Privacy policy

Last updated: November 5, 2026

In short

Kinbits collects nothing. Your Kinbit, its family, and your whole save stay on your phone. There's no account, no ads, no tracking, and no analytics, and the game never goes online.

What the game saves

Your Kinbit, its family, your settings, the looks you've collected, your badges, the visitors you've met, and your reminders are saved in the game's own private storage on your phone. None of it is sent to us or to anyone else.

The internet

Kinbits never connects to the internet. It has no servers, it doesn't download anything, and it doesn't open web pages. On Android, it doesn't even ask for internet access.

Meeting Kinbits nearby (Bluetooth)

When your Kinbit is Outside, or when you use Invite Nearby, it can meet other players' Kinbits close by. This goes straight from phone to phone over Bluetooth. Nothing passes through a server, and we never see it.

When two Kinbits meet, each phone shares:

• your Kinbit's name, and the player name you typed in the game
• how your Kinbit looks, like its colors, head, age, and outfit, and whether it wears a ring
• a short message, only if you typed one
• the time it was sent, and a random code made by the game, so the same two Kinbits can recognize each other again. This code doesn't name your phone, your account, or where you are.

The other phone keeps your Kinbit in its Visitor Log, and you keep theirs in yours. To stop meeting Kinbits, go to Settings, then Nearby Kinbits, and tap Off. You can also turn off Bluetooth for the game in your phone's settings.

Your location is never used. Android 11 and older ask for location before any app can use Bluetooth, so Kinbits asks for it there, but it never reads it.

Notifications

If you allow them, your Kinbit sends reminders when something big happens, like a hatch, a visitor, or a proposal. They're scheduled on your phone, not sent from a server. You can turn them off anytime in your phone's settings.

Camera, microphone, and photos

Kinbits doesn't use your camera, your microphone, or your photos.

Backups

On Android, the game's save isn't copied to Google's cloud backup. On iPhone, it's part of your phone's own iCloud or computer backup, like every app's data. That backup belongs to you and Apple, and we never see it.

Permissions

• Bluetooth (and location on Android 11 and older): to meet Kinbits nearby
• Notifications: for your Kinbit's reminders
• Run after a restart and set exact alarms (Android): so reminders still arrive on time after your phone restarts
• Keep looking while Outside (Android): so your Kinbit can still meet others while it's Outside

Children

Kinbits doesn't collect information from anyone, including children. Keep in mind that Kinbits nearby can see your Kinbit's name, your player name, and any short message you type, so don't put your real name or anything private there.

Deleting your data

Uninstall the game to delete everything. On iPhone, an older iCloud backup may still have a copy until you delete that backup. Kinbits you met stay in other players' Visitor Logs until they uninstall the game.

Questions

Write to bunsoootchi@gmail.com.

Changes

If this ever changes, I'll update this page and the date at the top.