Privacy policy
In short: Life Counter 4.0 collects no data. Your games stay on your device.
Controller
Daniel Boberg, Klinkerwerkstraße 8, 32549 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany (see imprint). Email: hello@life-counter.de
Life Counter 4.0 (iPhone, iPhone Duo and iPad with iOS 26)
The app collects no personal data and sends nothing to us. That is why the App Store shows “Data Not Collected”.
- No account, no sign-in.
- No ads, no analytics, no tracking, no advertising identifier.
- No third-party software that collects data. No Firebase.
What stays on your device
Players, names, settings, your games and card art images are stored on your device only. If you use iCloud backups of your device, they are part of them like all app data; Apple handles that, not us. Delete the app and this data is gone.
The Founder badge is remembered in your keychain and in the iCloud key-value storage of your Apple account, so that it reaches your next device. It only says that you are a Founder, nothing about your games. We cannot see it.
Export, import and sharing
When you export your history as a file or CSV, or share the image of a match, the file is created on your device. Where it goes is your choice in the iOS share dialog. We receive none of it. On import the app only reads the file you pick. It sends nothing.
Taking over version 3
On its first launch 4.0 takes over the data version 3 saved on the same device. This happens entirely on the device, without any network.
Card art from Scryfall
When you search card art for a seat, the app asks Scryfall (scryfall.com) directly and loads the image from there. Only your search term is sent, plus the request for the image. As with any website, Scryfall sees your IP address. This is the only connection of the app to a service outside Apple, and only when you search. Loaded images stay on your device. Scryfall’s privacy policy: scryfall.com/docs/privacy.
Crash reports
We receive crash and performance reports only through Apple, and only if you turned on “Share with App Developers” in iOS Settings under Privacy & Security, Analytics & Improvements. Apple delivers them without anything that identifies you.
This website
life-counter.de sets no cookies and uses no analytics or tracking. It is hosted by Cloudflare, Inc. When you open a page, Cloudflare processes technically necessary data such as your IP address to deliver the page and protect it from attacks (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Cloudflare is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.
Version 3 (Android and iPhones before iOS 26)
The older version 3 keeps running on Android and on devices that cannot get iOS 26. For it, until further notice:
- Local storage: player profiles, games and settings stay on the device as long as you do not sign in.
- Cloud sync (optional, account only): if you sign in with email, Apple or Google, player profiles, games and settings are stored in the Firebase Realtime Database (region europe-west1). Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Sign-in is handled by Firebase Authentication; we store no passwords.
- Crash reports and analytics: Firebase Crashlytics and Firebase Analytics, without the content of your games. Both can be switched off in the app’s settings.
- Ads: without the “Ad-free” purchase, version 3 shows ads through Google AdMob. AdMob uses the advertising identifier (IDFA or GAID), personalised only with your consent in the consent dialog.
- Purchases: handled only by the App Store or Google Play. We receive no payment data.
- Processors: Google LLC (Firebase, Crashlytics, Analytics, AdMob, Google Sign-In), Apple Inc. (Sign in with Apple), each under standard contractual clauses.
Once Life Counter is native on Android, we switch off the cloud service of version 3. We will announce it in the app and here beforehand. You can delete your account at any time: Delete account.
Your rights
You have the right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and objection, and you may complain to a data protection authority. Write to hello@life-counter.de. We answer within 30 days. For 4.0 there is nothing for us to report: we hold no data about you.
Changes
When this policy changes, the new date is shown at the top.