Privacy Policy
Last updated: 3 November 2026
RunBase is a running game published by Oleg Korunov. This policy explains what the app collects and why. Questions: ultim8digital@gmail.com.
What we collect
- An anonymous player ID. iCloud gives the app an ID that is different in every app. It doesn't reveal your Apple ID, name, email or phone number, and we never see them. Online play needs you to be signed in to iCloud; without it you play offline against practice runners.
- Your runner name. You choose it, and other players can see it.
- The land you claim. When you close a loop, the hexes inside it (each roughly 60–100 m across, depending on how far you are from the equator) are saved in the shared game data with your player ID. Land shows roughly where you have run. Your full GPS route is never uploaded, only the claimed hexes.
- Your standing on each map. Your land, coins, income and HQ level on the public map and in the private sessions you join, so that the standings and leaderboards work, and game events such as "a rival took 9 hexes".
- Season results. The land you claim each month, for the monthly leaderboard.
- Your country. The two-letter region from your phone's settings (for example "TH"), shown as a flag next to your name on the monthly leaderboard.
- Reports you send about other players' names.
- App usage, for analytics. The app uses Google's Firebase Analytics to count how its features are used, for example a run started, a loop closed or a crate opened, with the device model, iOS version, app version, approximate country (worked out from the IP address) and an ID that Firebase creates for this installation. It doesn't include your name, your runs' locations or your iCloud ID, and it doesn't use the advertising identifier. Google processes this data under its own privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy).
What stays on your phone
Your GPS route, run history (distance and time) and settings stay on your phone. The app uses your location only while you use it, to track runs and detect loops. To find parks and landmarks inside a loop, the app asks Apple Maps, which is covered by Apple's privacy policy.
A copy of your game save (coins, buildings, shop items and settings, but not your routes or run history) is kept in your private iCloud database, so it survives a reinstall or a new phone. Only you can read it.
Who can see what
- Public map: other players can see which land is owned. The app doesn't show who owns it, but the shared game data links land to your anonymous player ID. The leaderboards show the names, land totals and country flags of the top runners.
- Private sessions: only people with the invite code can join, and members see each other's names, land and coins.
Where it is stored
Game data is stored in Apple's iCloud (CloudKit), in the app's shared database and in your private iCloud database. We don't run servers of our own. The app also downloads a short list of player names removed after reports from this website (GitHub Pages). We don't show ads, we don't track you across other apps or websites, and we don't sell your data.
Deleting your data
In the app, go to Base → Settings → Delete my data. That deletes your profile, name, country, land, standings, season results, the events and reports you created, and the save copy in your private iCloud database, and then everything on your phone. You can also email us to ask us to delete your data.
Children
RunBase is not directed at children under 13.
Changes
If this policy changes, we'll update this page and the date at the top.
Contact
Oleg Korunov · ultim8digital@gmail.com