Updated 2026-10-21
Everyone plays Roundly as a guest. There are no accounts, sign-in or friend lists, and Roundly never asks for your email address, phone number or date of birth. Roundly stores your chosen name, character, room membership, connection status, game choices, scores and the players you block to run the room. Other players see your name and character. Your vote stays private until results; secret roles are sent only to the relevant player until the reveal. Word Rush and Doodle Dash guesses are checked privately; incorrect guesses are discarded, and only a successful solve is recorded. In Doodle Dash, the artist’s drawing is shown live to the room and any paired TV, and kept with the game’s results until the session ends. In Hot Seat, the answer picked by the player in the seat and everyone’s guesses are shown to the room and any paired TV at the reveal. A paired TV shows the shared game screen, never secret roles or anyone’s answer before the reveal. Predefined reactions are briefly visible to the room.
Game rooms expire after two hours with nobody connected, or six hours after creation. Ending a room deletes its server data within one minute. Returning to the lobby clears the game session. This device stores a room credential so you can reconnect, your acceptance of the play rules, and the players you blocked in your last ten rooms so a block stays if you rejoin. Room credentials are removed when you leave, delete guest data or clear your saved seat. Your level, XP, stats, achievements, daily streak and settings are kept only on this device.
Your wallet stores a coin balance, owned cosmetics and party packs, which party packs you have played your free game of, whether you have the Host Pack, your equipped appearance and recent coin activity, separately from temporary rooms. It is identified by a random wallet identifier, not your name or Apple ID. A private wallet credential is kept in secure storage on your device (the Keychain on iPhone and iPad) and in browser storage on the web. Save your recovery key privately to recover your wallet on another device; anyone with it can use your wallet. Other players see only your equipped appearance. Wallets stay until you delete them from Party shop → Wallet. Deleting a wallet removes its balance, cosmetics and recovery access. Minimal pseudonymous transaction, deletion and request records remain to prevent duplicate grants and process refunds; they contain no recovery secret. Clearing local storage does not delete the server wallet. With the Host Pack, your saved question sets and nights are stored with your wallet. If you share a question set, anyone with its code can host it, and the players in that room see its questions; they never see your name or the rest of your library. The shared copy is deleted when you stop sharing it, delete the set or your wallet, or after 90 days without anyone hosting it, and it is taken offline if a moderator removes it after a report.
On iPhone and iPad, coin packs and the Host Pack are bought through the App Store. Apple processes the payment under its own terms and privacy policy; Roundly never receives your card or payment details. When you buy, the app gives Apple your pseudonymous wallet identifier with the purchase, so the transaction Apple signs names your wallet; Roundly’s server checks that signed transaction and adds it to your wallet. Apple also tells Roundly’s server about refunds. Both use only a pseudonymous wallet identifier, the transaction ID and the product. Coin packs are used up when they are added to your wallet, so the App Store cannot restore them; your wallet recovery key brings back your balance and wardrobe. The Host Pack can be restored on another device with Restore Purchases.
If you report a player, a question or a shared question set, Roundly stores a report reference, the time, the room or share code, anonymous player identifiers, the reported name, question or question set, the reason and the review status for up to 14 days. Reports do not contain raw votes, credentials or secret roles. A moderator can take a reported question set offline. Safety reports may remain until their retention period ends when you delete other guest data.
Cloudflare hosts the web app, rooms and wallet storage. Its servers keep short-lived operational logs, for up to 7 days, to keep Roundly running and fix faults. Your IP address is used to limit requests and prevent abuse; it is not stored with your game data or your wallet. Apple processes App Store payments, as described above. AirPlay and HDMI use your device’s own screen output, and a TV showing Roundly’s /tv page connects to Roundly directly; Roundly does not use Google Cast. Roundly has no advertising, no analytics software and no tracking, and does not follow you across other apps or websites. It uses no AI providers and never accesses your microphone, camera or location. If you share a results card, your device’s share sheet handles it. Your voice call, if any, is outside Roundly.
Share a room code only with people you want to play with. You can block another player for the rest of a room (their name, character, reactions, drawings and answers are hidden on your device), report a concern or leave. Use Delete my guest data in Help & privacy to remove your current membership and redact your name from the active game. Delete your wallet from Party shop → Wallet. On iPhone and iPad the wallet credential can stay in the Keychain after you delete the app, so delete the wallet first if you want it gone. You can also remove local data in your device or browser settings. We cannot restore your guest seat or a deleted wallet. To ask about your data, contact us at the address below.
The question and word library is reviewed for family play. Children should play with a parent or trusted adult, and ask a parent or guardian before buying anything. App Store purchases always need confirmation, and parents can use Ask to Buy or Screen Time to manage them. Do not put real contact details, addresses or other personal information in a display name or a question set. Room codes are invitations to a private group, not a public player directory.
Roundly is made and run by Obsidaby, which is responsible for the data described here. For privacy questions, requests about your data or safety concerns, email admin@obsidaby.com. Include your report reference if you have one. Never send your room credential, wallet recovery key or private game answers.
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