The Last Spark

Effective October 19, 2026

Privacy Policy

The Last Spark is developed by Nika Topuria ("we", "us"). This policy explains the limited information processed when you use the game.

Information stored on your device

The game stores your settings and progress on your device: your Embers, the Bodies, Wings and Chart packs you own and wear, your best ranks and scores, Daily Constellation progress, your Sky Atlas, and which hints and tutorials you have already seen. This information is used to run the game.

If you add the Last Spark widget to your Home Screen, the game shares a picture of today's constellation and its progress with the widget through a storage area on your device that only the game and its widget can read. It is not uploaded.

Cloud save

If you are signed in to Game Center, the game keeps a copy of your progress in Game Center saved games, which Apple stores in your iCloud account. That way a new or reinstalled device picks up where you left off. The copy contains your Embers balance, the identifiers of store purchases already credited (so a purchase is never credited twice), the Bodies, Wings and Chart packs you own and wear, your best ranks and scores, your Daily Constellation progress for the latest 30 days, your Sky Atlas, and which hints and tutorials you have seen. Your settings (sound, music, haptics, daily reminder, hints and battery saver) stay on the device.

The game syncs this copy when you sign in to Game Center, when you leave or return to the game, and when you tap Sync with the cloud under Menu, Back up. A device that has not earned anything yet uploads nothing. If you are not signed in to Game Center, nothing is synced. The copy lives in your own iCloud account, not on a server of ours, and we cannot see it.

Deleting the app does not delete the cloud copy. You can remove it from your iCloud storage in your iPhone's Apple Account settings.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics for Firebase to understand whether the game is clear, stable, and enjoyable. The app records product-interaction events such as: run starts and ends (mode, score, rank reached, duration and how the run ended), the time to your first tap and to a restart, progress through the guided first run and hints, Daily Constellation stars and completions, gift beacons used, Bodies and Wings unlocked or worn, Armory and Ember Vault visits, Chart pack previews and purchases with Embers, and Ember pack purchases (the pack shown, a purchase started, and whether it completed, failed, was cancelled or is pending). Firebase also records some events on its own, such as the first open of the app, sessions, and in-app purchase transactions (product, price and currency).

Firebase may also process app and device information needed to provide analytics, such as an app-installation identifier, device model, operating system and app version, language, approximate region derived from network information, and event timestamps. We do not send names, email addresses, contacts, precise location, photos, microphone recordings, or free-form user content to Firebase.

Analytics is used only to measure product interaction and improve the game. The app does not display advertising, does not use the advertising identifier (IDFA), and does not use analytics data to track you across other companies' apps or websites.

Analytics data is retained for 2 months, per the Firebase project's data retention setting.

Google processes Firebase data under its applicable terms and privacy documentation. See firebase.google.com/support/privacy.

Game Center

If you use Game Center, Apple processes your player identity, authentication, leaderboard scores (the Ranks boards), saved games (the cloud save above), and related Game Center information under Apple's privacy policy. Game Center is optional; failure or refusal to authenticate does not block normal gameplay.

Notifications

After your first run, the game asks once whether it may send a daily reminder about your constellation. If you allow it, the reminder is scheduled on your device for 9:00 in the morning, local time. It is a local notification: no push service is used and nothing is sent to us. You can turn it off with Daily reminder in the game's Settings, or in iPhone Settings.

Purchases

The game sells three optional packs of Embers (Handful, Pouch and Chest) in the Ember Vault. Embers are the game's one currency and buy only things that can also be earned by playing. Purchases are processed by Apple through StoreKit. We receive the verified transaction needed to credit your Embers, and the game keeps its transaction identifier so it is never credited twice. We do not receive or store your payment-card details.

Restore Purchases in the Ember Vault restores Vesper and Choir, the two Bodies sold as one-time purchases in earlier versions of the game. Ember packs are used up when bought and are not restored.

Children

The game contains no user-generated content, no social or messaging features, and no behavioral advertising, and does not knowingly request names, contact information, or precise location from anyone, including children. It is not directed to children under 13. If Apple's age rating for this app is later set to a "Made for Kids" designation, this policy will be revised to add the additional disclosures that designation requires.

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Changes

We may update this policy when the game or its service providers change. The effective date above will identify the latest version.

Contact

Nika Topuria — nika.topuria@yahoo.com