One Bright Studio
Home
SliceMaths · fractions & more WordsmithReading & spelling BitwiseHow tech works Hue RushFocus & reflexes See all games
Learn About Contact
Back to Bitwise

Privacy Policy

Bitwise: How Tech Works

Last Updated: October 25, 2026

Introduction

Welcome to Bitwise. This Privacy Policy explains how One Bright Studio ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and shares information when you use the Bitwise mobile application (the "App").

Bitwise is played by people of all ages, including children aged 9 and up, and we have designed it to collect as little as possible. There are no accounts and no sign-in. The App never asks for a name, email address, phone number, or other contact details.

Information We Collect

1. Information You Provide

  • Support Requests: If you contact us by email or through our website, we collect the information you include in your message.

2. Progress and Settings (On Your Device Only)

  • Age Band: When you start, you choose an age band (9–12, 13–17, or grown-up). It is saved on your device and used to choose a starting point and to decide when the grown-up check is shown.
  • Progress: Stars, your brain rank, facts in your Fact Book, Daily Bit results, streaks and settings are saved on your device. They are not synced to iCloud or sent to us.
  • Reminders: Daily reminders are local notifications scheduled on your device. No notification data is sent to us.
  • Sharing: If you share a Daily Bit result, the App opens Apple's share sheet with a short, spoiler-free text. You choose where it goes; we do not receive it.

3. Analytics (Google Firebase Analytics)

We use Firebase Analytics to understand how the App is played so we can improve lessons, levels and difficulty. Events include levels started, won or failed, hints used, lessons started and finished, onboarding steps, the age band chosen, brain-rank changes, streak freezes, and purchase and ad events. Events never include names or any text typed into the App.

Firebase also receives an app-instance identifier, device model, operating system and app version, and an approximate location (country or region) derived from the IP address. Collection of the advertising identifier is turned off.

4. Crash Reports (Google Firebase Crashlytics)

If the App crashes, Crashlytics sends us a crash report so we can fix the problem. A report contains technical details such as where in the code the crash happened, the device model, operating system and app version, and a random installation identifier. It does not contain your progress or anything you typed.

5. Advertising (Google AdMob)

Players who have not bought Remove Ads see banner ads, ads between levels, and optional rewarded ads (for example, to keep going after running out of hearts or to earn a streak freeze). To protect younger players:

  • Every ad request is marked as directed to children (child-directed treatment), for all players.
  • Ads are non-personalised and limited to content rated suitable for general audiences.
  • The App does not ask for permission to track you (App Tracking Transparency), so the advertising identifier (IDFA) is never available to the App or to Google.

To serve these ads and measure them (for example, counting impressions and preventing fraud), Google may process your IP address and the approximate location derived from it, device and app information, and ad interaction data.

6. Purchases

The optional Remove Ads purchase is handled by Apple through the App Store. We never see your payment details. The App checks with Apple whether the purchase has been made.

7. No Real Money or Cryptocurrency

The Codes & Crypto world teaches how blockchains work using pretend sticker trades. The App never connects to a wallet, never handles real money or cryptocurrency, and never asks for any financial details.

8. Information We Do NOT Collect

  • We do not collect names, email addresses, phone numbers, or account details (unless you contact us).
  • We do not receive your progress, Fact Book, or age band; they stay on your device (the age band chosen at the start is included in one analytics event, as described above, without any name).
  • We do not collect precise location.
  • We do not access your contacts, camera, microphone, or photo library.
  • We do not track you across other companies' apps or websites, and we do not sell personal information.

Children's Privacy

Bitwise is suitable for ages 9 and up and is played by children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. The App asks for no name, progress never leaves the device, analytics events carry no names, and all advertising is child-directed and non-personalised.

For the 9–12 and 13–17 age bands, a grown-up check (typing a number written in words) is required before purchases, restoring purchases, opening links outside the App, sharing results, or changing the age band.

If you believe a child has sent us personal information, for example in a support email, please contact us and we will delete it.

How We Use Information

  • Game Functionality: To save progress and settings, and to schedule the reminders you ask for.
  • Fixing Problems: To find and fix crashes.
  • Funding the App: To show child-directed, non-personalised ads to players who have not bought Remove Ads.
  • Product Improvement: To understand which lessons and levels are too hard or too easy and improve the game.
  • Support: To respond to your questions and feedback.

Third-Party Services

Bitwise uses the following services, which process data under their own privacy policies:

  • Apple (App Store, notifications): Apple Privacy Policy
  • Google Firebase Analytics and Crashlytics: Privacy and Security in Firebase
  • Google AdMob: Google Privacy Policy and How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services

We do not sell, rent, or trade personal information. We may disclose information where required by law or to protect the safety and integrity of the App and its players.

Data Storage and Security

  • Progress and settings are stored only on your device.
  • Analytics, crash and advertising data is processed on Google's servers.
  • Data in transit is protected using HTTPS/TLS encryption.

Your Rights and Choices

  • Remove Ads: One purchase removes all ads. Family Sharing is supported.
  • Reminders: Turn reminders on or off in the App's Settings or in iOS Settings → Notifications.
  • Reset Progress: Reset all progress in the App's Settings.
  • Delete the App: Removes all progress and settings from your device.
  • Analytics and Crash Data: Contact us to request access or deletion. Because Bitwise has no accounts, we may need information from your device to find this data.

Data Retention

  • Progress and Settings: Kept on your device until you reset them or delete the App.
  • Analytics Data: Retained for no longer than 14 months at the user level, then kept only in aggregated form.
  • Crash Reports: Retained by Crashlytics for 90 days.
  • Advertising Data: Retained by Google according to its own policies.
  • Support Communications: Retained as needed to handle your request.

International Data Transfers

Apple and Google may process data on servers outside your country, including in the United States. These providers use safeguards such as standard contractual clauses where required by law.

Jurisdiction-Specific Rights

For European Economic Area and UK Residents (GDPR/UK GDPR)

We process analytics and crash data on the basis of our legitimate interest in running, fixing and improving the App, and we follow the UK Age Appropriate Design Code by keeping data collection minimal and ads non-personalised. You may have rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, and objection, and the right to complain to your local data protection authority (in the UK, the ICO).

For United States Residents (COPPA, CCPA/CPRA)

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 as defined by COPPA; ad requests are child-directed and the advertising identifier is not used. California residents have the right to know, access, correct, and delete personal information. We do not sell or share personal information for cross-context behavioural advertising, and we will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post updates on this page and revise the "Last Updated" date.

Contact Us

If you have questions or requests related to this Privacy Policy, contact us:

  • Email: support@onebrightstudio.com
  • Website: https://onebrightstudio.com
  • Contact Form: onebrightstudio.com/#contact

We aim to respond within 30 days.

Thank you for playing Bitwise and trusting One Bright Studio.

Back to Bitwise Contact Us
One Bright Studio

Creating innovative and engaging mobile games that challenge your mind and brighten your day.

Games

  • Hue Rush
  • Slice
  • Wordsmith
  • Bitwise
  • All Games

Company

  • About Us
  • Contact

Learn

  • All guides
  • Maths
  • English
  • Colours

Legal

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
  • Hue Rush Privacy
  • Slice Privacy
  • Wordsmith Privacy
  • Bitwise Privacy
  • Bitwise Privacy

© 2026 One Bright Studio. All rights reserved.