Privacy policy

Last updated October 21, 2026

Rookie helps you find people nearby to play sports with. This page explains what we collect to do that, who can see it, and how to have it deleted. It applies to the Rookie app on Android, the web app at app.rookieappgame.com, and this website.

What we collect

• Your account: your email address and password. Passwords are stored only as a salted hash (argon2), never in readable form.
• Your profile: your name, and the city and bio you choose to add.
• Your location: the position you share on the Play tab, and how far you're willing to travel. We use it to find players and games near you.
• Your schedule: the weekly times you mark yourself free, and your time zone.
• Your activity: the sports you're into, games and results, ratings (ELO), teams, follows, comments, reactions, and your picks on upcoming games.
• Notifications we create for you inside the app, such as a new challenge or a result to confirm.

We don't use advertising, analytics or tracking tools, and we don't collect your contacts, photos or device identifiers.

Who can see what

• Other Rookie players can see your name, city, bio, sports, ratings, ladder rank, match history, teams, and your comments and reactions.
• Your exact location is never shown to anyone. Other players only see a distance, rounded to 0.1 km.
• Anyone with a share link can see the match or game it points to, including the players' names and the score. Links exist only if a player shares them.

How we use it

Only to run Rookie: signing you in, matching you with players and teams, scheduling games, keeping ratings and ladders, and showing your feed and notifications. We don't sell your data or share it with anyone for marketing.

Where it's stored

Your data is kept in Rookie's database. Traffic to Rookie is encrypted (HTTPS) and passes through Cloudflare, which provides our network and hosting. On your phone, your sign-in is kept in the Android Keystore; in the web app, it's kept in your browser's storage until you sign out.

Deleting your account

Email hello@rookieappgame.com from the address you signed up with, and we'll delete your account and the data tied to it within 30 days. Results of matches you played may stay on your opponents' history without your name.

You can change your name, city, bio, location and availability, or delete your comments, at any time in the app.

Children

Rookie isn't meant for children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their data. If you think a child has signed up, contact us and we'll delete the account.

Changes

If this policy changes, we'll update this page and the date at the top. Significant changes will also be announced in the app.

Contact

Questions about your data: hello@rookieappgame.com.