Glyphsmith Privacy Policy

Last updated: April 8, 2026

Glyphsmith is a typography design game. It is built and published by Matthew Rascoff as an independent project. This policy explains, in plain language, what data the app collects and what it does with it.

The short version

Glyphsmith does not collect any personal data. No analytics, no crash reporters, no advertising trackers, no account system, no server-side anything. Everything you do in the app stays on your device.

What stays on your device

• Your saved designs. When you tap "Save to Gallery" after a challenge, the parameter values for that design (font category, weight, slant, x-height, contrast, tracking, serif size) are stored locally using Apple's SwiftData framework. They never leave your device.
• Your in-app purchase status. If you buy the Premium Challenge Pack, the receipt of that purchase is stored by iOS itself (not by Glyphsmith) and tied to your Apple ID, so you can restore it on a new device. Glyphsmith only asks iOS "is this product unlocked?" and shows or hides the lock badges accordingly.

What Glyphsmith never sees

• Your name, email, phone number, address, location, or any other identifier.
• Your contacts, photos, microphone, camera, or notifications.
• Your usage patterns, screens visited, time spent in the app, or any other behavioural analytics.
• Your device identifier (IDFA / IDFV), advertising ID, or any similar tracking token.

In-app purchases

The Premium Challenge Pack is a one-time non-consumable purchase processed entirely by Apple's StoreKit. Glyphsmith does not see your payment method, billing address, or Apple ID — only the result of whether the purchase succeeded. Apple's privacy policy governs the payment side of that transaction.

Bundled fonts and credits

Glyphsmith bundles the UnifrakturMaguntia font for its Blackletter category. UnifrakturMaguntia is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and the full license text is included inside the app bundle. All other fonts used in Glyphsmith ship with iOS itself and are credited to their respective foundries via Apple.

Children

Glyphsmith is rated 4+ and is safe for children of all ages. It contains no advertising, no third-party content, no user-generated content, no chat, and no links out of the app except to this privacy policy and to the GitHub support page. Because Glyphsmith collects no personal data of any kind, it is automatically compliant with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Changes to this policy

If this policy ever changes, the change will be reflected here, and the "Last updated" date at the top will move forward. Because the app collects no data, it is unlikely to change in any meaningful way.

Contact

Questions or concerns? Open an issue on the Glyphsmith GitHub repository. There is no other support channel.