Privacy

Last updated: 2026-05-20

Parent-friendly summary

  • All apps are free, forever. No subscriptions, no ads, no in-app purchases, no recurring fees.
  • ✅ Your kid's data stays on their device. We don't have servers collecting it.
  • ✅ No third-party SDKs in the apps. We use only Apple frameworks plus our own open-source ForgeKit.
  • ✅ COPPA compliant under the 2026 FTC amendments. Opt-in consent default for anything that would require it.
  • ✅ Our website uses Plausible (privacy-first, no cookies) for visit counts only.
  • ✅ When you tap ♥ to save an app, game, or story, your list of favorites stays only on your own device. We count likes anonymously to recommend popular items — we never store who liked what.

Optional accounts (older learners, 13–18)

Everything below stays true by default — no account, on-device only. A few of our board, puzzle, logic, and cube apps for ages 13–18 offer one optional extra: a free, private account so your progress can follow you to your other devices. It is always opt-in, and every app works fully without it — the account never unlocks or gates any learning.

  • Pseudonymous — no personal information. Sign-in uses a device passkey; we ask for no name, email, or age. Your account is an opaque id, never a profile.
  • For ages 13–18 only. Younger apps (under 13) never offer accounts.
  • Only your progress syncs. Game/solve history and progress — no browsing, no behavioral tracking, no per-child activity log.
  • Delete anytime, one tap. Deleting erases the cloud copy immediately; the progress on your device is untouched.
  • No ads, no selling data, no profiling. Calm progress only — no leaderboards-to-chase, streaks-guilt, or engagement dark patterns.
  • Abuse protection only. Creating or recovering an account runs a privacy-preserving Cloudflare Turnstile check (not a tracker) on our main site.
  • Class & family accounts (optional). A teacher or parent may provision pseudonymous learner accounts and see each learner's own progress summary — a handle and progress only, never a name or a behavioral log. They can hand out a recovery code, reset a learner's codes, or remove a learner. Note: resetting a learner's recovery codes lets whoever holds a code set up that account on a new device — so it grants access to the account, intended for helping a locked-out learner. Class roster →

Full privacy policy

This is a placeholder for the full legal privacy policy. Will be drafted by counsel before public launch, covering: data collected (none from kids; aggregate website analytics from adults only), data retention (no kid data retained — there's nothing to retain), third-party services (Plausible analytics on website only), parental consent flows, data deletion rights, contact information, and policy update procedures.

Until the full legal version ships, the parent-friendly summary above accurately describes our data practices. For questions: privacy@sparkanvil.org.