Privacy Policy
Plate Chase · Effective November 7, 2026
Plate Chase is a license plate spotting game made by Nikhil Math. It has no accounts, no ads, no analytics, and no tracking. This page explains the little data it does handle.
What stays on your phone
The names of the players you add and the plates each one has spotted (with the time they were spotted) are saved on your iPhone. They aren't sent anywhere unless you join a friend group. Deleting the app deletes this data.
Friend groups (optional)
If you create or join a friend group, the app saves the following to Apple's iCloud (CloudKit) for each player on your phone:
- the player's name,
- the plates they've spotted and when,
- the group's 6-character code.
Anyone who has the group code can see this. Apple stores it, and I can see it in Apple's CloudKit dashboard, but only to keep the game working. iCloud doesn't give the app your Apple Account name, email, or contacts. Player names can be anything, so a first name or nickname is fine.
Tapping Leave Group, or removing a player while you're in a group, deletes those players' records from iCloud.
What Plate Chase doesn't do
- It doesn't use your location, camera, photos, or contacts.
- It doesn't sell or share data with advertisers or anyone else.
- It doesn't track you across other apps or websites.
Deleting your data
Leave your friend group, then delete the app. If you deleted the app while still in a group and want those records removed, email me the group code and player names and I'll delete them.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new effective date.