Privacy Policy

Effective 23 September 2026 · applies to the MONARQ Wallpapers app for iPhone and its Home Screen widget.

In short: MONARQ has no accounts and we don't collect your personal data. Your favourites stay on your device. The only data processing is by Google AdMob, when you choose to watch an optional video to unlock a full-resolution download — and only as far as you allow through Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt and (in the EEA/UK/Switzerland) the consent form.

1. Who we are

MONARQ is published by Bogdan Szarka, an independent developer ("we", "us"). For anything about privacy, contact exceedapp.info@gmail.com.

2. Data we do not collect

We do not ask you to sign up and we do not collect your name, email address, contacts, location, photos or browsing history. We have no servers that store information about you, and we do not sell personal data.

3. Data stored only on your device

Favourites and app preferences (for example, whether you've seen the introduction) are kept in the app's local storage on your iPhone. They never leave your device and are deleted when you delete the app.
Image cache. Wallpapers you view are cached on your device so they load instantly next time.

4. Photos

When you tap Save to Photos, iOS asks for permission to add images to your Photos library. MONARQ only writes the wallpaper you chose; it cannot see, read or upload any of your existing photos.

5. Advertising (Google AdMob)

Saving in Standard quality is always free and shows no ad. If you choose Highest Quality, you can watch a short rewarded video provided by Google AdMob (Google LLC / Google Ireland Ltd.). There are no banner or pop-up ads. To show, measure and prevent fraud in ads, the Google Mobile Ads SDK may process:

Data (collected by the Google Mobile Ads SDK)	Purpose	Linked to device	Used for tracking
Device identifiers — the Advertising Identifier (IDFA) only if you allow tracking, and the vendor identifier (IDFV)	Third-party advertising, analytics	Yes	Yes, only with your permission
Advertising data (ads shown, ad requests)	Third-party advertising, analytics	Yes	Yes, only with your permission
Product interaction (ad views, taps, rewards)	Third-party advertising, analytics	Yes	Yes, only with your permission
Performance data (e.g. ad load times)	Third-party advertising, analytics	Yes	Yes, only with your permission
Approximate location derived from IP address	Third-party advertising, analytics	Yes	No
Crash data and other diagnostics of the ad SDK	App functionality, analytics	Diagnostics: yes · crash data: no	No

"Linked" means Google may associate this data with your device's identifiers; MONARQ itself never receives or stores it, and has no accounts.

Google processes this data under its own policies: Google Privacy Policy · How Google uses information from apps that use its services.

6. Your choices

App Tracking Transparency. On first launch iOS asks whether MONARQ may track you. If you choose Ask App Not to Track, the IDFA is not shared and ads are non-personalised. Change it any time in iOS Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking.
Consent (EEA, UK, Switzerland). A Google consent form lets you accept or refuse personalised ads. You can change your choice at any time in the app under Settings › Privacy & Ad Choices.
Don't want ads at all? Use Standard quality — it never shows an ad.

7. Wallpaper delivery

Wallpapers and the catalogue are downloaded from content-delivery networks (jsDelivr and GitHub Pages). Like any website, these providers receive your IP address and device type to deliver the files; we do not receive or combine that information. See the jsDelivr and GitHub privacy statements.

8. Home Screen widget

The widget downloads the same public catalogue to show a rotating wallpaper. It collects no data and shows no ads.

9. Your rights

Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR/UK GDPR or US state laws such as the CCPA/CPRA), you may have the right to access, delete, correct or restrict processing of your personal data, to object, and to opt out of "sharing" for cross-context behavioural advertising. Because we hold no personal data about you, most requests are handled by the controls above (tracking choice, consent choice, deleting the app). For data processed by Google, see My Ad Center. You can always write to us and we will help, and you may lodge a complaint with your local data-protection authority.

10. Children

MONARQ is suitable for all ages but is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children. Ads are requested as non-personalised where required.

11. Retention & security

We keep no personal data. On-device data remains until you delete the app. All network connections use HTTPS.

12. Changes

If this policy changes we will update this page and its effective date. Material changes will be highlighted in the app's release notes.

13. Contact

Bogdan Szarka · exceedapp.info@gmail.com