Real vs Rendered

Privacy notice

Last updated: 2026-09-30

Real vs Rendered is a small daily guessing game. We don't use accounts. The site is supported by Google AdSense advertising (non-personalised by default) and optional Google Analytics. This notice explains what is stored on your device and sent to our server, and the choices you have.

Strictly necessary (no consent needed)

Your anonymous device ID is also used server-side to keep aggregate play stats for your device (games played, how many AI photos you identified each time, and wins), which power the "Your Stats" tab. These are counts only and are not linked to your name, email, or any account.

Optional (only with your consent)

You can allow or reject these at any time. If you reject the preferences, they are removed and never written; the game still works, but zoom falls back to the default and the help screen may appear again.

Change your choices

Analytics (optional)

If you allow it, we use Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-QDPBN1246J) to understand how many people visit the game. Google Analytics sets first-party cookies (_ga, _ga_QDPBN1246J, typically kept for up to 14 months) and collects a truncated IP address, approximate location, device and browser details, and the page you came from. We do not send your anonymous game ID or any account data to Google.

The service is provided by Google Ireland Limited / Google LLC and may involve transfers outside the EEA under the EU–US Data Privacy Framework and standard contractual clauses. Our legal basis is your consent, which you can withdraw at any time via cookie settings — the Google tag is not loaded until you allow Analytics, and withdrawing removes its cookies. See Google’s privacy policy.

Advertising (Google AdSense)

We show ads through Google AdSense. By default ads are non-personalised: Google and its ad technology providers may still set or read cookies or other local storage to serve and measure ads and to prevent fraud, but not to build a profile of you for personalised ads. If you allow Advertising, Google may also use cookies such as _gcl_* and IDE/NID to personalise the ads you see.

You can change your choice at any time via cookie settings, or opt out of personalised advertising at Google Ads Settings. See how Google uses cookies in ads and the list of ad technology providers.

We collect these choices ourselves, in the same cookie settings dialog, for visitors in every region. Ads remain non-personalised and analytics off until you allow them. If you are in the EEA, the UK, or Switzerland, personalised advertising may be limited to non-personalised/limited ads.

What is sent to the server

When you play, the game sends your anonymous device ID, a per-game play ID, the photo you guessed, and how long you took. We use this to run the one-play-per-device rule, show you your result, and compute aggregate statistics (such as how convincing each AI model is). No account, name, or email is required to play.

Retention

One-play claim markers are kept indefinitely, so each puzzle is only counted once per device and your finished games stay marked in the puzzle archive. They are linked only to the random anonymous device ID. Aggregate statistics are anonymous and may be kept indefinitely.

Cookies and third parties

The game's fonts, styles, and scripts are served from this site. The third-party services are Google AdSense (loaded on every visit to request ads; non-personalised unless you allow advertising) and Google Analytics (loaded only after you allow Analytics).

Your choices and rights

Contact

Controller and contact: realvsrendered@gmail.com.