Privacy Policy
Kibo Island is a walking and gardening game. To play, it reads how many steps you take. That number, and everything else about your game, stays on your iPhone.
The short version
- We don't collect any data. Nothing is sent to us or to anyone else.
- Kibo Island has no accounts, no ads, no analytics and no tracking.
- It reads your step count only, never where you walked.
- It never writes to Apple Health.
Your steps
Motion & Fitness. With your permission, the game reads your iPhone's step count through Apple's Motion & Fitness. Each step you walk becomes a step for Kibo on the island's trails. It uses the steps you've walked today, and the totals from the days before to set a day goal that suits how much you usually walk.
Apple Health (optional). If you turn it on in the game's Settings, Kibo Island also reads the step count in Apple Health, so steps from a watch or tracker count too. It reads step counts only. It doesn't read anything else in Health and never writes to it.
Step data from Apple Health is used only to play the game. It is never shared, sold, used for advertising, or sent off your device.
You can turn either permission off at any time in the iPhone's Settings app, under Privacy & Security.
What stays on your iPhone
- Your game save: your garden, the island, what's in Kibo's bag, your letters and your step totals.
- Widgets: if you add one, a small summary of your game (such as today's steps and what's growing) is shared with the widget on the same phone.
- Reminders: off until you turn them on. They are scheduled on the phone itself, never sent from a server.
- A play diary: a simple record of game events (walks, blooms, letters) kept on the phone to help balance the game. It is never sent anywhere.
Your iPhone's own backups (iCloud or a computer) may include this data, as they do for any app. Apple handles those backups under its own privacy policy.
Deleting your data
To erase your game, open Settings in the game and tap Reset all progress twice. Deleting the app removes all of its data from your iPhone.
Children
Kibo Island collects no personal information from anyone, children included.
Changes and questions
If the game ever starts handling data differently, this page will change first, with a new date at the top.
Questions about privacy: queencykoh@gmail.com