Privacy Policy for Stop the Clock

Effective October 2, 2026

Short version: Stop the Clock keeps your scores on your device and has no accounts of its own. If you choose to sign in to Google Play Games, Google handles your leaderboard data. Stop the Clock also uses Firebase Analytics and Crashlytics for anonymous usage statistics and crash reports. Details below.

What the app stores

Stop the Clock saves your personal best score, how many rounds you have played, and your sound and vibration settings. This data:

• stays on your device
• is not linked to your identity or to any account we run
• is deleted automatically if you uninstall the app

Google Play Games leaderboard and achievements

Stop the Clock uses Google Play Games Services for its leaderboard and achievements. Signing in is optional, and the game can be played fully without it. If you sign in:

• Google provides the app with your Play Games player ID and display name so your score can appear on the leaderboard.
• Your scores and unlocked achievements are sent to Google Play Games Services. Scores are shown to other players on the leaderboard, together with your Play Games display name.
• Google processes this data under its own Privacy Policy. You can manage or delete your Play Games profile and data in the Google Play Games app and in your Google account settings.

Stop the Clock does not send your scores, achievements, name or player ID to any server of ours. We do not run a server for this app.

Analytics and crash reports

Stop the Clock uses Firebase Analytics and Firebase Crashlytics, both Google services. This is separate from your leaderboard sign-in and does not need you to sign in to anything.

• Firebase Analytics collects basic usage information, such as which screens are opened and how often the app is used, tied to an anonymous installation identifier rather than your name or Play Games profile.
• Firebase Crashlytics sends a report when the app crashes, so it can be fixed. A report includes the error itself and basic device information (device model, OS version, app version), not your gameplay or personal files.
• Google processes this data under its own Privacy Policy and Firebase's privacy and security terms.

Permissions

• Internet: used by Google Play Games Services, Firebase Analytics and Crashlytics, and Google Play's in-app review dialog.
• Vibration: used for the optional haptic feedback in the game. You can turn it off in Settings.

What the app does not do

• No advertising SDKs or ad identifiers
• No location, contacts, camera, or microphone access
• No selling of any data to third parties

If advertising is ever added in a future version, this page will be updated before that version is released.

Sound

Stop the Clock creates its short game sounds on the device itself. It does not access your microphone and does not record anything.

Sharing your score

The Share button opens Android's own share sheet with a short message containing your score and a link to the app's Google Play page. Nothing is sent unless you choose an app and send it yourself.

In-app review

After a few rounds Stop the Clock may ask Google Play to show its standard review dialog. Reviews are handled entirely by Google Play.

Crypto tip jar

The About screen shows static Solana (SOL) and USD Coin (USDC) addresses if you would like to leave an optional tip. These addresses are fixed text bundled with the app. Stop the Clock does not query any blockchain, make any network request for this, or track whether you have sent anything. Tapping the copy icon only copies the address to your clipboard.

Children's privacy

Stop the Clock is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect information from them. The app itself collects no personal information. Google Play Games Services applies its own age requirements to signing in.

Changes to this policy

If this policy ever changes, the update will be posted on this same page with a new effective date above.

Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent to akarafilovski@gmail.com.