Privacy
last updated 2026-07-18
The short version: LADDER has no accounts, your runs stay on your device, and we cannot see your game. The details below are the long version of that sentence.
The game
- No account, no login. There is nothing to sign up for. Your runs, progress, and settings are stored locally on your device and are deleted when you delete the app.
- Anonymous product analytics. The game records anonymous gameplay events (for example "a run ended at L4") via PostHog to help us balance and improve it. This is not tied to your identity, is never sold, and is never used for advertising. You can turn it off any time in Settings, and the game works identically without it.
- Purchases. In-app purchases go through the App Store or Google Play. We receive confirmation that a purchase happened; we never see your payment details.
The AI companion
- The companion is optional and has a real off switch. The full game is playable and winnable with it off.
- When it is on, your messages and the relevant game state are sent to LADDER's own relay service to generate a reply, then returned to your device. Replies are metered in Cognits.
- Your chat content is never used for analytics. We record that a companion reply happened (and what it cost) - not what was said.
- No third-party AI provider key ever runs on your device, and your messages are not used to train models by us.
This website
- laddergame.ai uses cookieless, anonymous analytics (PostHog, EU-hosted): page views and clicks, aggregated. No cookies are set, which is why there is no cookie banner to click away.
- We never identify visitors, and there is nothing to log into.
Questions
Write to ladder@yazfab.com. A human reads it.