Is Towniz safe for kids? Parents' guide to Towniz

The short answers

Does my child need an account to play?

No. Towniz can be played without an account, as a guest. An account is optional: it saves and backs up progress so it is not lost, for example when moving to a new device, and it is needed to share houses.

Does Towniz have ads?

No. No banners, no video ads, and no advertising networks or behavioral tracking.

Can my child chat with other players?

Not with free text. In multiplayer, players communicate only with emotes and ready-made phrases, so children can't type messages or share personal details.

Who can my child play with?

Friends they invite to their house or world. Your child can also join public parties hosted by other players, where communication is limited to the same emotes and preset phrases. Kids can block any player, and party hosts can remove players from their party.

Can my child see content other kids made?

Yes, houses other players designed. They are built only from in-game items, with no photos, text or uploads, and they are moderated. The only interaction is a "like".

Is Towniz free?

Free to download, and every location is free to play. Optional purchases and subscriptions exist.

What age is Towniz for?

All ages. The App Store rates it 4+.

Playing with friends

Towniz lets kids play together in real time:

Invite friends to your house or your world. Free for everyone.
Parties: Builder Club members can host a private party for approved friends, or a public party that other players can join.
No free-text chat. Players communicate only with emotes and ready-made phrases. No typed messages, no voice, no photos, no personal details.
Block anyone. Kids can block any player so that player can't reach them again.
Hosts stay in charge. The Builder Club member hosting a party can remove any player from it.

Multiplayer is rolling out now and is currently in beta.

Sharing houses, safely

Kids can share the houses they design, and play inside houses others shared. To keep this safe:

Shared houses contain only in-game items. No free text, chat, photos, uploaded images or personal information.
All shared content is moderated automatically and/or manually, and houses that break the rules are removed.
The only way to interact with someone else's house is a like.
Publishing a house needs a Towniz account and an active Creators Club or Builder Club subscription. Playing houses others made does not.
Parents can ask us to delete anything their child shared, at any time.

Purchases and subscriptions

Towniz is free to download, and the whole town is free to play.
Playing with invited friends is free. Hosting parties requires Builder Club.
Optional extras are sold as in-app purchases, plus two monthly subscriptions: Creators Club and Builder Club. Some include a 7-day free trial that turns into a monthly subscription unless it's cancelled at least 24 hours before it ends.
All payments go through Apple, Google or Amazon. We never see card or billing details.
Tip: turn on purchase approval on your child's device: Ask to Buy on iPhone and iPad, or purchase approvals in Google Play.

Privacy

No ads, no tracking, no selling data.
We collect only limited technical data (device type, app version, crash logs, country) and gameplay statistics to keep the game running and improve it. None of it is used for advertising.
No account needed to play. Kids can play as guests. An account is optional and is used to save and back up progress (for example when moving to a new device) and to share houses.
Inactive accounts are deleted or anonymized after 2 years.
Towniz is designed to follow COPPA (USA), GDPR and GDPR-Kids (EU) and Israeli privacy law.

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You're in control

Parents and guardians can ask us to:

send a copy of any data about their child,
correct or delete that data,
stop collecting or using it,
delete the whole Towniz account.

Email privacy@towniz.com. We reply within 30 days.

Community rules

Kids may not create or share anything offensive, discriminatory, violent, hateful or inappropriate. We can remove content and suspend accounts that break these rules.