apps show ads only when you choose to watch one, and those ads come from Google AdMob.
• We don't sell your information to anyone.
• If you choose to join our optional testers group, we see the email address you join with (see Testers group). Playing never requires it.

Stored on your device

Each game saves your progress, streaks, stats, settings and hint use in the app's storage on your device, so you can pick up where you left off. This stays on your device. You can erase it at any time by clearing the app's data or uninstalling it.

Sent to our servers

Our leaderboards need a little information. Every game uses:

• A random player ID, generated on your device the first time you play. It isn't linked to your name, email, phone number or any account.
• A display name, only if you choose to set one. Names are checked against a filter for offensive words before they're shown. Players without a name appear as "Anonymous".

And, depending on the game:

Rungs

When you solve the daily puzzle: your word chain, how long it took, the number of steps, and the number of hints you used.

Shardshine

When you set a new best score on a Glazier window: which window it was, the sequence of colours you played, the number of hints you used, and the resulting points.

We use this only to check that solutions are real and to show the leaderboards. Other players see display names and scores, never player IDs.

Advertising

Our games offer optional rewarded ads, for example to get a hint or extra moves. An ad plays only when you tap to watch one. Nothing is ever forced on you. These ads are provided by Google AdMob. To show and measure ads, and to prevent fraud, Google may collect information such as your device's advertising ID, IP address, and basic device and app details. Google handles this data under its own policies; see how Google uses information from apps that use its services. You can reset your advertising ID or opt out of personalised ads in your phone's settings (on Android: Settings → Google → Ads).

Notifications

Rungs can remind you about the daily puzzle if you switch reminders on. They're scheduled on your phone itself; we don't run a push service, and no data is sent anywhere to make them work.

Testers group (optional)

If you'd like to try our games before they launch, you can join the Cow Tippers Testers group (a Google Group, described at cowtippersgames.com/testers). This is entirely optional and separate from playing any game.

• What we receive: the email address of the Google account you join with, and when you joined. Other members can't see it.
• What we use it for: adding you to test lists on Google Play, and occasionally messaging you about a test you signed up for. Nothing else: no marketing, no sharing, no selling.
• Testing through Google Play: tests run through Google Play's closed testing, so Google also handles your participation under its own privacy policy. We see testing information that Google Play gives developers, and any feedback you choose to send us.
• Leaving: leave the group from the Google Groups page, or email hello@cowtippersgames.com. We'll remove your address from our test lists. Google keeps its own records of group membership under its policies.

You need to be 13 or older to join, the same minimum age as a Google account.

Other companies involved

• Cloudflare hosts our games and websites and stores leaderboard data on our behalf.
• Google provides ads in the mobile apps (see above) and distributes the apps through Google Play.
• Google Groups hosts the optional testers group.
• Google Fonts serves Rungs' typefaces, which means your device requests them from Google. Shardshine ships its fonts inside the app.

We don't use analytics or tracking tools of our own.

Deleting your data

You can have your leaderboard data removed at any time.

• Remove your name yourself: open the leaderboard in the game, clear the name box and tap Save. You'll appear as "Anonymous" from then on.
• Ask us to delete everything: email hello@cowtippersgames.com with the name of the game and the display name you used. If you never set a name, tell us roughly when you played.

What gets deleted: your random player ID, your display name and all the results stored against them (leaderboard scores, solve times, hints used). What we keep: nothing that identifies you. Your progress stored on your own device is yours to clear by clearing the app's data or uninstalling the app.

Otherwise, leaderboard entries are kept as a record of past results.

Children

Our games are made for a general audience and aren't directed at children under 13. We don't knowingly collect personal information from children.

Changes

If what our games collect changes, for example when a new game is released, we'll update this page and the date at the top.

Contact

Questions or requests: hello@cowtippersgames.com