Crosslet Privacy Policy
Effective: 10 November 2026
Crosslet is an English-word crossword app developed by Ömer Meşebüken. This policy covers the current iOS app, optional Apple services, support messages and these Crosslet web pages. You do not need a separate Crosslet account.
Saved puzzles, words and preferences
Your answers, accepted words, puzzle progress, daily completion time and saved-word collection are saved on your device first. Saved words include the English answer, its Turkish and English clues, the word's meaning identifier and the saved date. App language and reminder preferences remain on your device. iOS may include app data in device backups according to your Apple settings.
Private iCloud sync
In versions with iCloud sync, Crosslet also stores puzzle progress and your saved-word collection in your private CloudKit database to keep compatible devices using the same Apple Account up to date. This includes puzzle and word identifiers, answers, earned progress, completion dates and daily times, and change information used to merge records. These private records are not published on the leaderboard or visible in the developer's CloudKit portal. Crosslet does not operate a separate server for this progress or collection.
Sync is attempted while the app is open and active. It depends on your iCloud account, connection and available iCloud storage; it may not be immediate. Local play and saved changes remain available if sync fails, and pending changes are retried. Only changes successfully uploaded to iCloud can be restored after reinstalling or on another device. Crosslet cannot recover previously deleted data that was never synced. Purchases are verified separately through StoreKit; a cloud save does not establish ownership.
You can manage which apps use iCloud in Apple's iCloud settings. If the iCloud account changes, Crosslet keeps the previous account's local data and pauses sync rather than sending it to the new account.
Optional Game Center
When the daily leaderboard is available and you choose to use Game Center, Apple processes your Game Center identity and submitted daily completion time. Your Game Center display name, profile information and result may be visible to other players through Apple's leaderboard. These features depend on your Apple account and Game Center settings. Crosslet does not send your entered puzzle answers to the leaderboard.
See Apple's Privacy Policy and your device's Game Center settings for Apple's handling of this information.
Permanent puzzle packs
If you buy a puzzle pack offered in the app, Apple handles payment through the App Store. Crosslet checks verified StoreKit transaction information, including product identifiers and ownership status, to unlock and restore the permanent purchase. The developer does not receive your payment-card details. Purchase records held by Apple are governed by Apple and your Apple account settings.
Optional reminders
If you enable notifications, Crosslet schedules reminders locally on your device for 7 PM in your local time zone, for days with an available daily puzzle. A completed daily puzzle is skipped. These reminders do not use a developer push-notification server. You can disable them in Crosslet or in iOS Settings.
Advertising
The current Crosslet iOS app contains no advertising or advertising tracking SDKs.
Diagnostics and these web pages
Crosslet does not operate a separate analytics server or use a standalone crash-reporting service. Apple may process platform diagnostics if enabled in your device settings.
Crosslet.app does not use analytics, advertising or contact-form scripts. Cloudflare hosts the site and may process technical request information such as IP address and request time to deliver and secure the pages. See the Cloudflare Privacy Policy. Linked services follow their own policies.
Support, retention and your choices
If you email info@crosslet.app, the developer receives your email address and the information or attachments you choose to include, and uses them to answer your request and resolve the issue. Email is handled through Gmail. Support messages are retained only as needed for the request and applicable obligations; you may contact us to request access, correction or deletion of those communications.
If you send feedback in the app, we receive your message, category, app version and build, selected language, iOS version, and up to five screenshots if you choose to attach them. Simulator reports also include the simulated model. Cloudflare delivers this report to the Crosslet support inbox in Gmail. We use it to investigate your feedback. Please share only what is relevant to the report.
Removing a saved word or resetting practice progress updates what is shown on other devices when they next sync. Practice reset preserves daily results, your saved-word collection, language, onboarding, notification preferences and verified purchases. Sync may retain deletion or reset markers and conflict snapshots to prevent older devices from restoring removed items. These actions do not erase every underlying cloud record.
Deleting the app does not guarantee deletion of existing iCloud data. Apple provides controls for managing and deleting third-party app data in iCloud. Device backups and copies on other devices are separate; retained local copies may sync again if you re-enable the service. Crosslet cannot erase Apple's purchase records. If you have a privacy question, contact Ömer Meşebüken at the email above.
Changes
When data handling changes, this page and its effective date will be updated. Availability of optional features can depend on the app version, service and your choices.