Privacy policy

Last updated 16 October 2026

Unlikely Seeds is a small garden game where barcodes grow plants. It has no accounts, no ads and no purchases, and I never see your garden. This page explains the little data that does leave your phone, and why.

Your garden stays on your phone

Your plants, notes, Dew, herbarium and settings are saved only on your device. The game doesn't upload them anywhere, and it has no account or server of its own.

If Android's own backup is turned on in your phone's settings, Android may include the game's save in your Google backup, so your garden can come back on a new phone. That backup belongs to your Google account and is handled by Google, not by me. You can turn it off in Android's settings.

Scanning barcodes

Barcodes are scanned with Google's code scanner, which is part of Google Play services. The camera view runs inside Google Play services, not inside the game: the game never gets camera access or any pictures, only the number in the barcode. That number is turned into a plant on your phone and is never sent to me.

Like other Google ML Kit features, the scanner sends Google some technical information to keep it working well: device and app information, performance and error data, and details of the scanning session such as zoom changes. Google says this data is encrypted in transit and isn't shared with third parties. See Google's ML Kit data disclosure and Google's privacy policy.

Crash reports

The game is made with the Unity engine, which sends Unity crash logs, error reports, performance data and a device identifier generated for diagnostics. I use these only to find and fix bugs. Unity says this data is encrypted in transit and not shared. See Unity's privacy policy for game players.

What I don't collect

No name, email, contacts, location, photos, messages or payment details. No advertising identifiers and no tracking across other apps.

Children

Unlikely Seeds isn't designed for children under 13.

Deleting your data

Settings → Delete my garden erases your save from the phone, and uninstalling the game removes everything it stored there. Crash and scanner data is kept by Unity and Google under their own policies; it isn't linked to your name, so I can't look it up for one person.

This website

This site is hosted on GitHub Pages and has no cookies, analytics or trackers. GitHub may log visitors' IP addresses to keep the service secure; see GitHub's note on Pages data collection.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new date.