Catch Them Cats

Catch Them Cats · com.mhzdev.catchthemcats · Last updated 19 July 2026

Catch Them Cats is a game. It is not a data business. You can play, score, and appear on the leaderboard without giving us your name, email, or anything else — no sign-up required. If you want your leaderboard identity to follow you across devices, you can create an optional account with an email address or a Google account; that is the only situation in which we handle an email. We never ask for your address, phone number, photos, or contacts, and we do not sell anything about you to anyone. This page explains the small amount of data the game does handle, and why.

What the game collects

Your leaderboard entry. If you submit a score, the nickname you typed (max 12 characters — make one up, we'd prefer you did), your score, and your difficulty are stored so the global leaderboard can exist. This is public by design: that's the whole point of a leaderboard. Your device is identified by an anonymous Firebase ID that is not linked to any real-world identity, and exists only so one device owns one row per board.

Optional accounts. You can play entirely anonymously. If you choose to sign in — with an email address and a password, or with your Google account — we create an account so your username and leaderboard place follow you to a new phone or after a reinstall. For an email sign-in we store your email address; for a Google sign-in, Google provides your email address and basic profile information to our authentication provider (Google Firebase). We also store the username you choose, which is locked to your account and shown publicly on the leaderboard. We do not use your email to market to you. You can delete your account and all of its data at any time from the game's Settings screen — see Your choices below.

Advertising. The game shows an occasional full-screen ad after a game over, served by Google AdMob. AdMob may use your device's advertising ID to select ads and to measure them. Where the law requires it (the EU, the UK, and Switzerland), you are shown a consent screen on first launch and Google only personalises ads if you agree. You can reset or delete your advertising ID at any time in Android Settings → Privacy → Ads. Google's handling of this data is described at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. Buying the Support Pack removes ads entirely.

Purchases. The Support Pack is processed by Google Play and validated through RevenueCat. They tell us that a purchase happened so we can unlock your content. We never see or store your card details — nobody sends us your card details, and we would not want them.

Crash and stability data. Google Play may report anonymous crash and performance data to us. This is standard for every Android app and helps us fix what is broken.

What the game does not collect

No location. No contacts. No microphone. No camera. No photos. Signing in is optional — if you never create an account, we never collect your email. Your coins, skins, high scores, and settings are stored on your own device and are not uploaded anywhere, whether or not you have an account.

Children

The game is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect data from them. If you believe a child has submitted a nickname to the leaderboard, contact us and we will remove it.

Your choices

• Don't want to be on the leaderboard? Don't submit a score, or use a nickname that isn't your name.
• Want a leaderboard entry deleted? Email us and we'll delete it.
• Have an account and want it gone? Open the game's Settings and tap Delete Account. This permanently removes your account, your username, and your leaderboard entries.
• Want no ads? Buy the Support Pack, or play offline.
• Want everything gone? Uninstalling the app removes all local data (but not a cloud account — use Delete Account first for that).

Third parties we use

• Google Firebase (Firestore, and Authentication — anonymous, email, and Google sign-in) — leaderboard and account storage
• Google AdMob — ads
• Google Play Billing & RevenueCat — purchases

Changes

If this policy changes we will update the date at the top of this page.

Contact

Questions, deletion requests, or complaints: mhzdev.contact@gmail.com. We read them.