Last updated: October 30, 2026
Stalefish Game Night is a set of party games you play together: on a TV with everyone’s phones, or on phones alone. You join at stalefish.tv or through the Apple TV app. You can play without an account. If you buy a pack on the web, you sign in with Apple or Google so the pack stays yours; on the Apple TV, you buy it through the App Store with no sign-in. Here’s what Game Night keeps, and why.
What we keep
A record of each game
When a game is played, the device running it sends a record of the game to our database so we can make the games better. It includes:
- which game it was, its settings and the packs in play
- for Almost Obvious, the cards played, how each one ended, how long it took, how many clues and questions it took, and any ratings players gave
- for Large Language Monkeys, the Prompts, the cards dealt and played, the lines that were typed, the votes and the scores
- the room’s code, how many people were in it, whether a TV was hosting, and a random ID for the device that sent it
It doesn’t include your email address, your IP address, or anything that identifies you outside the game. Nobody else can read these records.
If you sign in to buy packs
Signing in is only for packs, and you can play the free games without it. When you sign in with Apple or Google, we receive an ID for your account from that company and, if it shares one, your email address. With Apple you can choose to hide your email, and then Apple gives us a private relay address instead. We never see your password.
We keep:
- that account ID and email address
- the packs you own, and when and how you got them: bought, refunded, or given to you for free
- for each purchase, Stripe’s reference for it, the price and the date
When you play at a table, the other devices in the room can see which packs you own, so the table can play them. They don’t see your email or anything from your Apple or Google account.
If you buy a pack on the Apple TV
Packs on the Apple TV are in-app purchases. Apple handles the payment, and we never see your Apple Account or your card. RevenueCat, the service that checks App Store purchases for us, gives the TV a random ID, and we keep the packs bought under that ID, with Apple’s reference for each purchase, the price and the date. Nothing ties that ID to you. Restore Purchases on another Apple TV signed in to the same Apple Account brings your packs back.
If you join the email list
After a game, your phone offers a list for news of a new game or pack. If you leave your email there, we keep the address, the date, and which version of Game Night you were on. We use it only to write about new games and packs, and we don’t share it. It isn’t linked to your games or to an account.
Nothing on your device you didn’t make
Game Night remembers a few things on your phone, computer or TV so it plays the way you left it: the name you typed, the room you were in, whether you’ve seen a game’s rules, and whether you’re signed in. That stays on your device. There are no advertising or tracking cookies, and the Apple TV app doesn’t track you.
Who else is involved
- Playing together. Supabase carries the game between the devices in a room. Everyone in a room sees the names and anything typed there. Nothing about a room is kept after the game except the record above.
- The AI Guide. When Almost Obvious is played on phones alone, an AI plays the Guide. The card and the questions you ask it are sent to Anthropic’s API to answer them. Anthropic’s API terms say it doesn’t train its models on that data. See Anthropic’s privacy policy.
- Bot votes. When bot monkeys vote in Large Language Monkeys, the lines being voted on (not anyone’s name) are sent to Anthropic’s API to choose a favorite. To keep costs in check, we count bot-vote and AI Guide requests per visitor per day, by a scrambled code made from your IP address and the date. The IP address itself is never stored.
- Payments. Stripe handles checkout. It takes your card details and, where sales tax applies, your billing address. We never see your card number. See Stripe’s privacy policy. On the Apple TV, Apple takes the payment, and RevenueCat receives the App Store’s record of each purchase and passes it to us. See RevenueCat’s privacy policy.
- Your account and packs. Sign-ins and the record of which packs you own are kept in our Supabase database.
- Hosting. stalefish.tv is served by Netlify. Like any website, it sees your IP address when your browser asks for the page.
Children
Game Night is made for families and friends playing in the same room. We don’t knowingly collect personal information from children, and buying packs is meant for grown-ups.
Deleting your data
Email support@stalefishlabs.com to delete your account and the record of your packs, to take your address off the email list, or to ask about anything above. Deleting your account removes your packs too. Stripe keeps its own record of past payments, as the law requires. For packs bought on the Apple TV, tell us the Apple TV’s purchase is what you want removed and we’ll delete our record of it; Apple keeps its own purchase history, and Restore Purchases will bring the packs back from it.
Changes
If this policy changes, we’ll update the date at the top of this page.