Little Steps Privacy Policy

Last Updated: October 2026

1. Introduction

Little Steps ("we," "our," or "us") is a first coding game for children aged 3–5 in which players lay arrow cards to guide Mo, a small turtle, across a board to a goal, and earn stickers to decorate scenes. This Privacy Policy describes our practices regarding information in connection with the Little Steps mobile application, which is offered in the Kids category of the App Store.

We comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and other applicable privacy laws.

2. Information We Collect

We do not collect any personal information — from children or adults.

Specifically, the app:

• Does not require registration, login or account creation
• Does not ask for a name, age, email address or any other contact information — there is no text input anywhere in the app
• Does not collect location data
• Does not collect device identifiers, advertising IDs or IP addresses
• Does not use cookies or similar tracking technologies
• Does not use analytics, crash reporting or behavioral tracking services
• Does not contain advertising of any kind
• Does not include social features, chat, sharing, or links to external websites from the child-facing parts of the app

All app data — which levels have been completed, earned stickers and where they were placed on the scenes, the sound preference and the Full Unlock status — is stored locally on your device and is never transmitted to us or to any third party.

3. Offline by Design

Little Steps works entirely offline. The app makes no network requests, there is no server and no data ever leaves your device. The app requests no device permissions — it does not access the camera, microphone, contacts, location or photos.

4. In-App Purchase

Little Steps offers one optional purchase, "Full Unlock", a one-time non-consumable purchase that opens every scene beyond the free forest scene and all future scenes. The forest scene, its levels and its stickers are free and never expire. The purchase screen, restore option and every other parent setting sit behind a parent PIN so that children cannot reach them by accident, and the app never shows prices or purchase prompts to the child during play.

Purchases are processed entirely through Apple's App Store. We do not receive or process payment information. Apple shares with us only an anonymized transaction identifier, which the app uses to verify the purchase so that unlocked scenes stay unlocked and can be restored — we cannot link this to your name, email or any personal detail. Stickers and other rewards are never sold.

For Apple's payment privacy practices, see Apple's Privacy Policy.

5. Third-Party Services

Little Steps does not integrate any third-party analytics, advertising, social media or other SDKs. We do not share data with third parties because we do not collect any data to share.

6. Data Security

Because we collect no personal information, there is no personal data for us to secure. Local app data is protected by iOS's standard application sandboxing and is removed when the app is deleted.

7. Children's Privacy (COPPA)

Little Steps is designed for children aged 3–5 and is offered in the App Store Kids category. We do not knowingly collect, use or disclose personal information from children — or from anyone — and we do not need parental consent for data collection because no data is collected. Parents can review the app's behaviour at any time: everything the app knows is visible on the device, and deleting the app deletes all of it.

If you believe the app has somehow collected information from a child, please contact us at the address below and we will investigate promptly.

8. GDPR and CCPA

Since we do not collect, process or store personal data, the data subject rights granted by GDPR (access, rectification, erasure, portability) and CCPA (knowledge, deletion, opt-out of sale) have no data to apply to. We do not sell user data because we do not have user data.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy occasionally. Material changes will be reflected in the "Last Updated" date above. Continued use of the app after such changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

10. Contact