Vineyard Architect

From terroir to empire.

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 Vineyard Architect, so you will never see a tracking permission prompt.

Anonymous usage statistics

To understand how far players get, and whether the game is too slow, too hard, or asks to be paid for too early, the app sends a small number of anonymous events using TelemetryDeck, a privacy-focused analytics service. They contain counts and fixed categories only:

• that a new estate was started (never its name);
• that land was bought or a block was planted, with how many sites and blocks you have, the game year, and whether the block was drawn by hand or suggested by the game (never which region, site or grape);
• that the vineyard design screen was first opened, and how far you got through its short tour;
• the game year of your first harvest and of your first wine sale;
• that the upgrade screen was shown, what prompted it, how many sites you had and the game year, and whether it was closed or the game was unlocked, including which unlock option was chosen (never a price);
• that the app asked iOS to show the App Store rating prompt, and which in-game milestone prompted it (never whether or how you rated);
• that you shared a bottle or vintage card, and which kind (never the image itself);
• 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.

Crash and performance reports

When the app crashes or freezes, iOS gives it a diagnostic report on a later launch. The app sends only a short summary of that report through TelemetryDeck so we can find and fix the problem: a code for the kind of crash, or how long a freeze lasted (under 3 seconds, 3 to 10 seconds, or longer), and the iOS version. It never sends the report itself, the app's code trail, any game content, or anything about you.

What is never sent: your estate's name, the names of your wines and brands, your labels, the regions, sites and grapes you choose, your prices, your finances, your saved games, or anything else you create in the game.

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.

Your game data

Saved games are stored locally on your device, in up to three save slots. They are not synced and never reach us, so we cannot read, recover, or delete them. If you have device backups enabled, your saves may be included in your own Apple backup, which is handled entirely by Apple under its Privacy Policy.

Game Center

If you are signed into Game Center, the achievements you earn and your leaderboard scores (how fast your estate reaches $5 million, and its net worth in year 10) 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.

Sharing and ratings

Bottle and vintage cards are created on your device. When you share one, it goes only where you choose through the iOS share sheet; we never receive it. The rating prompt is Apple's own; we never see your rating except as a public App Store review.

Purchases

Vineyard Architect offers an optional one-time purchase that unlocks the full game. There are no subscriptions. 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 purchase receipt from Apple in order to tell the app whether the game is unlocked. It does not receive personal information from us.

Children

The app is not directed at children 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 and provides Game Center and device backups; RevenueCat, which verifies the purchase; and TelemetryDeck, which receives the anonymous usage statistics and crash reports 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