Controller
Yourling is published by Big Apps, the independent app studio of Andre de Groot in the Netherlands. Email privacy questions to [email protected].
No collection by Big Apps
Yourling has no account, ads, tracking, analytics, or developer cloud. The app does not send your companion, relationship or game data, photos, QR codes, encounters, audio, or usage activity to Big Apps.
On-device data
The app stores your Yourling’s stable blueprint, reveal, relationship and life progress, game progress, settings, and known encounters locally. A pseudonymous owner identity is kept in iOS storage and Keychain to keep the blueprint stable. Big Apps does not receive that identity.
Widgets and Apple Watch
Home and Lock Screen widgets read a limited snapshot through the shared App Group container. The paired Apple Watch receives the current Yourling and can return touch events through WatchConnectivity. This data stays between your Apple devices.
Camera, Photos, and sharing
The camera opens only when you choose to take a photo or scan a visit code. Camera images are not sent to Big Apps. Yourling requests add-only Photos access only when you save a selected photo, wallpaper, sticker, or meeting card. Shared files leave the app only after you use the system share sheet; the chosen service’s policy then applies.
QR and local network
A visit code contains the visible information needed for two Yourlings to meet. After that deliberate meeting, a foreground-only listening circle can recognize a previously known Yourling on the local network. It uses Apple system services, lasts at most fifteen minutes, and creates no public profile or location history.
Notifications
Optional reminders are scheduled locally by iOS. Big Apps has no push server and receives no notification token.
App Store and payments
Apple handles installation and purchases. Yourling uses App Store transaction identifiers locally to keep the included Yourling stable, deliver each purchased Hatch once, and restore Hatches from purchase history. Big Apps receives no payment-card, billing, or purchase-history data through the app.
Support correspondence
If you voluntarily email support or privacy, Big Apps processes your email address, message, and anything you choose to include solely to answer your request and maintain the support history. Email and hosting providers may act as processors. This information is not used for advertising, tracking, or analytics and is retained no longer than needed for support and applicable legal obligations. You can request access or deletion at [email protected]. The app does not send this correspondence itself.
Deletion and retention
More → Reset app removes local reveal, relationship, game, encounter, widget, and Watch data from the app. Saved photos and system permissions are not removed. The included Yourling and purchased Hatches can be reconstructed from App Store transaction history; deleted reveal, relationship, and game history is not restored. Big Apps has no cloud copy. Delete the app through iOS to remove its remaining app container.
This website
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Changes
Material changes to data handling will be reflected here before the changed app is published.