Privacy Policy
This policy describes the DreadVesper app (“Ashes of the Oath”) for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It is written for the App Store page and follows Apple’s requirements for a privacy policy, App Privacy Details, and disclosure of third-party SDKs. Data the game creates stays on the device. The developer does not collect it and does not send it to the developer’s servers.
What the game does not do
- It does not read location and does not ask for location permission.
- It does not show ads, use the advertising identifier, or ask for tracking permission (App Tracking Transparency).
- It does not include analytics, Firebase, or any other third-party data SDK. The app ships with no third-party SDKs.
- It does not send push notifications and does not ask for notification permission.
- It does not create an account and does not ask for a name, email, or phone number.
- It does not read contacts, calendars, health data, the photo library, or files outside the app sandbox.
For this build, App Privacy Details should be set to Data Not Collected: data is not transmitted to the developer and is not used for tracking. The App Privacy nutrition label and the app privacy manifest (NSPrivacyTracking = false, no collected data types) should match this page.
Device capabilities
The system asks for permission only when the player opens the related feature. Permission can be revoked in iOS Settings. Refusing it does not block the game; only that feature is unavailable.
| Capability | Why | Where the data goes |
|---|---|---|
| Camera | A sketch for the chronicle. The shot is turned into an engraving immediately. | Only into the chronicle on the device. It is not uploaded. |
| Microphone | A voice note on a chronicle page (no longer than 90 seconds) and dictation. | The note is an audio file in the chronicle on the device. Dictation audio is not sent over the network. |
| Speech recognition | Turn dictation into chronicle text in the language the game is played in. | On the device only: recognition is required to run locally. If no on-device model is available, the game says so and sends nothing. |
| Photos, add only | Save a finished chronicle page to Photos when the player asks. | Into the device’s photo library. The game does not read or browse existing photos. |
| Local network | The wanderers’ campfire: find another nearby device running DreadVesper and, if both players agree, hand over a save. | Only between those devices, over the local network or Bluetooth, encrypted. The internet is not used. The device name is not shared: the game shows a random name such as “Wanderer 1234”. |
| Background audio | The soundscape and chapter score may keep playing when the app is not on screen. | No data is collected. This is an audio playback mode. |
| Background processing | An integrity check of saves and the chronicle while the device is idle. The task does not use the network. | Only the game’s own files on the device. Stray files may be removed, and a slot may be restored from its backup. |
What stays on the device
- Play saves, settings, and the interface language.
- The chronicle: text, engravings, and voice notes.
- A random name for the wanderers’ campfire and the report of the last save check.
This data is not linked to the player’s identity and does not leave the device, except for a save transfer that the player explicitly accepts on both devices. Deleting the app or a slot deletes those files. No request to the developer is required: the developer has no copy.
Third-party SDKs and this website
The app does not embed third-party analytics, advertising, sign-in, or cloud SDKs. Apple system frameworks (camera, speech, photos, local network, background tasks) are part of iOS and do not send data to the DreadVesper developer.
This website is not the app. These pages load fonts from fonts.googleapis.com and fonts.gstatic.com. Opening a page may send Google the page address and IP address. The site does not set its own cookies and does not run its own analytics. Those fonts are not used inside the app.
Children
DreadVesper is dark fantasy with violence and frightening imagery, rated 12+. It is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect children’s data.
Changes
If a future version collects data or adds a third-party SDK, this page and the App Privacy details will be updated before that version is released. The date above is the date of this revision.
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