Kalecik Privacy Policy

This policy covers Kalecik: Cozy Castle Builder for iOS (bundle ID com.ahmetbalaman.kale). The game is developed and published by independent developer Ahmet Balaman.

For any privacy question, contact [email protected].

Kalecik collects no data. Your name, email address, location, contacts, device identifiers and information about how you use the game are not collected, not sent to any server, and not shared with or sold to anyone.

• Offline: The game does not need an internet connection and does not send any data over the internet. There is no server that Kalecik sends data to or receives data from.
• One-time purchase: Kalecik is a paid game you buy once on the App Store. Apple handles the payment; your payment details are not shared with the developer. The game contains no advertising and no in-app purchases.
• No account: You never need to sign up or log in to play.
• No analytics or tracking: No usage statistics, crash reports or advertising identifiers are collected, and you are not tracked across apps or websites.
• No third-party SDKs: The game contains no third-party advertising, analytics or tracking SDKs. Kalecik is built with the open-source Godot game engine, which runs entirely on your device.
• Sound: The music and sound effects are synthesized for the game. Nothing is recorded and nothing is uploaded.

Everything the game needs is kept only on your device, in the app’s own storage, and never reaches us:

• Village save: The village you build is saved automatically to a local save file on your device. When you start a new village, the previous one is kept in the same place.
• Photos: A shot taken in photo mode is first saved to the app’s own folder. If you allow it, the same shot is also added to your photo library. For this, iOS is asked for add-only access: Kalecik cannot see or read your library. If you decline, the shot stays only in the app’s folder (Files › On My iPhone › Kalecik › photos). You can change the permission at any time in Settings › Kalecik › Photos.
• Backups: If you use iCloud Backup or a computer backup, iOS may include Kalecik’s files in that backup, just as it does for other apps. Those backups are managed by Apple under your account; the developer has no access to them.

We hold no records about you, so there is no account or server data to delete. When you delete Kalecik from your device, your village save and the photos in the app’s folder are permanently deleted too. Shots already added to your photo library are yours and stay there.

If you email us for support, your email address and message are used only to reply to you. They are not shared with anyone and are deleted on request.

Kalecik collects no personal data from anyone, including children under 13.

If the way the game handles data ever changes (for example, if a future feature needs an internet connection), this page will be updated before that change takes effect, and the date above will change.