Last updated: 29 September 2026
Your quests, your progress, and your journal are stored only on your device, using Apple's on-device SwiftData and standard iOS storage. Aguach1leLabs does not operate a server, and there is no account or login — we never receive or store your data.
WanderClue asks for your location only while the app is open ("When In Use"), and uses it for one thing: measuring how far you are from the next stop on a quest, so it knows when you've arrived. Your location is read on your device and never transmitted anywhere — not to us, not to anyone else. It is not saved between sessions, and no history of where you have been is kept. The app never requests background or "Always" location access. If you decline the permission, every quest is still fully playable using the "Reveal without walking" button on each stop.
The "Build a quest around me" feature finds nearby places using Apple Maps, which is handled by iOS itself under Apple's own privacy terms. WanderClue then writes the story and the puzzles in one of three ways, in this order:
The two built-in quests, and playing any quest, make no network calls at all.
Some stops include a photo dare. WanderClue opens the camera only when you tap "Take the photo," and the picture is saved only on your device, on that quest's page in your Journal. It is never uploaded, and it is deleted when you delete that Journal entry. You can always complete a dare without taking a photo, and you can decline camera access entirely.
Shake and freeze challenges read your phone's motion sensor on the device, only while that challenge is on screen. Nothing is recorded or sent.
You can send a quest to another person as a .wanderclue file, using AirDrop, Messages, Mail or any other share option you choose. The file contains the quest itself — its title, the places and their coordinates, the story, the puzzles and their answers — and nothing about you, your location, or your progress. It goes only where you send it; Aguach1leLabs never sees it.
If you are signed in to Game Center, WanderClue posts two numbers to Apple's leaderboards after each finished quest: your lifetime points and how many stops you have reached on foot. Game Center is operated by Apple under Apple's privacy policy; Aguach1leLabs receives nothing from it. WanderClue works exactly the same if you are not signed in.
The "Share your score" button creates an image on your device (quest title, city, score, stops). It is only shared if you choose where to send it.
WanderClue is rated for general audiences and does not knowingly collect information from anyone, of any age. It does direct people to walk to public places — children should play with an adult.
If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at this URL with a new "last updated" date.
Questions about this policy: mat.enrique.galicia@gmail.com