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MalangRoom Privacy Policy
MalangRoom is an iPhone writing app with a soft character named Malang. You write, Malang reacts, you send what you wrote flying away, and you finish whenever you like. This page explains what the app does with your information.
- There are no accounts and no login. What you write stays in your device’s memory. It is not saved and does not leave your device. The app keeps only what you are writing now. Text you send away is erased as soon as it has flown off, and what you are writing is erased after 10 minutes in the background or when the app closes (section 2).
- MalangRoom shows no ads and has no way to send what you write to other people. It has one optional in-app purchase, MalangRoom Plus, and Apple processes the payment; the developer does not receive your payment details. MalangRoom does not track you across other companies’ apps and websites.
- MalangRoom sends anonymous usage statistics to PostHog to learn how features are used. It only says what was done and how many times, never what you wrote, how long it is or how you typed it, and you can turn this off in Settings. In the EEA, the United Kingdom and Switzerland it is off until you turn it on.
- Deleting the app deletes the data the app keeps on your iPhone (section 7).
1. Who is responsible
The operator of MalangRoom is Kirade (an individual developer). Questions about privacy: kirade.apps+malangroom@gmail.com.
Person responsible for privacy: Kirade, kirade.apps+malangroom@gmail.com.
2. What you write, and where it stays
What you write is not sent out of your device and is not saved. MalangRoom keeps the following only in your device’s memory:
- The text you are writing now
- The text you are sending away, only while it flies off the screen (under a second). It is erased right after, and text you sent away cannot be brought back.
The app does not write this text to storage on your iPhone, to iCloud, to the Keychain or to its logs, does not copy it to the clipboard on its own, and does not include it in crash reports or usage statistics. It has no sharing, sending or notification feature that would carry it elsewhere. Because nothing is saved, a backup of your iPhone does not contain it.
- Erased after 10 minutes in the background. If the app stays in the background for 10 minutes, the text you were writing is erased, and the app tells you so when you come back. A short visit to another app does not erase it.
- Erased when the app closes. The text goes away with the app.
- Hidden in the app switcher. When the app is not active, the text is covered, so it does not show in the app switcher.
The keyboard. You type with the iOS keyboard, including any keyboard you have installed. Autocorrect and suggestions work the way iOS provides them, and the app does not send what they learn anywhere. How a keyboard handles what you type is governed by iOS and by the keyboard’s provider, not by MalangRoom.
Settings on your iPhone. MalangRoom also stores your settings, such as sound, vibration, reduced motion, whether anonymous usage statistics are on, what you have unlocked with MalangRoom Plus and how Malang and the room are dressed, whether the note about how your writing is kept has been shown (yes or no), the build type attached to usage statistics (App Store, TestFlight or development), and a few counters that decide when the app may ask for an App Store rating (the number of times you have finished, and the version for which it last asked). It has no server of its own for this data, and the developer does not receive it.
From time to time, after you finish, MalangRoom may ask you for an App Store rating through Apple’s standard rating prompt, at most once per app version. There is no reward for rating. Apple handles your answer under its own policies, and the developer does not receive it.
3. Ads, purchases and tracking
MalangRoom shows no ads and contains no advertising SDK.
MalangRoom Plus (in-app purchase). Playing with Malang, writing, sending away and finishing are free and have no limit on how often you use them. MalangRoom Plus is a one-time purchase that unlocks ways to dress up the room, such as Malang’s color and texture, send-away effects, sounds and paper themes. It is not a subscription and does not renew. The price is set by Apple for your App Store country and is shown by Apple before you buy.
- Apple processes the payment. The developer does not receive your payment details or information about your Apple account.
- Whether you have bought MalangRoom Plus is checked on your iPhone from Apple’s purchase records (StoreKit). The developer has no server and does not keep a list of buyers.
- To get MalangRoom Plus again after reinstalling the app or on another iPhone that uses the same Apple Account, use Restore Purchases on the payment screen. Refunds are handled by Apple (reportaproblem.apple.com); the developer cannot issue them.
Tracking. MalangRoom does not use the iOS advertising identifier (IDFA), does not show the iOS tracking permission prompt, and does not link your data with data from other companies’ apps and websites for advertising or share it with data brokers.
4. Usage statistics (PostHog)
To understand how features are used and to improve the app, MalangRoom sends usage events to the analytics service of PostHog, Inc. These are counts of what was done in the app, not what you wrote.
What is sent
- What happened in the app and its kind: the app was opened; text was sent away; you finished (whether you finished without sending away or sent away and finished, and a range for how many times you sent away during that visit: 0, 1, 2–3, 4–6 or 7 or more); the Customize screen was opened.
- Purchases, by kind only: the MalangRoom Plus payment screen was shown; MalangRoom Plus was purchased.
