Privacy Policy

Last updated: 3 October 2026

The short version. Leafy Word Search needs no account and has no servers of its own. Your progress, your streak and your settings live on your device. If you choose to sign in with Google (optional, Android only for now), a backup of your progress is also kept under your own account. On Android, if you choose to, the app can also send anonymous usage counts and crash reports. It is off until you say yes. A puzzle you make is inside the link you send, so only the people you send it to can read it.

This policy covers Leafy Word Search, a word search published by Leafy Orb. It sits alongside the LeafyOrb Privacy Policy; where the two differ for this app, this page governs.

1. Who we are

Leafy Word Search is published by Leafy Orb, 937/2, Maruthupandiar Street, Thasilthar Nagar, Madurai, Tamil Nadu 625020, India.

2. What stays on your device

The puzzles you have finished, your stars and badges, your streak, the puzzle you are part-way through, the puzzles you have made or been sent, and your settings are stored on the device, in the app’s own storage. They are not sent to us.

Deleting the app deletes all of it. Unless you chose to sign in, there is no copy elsewhere to restore from, which is the trade for not having an account. You can also save a backup code of your own.

When you make a puzzle for someone, the title, the words and the name you type are packed into a link. If you share that link, anyone who has it can read those words, so share it only with people you know and do not put private information in a puzzle.

We do not receive, store or review the puzzle. The web page a link opens, leafyorb.com/p, reads the puzzle in your browser: the part of the link after the # sign is never sent to our server. Our host keeps ordinary technical logs of visits (such as the time and your network address), as any website does; the site sets no cookies and uses no trackers.

When you open a link someone sent you, the app checks it and saves the puzzle on your device. Nothing is sent back to the sender.

4. What leaves your device

Purchases, when they are offered. If you buy an upgrade, the purchase is handled by Apple or Google and validated by RevenueCat, who tell the app what you are entitled to. They receive a purchase receipt and an anonymous identifier the app generates. They do not receive your name or your email, because the app never asks for either.

Optional video ads. If you choose to watch a short video for an extra hint, the app loads it from Google AdMob. Google receives your device’s advertising-related identifiers and approximate location (from your IP address) to serve and measure the ad. We ask for ads to be non-personalized and suitable for all audiences. In the European Economic Area, the UK and some US states, Google first shows a consent form, and you can change your choice at any time in the app’s privacy settings. If you have Leafy Plus, or bought “remove ads”, the app never contacts Google for ads. Google’s use of data is described in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.

Optional sign-in and cloud backup (Android). Signing in is never required. If you tap “Sign in with Google” in Settings, Google Sign-In and Firebase (Google) give the app your email address and an account identifier, and the app stores a backup of your progress (finished puzzles, stars, badges, streak and settings) in Firestore under that account, so you can get it back on a new phone. The backup is limited by security rules to you alone; we do not use it for ads or analytics and do not share it. You can sign out at any time, and you can delete the account and the online copy in Settings (see section 8). If you never sign in, none of this happens.

Optional usage counts and crash reports (Android). The app asks once, after your first finished puzzle, whether to help improve it, and you can change your answer in Settings under “Help improve the app”. It is off until you say yes. If you say yes, Firebase Analytics and Firebase Crashlytics (Google) receive anonymous events such as “puzzle finished” with how long it took, how many hints were used and the star rating, which built-in puzzle it was, and whether a hint or an ad was used. They also receive crash reports: the technical details of an error, your phone model and Android version, and a random installation identifier that Firebase creates. They never receive your name, your email, the words or title of a puzzle you made, a backup code, or anything you type. We use this only to find and fix faults and to see which parts of the app people use; we do not use it for advertising, and Google acts as our service provider for it. If you say no, or turn it off, nothing is collected, and the identifier is not used to follow you. You can ask us to delete what is held about your installation by writing to support@leafyorb.com.

Nothing else leaves your device. If we ever add anything beyond this, this page changes first and the app will say so before the release that does it.

5. Reminders and read aloud

If you turn on a daily reminder, it is scheduled by your device’s own notification system. There is no push server and no device token: nothing about your reminder reaches us.

The Listen button and the option to read words aloud use the voice built into your phone. The words are spoken by your device and are not sent to us.

6. Children

Leafy Word Search is made for a general audience aged 13 and over and is not directed to children. Accounts are optional, and there is no chat and no public content: a puzzle reaches someone only if the person who made it sends them the link.

7. Your choices

You can turn reminders, sounds, read aloud and haptics off in Settings, or in your device’s own settings.

You can switch “Help improve the app” off at any time in Settings. You can delete everything by deleting the app, and, if you signed in, remove your online copy with “Delete my account” in Settings. Purchases are held by the store, not by us, so Restore Purchases brings back an upgrade on a new install.

8. Deleting your data

Everything Leafy Word Search keeps is on your device, so deleting the app deletes it permanently.

If you signed in, open Settings, then Optional account, then “Delete my account”. This permanently deletes your sign-in account and the progress backup stored online; your progress on the phone stays. If you cannot open the app, email support@leafyorb.com from the address you signed in with and we will delete it.

If you have made a purchase, RevenueCat holds the record of it against the anonymous identifier, so that it can be restored. To have that record deleted, email support@leafyorb.com with “deletion” in the subject and the order number from your store receipt, which is how the record can be found without a name. Records the law requires for tax and accounting are kept for as long as it requires, and are not linked to your name.

9. Contact

Questions about any of this: support@leafyorb.com, or write to Leafy Orb, 937/2, Maruthupandiar Street, Thasilthar Nagar, Madurai, Tamil Nadu 625020, India.