Privacy Policy

Last updated: 31 October 2026

The short version. AstroHarvest collects gameplay statistics and crash reports so the game can be balanced and fixed. It shows optional rewarded video ads through Google AdMob, which collects data of its own to choose and measure ads.

The game signs you in with Google Play Games automatically when your phone has it. Signed in, you have an account that backs up your saved games to the cloud and keeps your purchases working on a new phone. If sign-in is not available or you turn it down, the whole game still plays and your saves stay on your device. You can delete the account, and everything stored with it, from inside the game at any time.

Who this covers

This policy applies to the AstroHarvest mobile game (package com.astroharvest.app), called "the game" below. The game is published by ASTROHARVEST LLC at astroharvestgame.com. Contact details are at the end of this page.

Gameplay statistics and crash reports

The game sends gameplay statistics and crash reports through Google Firebase. The game is a long climb, and the only honest way to tell whether its difficulty is fair is to see where players actually get stuck.

What is collected:

Progress milestones: the sector you have reached, zones cleared, prestiges, and how long you have played.
Feature use: for example the first time you craft, use drones or autopilot, watch a rewarded ad, or make a purchase.
How you play: which screens and shop tabs you open and for how long, which upgrades and items you buy and for how much in-game currency, whether a purchase completed or was cancelled, which settings you change (such as which sounds are on), and the results of in-game events such as the daily boss.
Sessions and performance: how many times you have played, how many days since you installed the game, how long you were away, the game's frame rate, and your screen size range.
Crash and error reports: technical details of a fault, plus the game state at the time (such as sector and play time), so it can be reproduced and fixed.
Device and app information collected by Firebase: device model, operating system version, app version, language, an app instance identifier, and approximate location (country or region) derived from your IP address.

What is not collected: your name, email address, phone number or other contact details; your precise location; your contacts, photos, files, microphone or camera.

These statistics are not tied to your name, and nothing is sold or shown to other players. Firebase keeps them for up to 14 months. We also copy them into Google BigQuery, in our own Google Cloud project, to analyse how the game is played; that copy is kept for no longer than 14 months either.

Signing in, cloud save and purchases

When you open the game, it signs you in with Google Play Games automatically if your phone has it. You do not have to be signed in to play: if sign-in is not available or you turn it down, the whole game still works, you have no account, your saved games stay on your device, and the sections above and below on statistics and advertising are the whole story.

If you sign in with Google Play Games, we create an account for you and store:

An account identifier: a player identifier issued by Google Play Games, and an internal identifier derived from it. This is not your name or your email address. Google's sign-in service also records your IP address to protect accounts from abuse.
Your cloud saves: a copy of each of your saved games (your progress, resources, upgrades and in-game settings), the names you gave your save slots, and when each was last saved. This is what lets you continue on a new phone or after reinstalling, and what lets the game ask which save to keep if two devices disagree. We also keep up to five earlier versions of each saved game, so that if progress is lost we can restore it for you.
Your purchases: which items you bought, when, and the purchase token Google issues, so we can confirm each purchase with Google and unlock the item.
Your Player ID: a short code made from your account identifier, shown in Settings so you can quote it when you contact us. With it we can find your cloud saves to help with a problem, and send a gift to you alone.
Gift codes you redeem: which codes your account has used and when, so each code works once per account.
Early player status: whether you played during the closed test or the open beta, so the ships promised to early players stay yours after reinstalling or on a new phone.

We never see or store payment details. Card numbers, billing addresses and the payment itself are handled entirely by Google Play.

Deleting your account. In the game, open Settings, then the Account tab, then Delete Account and Cloud Data under Cloud Save. Deletion is immediate. It removes your account identifier, your Player ID, your cloud saves (including their earlier versions) and save slot names, your gift code records, and our record of your purchases. One note is kept: that the Credits included with a Founder's Pack purchase were already paid, stored with only the purchase ID and date and no link to you, so they are not paid a second time. Saved games on your device are not touched. If the game is no longer installed, email us and we will do it for you. Full detail is on our account and data deletion page.

Data stored on your device

The game keeps your saved games, settings and similar gameplay values in storage inside the app on your device. If you are not signed in, it is never sent to us. (If you have Android's own device backup turned on, Android may include it in your backup to your Google account; that is between you and Google.) If you are signed in, copies of your saved games are uploaded to your account as described above.

You can erase what is on your device at any time with Wipe Save in the game's settings, by clearing the app's storage, or by uninstalling the game. Without a cloud save, that cannot be recovered.

Network use

All artwork, music and sound are bundled inside the app, and the game plays offline. A connection is used to send the statistics and crash reports above, to download game tuning values (Firebase Remote Config), to load rewarded ads when you choose to watch one, and, if you have signed in, to sign you in, sync your cloud saves and confirm purchases. Offline, the game plays as normal and catches up the next time you are online.

Third-party services

The game uses these Google services, which process data on our behalf under Google's privacy policy:

Google Analytics for Firebase and Firebase Crashlytics (statistics and crash reports)
Google BigQuery (analysing the gameplay statistics)
Firebase Remote Config (game tuning values)
Google Play Games Services and Firebase Authentication (signing in)
Cloud Firestore and Cloud Functions for Firebase (cloud saves, purchase records, account deletion)
Google Play Billing (payments)

The game also uses Google AdMob for rewarded video ads. AdMob is an advertising network: unlike the services above, it receives data in its own right to select and measure ads. See Advertising below.

The game is distributed through Google Play, and Google collects some information as part of running the store, independently of us. There are no social media integrations in the game.

Advertising

Ads in AstroHarvest are always optional. There are no banners and no ads between screens. The only ads are rewarded videos: you are offered one in exchange for a bonus, and you choose whether to watch. Declining costs you nothing except that bonus.

To select and measure ads, AdMob collects:

your device's advertising identifier, a resettable ID that belongs to the device
device and network information, such as model, operating system version, language, and approximate location derived from your IP address
ad interactions: that an ad was shown, watched or dismissed

We do not receive any of this individually; we see only totals, such as how many ads were watched. It is governed by Google's advertising policies.

Your controls:

Do not watch them. Every ad in the game is opt-in, one tap at a time.
Choose how ads use your data (EEA, UK and Switzerland). The game shows Google's consent form the first time it starts, asking whether ads may be personalised. You can change your answer at any time in Settings, Privacy, Ad privacy choices.
Buy Ad-Free. A one-time purchase that removes the videos and still pays the bonus.
Reset or delete your advertising ID in your device settings (on most Android phones: Settings, Privacy, Ads). You will still see ads, just less relevant ones.

Children

AstroHarvest is intended for players aged 13 and over. It is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. Advertising in the game is configured for a 13 and over audience.

Your rights

Privacy laws in many regions give you the right to access, correct, export or delete personal data a company holds about you.

If you have never signed in, you have no account. The statistics and crash reports are not tied to your identity, so there is nothing for us to look up or erase.
If you have signed in, you can delete everything we hold yourself, at any time, from Settings, then the Account tab, then Cloud Save, then Delete Account and Cloud Data. For any other request, or if the game is no longer installed, email us, including your Player ID if you have it (see how to delete your data). We confirm within 7 days and complete deletion within 30.

Uninstalling the game removes your saved games from your device and stops statistics being sent. It does not delete your account or your cloud saves; use the option above for that.

Changes to this policy

If the game changes in a way that affects your privacy, this policy is updated before that version is released, and the date at the top changes. Significant changes are also mentioned in the game's release notes.

Contact

ASTROHARVEST LLC
beat@astroharvestgame.com