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So the game keeps working with your phone in your pocket and the screen off. With only "While Using", iOS stops sending your position the moment you lock your phone, and then:

• exposures would show where you were minutes ago, not where you are,
• your teammates would lose you on their map,
• and a caught runner walking back to home base wouldn't be revived on arrival.

Manhunt only uses your location while a game is running. It stops in the lobby, when the game ends, and when you leave. To change it: Settings, Manhunt, Location, Always.

No. Location starts at the head start and stops when the game ends or you leave it. Outside a game, the app does no location work at all. The privacy policy has the details.

Manhunt is built to go easy on it. Most of the game it uses balanced, Wi-Fi assisted location and sends updates in small batches. It only switches to precise GPS when it matters: the minute before an exposure, or when you're close to home base. Exposure warnings are scheduled on your phone, so they don't need the network either.

Tips for long games:

• Start with a charged phone. Low Power Mode is fine; Manhunt switches to an even lighter mode on its own.
• Keep the phone in your pocket and glance at the lock screen countdown instead of the map.
• Keep Dark map on (Profile). It's easier on OLED screens.

So you hear "Runners exposed in 2:00" and the round alerts while your phone is locked. They're scheduled on your phone from the game's timetable. If you've turned them off: Settings, Manhunt, Notifications.

The host's lobby shows a QR code and a five-letter code. Any of these work:

1. Scan the QR with your iPhone's Camera app, then tap the link and Open in Manhunt.
2. In Manhunt, tap Join game, then Scan QR code, or type the code and tap Find game.
3. Tap an invite link the host shared (getmanhunt.com/join/CODE).

Then sign in or play as a guest, and pick Hunter or Runner. The host can move you around before the start.

Make sure Manhunt is installed, then tap Open in Manhunt on the invite page. If it still doesn't open, open Manhunt yourself, tap Join game and type the code shown on the page.

Tap I was caught and bump phones with the hunter who got you. If the bump doesn't register, tap Pick who caught me instead. Then:

1. Walk back to home base, the green circle in the middle of the zone. The app points the way and shows the distance.
2. You're revived the moment you arrive.
3. When you leave base you're safe for a short while (a minute by default), and hunters can see you're safe. Use it to get away.

You don't earn survival points while you're caught, so hurry.

Once a round, every runner's last known spot appears on the hunters' map for a minute. It's a snapshot, not a live feed, so runners should move as soon as it happens. Everyone gets a warning two minutes before.

No. Play as a guest with just a name (and a photo if you like). Sign in with Apple if you want to keep your games when you change phones. You can link it later in Profile, and your guest games come with you.

Open Manhunt, tap your photo on the Home screen to open Profile, then tap Delete account. It's immediate: your account, sessions, photos and history are deleted, you leave any game that's still running, and in past games you appear as "Deleted player".

Can't get into the app? Email support@getmanhunt.com and we'll do it for you.

Tap your photo on the Home screen to open Profile. Tap your name to edit it, or tap the photo to change it.