Privacy policy

Bear & Parrot games · Last updated November 10, 2026

My games have no accounts and no ads, and they don't track you. Your progress is saved on your device and in your own iCloud. Purchases go through Apple, and a service called RevenueCat keeps track of them for me.

Who this covers

This policy covers the games published under the name Bear & Parrot, currently Bloom Patch for iPhone and iPad and its Home Screen widget, and these web pages. The games are made by Alan Mrvica, an individual developer in the United States ("I", "me"). I'm responsible for the data described here. If a game ever handles data differently, this page will say so for that game.

What stays on your device

Bloom Patch keeps your garden on your device: your seed balance, tools, discovered plants, scores, Garden Goals, Daily Garden streak, settings such as sound and haptics, and the round you're playing. The Home Screen widget reads a small summary of your garden from the same device. Deleting the game removes all of this from the device.

iCloud backup and sync

If you're signed in to iCloud, Bloom Patch saves a copy of your progress and your round in progress to your iCloud account, using Apple's iCloud key-value storage. That lets you open the game on another iPhone or iPad signed in to the same Apple Account and carry on where you left off. The copy holds the game data listed above, plus a random ID for each device so that seeds earned on two devices add up correctly. It contains no name, email or location.

Apple stores this copy for you, under your Apple Account, and I can't see it. It stays in iCloud after you delete the game, so your garden comes back if you install it again. If you sign out of iCloud, or turn off iCloud for the game in the Settings app, the game stops saving to it.

Purchases

Apple handles every purchase: seed packs, the Starter Basket and the Master Gardener Pass. I never see your name, email, Apple Account or payment details.

I use RevenueCat to check whether your Master Gardener Pass is active and to make sure each seed pack is delivered once. When the game contacts RevenueCat, it sends:

• your purchase history in the game,
• a random ID created for the game, which isn't linked to your name or email,
• Apple's identifier for this app on your device, which is different in every developer's apps and can't be used to follow you across apps,
• the app and iOS version, the device model, your language and your App Store country.

Like any online service, RevenueCat also sees your device's IP address when the game contacts it. It doesn't receive your game progress or your location.

What I see. RevenueCat gives me a dashboard built from that data. It shows totals such as subscriptions, renewals, cancellations, refunds and revenue, and for each random ID the purchases, the country, the app version and the type of device. I use it to run the game and to help when you write to me about a purchase. It doesn't tell me who you are, I don't use it for advertising, and I don't share it with advertisers or data brokers. RevenueCat's own privacy policy is at revenuecat.com/privacy.

Apple's reports

Apple gives every developer reports on downloads, sales and in-app purchases. It also shares crash and usage statistics from people who chose to share them with app developers in their device settings (Settings › Privacy & Security › Analytics & Improvements). These are totals and don't identify you. If the App Store asks you to rate a game, the rating window is Apple's own, and Apple handles your rating and review.

Sharing

When you share your Daily Garden score, the game hands a short line of text (the date, your score and your streak) to the app or person you choose. Nothing is shared unless you tap Share.

When you email me

If you write to support@bearandparrot.com, I receive your email address and whatever you include, such as screenshots. I use it only to reply and to fix problems, and I delete it when it's no longer needed.

These web pages

This site has no cookies, no analytics and no third-party scripts or fonts. Like any web server, the hosting provider keeps standard access logs, which include IP addresses, for security and to keep the site running.

Children

My games are for a general audience and aren't directed at children under 13. They don't ask anyone for personal information, and I don't knowingly collect it from children. Purchases need the approval of the Apple Account holder as set up on the device, for example through Ask to Buy in Family Sharing. If you believe a child has sent me personal information, write to me and I'll delete it.

Security and retention

I keep only what's described above, and only for as long as it's needed to provide the game and support. RevenueCat keeps purchase records under its own policy. No method of storing or sending data is completely secure, but I take reasonable steps to protect what the games handle.

Your choices and rights

• You can delete everything a game keeps on your device by deleting the game.
• You can stop the iCloud copy by signing out of iCloud or turning off iCloud for the game in the Settings app.
• You can ask me to have RevenueCat delete the purchase record linked to your game's random ID, or to delete your emails, by writing to support@bearandparrot.com. Depending on where you live, you may have further rights to access or delete your data, and you can use them the same way.

Changes

If a game starts using data in a new way, I'll update this policy first and change the date at the top.