Crystal Habit Privacy Policy

Effective date: October 11, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Taste Games (“we,” “us,” or “our”) handles information in Crystal Habit (the “App”), a focus timer for iPhone and iPad that grows a crystal while you stay with your work. If you have questions, contact us at tastegames13@gmail.com.

The short version

Crystal Habit works entirely on your device. Your sessions, your specimens, your tags and your notes never leave it. The App has no accounts, no advertising, no third-party analytics, and no tracking, and we do not operate any server that receives data from the App. We do not collect, sell, or share your personal information.

Your sessions and specimens

Each focus session you run is kept on your device: when it started, how long it was planned to last, whether the crystal was completed or cracked, which mineral grew, and the tag and note you may have added. Your settings are kept there too. None of this is uploaded, sent to us, or shared with anyone. It is removed when you delete the App.

You can write a backup file from the App’s settings and read one back in. The file is created only when you ask for it and goes only where you choose to send it.

Leaving the App during a session

In Strict mode the crystal cracks if you leave the App for longer than the time you allow. To do this the App only notices that it is no longer on screen, or that the screen was locked. It does not and cannot see which other app you opened, what you did there, or anything else on your device.

Motion, sound and notifications

With your permission, the App reads the tilt of your device so that the light moves across the crystal. The reading is used at that moment on your device and is neither stored nor sent anywhere. You can withdraw the permission at any time in the Settings app, under Privacy & Security, Motion & Fitness.

The ambient sounds are generated and played on your device; the App does not use the microphone. Notifications, such as the one that tells you a session has finished, are scheduled by the App on your device; no server is involved.

Information we collect

We do not collect personal information through the App. Crystal Habit does not ask for your name, email address, or any other contact details, and it does not use advertising identifiers. The App makes no network connections of its own.

Purchases

Crystal Habit Collector is a one-time purchase processed by Apple through the App Store. We do not receive or store your payment card details, billing address, or Apple Account information. The App checks on your device, through Apple’s systems, whether the purchase has been made. Apple’s handling of your information is described in the Apple Privacy Policy.

Information Apple may share with us

If you have chosen on your device to share analytics with app developers, Apple may provide us with aggregated statistics and crash reports about the App. This information does not identify you. Apple also gives us aggregated sales reports.

When you contact us

If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you choose to write. We use this only to reply to you and to resolve your request, we keep it only for as long as that takes or as the law requires, and we do not sell or share it.

Children’s privacy

Crystal Habit is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children or from anyone else through the App. If you believe a child has sent us personal information by email, please contact us so that we can delete it.

Data retention and security

Because the App keeps its data on your device, that data is protected by the security of your device and stays there until you delete the App. We hold no copy of it.

International data processing

The App does not send your data anywhere, so it is not transferred to other countries by us. Email you send us is handled by our email provider and may be processed in countries other than the one where you live.

Your privacy rights

Subject to applicable law, including the General Data Protection Regulation in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, and privacy laws of states in the United States such as California, you may have rights of access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, and portability, and the right not to be discriminated against for using them. Since the App does not collect personal information, we generally hold nothing about you. You remain in control of the data on your device: you can withdraw the motion permission, write a backup, or delete the App at any time.

We do not sell personal information and we do not share it for targeted advertising. For correspondence you have sent us, you can ask us for a copy or to delete it by emailing tastegames13@gmail.com. If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to the App or our practices. Any updated version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.

Contact

For questions about this policy or Crystal Habit, contact Taste Games at tastegames13@gmail.com.