Privacy Policy
Last updated: 26 August 2026
The short version
Zareef collects the least it can to work: an account so your packs stay yours, and some optional information that helps us decide what to draw next. We do not sell your data to anyone, and there are no ads in the app.
What we collect
The first time you open the app, an anonymous account is created for you — a random identifier with no personal information attached. This is what lets your packs stay with you even if you never sign in.
- If you sign in with Google: your name, email address and profile photo.
- If you fill in the "tell us about you" screen (entirely optional, and skippable): country, governorate, birth year, gender, app language, preferred dialect, interests, and how you heard about us.
- Tied to your account: the packs you own, and the artists and characters you follow.
- On your phone only, never sent to us: your favourites and recently viewed packs.
- How you use the app: screens opened, packs viewed, and search terms. We use Firebase Analytics.
- If the app crashes: a report describing the failure so we can fix it. We use Crashlytics.
One thing about your birth date
When usage data is sent, we send an age band ("25–34") rather than your birth year. The birth year itself stays on your account and is never sent to analytics.
Notifications
If you follow an artist or character and switch the bell on, your phone subscribes to notifications about their new packs. That subscription belongs to the phone and stops as soon as you switch the bell off. We do not send anything else.
Who can see your data
Your data is stored on Firebase, a Google service. Google runs the servers but does not use your data for its own purposes.
No third party receives your data. We do not sell it, rent it, or use it for advertising.
Deleting everything
In Settings → Delete account you can remove your account completely. This deletes everything stored about you — your packs, your follows, and your personal details — and deletes the account itself.
Packs saved on your phone are removed when you uninstall the app.
If you want a copy of your data, or have any question, email hello@zareef.app.
Age
Zareef is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect data from anyone younger. If you believe a child has sent us information, contact us and we will delete it.
If this changes
If we change this policy we will update the date above, and for anything significant we will tell you inside the app.
Contact
Any privacy question: hello@zareef.app