Privacy

What we collect, what we don't, and why

Last updated 2026-05-08. Plain English first, lawyer English never. If a section feels evasive, tell us.

What we collect

  • Email address — only when you sign up or request a magic-link sign-in. Used to authenticate you and to send the digest if you opt in.
  • Display name — only the one you provide on signup, optional.
  • Session cookie — opaque, signed, expires when you sign out. Used to keep you logged in across page loads.
  • Server logs — IP address + user-agent + timestamp on auth events (sign-in attempts, magic-link issues). Retained 30 days, used for rate-limiting and abuse investigation only.

What we don't

  • No tracking pixels. No Google Analytics, no Meta pixel, no third-party fingerprinting. Cloudflare Web Analytics is privacy-first, cookie-free, and doesn't identify users.
  • No personalized advertising. Affiliate links to App Store / Google Play / Steam are present and disclosed; clicks do not feed an ad-targeting graph.
  • No selling data. Your email is not sold, rented, or shared with marketing partners. We don't have marketing partners.
  • No tracking your kids. The site has no kid-facing surface. The reviews are written for parents.

How long we keep things

  • Account email + sign-in records: until you ask us to delete them.
  • Magic-link tokens: 15 minutes, single-use. The raw token is never stored — only a SHA-256 hash.
  • Server logs: 30 days.

Your rights (GDPR, CCPA, anywhere else)

Email the editor from the address on your account and ask for: a copy of what we have, a correction, or a deletion. We respond within 14 days. No forms, no portal.

Affiliate disclosure

Some buy buttons on review pages are affiliate links. When you buy through them, we earn a small commission from the platform (Apple, Google, Amazon, Steam) — never from the developer of the app being reviewed. The commission is structurally too small to influence a review, and every review explicitly states "no payment from developers." If you'd rather not feed the affiliate graph, search the app name directly in your platform's store.

Contact

Questions, corrections, deletion requests, or "you got something wrong": /how-we-curate#contact.