Does Hexodic collect my data?
Hexodic collects different data depending on what you do, and this page lists all of it as declared in the Hexodic iOS app’s privacy manifest and in the game’s server code. You can play without an account at all: the rules engine and the seven practice bots run on your device.
What changes the picture is signing in for the CL3O arena, buying Premium, and the ads shown in the free tier.
The inventory
| When | What is collected | Linked to you? | Used for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Any completed game, if the Settings switch is on | An anonymous game record: moves, outcome, a game seed, optionally a country code | No | Studying play; possible future country-level models |
| Signing in (Sign in with Apple and other providers) | An account id; name and email when the sign-in provider shares them | Yes | Your account |
| Playing the CL3O arena | Your moves in arena games, and your display name if you become champion | Yes | Verifying wins; CL3O’s learning run; the public champion and recent-victors lists |
| Buying Premium | The store’s signed purchase record | Yes | Verifying the ad-free upgrade |
| Free-tier ads | Advertising data collected by the ad provider’s own SDK | Per the provider | Ads; personalized only after you allow tracking |
What an anonymous game record does not contain
A game record is never attached to an account, so it carries no name, no email and no account id. You can switch these records off at any time in Settings › Share anonymous game data in the Hexodic apps.
- No link to an account, and no name, email or phone number
- No precise location — country-level at most, and optional
- No contact lists, photos, or anything else on your device
- No advertising identifiers
Which data trains the bots?
Hexodic’s learning bot, CL3O, learns from signed-in arena games, not from the anonymous records. The daily learning run happens only after arena games, and every game a human wins against CL3O is replayed to test the next candidate version. The seven practice bots do not learn at all. The mechanism is on the bot gauntlet.
What the country code is for
The optional country code exists for a possible future purpose: national bots, a roadmap vision of bots trained by their own country’s players. That has not shipped, and no per-country training exists. See the roadmap.
Where the final word lives
The authoritative statement is the privacy policy, which carries the contact for any data question. Hexodic’s separate legal privacy document predates the removal of the in-app currency and cosmetics store and is due to be updated; where it disagrees with the privacy manifest summarized here, tell us and we will correct it. Want to see the arena for yourself? Get the Hexodic app.
Reviewed 2026-09-15.
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