Candlecademy

Privacy Policy

Effective date: 13 July 2026  ·  Last updated: 11 August 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Candlecademy (the “App”), operated by Rhys Branch (“we”, “us”, “our”), based in Australia, handles your information. The short answer: there is no account, your learning progress stays on your device, and the small amount of data the App sends us is anonymous usage data that cannot identify you.

1. The short version

• No account. The App has no sign-up, login, or email capture. We do not know who you are.
• Your progress stays on your device. XP, streak, lesson progress, simulated capital, trade history, badges, and Daily results are stored locally on your device and are not uploaded to us.
• Anonymous usage analytics. The App sends us anonymous usage events (for example, “a lesson was completed”) tagged with a random install identifier, so we can see which features are used and where people get stuck. This identifier is generated inside the App. It is not your name, email, phone number, location, or Apple’s advertising identifier (IDFA), and it is not linked to your identity, because we hold no identity to link it to.
• No ads and no tracking. The App contains no advertising, no ad SDKs, and no cross-app tracking. We do not build advertising profiles, and we never sell your data or share it for marketing.
• No real financial data. The App never asks for, and cannot receive, bank details, brokerage accounts, card numbers, or holdings. All “money” in the App is simulated.

2. Usage data we collect

To understand how the App is used, it batches and sends us small event records. Each record contains an event name (such as app opened, lesson started or completed, sim settled, paywall viewed, subscription started), occasionally minimal event properties (such as which lesson), the random per-install identifier described above, your platform, and the App version.

These records contain no personal details and are not combined with any other data source. Detailed records are kept on our server for up to 60 days; after that, only aggregate counts remain (for example, how many sims were settled on a given day). If you are offline, events queue on your device and send later; if our server stays unreachable, they are discarded.

3. Feedback you choose to send

The App has an optional feedback form. If you use it, the message you type, along with any contact detail you choose to include in it, is sent to our server and filed as a ticket in our private issue tracker, which is hosted on GitHub. This means GitHub, Inc. processes and stores the content of your feedback under GitHub’s Privacy Statement. Include contact details only if you would like a reply. To have a piece of feedback deleted, email us at the address below.

4. Subscriptions

The optional Candlecademy Pro subscription is sold through Apple’s In-App Purchase system. Apple processes the payment; we never see your name, card number, or billing details. To activate your subscription and keep it in sync across reinstalls, the App uses RevenueCat, a subscription-infrastructure service, which receives an anonymous app-generated user id and purchase receipt data from Apple, and processes them on our behalf under RevenueCat’s Privacy Policy. What we see are anonymised transaction records (for example, “a yearly subscription started”), never your payment details.

5. Information stored on your device

To make the App work, it saves your progress (XP, hearts, streak and last-active day, simulated capital and equity history, trade records, earned badges, completed units, Daily results, free-sim counters, and settings) in the App’s local storage on your device. This data:

• is not uploaded to us;
• is deleted when you delete the App (we hold no copy — note that your device’s own iCloud backup may include App data under your Apple settings, which is between you and Apple);
• can be reset at any time from Settings → Reset progress, or by deleting the App.

6. Sharing features

The App can create shareable content (Daily result text, equity-curve images). Sharing only happens when you tap a share or copy button, and the content goes only where you send it via your device’s share sheet or clipboard. We never see it.

7. Third parties

• Apple. You download the App through Apple’s App Store (including TestFlight for beta versions), and subscriptions are billed by Apple. Apple may provide us with aggregated, anonymised statistics (such as download counts) and, if you have opted in to sharing analytics with developers in your iOS settings, anonymised crash reports. Apple’s collection is governed by Apple’s Privacy Policy.
• RevenueCat processes subscription receipts on our behalf, as described in section 4.
• GitHub stores feedback tickets, as described in section 3.
• Railway. Our server runs on Railway’s cloud infrastructure, so the usage events and feedback described above are processed and stored there.
• We use no other third-party services.

8. Children

The App is an educational product suitable for general audiences and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children; the usage data described in section 2 is anonymous for all users.

9. Your rights

The analytics identifier is random and not linked to your identity, so we generally cannot connect the usage data we hold to you, and there is nothing for us to look up by name or email. Your progress data is on your device and under your control. If you believe we do hold personal information about you (for example, because you emailed us or included contact details in feedback), you may request access, correction, or deletion by contacting us. We handle personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles, and, where applicable to users elsewhere, with the GDPR and similar laws. If you are unsatisfied with our response to a privacy concern, you may complain to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (oaic.gov.au) or your local data protection authority.

10. Security

Everything the App sends travels over HTTPS. The App holds no passwords and no payment details. Progress data on your device is protected by your device’s own security (passcode, encryption at rest as provided by iOS).

11. Changes to this Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time. The current version will always be available at this address and linked from the App, with material changes indicated by the “Last updated” date above.

12. Contact

Privacy questions or requests: gigaappsinfo@gmail.com