Last updated: 24 October 2026
FateWalker ("the app") is a walking role-playing game for Android, developed by Daniel Rehor. This policy explains what the app does with your information.
Information we collect
FateWalker does not send any personal information to us or to anyone else. The app has no user accounts, no sign-in and no registration. We do not ask for your name, email address, phone number, location, contacts, photos or any other personal data. The only thing you type in is a name for your hero, and it stays in your save on your phone.
The game does read your step count from your phone's step sensor, but it keeps it on your phone (see Step counting below).
Data stored on your device
Everything the game needs is saved on your phone, in the game's own storage:
- your hero (including the name you gave it) and your game progress: characters, inventory, quests, pets, settings and similar game state
- your step counts: the steps the game has counted, the last reading of your phone's step sensor and when it was taken, which sensor it came from, and the phone's restart count, so steps are not counted twice
- your wandering encounters and your pet reminder plan
- a short summary of your pet and a few small pet pictures, for the home-screen widget
- if you used Reset Character, a copy of your previous hero
- random codes made on your phone and used only inside the game, for example to match step counts to your hero
We never receive this data. The game does not upload it to a server, and there is no cloud save.
If Android's own backup to your Google account is on, Android may include the game's data in that backup, and it may copy the data to a new phone when you switch phones. Google handles that backup under your Google account. We cannot see it. If you reinstall the game, Android may put that data back.
Keeping your data safe
The game sends nothing over the internet, so there is no copy of your data on any server that could leak. On your phone, your screen lock protects the game's data like the data of your other apps. Most of it is in storage that only FateWalker can open. The main save file is in the game's own folder in your phone's storage: on Android 10 and older, apps you have given storage access to may be able to read it, and so may a computer you connect your phone to.
Deleting your data
- Uninstalling FateWalker deletes all of its data from your phone.
- To delete it without uninstalling: Android Settings > Apps > FateWalker > Storage > Clear storage (on some phones "Clear data"). This erases your hero and progress from your phone.
- Reset Character in the game's Settings starts a new hero. It is not a full delete: the old hero may be kept on your phone as a backup you can restore.
- A copy in Android's backup (see above) is not removed by these steps. You manage that backup in your phone's backup settings and your Google account.
Your data stays on your phone until you delete it in one of these ways. We hold no game data about you, so there is nothing to delete on our side. If you have emailed us and want your emails deleted, ask us at the address below.
Analytics, advertising and third parties
FateWalker contains no advertising, no analytics or tracking tools, no crash reporting and no in-app purchases (nothing in the game costs real money). It does not use the advertising ID. We do not sell, share or transfer any information to third parties, because we do not collect any.
Google Play installs and updates the game, including the download of its game files. Google handles that under its own privacy policy. The game is made with the Unity engine; Unity's online services (analytics, crash and performance reports) are switched off in FateWalker.
Children's privacy
FateWalker does not knowingly collect any information from anyone, including children under the age of 13. Because no data is collected at all, no data about children is collected.
Step counting
FateWalker turns your real steps into in-game steps. You spend them on pets, classes, raid fights and more. Your walks can also bring wandering encounters and bring pets home from expeditions.
- To count steps, the game reads your phone's built-in step sensor. On Android 10 and newer this needs Android's Physical activity permission. The game does not use GPS or your location, and it does not read Google Fit, Samsung Health or a watch.
- Once you have chosen your hero's class and subclass, the game asks for Physical activity (and, on Android 13 and newer, for notifications). If you allow it, the game counts your steps, also while the game is closed. You can also start it later with Enable phone steps in the game's Settings.
- On Android 9 and older, Android does not ask for this permission, so counting starts once you have chosen your class and subclass.
- While it counts, the game shows a quiet notice: "FateWalker is counting your steps". If you have turned off the game's notifications, Android may hide this notice, but counting goes on.
- After your phone restarts or the game is updated, counting starts again by itself, as long as it was on and Physical activity is still allowed.
- Step data stays on your phone, apart from Android's own backup described above. The game never uploads, sells or shares it.
How to stop step counting: the game has no off button. Turn off the Physical activity permission instead:
- In the game: Settings (the gear on the start screen) > Phone permission settings > Permissions > Physical activity > Don't allow.
- Or in Android: Settings > Apps > FateWalker > Permissions > Physical activity > Don't allow.
The game then stops counting and its notice goes away. Steps you already earned stay in your save. While Physical activity is off, the game asks you about it again each time you open it; you can say no. To count again, allow Physical activity, or tap Enable phone steps in the game's Settings.
Turning off the game's notifications, or hiding the "Step counting" notice, does not stop counting.
On Android 9 and older, there is no Physical activity permission to turn off. On those phones, Force stop (Android Settings > Apps > FateWalker) stops counting until you next open the game, and uninstalling stops it for good.
Notifications and reminders
On Android 13 and newer, Android asks you before the game can show notifications. The game can show:
- Step counting: the quiet notice while steps are counted (see above).
- Wandering encounters: when a walk turns up an encounter, and the result of an Auto Fight. Turn new encounters off in the game's Settings > Wandering encounters > Walking encounters.
- Pet reminders: reminders about your pet's care, training and evolution, and pet news such as a pet coming home. By default they are on, at most 3 a day, with quiet hours from 22:00 to 08:00. Change them or turn them off in Pet Care > Reminders.
Pet reminders are planned on your phone with Android's alarm service. The game sets them again after a restart, an update, or a clock or time-zone change. Nothing is sent over the internet for them.
You can also turn any of these off in Android: Settings > Apps > FateWalker > Notifications. If your smartwatch shows your phone's notifications, these can show there too.
Home-screen pet widget
If you add the FateWalker pet widget to your home screen, it shows your pet (picture, name, mood and care bars), your walking streak and your steps today. It reads them from the game's data on your phone, including small pet pictures the game saves in its own files. The widget sends nothing anywhere.
Anyone who can see your home screen, or the cover screen of a folding phone, can see the widget, including your steps today. Remove it like any other widget. Tapping it opens the game.
Permissions
FateWalker asks for these Android permissions:
- Physical activity: to read the step sensor.
- Notifications: for the step notice, wandering encounters and pet reminders.
- Foreground service (health): to keep counting steps while the game is closed, with the notice showing.
- Run at startup: to start step counting again and re-set pet reminders after your phone restarts.
- Foreground service (data sync): comes with Google Play's download library, which can use it to unpack the game's files after Google Play downloads them. The game itself does not start it.
- Internet: added by the Unity engine. The game's features do not use it, and FateWalker does not use it to send your data anywhere.
The game does not ask for location, camera, microphone, contacts, photos, accounts or exact alarms. It uses its permissions only for the things listed above.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new "Last updated" date.
Contact
Questions about this policy can be sent to: danielrehor6@gmail.com
If you email us, we receive your email address and your message, and we use them only to answer you.
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