Privacy Policy — Talking Bloop

Last updated: 16 October 2026

Talking Bloop is a toy. It does not have accounts, it does not have servers, and it does not send anything you do to anyone.

The short version

Everything the app records or remembers stays on your device. Nothing you say is uploaded, and nothing you do is sold. The app shows ads from Google AdMob, see the Advertising section below. Apart from that, there is no analytics and no tracking of any kind.

The microphone

Talking Bloop listens through your device's microphone so that Bloop can repeat what you say back to you in a silly voice. This is the whole point of the app.

Recording happens only while the app is open and in the foreground. The app releases the microphone the moment you switch away from it, and it does not record in the background.
Each recording is written to a temporary file in the app's private cache, played back once, and deleted immediately afterwards.
Recordings are never uploaded. The app contains no code that sends audio anywhere. The only network use is loading ads, described below, and none of it carries your voice.
Nothing is transcribed. The app does not use speech recognition and has no idea what you said — it only measures how loud the sound is, so it knows when you started and stopped talking.

You can revoke microphone access at any time in your device's settings. The app will still open; Bloop simply will not be able to hear you.

What is stored on your device

The app keeps one small save file, in its own private storage, containing:

your level, experience and coins
how hungry Bloop is
your best scores and progress in the mini-games

This never leaves your device. Uninstalling the app deletes it.

Advertising

Talking Bloop shows ads from Google AdMob, a service provided by Google. To show and measure ads, Google's ad SDK may collect the device's advertising ID, IP address, app and device details, and information about ads you view or click.

The app tells Google the audience is children. Ads are not personalised, and only ads suitable for a general audience are shown.
Users in the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland see Google's consent form on first launch. Ads only load after you have answered it.
Ads appear only between games or when you choose to watch one for a bonus or to continue a game. They never appear while you are playing a game.

Google's use of data is described in its privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Children

Talking Bloop has no in-app purchases, no social features, no links out of the app, and no user-generated content that anyone else can see. Ads shown in the app are the non-personalised, child-appropriate kind described above. Nothing else is collected from anyone, of any age.

Permissions

Permission	Why
Microphone (`RECORD_AUDIO`)	So Bloop can hear you and repeat you back.
Modify audio settings (`MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS`)	To route playback through the speaker at a sensible volume.
Keep screen awake (`WAKE_LOCK`)	So the screen does not dim while you are playing with Bloop.
Internet (`INTERNET`, `ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`)	To load ads from Google AdMob.
Advertising ID (`AD_ID`)	Added by Google's ad SDK so ads can be shown and measured.

The app explicitly declines several permissions that libraries would otherwise request on its behalf — background recording, notifications, storage access and others — because it does not need them.

Changes

If this policy ever changes, the new version will be published at this address and the date at the top will be updated.

Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent to the developer at the contact address listed on the app's store page. You can also use the contact page on this site.