About this policy
This policy covers every page of PicoChest (picochest.com) in English and Japanese: games, tools and information pages.
Who runs PicoChest and how to contact us
Operator: Everyday Lab
Contact: hello.everydaylab@gmail.com (Contact)
Summary
- There is no sign-up, login or payment.
- Games that keep records save them only in your browser (localStorage) and do not send them to PicoChest's servers.
- Analytics (Google Analytics 4) runs only if you allow it. Every game and tool works if you decline.
- PicoChest uses Cloudflare to deliver and protect the site.
- There are currently no ads.
Accounts and calculator inputs
PicoChest does not provide accounts or sign-in. Amounts, shipping costs, discount or reward rates, product information, and results entered or calculated in the Compare tools are processed in your browser. They are not sent to a PicoChest database or Google Analytics.
What is sent outside your browser
| Recipient | When | Main information | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google (Google Analytics 4) | Only if you allow analytics | Cookies (_ga, _ga_*), client ID, page views, allowed interaction events, limited browser and device information, approximate location derived from your IP address | Understanding usage and improving the site |
| Cloudflare | Every visit | IP address, time, request details (inherent to delivering a website); network error reports (NEL) if a page fails to load | Delivery, troubleshooting and security |
Game records and analytics
Game records and analytics are separate.
- Game records: Some games save things like cleared puzzles and best scores in your browser's localStorage. These records stay in your browser and are not sent to PicoChest's servers or to Google.
- Analytics events: Only if you allow analytics, broad events (such as "started" or "cleared") and categories such as difficulty are sent to GA4. The contents of your saved records — scores, boards, best records and so on — are not sent.
- Your game records are still saved in your browser even if you decline analytics.
Details for each game follow.
Daily 10-Second Challenge records in your browser
Daily 10-Second Challenge results, streaks, and Personal Best records are saved in separate localStorage. They are not linked to a personal account or automatically synced to another browser or device. Clearing browser site data may remove these records.
Records are stored under the key quicktools.ten-second.v1. When you tap Share, the result text is handed to your device's share sheet or clipboard; you choose where it goes.
Spot the Difference records in your browser
Spot the Difference saves only the numbers of the puzzles you clear (for example 001) in this browser's localStorage under the key picochest.play.spot-the-difference.v1, so the list can show them as cleared. They are not tied to an account, never sent to PicoChest, and not synced to other devices or browsers. Clear times and hint counts are not saved. Only if you allow analytics are broad events recorded — that a puzzle was opened, started, a hint was used, or it was cleared — and never where you tapped or how long it took.
Find It records in your browser
Find It saves only the numbers of the puzzles you clear (for example 001) in this browser's localStorage under the key picochest.play.find-it.v1, to show them as cleared. They are not tied to an account, never sent to PicoChest's servers, and PicoChest does not sync them to other devices or browsers. Clear times, hint counts, and which items you found or in what order are not saved. Only if you allow analytics are broad events recorded — that a puzzle was opened, started, a hint was used, or it was cleared — with categories such as whether hints were used and whether a clear was recorded; never which item you found, where you tapped, or your clear time.
Cat Logic records in your browser
Cat Logic saves the following in this browser's localStorage under the key picochest.cat-logic.v1:
- Daily clear dates and board sizes, with each puzzle's version and board identifier
- Your streak and best streak
- Total Daily and Practice clears
- Boards in progress (for Daily, only today's puzzle)
- The cat collection: cats you have met, the date you first met each, and how many times you solved puzzles together
- How many hints you have used
- Control, mode, and board size settings
These records are stored separately from the 10-Second Challenge records and your analytics consent. They are not linked to a personal account, sent to a PicoChest server, or synced to another browser or device. Clearing browser site data removes them.
Pico Sort records in your browser
Pico Sort saves the following in this browser's localStorage under the key picochest.play.pico-sort.v1:
- Which stages you have cleared, the date of each first clear, and each puzzle's identifier
- Your best number of moves and highest star rating (1 to 3 stars) for each stage
- Your chosen level and the last stage you played
Boards in progress and Undo history are not saved. These records are stored separately from other games' records and your analytics consent. They are not linked to a personal account, sent to a PicoChest server, or synced to another browser or device. Clearing browser site data removes them.
