forgestack ~ $ cat ./sarbear/privacy.md

./sarbear — privacy policy

effective September 16, 2026
## the short version

SarBear collects no data at all. No accounts, no analytics, no ads, no tracking, and no internet connection — the app never makes a single network call. Everything your family does in the game stays on your device.

## what we collect

Nothing. SarBear has no user accounts, no sign-up, and no forms that send information anywhere. We do not collect, store, transmit, sell, or share any personal information — from children or adults.

## data that stays on your device

There are no accounts and nothing to enter. The game saves progress — restored areas, learning tiers, honey, costumes, house decorations, and friendship hearts — only on your device, in one small file. It is never uploaded, synced, or transmitted anywhere, and we never see it. The garden and the daily honey use your device's clock, not the internet.

Deleting the app permanently deletes all of this data. A grown-up can pin a learning tier from the settings behind the parent gate.

## no internet, no third parties

SarBear makes zero network calls. It works fully offline and contains no analytics SDKs, no advertising SDKs, no tracking of any kind, no social features, no in-app purchases, and no links out of the app.

Because the app never talks to the internet, there are no third parties receiving data — there is simply no data leaving the device.

## children's privacy

SarBear is designed for young children, and we built it to the strictest reading of children's privacy law (including COPPA and GDPR-K): the simplest way to protect children's data is to never collect it, so we don't. No personal information is collected from anyone, of any age.

## the app store

If you install SarBear through Apple's App Store or TestFlight, Apple may provide us with aggregated, anonymized information (such as install counts or crash summaries) under Apple's own privacy policy. That platform-level data is controlled by Apple, contains nothing entered into the app, and is the only information of any kind we ever see.

## changes to this policy

If we ever change how SarBear handles data, we will update this page and the effective date above before the change ships. Given the app's design — no accounts and no network — we do not expect this policy to change.

## contact

SarBear is made by ForgeStack, LLC — an independent, one-person software studio. Questions about this policy are answered by the person who built the app: hello@forgestack.studio.