DeeDogDevelopmentScorekeeper Privacy Policy
In short: Scorekeeper does not collect your data. There is no account, no advertising, no analytics and no tracking, and the app talks to no server run by its developer. Your games, teams and players are kept on your device and, if you have Scorekeeper Pro and leave sync on, in your own iCloud. When you start a game, the app can ask Apple Weather about the weather where you are; only the weather is saved.
Who this covers
This policy covers the Scorekeeper app for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. It is published by Jim Murff, who also trades informally as DeeDogDevelopment ("we" in this policy). Contact details are at the end.
What we collect
Nothing. We run no servers for the app and receive no personal information from it. The app has no sign-up and no login, shows no ads, and contains no analytics or advertising code and no tracking.
What stays on your device
The app saves the following on your device, so your games are there next time:
- Your games: the teams, lineups and rosters with the players' names and numbers, and every play, pitch and score.
- Your teams: names, colors, logos, and a logo picture if you chose one, plus each team's pitch-count rules.
- Your settings, such as the theme for each sport and the name nearby phones see when you score together.
- A list of the tips you've given, if any, with their dates and prices.
Deleting the app removes all of this from the device. A game can be deleted from the History tab, and a team from the Teams tab.
Players are often children. Their names stay on your devices and in your iCloud, and are shared only with the people you choose, as described below. We never receive them.
Your location
On iPhone and iPad, if you allow it, the app uses your location once when you start a game, to ask Apple Weather (WeatherKit) for the weather there. Only the weather is saved with the game, not where you were. Apple handles the request under Apple's privacy policy. The app works without your location; games then have no weather. You can change this at any time in your device's Settings, under Privacy & Security, Location Services.
Camera and photos
You can scan a lineup card with the camera, or pick a photo of one, and the app reads the names on your device with Apple's text recognition. The picture is not kept. You can also pick a picture of your team's own logo; the app keeps a small copy of it with the team. The app sees only the photos you pick.
iCloud sync (optional, Apple)
With Scorekeeper Pro and "Sync with iCloud" on, the app keeps your games and your team edits, including a logo picture, in your private iCloud database, so they follow you to your other devices signed in to the same Apple Account. It only works if you are signed in to iCloud. Apple stores and protects this data under your Apple Account and Apple's privacy policy. We cannot see it.
- To stop syncing, open Settings in the app and switch off "Sync with iCloud". Games already in iCloud stay there until you remove them in your device's iCloud storage settings.
Sharing a game
Nothing leaves your devices for other people unless you send it:
- Share Live invites people through iCloud to follow a game as you score it. Everyone you invite sees that game in their own Scorekeeper app: the teams, the players' names and every play, and your name as your Apple Account shows it. Apple carries the share; we never see it.
- Score Together connects two phones close by, directly over your local network, so two people can score one game. The other phone sees the name you type and the game you're scoring. The connection is encrypted with the code shown on the host's screen and doesn't go through the internet or through us. The app looks for phones nearby only while you host a game or are joining one.
- A game file or a scorecard PDF is something you send yourself, through the share sheet you pick.
Your other devices and apps
- The Apple Watch pitch counter trades the game's pitcher and pitch counts with your iPhone through Apple's watch connection. Nothing goes to us.
- Live Activities show a game's score on your Lock Screen. For a game shared with you, the updates come from iCloud.
- If you also use DeeDogDevelopment's Rivalry app, Scorekeeper leaves a summary of your games (the teams, the date and the score, without players) in a folder the two apps share on your device, so Rivalry can count them. It stays on your device.
Outside services
Apart from Apple's services named above, the app asks no outside service for anything. The Help pages link to the rule books of the leagues and governing bodies they quote; those open in your browser only if you tap them, and those sites' own policies apply. If a future version adds live scores from a sports data provider, this page will name it before that version ships.
Purchases
Scoring every sport is free. Scorekeeper Pro is a one-time purchase, and tips are optional. Apple handles every payment through the App Store; we never see your payment details or who you are. The app asks the App Store only which purchases your Apple Account owns, so it can unlock Pro.
Diagnostics from Apple
If you have chosen to share analytics with app developers in your device's privacy settings, Apple may pass us crash reports and usage statistics about Scorekeeper. They come from Apple, are not part of the app, and are not linked to your identity by us.
Children
Scorekeeper does not collect personal information from anyone, including children. It has no ads, and no chat or other way to contact strangers. The players' names a scorer types in are kept as described above and never reach us.
Sharing your information
We do not sell, rent or share personal information, because we do not have any.
Changes to this policy
If the app changes in a way that affects your privacy, we will update this page and the effective date at the top, and the App Store listing will show a matching privacy label.
Contact
Questions about privacy: natured-lobular8t@icloud.com.