Privacy Policy

Critter Evolution Simulator · Last updated 20 September 2026

Critter Evolution Simulator (“the game”) is made by Hatchlore Studios (“we”, “us”). The game is intended for children and families. We have tried to keep this policy short and plain enough for a parent to read in two minutes.

The short version

• We do not ask for your name, email, age, photos, contacts or location.
• We do not have accounts or logins, and the game has no chat or social features.
• Your progress is saved on your own device only.
• The game shows ads. Those are handled by Google, who receives some device information as described below.
• We do not use tracking or personalised advertising.

What the game stores on your device

Your level, zone, coins, gems, settings and sound choices are saved in a file on the device. We cannot see it. Deleting the game deletes it.

Advertising

Ads come from Google AdMob. Every ad request from the game is marked as:

• child-directed (US children’s privacy law, COPPA),
• for a user under the age of consent (EU law, GDPR),
• rated “G” — suitable for all ages.

This means AdMob serves non-personalised, contextual ads only: ads are not chosen based on a profile of the player, and the advertising identifier is not used to build one. Google still processes limited technical data (such as device type, coarse country, and whether an ad was shown or clicked) in order to deliver ads and prevent fraud. Google’s own policy: policies.google.com/technologies/ads

In the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, the game shows Google’s consent screen before the first ad, so you can choose what you agree to.

Rewarded ads — the ones offering extra XP, gems or a second chance after a knockout — are always optional. Nothing in the game requires watching an ad.

Purchases

This version of the game contains no in-app purchases and asks for no payment details. If optional purchases are added later, this page will be updated first, and any purchase will be placed behind a grown-up check as the app stores require.

What we do not do

• No analytics or tracking software.
• No advertising identifier used for profiling.
• No data sold or shared with anyone for marketing.
• No collection of personal information from children (or anyone else).

Your choices and rights

• Remove everything: uninstall the game. All saved data goes with it.
• Reset progress: Settings → Progress → Reset, inside the game.
• Turn ads down: you never have to watch a rewarded ad; the short ads between lives are part of the free game.
• EEA/UK: you may change your advertising consent at any time via the consent screen shown by the game.
• If you believe a child has provided us personal information, contact us and we will look into it. We do not knowingly collect any.

Contact

Questions about this policy: patrikliao@gmail.com

We will update this page if the game changes how it handles data, and the date at the top will change with it.