FC Architect

Build your club. Climb the pyramid.

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 7 October 2026

Information we collect

No personal information. The app has no user accounts and no sign-in. We do not collect your name, email address, contacts, location, photos, or advertising identifiers, and the app does not track you across other apps or websites. There is no advertising SDK in FC Architect and no IDFA, so you will never see a tracking permission prompt.

Anonymous usage statistics

To understand how far players get before they stop, which is the only way to tell whether the game is too hard, too slow, or asking to be paid for too early, the app sends a small number of anonymous events using TelemetryDeck, a privacy-focused analytics service. These are counters and fixed categories only:

• which of the seven leagues was chosen, which division you are in, and which starting situation you picked (the league, never your club);
• that a matchday or a season was played or simulated, and which number it was;
• whether the season ended in promotion, relegation, or neither, and which kinds of board goals were met;
• when a bigger club bids for one of your players, whether you accepted, with the fee only as a rough band;
• when you bid for a player at another club or hire a scout, the outcome and rough bands only (never the player or the club);
• that the upgrade screen was shown, what prompted it and how often it had been seen, and whether it was closed or the game was unlocked, including which unlock option was chosen (never a price);
• whether you chose to get return reminders and allowed notifications, and which kind of reminder you opened;
• that the app asked iOS to show the App Store rating prompt, or that you opened the App Store review page or the ideas email, and from which screen (never whether or how you rated, or what you wrote);
• whether the app was installed after tapping an Apple Ads advertisement, and if so which of our campaigns it was, learned from Apple’s own ad attribution service, which reports this without any advertising identifier and without tracking you;
• roughly how many minutes the app had been open.

TelemetryDeck's software also adds standard technical details to each event: the app version, the iOS version, the device model and screen size, your language, region and time zone settings, light or dark mode, accessibility settings such as text size, and the day and hour of the event. It also counts app sessions, how long they last, and on how many days the app is used.

What is never sent: the club name and stadium name you type, your crest and kits, your players’ names and nationalities, your squad, your finances, your saved games, or anything else you create in the game. All of that stays on your device.

TelemetryDeck is designed to be anonymous: it does not receive a name, an email address, or an advertising identifier, and it replaces the device's identifier with a one-way hash that cannot be traced back to you and is not shared with anyone. On the App Store these statistics are declared as Usage Data (product interaction, and advertising data for the Apple Ads campaign, if any), not linked to your identity and not used for tracking.

Your game data

Saved games are stored locally on your device, inside the app's own storage. They are never sent to us. There is no server and no account behind the game, so we cannot read, recover, or delete your saves. Deleting the app deletes them. If you back up your device, your saves are included in that backup, which is handled by Apple under Apple's Privacy Policy.

Game Center

If you are signed into Game Center, the achievements you earn and your leaderboard scores (the fewest seasons to reach the top flight, and your points in your debut season) are sent to Apple's Game Center under your Game Center profile, where your friends may see them. This is handled by Apple and covered by Apple's Privacy Policy; we only see the same leaderboards anyone can see.

Reminders, ratings and ideas

If you choose to get return reminders, they are scheduled as notifications on your device. Their text, which can include your club's name, is created on your device and never sent to us. You can turn them off at any time in iOS Settings. The rating prompt is Apple's own; we never see your rating except as a public App Store review. The ideas card opens your email app, and we receive only what you choose to send.

Purchases

FC Architect offers an optional one-time purchase that unlocks unlimited seasons. There is no subscription. Payments are processed entirely by Apple; we never see or handle your payment details. We use RevenueCat to verify the purchase, which receives an anonymous identifier and the Apple purchase receipt in order to tell the app whether the game is unlocked. It does not receive personal information from us. On the App Store this is declared as Purchase History and Identifiers, used only for app functionality and not linked to your identity.

Children

The app is suitable for general audiences and does not knowingly collect information from anyone, including children under 13.

Third parties

We do not sell, rent, or share personal information, because we do not collect any. Three third parties are involved: Apple, which processes all payments, provides Game Center, and handles any device backup you choose to make; RevenueCat, which verifies the purchase; and TelemetryDeck, which receives the anonymous usage events described above.

Changes

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new date above.

Contact

Questions about this policy: postmarkdigitalco@gmail.com