Rewrite Privacy Policy

Game progress and settings

Rewrite stores your saved game, choices, unlocked content, preferences and privacy selection on your device. Playing requires no Helena Studio account. The game does not offer account-based cloud saves or cross-device transfer, or upload your complete saved game. Limited gameplay events may be sent separately if you enable optional analytics as described below.

Keep the app and its data if you want to retain your progress. You can remove local game data through your device's app-storage controls. Device or store backup services may operate under their own settings and policies.

Language and voice downloads

The game reads your preferred app or device languages to suggest a supported language. You confirm the language and can change it later. If your preferred languages are unsupported, the game can consult the app store's country setting as a fallback. This country setting is used temporarily for language selection, not saved as a location record or used for advertising.

Narration uses prerecorded MP3 files; the game does not upload story text for speech generation while you play. In new Android editions with install-language delivery, the platform delivers matching voice resources with the app according to supported language preferences at installation; this can include language variants. If the pack for your selected language is not yet available on the device, for example after a language change or when no matching pack was delivered at installation, the game downloads it separately. Installed packs play offline. iOS uses Apple's on-demand resources where offered. Reading and gameplay remain available without audio, and voice delivery does not depend on analytics consent.

Google describes Play Asset Delivery as processing device metadata and app version to deliver appropriate resources and preserve installed packs after updates. Google states that this data is encrypted, is not transferred to third parties and is deleted after a fixed retention period. Store-operated services also follow their own terms and privacy policies.

Google Play Billing handles store-country queries and, where enabled, purchases and restoration. Store connections and product or existing-purchase checks may occur at startup or when returning to the app. The library sends technical diagnostics and a random BillingClient session identifier to Google independently of optional gameplay analytics. Store payment screens handle payment-card details; the game does not receive your card number.

Rewrite does not record your voice, access your microphone or send your speech to a cloud text-to-speech service.

Optional analytics and advertising

iOS build 688 also offers the optional Firebase gameplay analytics described here, with collection disabled until you agree. New Android editions that offer optional cloud gameplay analytics send these events to Google Analytics for Firebase (GA4) only after you actively agree. Earlier editions in which cloud analytics is disabled remain disabled. We use limited events to improve the stories, Trials, narration and reliability: coded story, page and choice identifiers, reading and decision times, endings, Trial results, narration use, Support interactions and fixed resource-error codes, with app/content version and selected language. These events do not include story text, your complete saved game, name, email, login credentials, payment-card details or purchase-verification tokens. Google's SDK also processes app-instance identifiers and technical app/device information under Google's privacy policy; this is not completely anonymous data. We keep Analytics advertising consent denied and do not use this optional gameplay analytics for personalized advertising. Unity Analytics and game-engine diagnostic reporting remain disabled. Separate ad and store services are described below.

You may refuse optional gameplay analytics or withdraw your choice later in the game's privacy settings. Your choice stays on your device. Refusal or withdrawal does not restrict either story, choices, Trials, endings, voice downloads or purchases. Withdrawal stops future optional gameplay events and requests an on-device Analytics reset; it does not automatically delete information Google already processed. We do not backfill events from before you agreed or while you declined analytics. Analytics consent is separate from ad privacy choices and necessary store, purchase-verification and website communications. Google's privacy policy is linked below; contact rewriteornot@gmail.com with privacy questions or data requests.

Ad services initialize only after you choose to watch an ad and accept the separate ad-data notice. You can withdraw consent for future ad requests in Ad privacy options, including after buying no-ads. Withdrawal does not erase already processed data or immediately stop every background operation of an initialized service. Declining ads or optional gameplay analytics does not block free reading, Trials, voice downloads or purchases. Ads require internet; if unavailable, enter the Trial directly. Downloaded narration works offline. We do not request microphone, camera, contacts or precise-location permissions.

Earlier Cory-only Android edition (version 678): Cory's The Ungiven Ring, all its endings and Trials remain free to play. After two different formal endings, eligible story Trials offer a choice: watch an optional rewarded ad to skip, or enter the Trial for free. A skip requires the ad reward; cancellation, failure or no connection never blocks normal Trial entry. A separate one-time The Ungiven Ring no-ads purchase lets you skip eligible Trials in this story without an ad, or still choose to fight. It does not cover other or future stories and is separate from voluntary Helena Studio Support badges and support counts.

Android dual-story edition (version 688 and later): Cory and Lia can both be played for free. The first three different story Trials across both stories must be entered; retries do not count again. From the fourth eligible Trial, choose a rewarded ad to skip or enter for free. Only an earned ad reward grants a skip. The existing one-time no-ads Trial-skip entitlement covers both stories and keeps the same first-three rule; existing ownership is retained. Five different endings across the stories unlock Endless mode; repeat endings do not add to the count. Support badges are separate. This does not promise coverage of future stories.

