Kneadle

Terms of Use

The service

Kneadle is a daily cat-café logic puzzle: every day a new board of cushions on which you seat one cat in every row, column and cushion, with no two cats touching. It also includes a practice board, an archive of past days, and a collection of cat coats you earn by playing. By using Kneadle, you agree to these terms.

Subscriptions

Kneadle's daily puzzle is always free to play, supported by ads. Free players get three hints a day and can get more by watching a short ad, and can play the last seven days in the archive. Kneadle Premium is an auto-renewing subscription (billed monthly or yearly, as shown at purchase) that removes ads, makes hints unlimited, and unlocks every past day in the archive.

Payment is charged to your Apple ID (or Google Play account) at confirmation of purchase.
Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, at the price shown at the time of purchase.
Manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your device's account settings (App Store or Google Play) — Kneadle's developer cannot cancel it for you.
If a free trial is offered, any unused portion is forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable.
Payments are processed entirely by Apple or Google; refunds are handled under their respective standard policies, not by Kneadle's developer directly.

Artwork and sound

Kneadle's cats, cushion fabrics, puzzles, text, sounds and code are original work belonging to its developer. The sound effects are synthesized in-house, and the title font, Cherry Bomb One, is used under the SIL Open Font License.

Acceptable use

Use Kneadle only for its intended purpose of playing and sharing its puzzles. Don't attempt to reverse-engineer, resell, or misuse the app or its content.

"As is," no warranty

Kneadle is provided "as is," without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose or uninterrupted availability. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the developer's total liability arising from your use of Kneadle is limited to the amount you paid for the app or subscription in the 12 months before the claim.

Changes to these terms

If these terms change, this page will be updated with a new effective date, and material changes will be noted in the app's release notes.

Privacy Policy

The short version: Kneadle has no user accounts and no backend server of its own. Everything you'd think of as "your data" — puzzles solved, your streak and record, the coats you've collected, any board in progress, your settings — stays on your device. Two things aren't purely local: the free version shows ads through Google's Mobile Ads SDK, and the app checks for content and bug-fix updates. Both are explained below.

Information we collect

None, on our own servers. Kneadle has no backend server of its own and uses no analytics or crash-reporting SDKs. The only third-party services the app talks to are the advertising SDK and the update service described next.

Advertising

Kneadle's free version shows ads through Google's Mobile Ads SDK (AdMob): a banner on the main screen, an occasional full-screen ad after a solved puzzle (never during play), and an optional short ad you can choose to watch for an extra hint. On iOS, the app asks for App Tracking Transparency permission before any tracking-based ad targeting, as Apple requires — you can allow or decline in the system prompt, and Kneadle works exactly the same either way. If you decline, or on Android, ads are requested as non-personalized rather than tied to an advertising identifier. Google's use of any data collected through the SDK is governed by Google's own privacy policy and its disclosures for how it uses information from apps that use its services, not by Kneadle's developer. Kneadle Premium removes ads (and this SDK's ad activity) entirely.

App updates

So that new puzzles, new coats and bug fixes can arrive without a full App Store update, Kneadle checks Expo's update service (EAS Update) when it starts and downloads any new version of its own content. That request carries only what's needed to deliver the right update — the app's version and platform, and the basic network information any download involves — and nothing about you or your games. It is governed by Expo's privacy policy.

Your data

Local storage only. Which days you've solved, your streak, solve times and record, your coat collection, any board in progress, and your settings all live in your device's local storage, the same way a notes app stores what you type.
Deleting your data. Uninstalling the app permanently deletes everything on your device. There is no account to delete and no server-side copy, because none exists.

Sharing a result

When you share a solved puzzle, Kneadle makes the picture or short text entirely on your device and hands it to whatever app you pick in your device's own share sheet (Messages, email, and so on). Kneadle never uploads it anywhere. What you share shows how you did, never where the cats go, so it can't spoil the puzzle for anyone.

In-app purchases

Kneadle Premium is processed entirely by Apple or Google through their standard in-app purchase systems. Kneadle's developer never receives your payment details (card numbers, billing address, and so on) — that's handled directly between you and Apple or Google under their own privacy policies. Kneadle only learns whether a subscription is active, so it can unlock Premium features on your device.

Notifications

Kneadle can schedule a local daily reminder that a new puzzle is waiting. Reminders are scheduled and delivered entirely on your device by its own operating system — Kneadle does not send push notifications, and no reminder content is sent anywhere. You can turn the reminder off in Settings.

Ratings

After a few puzzles, Kneadle may ask whether you'd like to rate it, using Apple's built-in rating prompt. Apple handles the prompt and any rating you leave; Kneadle doesn't see your answer.

Children's privacy

Kneadle does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children. The app has no accounts, no chat, and no messaging between players; the only third-party data collection is the advertising SDK described above, which is limited by Apple's and Google's own platform rules for apps used by a general audience.

Changes to this policy

If this policy ever changes, this page will be updated with a new effective date, and that change will be described in the app's release notes.

Contact

Questions about these terms or this policy can be sent to: erbuilapps@icloud.com