Privacy Policy
App: com.philiplance.OnRecord · Apple ID 6832035614
Developer: Philip Lance
Last updated: November 11, 2026
Neighbor’s Alibi (“the App”) is a free daily deduction puzzle about everyday situations — not a murder mystery. This page explains what the App does with information. The short version: we collect no personal data ourselves. Starting with version 1.1 the App shows ads from Google AdMob, and Google’s ad software collects some device and usage data as described below. A one-time Remove Ads purchase turns all ads off.
No accounts
There is no sign-up or login. We do not ask for your name, email, phone number, or address inside the App.
Ads (Google AdMob)
The App shows a small banner on the case list and below a solved case’s result, and occasionally a full-screen ad after you finish a case. Ads never appear over a case you are working on, and no ads appear on your first launch.
Ads are provided by Google AdMob (Google Mobile Ads SDK). To show and measure ads, Google may collect: device identifiers (the advertising identifier if you allow tracking, and an app-specific identifier), approximate location derived from your IP address, product interaction and advertising data (for example ads viewed or tapped), and crash and performance diagnostics. See Google’s policy: How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.
Tracking: iOS asks whether the App may track you. If you choose “Ask App Not to Track”, Google does not receive the advertising identifier and ads are less personalized. The game works the same either way.
Where required (for example in the EEA, UK and some US states), a Google consent message lets you choose how your data is used for ads. You can change that later from Remove Ads → Ad privacy choices in the App.
We do not run servers for this App, have no accounts, and do not receive or store your data ourselves.
Remove Ads purchase
Remove Ads is a one-time, non-consumable in-app purchase ($2.99 in the US). Payment is handled entirely by Apple; we never see your payment details.
Once purchased, the App stops loading Google’s ad software entirely. Use Restore Purchases to bring it back on a new device.
What stays on your device
Progress and preferences are stored only on your iPhone using Apple’s standard local storage (for example UserDefaults). That includes:
Case progress, solved dates, streaks, stats, and clue counts
Sound settings (music and game sounds)
Whether you have seen How to play
Optional daily reminder time and on/off state
Whether Remove Ads is owned, and simple counters used to space out ads (launch count, solved-case count)
Deleting the App removes this on-device data (unless an iCloud or device backup you control restores it).
Optional daily reminder
The daily reminder is off by default. If you turn it on, iOS asks for notification permission at that moment. Reminders are scheduled locally on your device with spoiler-free text (“Today’s case file is ready.”). No push server is used.
Sharing
When you tap Share, the App builds a spoiler-free result (speaker symbols and counts, never the answers) and hands it to the iOS share sheet. Nothing is sent unless you choose where to send it.
Children
The App is a general-audience puzzle (expected App Store age rating 4+). It is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Changes
If this policy changes in a meaningful way, we will update the “Last updated” date on this page before the App version with the change is released.
Contact
Privacy or support questions: email xkumara@yahoo.com (same support contact used for Philip Lance’s other puzzle apps).