Effective date: August 2026
Your privacy matters to us. This Privacy Policy sets out the types of information collected, used and safeguarded by Tessera ("the Game") when played on your iOS device.
In short: there is no account and no server. Your score, best score, shards balance, and purchases are stored only in your device's local storage. The Game does not request permission to track you and does not use Apple's advertising identifier.
Tessera keeps all of your progress locally on your device only, the same way a note-taking app stores a note:
None of this is uploaded anywhere. Deleting the Game removes all of it.
Tessera is free to play, supported by third-party advertising and optional in-app purchases. To provide these, we use standard industry software development kits (SDKs) which may collect certain device-level information:
If your board fills up, you can choose to watch a rewarded video to clear some space and keep going. That video is served and measured by Google AdMob under the same policy as above. Choosing not to watch, or the ad failing to load, never blocks you from playing — you can always start a fresh game instead, or continue by spending shards if you have enough.
You can restrict advertising tracking, or opt out of personalised ads entirely, from your device settings via Settings > Privacy & Security > Tracking. Deleting the Game removes all locally stored data along with it.