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When I first opened the game (and it forced portrait mode), I noticed the Privacy button. Clicking it opened my browser to the company's privacy page. Lo and behold, in the middle, there is a link to Flurry Analytics. Flurry Analytics gathers information about YOUR device, and is one of those companies you don't want snooping on your phone or anything else you own. Not only that, the game collects information about what other apps you are using or have recently used and sends that information back to the developer (and Flurry Analytics). By the way, just to give you a sense of why you should be concerned about Flurry, read this front-page blurb, from the Director of analytics at Flurry, who wrote in her blog post: "Flurry now measures apps used on more than 1 billion smartphones and tablets each month. As connected devices reach critical mass, marketers are more seriously incorporating mobile into the marketing mix. But there are pros and cons. While the collective size of the mobile audience is rivaling that of TV and other media, it still requires aggregating the audiences of many apps to reach what can be reached through a few TV programs. That said, the numbers are likely closer than you think. Additionally, mobile offers unique ways to engage consumers given its "always on, always present" characteristics." I recommend reading the entire article on flurry.com's site; you will find it illuminating, if not frightening. Regarding the game, the premise is that you have to chase a butterfly to the top of the screen while collecting stars and avoiding the monster at the bottom. There's no instructions on how to control the guy, and there's no real sense, other than a confusing comic at the beginning of the game, about what is going on and why you are doing what you're doing. The music, sound, and graphics are nothing terribly special, though they are better than average but not by much. I installed the game, ran it, played it for a few minutes, uninstalled it, and feel a little dirtier for the effort from knowing that I put this spying app on my device. By the way, there is NO In-App Purchasing in the game, which is a little bit of a relief. There are worse, and more dangerous, apps out there, and the game is not terrible, so I gave it a second star. Stop the spying, and I'll consider giving it another star, and instructions might garner an additional star beyond that.