Privacy Policy

Little Steps · Effective 22 September 2026

1. What the app stores locally

To provide the routine features, Little Steps can store the child profile nickname and age, parent-created routines and tasks, task history, diamond/reward progress, daily adventure progress, app preferences, first-use movie and hatching status, legacy Pip preferences, owned and placed furniture identifiers, archived garment ownership and one-time refund status, virtual-diamond spending, room styles, daily-plan task identifiers and check-in/approval flags, day history, queued task-reward animation records, notification master preference and permission-request status, reminder/timer state, and a salted derived representation of the parent PIN. The parent PIN itself is not stored in plaintext.

2. What leaves the device

The app does not transmit this information to Little Steps, our server, advertisers, analytics providers or other third parties. The Android app does not request the INTERNET permission.

3. Data we do not collect

• No advertising identifier or behavioral advertising data
• No precise or approximate location
• No contacts, phone number, SMS or call logs
• No camera, microphone, photos or files
• No email address or child account
• No health record, diagnosis or medical information

4. Notifications

If a parent enables reminders, Little Steps uses Android notifications for routine and timer reminders. The app requests notification permission where required and receives device boot/time-change events so local reminders can be restored. These events are handled locally. Disabling the app’s notification preference cancels its reminders; Android notification permission is respected separately.

5. Backup and transfer

Android cloud backup is disabled for Little Steps. The app also excludes its local app data from Android device-transfer backup rules. There is currently no Little Steps cloud backup or sync service.

6. Children and families

Little Steps is designed for family use and includes a child-facing routine experience and a PIN-protected parent area. We intentionally avoid advertising, tracking, open chat, stranger communication and public child profiles. Parents or guardians should configure routines and rewards appropriate for their family.

7. Deleting local data

Because there is no server account, there is no remote account record to delete. A device owner can remove all Little Steps app data by clearing the app’s storage in Android Settings or uninstalling the app. Uninstalling currently removes local progress because no cloud restore exists.

8. Website

This website does not use advertising or analytics scripts. Like most web servers, the hosting server may create standard security/access logs containing items such as IP address, browser user-agent, requested page and timestamp. These website logs are separate from the Little Steps Android app.

If you voluntarily email support, the email service handles your message and sender address so we can reply. This is separate from the offline app and is not automatic transmission of the child’s app data. Avoid sending sensitive child information. Contact us to request deletion of support correspondence, subject to any necessary legal retention.

9. Changes

If the app’s data practices change, this policy and the Google Play Data Safety declaration will be updated before the changed behavior is released.

10. Contact

For privacy or support questions, email support@littlesteps.click or see the Little Steps support page.