Whistle: Privacy Policy
Last updated: 29 October 2026
Whistle: Referee Career ("Whistle", "the app") is a single-player football referee game.
Summary
Whistle has no accounts and no analytics of its own. It shows ads through Google AdMob and sells optional in-app items through Google Play. Those two Google services handle some data, as described below. We never receive your career; it stays on your device and in your own Android backup.
What stays on your device
Your career save, settings, purchases record and any data packs you install are stored on your device. If Android backup is on for your Google account, Android also copies them to your own encrypted Google backup and puts them back when you install Whistle again; you can turn this off in your phone's backup settings. We never receive this data and cannot see or recover it.
Ads (Google AdMob)
The free game shows ads: an optional video you choose to watch for an in-game reward, and a full-screen ad between some matches. Ads are provided by Google AdMob. To serve and measure ads, Google may collect your device's advertising ID, IP address (used for approximate location), device and app information, and how you interact with ads. Google uses this under its own policy: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
Where the law requires it (for example in the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland), the app asks for your consent before personalised ads are shown, using Google's consent form. You can change your choice at any time in Settings > Ad privacy choices. You can also reset or delete your advertising ID in your Android settings. Buying "Remove ads" turns off full-screen ads.
Purchases (Google Play)
In-app purchases are processed by Google Play. We never see your card or payment details. Google tells the app which items you own, so it can unlock them; we do not receive your name or email. Google Play's privacy policy applies: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
Network use
Apart from ads and purchases, the app works offline. It also connects to the internet when you choose to install a data pack from a web link you type in. The app downloads that file and sends nothing about you with the request. The site hosting the file may see your IP address, as with any web request, under its own privacy policy.
Permissions
The Android app uses vibration (for the whistle and match feedback), internet access (ads, purchases and data packs) and the advertising ID (ads). It does not use your microphone, camera, contacts, precise location or storage.
Children
Whistle is not directed at children under 13. Its ads are not personalised for users who say they are under the age of consent in their region.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be published at this same address with a new date.
Contact
Questions about this policy go to the developer email shown on the app's Google Play page.