- When each event happened, a random session number that changes with each visit, the app name and version, build type (App Store, TestFlight or development), the analytics library version, iOS version, device model and type, language, time zone, screen size, network type (Wi-Fi or cellular)
- A random identifier created when the app is installed. It is deleted with the app and replaced when you reinstall.
What is not sent
- What you write, its length, the time between your keystrokes, anything else you type, your name, your email address, the advertising identifier (IDFA), device identifiers such as the identifier for vendors (IDFV), location, and, for purchases, the price, currency, product ID, transaction ID or any information about your Apple Account
- The app does not create a user profile and does not link usage events to anything that identifies you. PostHog receives your IP address while the data is transmitted, but the project is set not to derive location from it and not to store it.
- The app’s automatic event capture and session replay are turned off.
Where it is stored. PostHog stores the data in the United States.
How to turn it off or on. Settings → Send Anonymous Usage Statistics. Usage after you turn the switch off is not sent. Events that were already waiting on your iPhone at that moment may still be sent while the app stays open, or later if you turn the switch back on. The app works the same whether the switch is on or off. For users whose App Store country is in the EEA, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, the switch is off by default and nothing is sent until you turn it on. The app does not show a pop-up asking about this. Users elsewhere have it on by default. Until the app can tell your App Store country, it sends nothing.
Retention. Events are kept by PostHog for 1 year and are no longer queryable after that. They are used only to improve the app.
5. Users in the EEA, the United Kingdom and Switzerland
- Anonymous usage statistics are off by default for you. They are sent only if you turn on Send Anonymous Usage Statistics in Settings, and you can turn them off again at any time.
- MalangRoom shows no ads, so there is no advertising consent form.
- The developer does not receive or keep what you write. It is only in your device’s memory (section 2). If you turn on usage statistics, they describe your actions by kind and count only (section 4).
- PostHog processes data under its own policy. To use your rights with PostHog, see PostHog’s Privacy Policy and section 4.
6. Contact
For questions or requests about this policy, write to kirade.apps+malangroom@gmail.com. The developer receives your mail only if you send it yourself, and uses it only to answer you and to fix problems. The mail passes through your own mail provider.
7. Deleting data and how long it is kept
- What you write: erased when the app closes, or after 10 minutes in the background. Finishing or sending away does not save it anywhere. Deleting the app erases anything left.
- Delete the app: deletes your settings and the other data in section 2 from your iPhone. It also deletes the random identifier used for usage statistics.
- Stop usage statistics: turn off Send Anonymous Usage Statistics in Settings.
How long data is kept:
- What you write is kept only in memory, until the app closes or 10 minutes in the background have passed. The developer never receives it, so there is nothing of it on the developer’s side to delete.
- Your settings stay on your iPhone until you delete the app.
- Usage events already sent are kept by PostHog for 1 year. Because they are tied only to a random identifier, the developer cannot tell which events are yours and cannot delete them one by one.
8. Transfers of personal information outside Korea
Below are the items listed in Article 28-8(2) of Korea’s Personal Information Protection Act for the one company that receives information from the app.
PostHog (usage statistics)
| Recipient and contact | PostHog, Inc., 2261 Market Street #4008, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA. privacy@posthog.com |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Items | Usage events (what happened in the app and its kind, as listed in section 4, including whether the Customize screen was opened, the MalangRoom Plus payment screen was shown or MalangRoom Plus was purchased, without price or payment information), app, device and iOS information, a random installation identifier. What you write is not included. |
| Purpose | Usage statistics and app improvement |
| When and how | While you use the app, when an event occurs, over the network, directly from your iPhone (sent in batches) |
| Retention | 1 year at PostHog |
| How to refuse, and effect | Turn off Send Anonymous Usage Statistics in Settings. Usage after that is not sent. In the EEA, the United Kingdom and Switzerland it is off until you turn it on. No app feature is blocked. |
MalangRoom shares user data only with the provider named in this policy: PostHog (usage statistics). Under its published terms and policies, PostHog protects user data at a level the same as or equal to what this policy describes.
9. Your rights
What you write is only in your device’s memory, and you can erase it at any time by closing the app. The developer holds no copy of it and does not know who you are, so there is almost nothing to look up. If you still have a request or a complaint, write to kirade.apps+malangroom@gmail.com. For data held by PostHog, you can also contact them using the link above.
You can change your usage statistics choice at any time (section 4).
10. TestFlight
If you install a test build through Apple’s TestFlight, the developer can see in App Store Connect the email address and name you were invited with, your sessions and crashes (depending on your iOS analytics settings), and any feedback you send, including screenshots. Apple provides this data. MalangRoom does not collect it itself.
11. Children
MalangRoom is not directed to children under 14 (under 13 in the United States). If you believe a child has used the app, contact kirade.apps+malangroom@gmail.com.
12. Changes
If this policy changes, the new version is posted here with a new effective date.