Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 14, 2026 · PaddleScramble is made by Predictable Digits.

The short version: your games live on your own device. The app has no account and no sign-in, shows no ads, and never sells data. Two features use the internet, and this page says exactly what they send.

What stays on your device

The players, games, scores, groups, and settings you enter are stored on your device. Deleting the app deletes them. We cannot see them.

Anonymous usage analytics

The app sends anonymous usage signals to TelemetryDeck, a privacy-focused analytics service, so we can tell which features are used — for example, "a game was started" or "a schedule was printed." These signals use a random identifier, are not linked to you, and never include player names or scores. We use them for nothing except improving the app, and they are declared in the app's App Store privacy label.

Live Share — only when you share

If you choose to share a game (or the app auto-shares one you're running so your group can follow along), that game's player first names, matchups, and scores are uploaded to our server so they can be viewed at a web link. Three things to know:

• The page is reachable by anyone who has the short game code, so treat it as public.
• Shared games are deleted automatically after 7 days.
• When a game is shared, our server records the approximate city the share came from (derived from the network address, never precise location — we never ask for or receive GPS location). We use this only to see where the app is being used, and these records are deleted after 60 days.

If you never share a game, none of this happens and nothing you enter leaves your device.

Update check

On launch the app asks Apple's public App Store service whether a newer version exists. This request goes to Apple and contains no information about you or your games.

Purchases

Any optional purchase in the app is processed entirely by Apple. We receive no payment details — Apple only tells the app that the purchase exists.

What we never do

• No accounts, no sign-in, no passwords.
• No advertising and no tracking across apps or websites.
• No selling or sharing of data with data brokers.
• No precise location — the app never requests it.

Children

The app is suitable for all ages, has no accounts, and collects no information that identifies anyone, including children.

Changes

If this policy changes, we will update this page and the date at the top. The most significant past change: in mid-2026 we added the anonymous analytics and Live Share described above, and updated this policy to match.

Contact

Questions? Email mattkropp@predictabledigits.com.