Hungarian Culture Exam – Privacy Policy and Support

Hungarian Culture Exam is a free iPhone app that helps you prepare for the Hungarian culture exam in six languages. It is an independent study aid and is not affiliated with any government agency.

Support

Questions, a mistake in a question, or a data deletion request: write to macaristancepte@gmail.com. You can also report a problem with any question directly in the app (“Report a problem” under the explanation).

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 3 November 2026

This app has no email or password sign-up and no ads or tracking, and it never asks for your location. Giving your name, joining the leaderboard and signing in with Apple are all optional.

Stored on your phone

Your language, answer statistics, exam results, streak, daily goal, leaderboard XP and the chapters you have read are stored on your device. You can remove them with “Reset progress” in Settings (this also deletes your leaderboard XP from our server) or by deleting the app.

Progress backup

On first launch the app automatically creates an anonymous account for you. It is just a random ID: it contains no name, email or phone number. So that your progress is not lost when you change phones or reinstall the app, your progress is backed up to our server, linked to this account.

Name and Apple account

If you enter a name, it is stored on your device and in your progress backup and is only used to greet you; it is never shown to others. If you sign in with Apple, we receive an identifier from Apple and, if you choose to share them, your first name and email address (the email can be an address hidden by Apple). We use the name only if you have not entered one, and the email only to link your backup to your account. You can change your name and sign out in Settings. When you delete your account, the account, its backup, its leaderboard data and its learning statistics are removed from our server immediately.

Leaderboard

The app sends the XP you earn each day, linked to your account, so we can work out your weekly and all-time rank. You appear on the leaderboard for others only if you turn it on in Settings; then an automatic nickname (like “Koroni #4821”) and your XP are shown, never your name. You can turn it off at any time; “Reset progress” and deleting the account also delete your leaderboard XP.

Usage count

When it opens, the app sends a random device ID that it created, your platform (iOS or Android), the app version and the app language, so we can count how many people use it. This ID is not linked to your Apple ID or advertising ID. The app also downloads the latest questions; no personal data is sent for this.

Learning statistics

To see which questions are hard and improve the app, the app sends, linked to your account: for each question you answer, whether it was right and how long it took (with the mode and the app language); the minutes you spend in the app each day; and which screens you open. Answers in the demo are not counted. This is never shown to others or used for ads. Deleting your account deletes it too.

Reporting a problem

When you report a problem with a question, the text you write, the question number, the app language and version are sent together with your account (the anonymous one, or your Apple account if you signed in). Please do not include personal information.

Where it is stored

The data is stored with Supabase in the European Union (Frankfurt). The hosting provider may keep technical logs such as IP addresses for a short time; we do not store them. We never sell or share the data.

Your rights

If you signed in with Apple, you can delete your account and backup yourself at any time: Settings → Account → Delete account. You can also email macaristancepte@gmail.com to ask for your data to be accessed or deleted; include the device ID and account ID shown in the app under Settings → Privacy Policy.