Privacy
Privacy Policy
Last updated 4 September 2026
500 Touches is used by children, so the short version matters: the camera never records, we run no analytics, we show no ads, and we sell nothing to anyone.
The camera
During a drill, the app looks at the live camera feed to find the ball and the player's feet and count touches. That analysis happens entirely on your device. Video is not recorded, not saved, and not transmitted anywhere. Nothing from the camera reaches us or any third party.
What stays on your device
- Each player's first name or nickname, emoji avatar, age group and daily touch goal
- Completed rounds: which drill, how many touches, how long, best ten seconds, and XP
This is stored on the device and in your own iCloud account, so it follows your Apple ID across your devices. We have no access to it.
What is shared, and only if you use friends or circles
Friends, circles and leaderboards are optional. If you never add a friend, nothing about your family is published anywhere. If you do, the app publishes a small summary for each player to the app's iCloud database so friends' devices can show a leaderboard:
- First name or nickname, and emoji avatar
- Daily touch goal
- Score totals: touches today, touches this week, goal stars, streak, lifetime touches and XP, and per-drill totals
That is the whole list. In particular the app never publishes a player's age group — it is a direct proxy for a child's age — and never publishes individual round history, video, location, contacts, or device identifiers.
Sharing an account with another grown-up
You can share your household with a partner so both devices see the same players and rounds. That uses Apple's own iCloud sharing. The data stays in a private iCloud area that only you and the people you invite can open; it is not part of the public leaderboard data above.
Children
500 Touches is designed to be set up and managed by a parent or guardian.
- Children do not create accounts. Profiles are added by the grown-up who set up the app.
- Players are identified by first name or nickname only. There is no last name, email, phone number, photo, birthday or location.
- There is no search and no discovery. You cannot look anyone up. The only way to connect is a code that someone hands you directly, and invitations are accepted on the grown-up's device.
- There is no chat, no messaging, and no free-text that other users can see beyond the first name chosen for a player.
If you believe a child's information has been shared with us and you would like it removed, email us and we will remove it.
What we do not do
- No third-party analytics or advertising SDKs of any kind
- No tracking across apps or websites, and no advertising identifier
- No selling or sharing of personal information
- No accounts, passwords, or email addresses collected by us
Apple's role
The app stores data in iCloud using Apple's CloudKit. Apple processes that data under Apple's Privacy Policy. If you download the app from the App Store or TestFlight, Apple also receives the usual information about that, which we do not control.
Deleting your data
- One player: delete the player in the app. Their rounds are deleted and their published summary is withdrawn.
- A friend: remove them in Friends & circles. That deletes the connection on both sides.
- Everything: delete the app, then turn off iCloud for it in Settings, or email us and we will delete anything published under your household.
Changes
If this policy changes in a way that affects what is collected or shared, we will update the date at the top of this page.
Contact
Questions about privacy: jon.carden@gmail.com