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Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 3, 2026

This policy explains what the Nearly Same app (“Nearly Same”, “the app”) does with information about you. Nearly Same is published by Nikmesoft Company, Ltd. (“Nikmesoft”, “we”). Questions: [email protected].

The short version

  • Nearly Same is a party game played on one phone passed between players. It works offline; when you are online, it only checks our website for a newer version (see Update check).
  • We don't collect your personal data: the app has no account, ads, analytics or tracking, contains no advertising or analytics SDKs, and the only request it makes to us adds no account ID, device identifier, location or usage data (see Update check). On the App Store its privacy label is “Data Not Collected”. On Google Play, its Data safety section lists only the rating and review you may choose to post in Google Play's own review sheet (see Android and Google Play).
  • There are no in-app purchases.
  • We only receive what you choose to send us by email, and, if you allowed it in your iPhone's settings, anonymous crash reports from Apple.

What the app collects

No personal data. Nearly Same has no account or sign-in, and apart from the update check and the store's own rating and update screens described below, it does not connect to our servers or anyone else's. The rounds you play and your settings stay on your device and are removed when you delete the app. The app contains no advertising or analytics SDKs (on Android it includes two Google Play libraries, described below), and it does not use an advertising identifier, your location, contacts, photos, camera or microphone.

Update check

When you open the app or return to it while online, it downloads a small configuration file from our website, https://nikmesoft.com/app-config/v1/com.nikmesoft.nearlysame.json, to find out whether a newer version is available or needed. The app adds no account ID, device identifier, location or usage data to this request. Like any web request, it carries normal network information, including your IP address, which our hosting provider (Cloudflare) receives. Our website does not log these requests.

Only when that file says an update is required, the app also asks the store which version is current: the iPhone app asks Apple's iTunes Lookup service (itunes.apple.com); the Android app asks Google Play (see Android and Google Play).

Rating the app

Now and then, after a game of three rounds or more, the app asks your phone to show the store's own rating card: Apple's on iPhone and iPad, Google Play's on Android. Your phone decides whether it appears, and it appears rarely. If you choose to rate or review the app there, Apple or Google receives your rating and review and publishes it under its own policies; the app does not see it and sends nothing about it to us. The counters that time this request (when the app was installed and how many times it was opened) stay on your device.

Android and Google Play

  • The Android app works like the iPhone app and collects nothing else. It does not use the advertising ID and asks for no permission except internet access, which it uses for the update check.
  • Rating the app. On Android the rating card is Google Play's own review sheet. Because the Google Play library that shows it is part of the app, the app's Data safety section on Google Play lists the rating and review you may choose to post as “other user-generated content”, collected for app functionality, optional and not shared. You can change or delete your review in Google Play.
  • Updating the app. When a newer version is available or needed, the app may ask you to update. On Android its Update button starts Google Play's own in-app update, inside the app. To find the update, Google Play receives details about the device, the app version and its installed modules, under the Google Privacy Policy. Nothing about it is sent to us.

Emails you send us

  • Support. Help links in the app open your own mail app with a message to [email protected]. Nothing is sent unless you send it yourself.
  • “Report this pair”. This button also opens your mail app, with a message that contains only the number of the pair and the version of the app. You can read it, change it or not send it.

When you email us we receive your email address and what you write. We use it only to answer you and to improve the game, and we never share it. Ask us at the same address if you want your messages deleted.

Crash reports

If you have turned on Share With App Developers in your iPhone's Settings → Privacy & Security → Analytics & Improvements, Apple may share crash reports and usage statistics about the app with us. Apple collects them, under Apple's privacy policy; they do not identify you to us. We use them only to fix bugs. You can turn this off at any time in the same settings.

Children

Nearly Same is a game for groups of friends and families. We don't collect personal data from anyone, children included.

Changes

If a future version of the app changes what is described here, we will update this policy and the date above before that version is released.

Contact

Nikmesoft Company, Ltd., Da Nang, Viet Nam. Phone: +84 938 765 299.

Questions or requests about your data: [email protected].