In the dual-story iOS edition (build 688), Cory's The Ungiven Ring and Lia's Beneath the Sacred Name, including their endings and Trials, are free. The first three distinct story Trials must be played; from the fourth eligible Trial, you may watch a rewarded ad to skip or enter combat for free. A cancelled or failed ad grants no skip. The existing one-time no-ads purchase covers eligible skips in both Cory and Lia, including for previous buyers; it excludes Endless mode and future stories. Support badges remain separate and unlock no story content. Five distinct formal endings across the stories unlock Endless mode. Earlier editions may have different rules; consult your installed version's product page.

Optional ads use Unity LevelPlay and Unity Ads. When you request an ad, these services and their partners process and share IP addresses, approximate location, device and installation identifiers, purchase history, ad interactions and diagnostics to provide contextual ads, measure results, prevent fraud and operate their services. We do not send story choices, sign-in email addresses or purchase-verification tokens to ad services.

Support badges and purchases

Purchase coverage follows the version rules above. Support badges are separate and do not unlock story content. Where purchases are enabled, the store and our verification service process product and transaction records, purchase tokens or signed receipts, installation identifiers and verification results to deliver, restore and protect purchases and handle refunds. Optional Support-account sign-in uses Google on Android or Apple on iOS. Login credentials may contain basic account information; our service uses them to verify identity and retains a derived account identifier rather than a separate name or email profile. Gameplay requires no sign-in. Deleting the Support association revokes access sessions; necessary transaction, refund and fraud-prevention records may remain. Deletion is not a refund. Contact rewriteornot@gmail.com for data requests.

Purchase verification uses Google Cloud infrastructure in the United States. Versions with purchases enabled send purchase evidence, product and transaction status, installation identifiers and necessary sign-in proofs to this service; connection IP addresses are processed for security. Google or Apple sign-in proofs may contain basic account information. The service verifies the proof and retains a derived account identifier, without building a separate name or email profile. Server processing is separate from ad-service processing.

Support purchases and recovery on Android and iOS

For guest Support on Android, a private credential stored on this installation associates its Support record with our purchase-verification service. This guest flow requires no app-account login. Optional Google sign-in restores previously Google-linked Support records. Uninstalling, clearing app data or changing devices does not automatically recover the previous installation’s guest Support counts or badges, even with the same Google Play account.

In iOS build 688, ordinary Support purchases require no app-account registration or sign-in. A private guest credential stored in the device's Keychain associates Support records with our verification service. It may survive reinstalling the app; deleting the app is not an account-deletion request. Optional Sign in with Apple is for recovering previously Apple-linked Support records. No-ads restoration uses Apple's store transaction records and is independent of Support badges. Purchases do not transfer between stores. For purchase or data-deletion help, email rewriteornot@gmail.com without passwords or card details.

Advertising and data deletion

To request deletion of personal data handled by Helena Studio or removal of an optional Support account association, email rewriteornot@gmail.com with Rewrite, your request and the store used for purchases. Do not send passwords or bank-card details. We may need to verify your identity. Removing the association revokes sign-in sessions but is not a refund; records needed for legal obligations, transactions or fraud prevention may be retained. For access, deletion and other rights concerning Unity ad data, use the channels in the Unity player privacy policy linked below. Withdrawing ad consent alone does not automatically delete data Unity has already processed.

Website and service providers

Our website uses HTTPS and saves your selected language and website analytics choice in your browser. If you allow website analytics, Google Analytics 4 measures page visits and Google Play button clicks, including website language and campaign tags. It may use first-party Analytics cookies and technical browser information under Google's privacy policy. Analytics is off until you allow it and is separate from in-game consent. You can refuse or disable it using Website analytics in the footer; downloads still work. We do not send form contents, email addresses or arbitrary URL query parameters to Analytics. A button click does not prove an app installation. Hosting and network providers also process connection information to serve and protect the site.

Store downloads, hosting and email services involve their providers' infrastructure, which may be located outside your country. Their services are subject to their own privacy policies. They are distinct from optional in-game analytics; refusing analytics does not make the app completely offline.

Support, retention and your choices

For game support, privacy questions or data requests, email rewriteornot@gmail.com. We receive your email address and the message and attachments you choose to send. We use them to respond and handle the issue, retaining correspondence only as needed for that purpose and applicable legal obligations. Email providers process correspondence under their own policies.

Do not send passwords, verification codes or payment-card information. Device model, app version, selected language and a description of the problem can help with support. Send screenshots or store receipts only when relevant, and remove unrelated personal information.

You can request access to, correction of or deletion of information you sent to Helena Studio through the same email address. We may need enough information to identify your request and may retain information required by law. We cannot remotely erase local game progress or records independently held by a store or email provider. Local game data remains on your device until you remove it or clear the app's data; store-managed voice packs may also be removed or refreshed by the operating system or store.

Younger players and policy changes

Rewrite is intended for players aged 13 and older, subject to the age rating in your region. We do not knowingly request personal information from children under 13. A parent or guardian can contact us about information a child has sent to us.

We will update this policy when information-handling practices change and revise the effective date above.

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