App privacy policy

Boardalo privacy policy

For Boardalo on iPhone. Effective from 19 May 2026. Last updated 19 May 2026.

Boardalo is a collection of twenty classic board games for iPhone, built by Chardie. This page explains exactly what Boardalo does — and does not do — with your data. It is written to match the app's actual technical behaviour, and serves as the privacy policy submitted to Apple's App Store.

The short version. Boardalo collects no personal data of its own. Game progress, settings, and learned preferences live on your device. There is no Boardalo account. The app has no analytics or advertising SDKs. If you choose to play someone — by pairing two phones in the same room, or by inviting a Game Center friend online — that connection uses Apple's frameworks (MultipeerConnectivity or Game Center) and only the gameplay moves needed for the match are exchanged.

Who operates Boardalo

Boardalo is built and operated by Chardie, based in Manchester, United Kingdom. Chardie is the data controller for any personal data processed in connection with the app — though, as set out below, Chardie itself does not collect any.

Data we collect: none of our own

Chardie does not collect personal data through Boardalo. We have no servers that Boardalo contacts. We do not have a Boardalo account system. We do not track you, identify you, or build any profile of your behaviour.

Two adjacent systems may process small amounts of data on your behalf — but they are not Chardie systems and we do not see what passes through them:

In Apple's App Store privacy taxonomy, the data Boardalo collects on Chardie's side is "Data Not Collected". Game Center linkage with a player ID is handled by Apple under Apple's own privacy policy.

What's stored on your device

Boardalo stores the following on your device, in standard iOS storage (UserDefaults) provided by Apple, scoped to the Boardalo app:

All of this is on your device. None of it is transmitted to Chardie. Deleting Boardalo removes it.

Multiplayer — Play Nearby and Play Online

Boardalo offers two multiplayer modes in addition to solo and pass-and-play. Both are entirely optional. If you never tap a multiplayer button, Boardalo never opens a multiplayer connection.

Play Nearby (local network)

Play Nearby uses Apple's MultipeerConnectivity framework to discover and connect to another iPhone running Boardalo on the same local network. To do this, the first time you use the feature, iOS asks you for permission to access devices on the local network. Boardalo advertises and browses for a single service name (_boardalo-mp._tcp / _boardalo-mp._udp) so it only finds other Boardalo players, not unrelated devices.

Once paired, the two devices exchange only the data needed to play the match — the game type, board state, move history, player display names you choose to share, and game-over results. No location, contacts or device identifiers are exchanged. No Chardie server sees this traffic. The session ends when either player leaves the match.

You can revoke local-network permission at any time in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Local Network → Boardalo.

Play Online (Apple Game Center)

Play Online lets you invite a Game Center friend to a turn-based match. The connection runs through Apple's GameKit turn-based matches infrastructure. The only information exchanged with your opponent is the gameplay state and your Game Center display name. The match is hosted by Apple, not Chardie. Apple may send a push notification to your opponent when it is their turn — and to you when it is yours — using your existing Game Center identity. See the Apple Game Center section below.

Apple Game Center

Boardalo integrates with Apple Game Center for achievements and for online matches between friends. Game Center is provided by Apple under Apple's privacy policy — it is not a Chardie service. If you do not sign in to Game Center, the online multiplayer mode is unavailable, but every other part of Boardalo (solo, pass-and-play, Play Nearby) works exactly the same.

When you are signed in, Apple shares with Boardalo only the information needed to identify you to your opponents — typically a Game Center display name. Chardie does not receive your real name, email address, or Apple ID. You can disable Game Center access for Boardalo at any time in iOS Settings → Game Center.

In-app purchases

Boardalo offers one optional in-app purchase: a one-time premium unlock that opens the harder AI difficulty tiers on the free games and unlocks the remaining seventeen games at full depth. The free games (Chess, Drop Four, Tic-Tac-Toe at Casual difficulty) remain free.

The purchase is processed entirely by Apple through StoreKit and the App Store. Apple handles the payment, billing and receipt. Chardie sees only that a purchase has been completed for the purpose of unlocking the premium content on your device. Chardie does not receive your card number, billing address, full name or email. Family Sharing is supported.

To restore a previous purchase on a new device, sign in to the same Apple ID and tap "Restore Purchases" in Boardalo's settings.

Push notifications

Boardalo can send you push notifications for two reasons, both of which require your explicit opt-in to iOS notifications:

You can disable notifications at any time in iOS Settings → Notifications → Boardalo.

Third parties

Boardalo does not embed any third-party analytics, advertising, attribution, crash-reporting, A/B-testing or feature-flagging SDKs. The external systems Boardalo touches are all Apple's own:

There is no advertising network, no analytics network, and no Chardie server in this list.

Use by children

Boardalo is designed to be safe to use for players of any age, including children. Because Boardalo collects no personal data on Chardie's side, there is no Chardie-side profile that could be built about a child.

Some features rely on Apple services that Apple offers with their own age controls — Game Center, Play Online and in-app purchases. Parents and carers can restrict these through iOS Screen Time → Content & Privacy Restrictions, and through Family Sharing's Ask to Buy. Boardalo respects these restrictions: if Game Center is disabled on a device, the online multiplayer mode simply will not be available.

Permissions Boardalo requests

Boardalo does not request access to your camera, microphone, contacts, calendar, photos, location, health data, motion data or Bluetooth devices.

Apple privacy manifest

Boardalo ships with an Apple PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy manifest declaring exactly which Apple "required reason" APIs it touches and why. Today that manifest declares:

Your rights under UK GDPR

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation, you have the right to ask whether we hold personal data about you, to ask us to correct it, to ask us to delete it, and to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk) if you believe we have mishandled it.

Because Chardie does not collect personal data through Boardalo, there is nothing on Chardie's side to disclose, correct or delete — your data is on your device, under your control. To remove the on-device data, delete Boardalo from your device, or use the reset controls inside the app's settings.

Data held by Apple (Game Center identity, App Store purchase history) is covered by Apple's privacy policy and can be managed from your iCloud / Apple ID settings.

Changes to this policy

If we materially change how Boardalo handles data, we will update this page, change the "last updated" date at the top, and submit the updated policy to the App Store. Where appropriate we will also surface the change inside Boardalo itself the next time you open it.

Contact

Questions, concerns, or requests under UK GDPR — please email hello@chardie.co.uk. We aim to reply within five working days.

Data controller: Chardie · Manchester, United Kingdom · chardie.co.uk