Privacy Policy

Chooser for iPhone and iPad · Last updated 27 October 2026

1. Scope and contact

Chooser is an iPhone and iPad app developed and published by Emad Rahman, an independent developer based in Canada ("the developer"). This policy describes how the Chooser app and its Coin Flip widget handle information.

Questions about this policy can be sent to developer.emadrahman@gmail.com.

2. Information the app stores

Chooser stores the following on your device, in the app's own container:

• the names you add to the Group tab, and the teams and tournament bracket made from them;
• your recent results: coin flips, random numbers, dice rolls, wheel winners, and team splits;
• your settings, such as the theme, countdown length, number range, dice choices, start page, and whether sounds, haptics, stars, and Share Anonymous Usage are on;
• which version's welcome screen and What's New you've already seen;
• while Share Anonymous Usage is on, the date the last settings summary was sent (section 4);
• the analytics service's own records, kept by its code inside the app: signals waiting to be sent, and the session counts and first-use date it adds to them (section 4).

The Coin Flip widget stores its last result and when it was flipped in storage shared between the app and the widget, on your device.

All of this is included in your device's backups according to your iOS backup settings. None of it is sent to the developer or anyone else, apart from the anonymous usage counts in section 4.

3. Device features the app uses

• Touch. The Choose tab follows where fingers are on the screen to run a round. Touch positions are used only while the round is on screen and are never stored or sent.
• Motion. The coin and the star field tilt with your device using its motion sensors. These readings are used on the device as they arrive and are never stored or sent.
• Sharing. When you share a finished tournament bracket, Chooser makes an image of it and hands it to the iOS share sheet. Where it goes from there is up to you; the developer doesn't receive it.

4. Anonymous usage counts

Chooser sends anonymous usage counts to TelemetryDeck, an analytics service, so the developer can see how the app is used: which tabs and tools people open, which options they choose, and whether the welcome screen works. This is on by default. You can turn it off at any time in the app under Settings › Privacy › Share Anonymous Usage.

When you turn it off, the app sends one final signal saying that sharing was turned off, so the developer can tell people who opted out apart from people who stopped using the app. After that it sends nothing to TelemetryDeck, and discards any signals that hadn't been sent yet. It stays off on that device until you turn it back on.

While it's on, the app sends:

• Events about using the app: that the app was opened, and on which tab; that you switched tabs or opened Settings, What's New, or the Tip Jar; that you finished the welcome screen; that a Choose round finished, with the mode, how many fingers were on screen, and how many teams were dealt; that you flipped the coin or spun the wheel, and whether with the button or a flick; that you generated a number (simple or fancy) or rolled dice, with how many dice and which type; that you opened the Spin, Teams, or Tournament tool, and whether as a sheet or inline on iPad; that you made teams, with the split mode; that you started or finished a tournament, with the team size; and that you turned sharing back on or off. Where these mention how many names were involved, the number is sent as a range, such as "4-6".
• A settings summary, at most once a day when you open the app: your theme, start page, countdown length, number-generator style and mode, Choose mode and team count, whether sounds, haptics, and stars are on, and how many names are in your group, as a range.
• When you leave a tip: which tip was chosen and whether the purchase completed, was pending, was cancelled, or failed; and, for a completed tip, the price converted to US dollars, the currency, and the country of your App Store storefront.
• Details the analytics service adds to every signal: the app version and build, whether the app came from the App Store or TestFlight, your device model, operating system version, screen size and orientation, language and region, time zone, the day and hour the signal was sent, whether your device is in light or dark mode, text size and other accessibility display settings (such as Bold Text, Reduce Motion, and Increase Contrast), how many days and sessions the app has been used and how long sessions last, and the date you first used the app.
• The first time the app runs: a signal from the analytics service noting a new installation.

These signals are tied only to a one-way hash of the identifier iOS gives apps from the same developer on your device. It isn't linked to your name, Apple Account, or contact details, and TelemetryDeck says it anonymizes identifiers so they can't be traced back to a person. They never include the names you add, your results or history, or anything you type. TelemetryDeck states that it never stores IP addresses and that its servers are in the European Union, in Germany and the Netherlands. The developer uses the counts only to understand and improve the app, and does not use them for advertising or tracking.

Apart from this, the app contains no advertising framework, crash-reporting kit, social login, or other third-party library. Its only network activity is the anonymous usage counts above, while they're on, and Apple's App Store loading tip prices and handling tips. The developer operates no server of their own in connection with the app.

5. Tips

Tips are sold through Apple's In-App Purchase system. Apple processes the payment, and your payment details are handled only by Apple; they are never sent to or stored by the developer or the app. Tips are one-time and unlock nothing.

Apple gives the developer summary sales reports covering units sold, revenue, and country. These reports don't identify individual customers. While anonymous usage counts are on, Chooser also tells its analytics service when a tip finishes, with the details listed in section 4.

6. Crash reports and diagnostics

If you've turned on Share With App Developers in iOS Settings › Privacy & Security › Analytics & Improvements, Apple may give the developer crash logs and performance data about Chooser. Apple collects and supplies this, not the app, and Apple states that it isn't associated with your identity. You can turn the setting off at any time.

7. Support correspondence

If you email the developer, they receive your email address and your message. This correspondence is used only to answer you and is kept in the developer's email account. It is never added to a mailing list.

8. Managing and deleting your information

• Turn off Share Anonymous Usage in the app under Settings › Privacy. The app stops sending usage counts right away, after the one final signal described in section 4.
• Clear your results with the clear buttons beside each history, and remove names from the Group tab.
• Deleting the app removes everything it stored from your device, including the widget's last result.

Because the developer holds no copy of your names, results, or settings, these steps delete them completely. Anonymous usage counts already sent are covered in section 9.

9. Retention

What the app stores stays on your device until you clear it or delete the app. The developer keeps no copy.

Anonymous usage counts are kept by TelemetryDeck. TelemetryDeck says it has no set schedule for deleting stored events, and that it expects to delete them after 7 to 10 years but doesn't guarantee it. Because the counts can't be tied to you, the developer can't find and delete the counts from one person. Turning off Share Anonymous Usage stops new counts.

10. Children

Chooser is a general-audience app and is not directed at children under 13. The app sends only the anonymous usage counts described in section 4, which don't identify anyone, and information from children is not knowingly collected.

11. Your rights

Canada. Under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), you have the right to access personal information an organization holds about you, to ask for it to be corrected, and to complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. The only personal information the developer holds is email you choose to send; the anonymous usage counts in section 4 can't be tied to you.

United Kingdom and European Economic Area. If you're in the UK or the EEA, the UK GDPR and the GDPR give you rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection, and data portability, and the right to complain to your national supervisory authority. Since the app keeps your names and results only on your device, you exercise these rights directly through the app and iOS, including by turning off usage counts (section 4).

California. If you're a California resident, the CCPA and CPRA give you the right to know what personal information is collected, to ask for it to be deleted or corrected, and not to be discriminated against for using those rights. The developer does not sell or share personal information as that legislation defines those terms. The anonymous usage counts are described in section 4.

To exercise any of these rights for email correspondence, write to developer.emadrahman@gmail.com.

12. Changes to this policy

If Chooser's handling of information changes, this page will be updated and the date above revised. Material changes will also be noted in the app's What's New. The current policy is always available in the app under Settings › Privacy › Privacy Policy.

13. Contact

Emad Rahman
developer.emadrahman@gmail.com