Privacy Policy

StepQuest: The Walking Crusade — Last updated September 18, 2026

This policy explains what information StepQuest: The Walking Crusade ("StepQuest", "the app", "we") collects, how it's used, and who it's shared with. StepQuest is a fitness role-playing game: you earn in-game currency and abilities by walking and logging meals, then use those rewards in a dice-based combat game.

Information We Collect

CategoryWhat we collectWhy
Account information Email address and password (or, if you sign in with Google/GitHub, basic profile info from that provider) To create and secure your account, and sync your progress across devices
Steps Step count, read from your device's pedometer or Android Health Connect Core gameplay — this is how you earn in-game gold, dice rolls, and experience
Workout & exercise data Exercise sessions (e.g. runs, bike rides) logged in other fitness apps or wearables and read via Android Health Connect, including each session's duration, distance covered, and active calories burned Automatically syncs your real-world workouts into bonus in-game rewards, and shows distance/calories burned alongside each synced session in your activity log — so you don't have to log a workout twice
Weight Your weight, if logged in another Health Connect-connected app or device Automatically fills in your in-app weight chart and factors into your daily calorie goal. A weight you log manually in the app for a given day always takes priority over the synced value for that day
Resting calories burned (Basal Metabolic Rate) Your basal metabolic rate, if available from Android Health Connect Combined with active calories burned from your workouts to calculate a personalized daily calorie budget for the app's nutrition tracker
Food photos & descriptions Photos you take or select, or text descriptions you type, when logging a meal Sent to our AI calorie-estimation service to estimate calories for your food log. Photos are processed for that single request and are not stored on our servers afterward — only the estimated calorie count and food name are saved to your account.
Recipe & video link data The link to a video you share from TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, or Facebook (or paste in manually), that video's publicly available title/thumbnail, and the ingredient list and macro estimates extracted from its caption or description Powers the Recipes feature (StepQuest Pro): the caption text is sent to our AI service to extract ingredients and estimate macros, and the link/thumbnail/results are saved to your account so you can view or log the recipe later
Purchase & subscription data Records of in-app purchases and subscription status (e.g. whether you've purchased the Pro subscription or an in-game currency bundle) To grant you the items/features you've purchased, and to process billing through Google Play
Advertising identifiers Your device's advertising ID, used by Google AdMob to serve banner ads To display ads that help fund free use of the app (not shown if you have an active Pro subscription)
Push notification token A device token used to deliver reminder notifications To send you optional gameplay reminders (e.g. daily step reminders)

Third-Party Services We Use

We don't run our own servers for most of this — instead we use the following third-party services, each of which processes a specific slice of the data above on our behalf:

What We Don't Do

Data Retention & Deletion

Your account data is kept for as long as your account exists. You can permanently delete your account and all associated game data at any time:

Deleting your StepQuest account does not automatically cancel an active Google Play subscription or refund past purchases. Manage or cancel subscriptions separately through Google Play (Play Store app → Profile → Payments & subscriptions).

Children's Privacy

StepQuest is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact us at the email below and we will delete it.

Security

Data is transmitted using HTTPS/TLS encryption. Your game data is protected with database-level access rules (Row Level Security) that restrict it to your own account only.

Changes to This Policy

If we make material changes to this policy, we'll update the "Last updated" date above. Continued use of the app after a change constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact Us

Questions about this policy, or requests regarding your data (access, correction, deletion): appsmovingmeforward@gmail.com