Word Wheel / Privacy Policy
Word Wheel Privacy Policy
Word Wheel is a phonics app that helps kids learn to read. We built it so that nothing your child does in the app leaves their device. In short: we don't collect any data.
What we collect
Nothing. Word Wheel:
- has no accounts, sign-ups or logins
- doesn't ask for ages, email addresses, locations or photos
- has no ads, no analytics and no tracking, and includes no third-party code that does these things
- never connects to our servers or anyone else's (we don't have servers); the only connection is Apple's App Store, when a grown-up makes or restores the purchase
- has no AI model or chatbot
What stays on the device
To remember each player's progress (stars, stickers, the player names and pictures you choose, and the settings in the grown-ups area), the app saves it on the device itself. It is never sent anywhere. Deleting the app deletes it.
Say It and the microphone
Say It lets your child read a word out loud. It is optional:
- Permission first. The app asks for microphone and speech recognition permission before Say It listens. You can turn either permission off at any time in the Settings app.
- On the device only. Your child's voice is turned into words by the speech recognition built into the device, without sending audio anywhere. The recording is not saved or sent anywhere. Say It only appears on devices that can do this on-device.
- Works without it. If the microphone isn't allowed, your child reads the word and then picks the matching picture from three instead.
Purchases
The one-time unlock is bought through Apple's App Store. Apple handles the payment; we never see any payment details. Purchases are behind a parent gate so children can't start them by accident. If Family Sharing is on, Apple may share the purchase with your family.
Grown-ups area
The grown-ups area and purchases sit behind a parent gate (a multiplication question written in words). The app has no links to websites or other apps. The one exception, also behind the parent gate, is a button that opens the device's Settings app so you can turn on the microphone.
Children's privacy
Word Wheel is made for children, and is designed to follow the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the GDPR and Apple's rules for the Kids category. Since we don't collect personal information from anyone, there is nothing to review, change or delete. If you have questions, contact us below.
Changes
If this policy ever changes, we'll update it here and change the effective date above. If a future version of the app would collect any data, we'd update this policy first and ask for a parent's consent where the law requires it.
Contact
Teknos Interactive, hello@teknosinteractive.com