Privacy Policy

Updated October 24, 2026.

Anonymous usage analytics

VENTURED sends anonymous gameplay events (for example: a month was advanced, the tutorial was skipped, the ledger was opened) to Aptabase, a privacy-first analytics service, so we can see where the game confuses people and fix it. These events contain no account, no name, no email, no advertising identifier, no device fingerprint, and nothing you type — business names never leave your device. Analytics can be turned off at any time in Settings → Anonymous usage data, and the choice takes effect immediately.

In-app purchase

VENTURED offers one optional purchase, the Supporter pack. Payment is processed entirely by Apple; we never see your payment details. The purchase receipt is validated by RevenueCat, which processes an anonymous app-scoped identifier and transaction information to confirm ownership and enable Restore Purchases. No purchase is required to play, and nothing in the simulation changes if you buy.

Game Center and the widget

If your device is signed into Apple’s Game Center, VENTURED can submit your Founder Score to a public leaderboard and show it under your Game Center nickname. This is handled entirely by Apple under Apple’s privacy policy; we run no server and receive nothing. If you are not signed in, nothing is sent and the game is unchanged. The optional home-screen widget reads a small summary (month, company name, net worth) stored on your device only — it never leaves it.

Game saves

Your run, settings, Founder Record, and progress are saved locally on your device. VENTURED does not receive your save files. Deleting the app may delete local progress.

Weekly challenge

If you play the weekly challenge, VENTURED sends your result for that week to our server (hosted by Supabase) so it can appear on the weekly leaderboard: a random ID created by the app on your device, the week, months survived, final net worth, Founder Score, the outcome, and the decisions made during the run so the result can be verified. It contains no name, email, account or advertising identifier. If you never open the weekly challenge, nothing is sent. To have your results removed, write to us.

Android

The Android version works the same way, with two differences: there is no in-app purchase (the Supporter pack is not sold on Android yet), and there is no App Tracking Transparency prompt, because that is an Apple feature. On Android, Google's consent form is still shown before any ad is requested, and you can reset or delete your advertising ID in Android Settings → Privacy → Ads. Game Center and the home-screen widget are iPhone-only.

Information we do not request

VENTURED does not request your contacts, photos, camera, microphone, files, real name, email address, payment details, or sign-in credentials. There is no account. The business amounts shown in the game are fictional simulation values, not your personal financial information.

Advertising

As of version 1.2.2 VENTURED shows rewarded advertising only: a video you choose to start, in exchange for something you asked for — skipping a wait, or boosting a decision. There are no banners, no ads between screens, and no ad that plays because you lost. Nothing in the game is locked behind watching one: if an ad fails to load, or you decline consent, or you have no connection, the reward is granted anyway.

Ads are served by Google AdMob. To do that, Google may process your device’s advertising identifier (IDFA) and other device identifiers, approximate location derived from your IP address, device and app information, and ad impressions and interactions. This processing is governed by Google’s Privacy Policy and Google’s information about advertising data. We do not receive this data ourselves and we run no server.

Your choice comes first. Before any ad is requested, VENTURED shows Google’s consent form (UMP), and on iOS it asks for App Tracking Transparency permission. If you decline tracking, or decline a personalised ads profile, we request non-personalised ads only — and if consent is refused entirely, no ad is requested at all and the game carries on exactly as before. You can change the ATT choice at any time in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.

Ads are configured for G-rated content only, matching the app’s 4+ age rating, and are not tagged for child-directed treatment.

Removing ads. Buying the Supporter pack removes all advertising permanently, including the rewarded ads — the rewards are simply granted instead. Nothing else about the simulation changes.

Children

Advertising in VENTURED is configured for G-rated content and is not tagged for child-directed treatment. We do not knowingly direct the app at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has provided information through the app, write to us and we will remove it.

Language

VENTURED is available in English, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish and Hindi. Your language choice is stored on your device and is sent with anonymous analytics events so we can tell which translations are working — it is a language code such as pt-BR, not a location and not an identifier. Consent and tracking prompts are shown by Apple and Google in the language your device is set to.

Changes and contact

We will update this page when our data practices change. Questions can be sent to info@theventured.ca.

This website

Everything above is about the VENTURED app. This section covers theventured.ca.

The website does not ask for an account or any personal information, and it does not currently run analytics. If that changes, we will update this section first.

Ads on the blog

Blog pages show ads from Google AdSense. The home page and the other pages do not. Google and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your visits to this site and other sites. Google’s use of advertising cookies lets it and its partners show you ads based on those visits.

You can turn off personalized advertising in Google’s Ads Settings, and opt out of some other vendors’ personalized ads at aboutads.info. To learn how Google uses information from sites that use its services, see Google’s explanation.

Visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland are asked for consent through Google’s consent message before personalized ads are shown, and can change their choice at any time from the link the message provides.