Our Promise

Who makes these games

No Strings Games is made by Ryan Middlemiss, an independent developer. It's a small operation: one person making classic games carefully, and selling them honestly.

Why we make them

A lot of kids' games are "free" but keep asking for something: money, attention, or information about the person playing. Parents end up reading the fine print just to hand over a game of checkers.

We wanted the opposite. A game you buy once, that your child can just play. No upsells, no ads, nothing watching in the background. The classics, like checkers and chess, have been good fun for hundreds of years without any of that. We think they still are.

The promise

1. You pay once. That's the whole price.
2. No subscriptions, ever.
3. No ads.
4. No in-app purchases. Nothing to unlock, nothing to nag about.
5. We don't collect any data about your child, or about you.
6. No accounts, no sign-ups, no email address needed.
7. No tracking, and nothing is shared or sold.
8. The games don't connect to the internet. They work offline, anywhere.
9. Every game comes with a kid skin and an adult skin.
10. You don't have to take our word for it: the App Store page shows Apple's "Data Not Collected" label.

If we ever change how a game works in a way that affects this promise, we'll say so plainly before it happens.

Questions? Write to support@nostringsgames.com.