Cat Number Merge records in your browser
Cat Number Merge saves the following in this browser's localStorage under the key picochest.play.cat-number-merge.v1, so you can continue where you left off:
- The board in progress (the numbers on the 4×4 board)
- Your current score and best score
- Whether you have reached 2048, and the game state (playing, clear screen or game over)
These records are stored separately from other games' records and your analytics consent. Only if you allow analytics are broad events recorded — that the game was opened, a new game was started, 2048 was reached, or a game ended (and whether it set a new best); the board and score values are never sent. They are not linked to a personal account, sent to a PicoChest server, or synced to another browser or device. Clearing browser site data removes them.
Cat Memory Match records in your browser
Cat Memory Match saves the following in this browser's localStorage under the key picochest.play.cat-memory.v1:
- Your personal bests for each level (EASY, NORMAL and HARD): the fewest moves and the fastest time
- How many times you have cleared each level
- The last level you chose
The layout of a game in progress is not saved. These records are stored separately from other games' records and your analytics consent. Only if you allow analytics are broad events recorded — that the game was opened, a game was started, or a game was cleared (with its level and whether it set a new best); the card layout, moves and times are never sent. They are not linked to a personal account, sent to a PicoChest server, or synced to another browser or device. Clearing browser site data removes them.
What Disappeared? and Hit & Blow
What Disappeared? and Hit & Blow don't save anything in your browser. Only if you allow analytics are broad events recorded — that the game was opened, started, finished or quit — with categories such as the difficulty, whether you played solo or against Shiro (Hit & Blow), and why a game was quit (restarted or left the page). Hit & Blow also records a language switch. The answers, the item you picked, the numbers you enter and how many guesses you made are never sent.
Google Analytics 4
PicoChest uses Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to understand usage and improve the site. The GA4 tag loads only after you allow analytics. If you decline, the tag is not loaded and every tool and game remains available.
After permission is given, PicoChest may send page views and allowlisted interaction events such as tool views and calculations, language switches, Daily or Practice starts and completions, and hint use in Cat Logic. For Cat Logic, only categories are sent: the mode, the difficulty, whether hints were used, and whether a clear was recorded. Pico Sort likewise sends only categories (the level, whether hints were used, and whether a clear was the first); moves, par, best records, stars, stages, and boards are not sent. Calculator inputs, free text, exact game scores, timing errors, Personal Best, Streak, game boards or answers, the cat collection, hint counts, email addresses, and contact messages are not sent.
GA4 may use cookies such as _ga and _ga_* and send a client ID, approximate location, limited browser and device information, page views, and allowlisted interaction events to Google. PicoChest does not use Google Signals, advertising features, ads personalization, User-ID, or user-provided data. Granular location and device data collection is disabled. GA4 data retention is 14 months, with reset on new activity disabled.
Enhanced measurement is limited to page views; automatic measurement of scrolls, outbound clicks, site search, form interactions, video engagement and file downloads is turned off.
See the Google Privacy Policy and Google's description of Analytics data safeguards for more information.
Analytics consent storage
Your consent state, selection time, policy version, and expiry are stored for six months in localStorage, separately from game records. This record is not linked to an account, sent to a PicoChest database, or synced to another device. Clearing browser site data may remove it.
You can change your choice at any time through “Analytics settings” in the footer of every page. Withdrawing permission changes analytics storage to denied, removes first-party GA cookies, and reloads the page so future collection stops. It does not automatically erase data already sent before withdrawal.
Contact email
We use your email address and message only to reply, to check and fix problems, and to improve PicoChest, and we don't share them with others unless required by law. Emails are handled by your email provider and by the provider PicoChest uses (Gmail). Messages are never sent to GA4.
Hosting and security
PicoChest is delivered through Cloudflare. As part of delivering any website, Cloudflare processes information such as your IP address, the time and the pages requested, for delivery, troubleshooting and protection against abuse. Pages also include a setting that lets your browser send network error reports to Cloudflare when something fails to load. See Cloudflare's privacy policy.
Sharing
PicoChest does not sell your information. As listed above, we use Google (analytics, only if you allow it) and Cloudflare (delivery).
How long and how to delete
| Information | Where | How to delete |
|---|---|---|
| Game records | Your browser | Clear this site's data in your browser |
| Analytics choice | Your browser (expires after about six months) | Change it under "Analytics settings" in the footer, or clear site data |
| GA4 data | Withdrawing stops further collection; data sent before withdrawal is not deleted automatically |
Future changes (such as ads)
PicoChest currently shows no ads. If we add ads or other outside services, we will update this policy before they go live and ask for consent again where needed.
Updates
When features, the consent mechanism or outside services change, we update this policy to match and change the "Last updated" date. For important changes, we will ask for consent again.