Werdflex Privacy Policy
Werdflex uses a small amount of local storage and third-party services to run the game, support the leaderboard, measure app usage, and show ads.
Data stored on your device
Werdflex stores the following data locally on your device:
- your in-progress board state (words entered so far)
- your personal stats (games played, scores, streaks, and related history)
- your daily play streak and last visit date
- your golden letter selections
- your chosen leaderboard display name
- your color scheme preference
- cached daily game settings (letter values, par score, puzzle version)
- a randomly generated device identifier used to sync golden letter data
Data sent to online services
Werdflex uses Firebase and Google AdMob.
Firebase may be used to:
- download daily game settings
- load leaderboard and game stats
- sync your golden letter selections, stored under your device identifier
- store a leaderboard submission you choose to send
- collect analytics events about app usage
Your golden letter selections are synced to Firebase when you apply them, associated only with your randomly generated device identifier — not your name or any account.
If you submit a leaderboard score, Werdflex sends:
- your chosen display name
- your final score
- the submitted words needed for score verification
- the submission time
- your current streak
- a country code derived from your device's locale settings
- your device identifier (used for deduplication)
Google AdMob may collect device and advertising-related data to deliver ads, measure ad performance, and help prevent fraud.
Device identifier
When you first open Werdflex, a random identifier (UUID) is generated and stored on your device. It is not linked to your name, email, or any account. It is used to store your golden letter selections in Firebase and may be included with leaderboard submissions to prevent duplicate entries.
Optional leaderboard submission
Submitting to the leaderboard is optional. If you do not submit a score, your name is not sent for leaderboard storage. Your personal stats and streak remain on your device only.
Your choices
You can reset your local game data and stats from within the app. Doing so also removes your golden letter data from Firebase. You can also choose not to submit leaderboard entries.