Ribbonhand - Cursive Practice
Privacy Policy
Stealth Launch, LLC makes Ribbonhand, an iPad app that teaches cursive handwriting. Ribbonhand is built so that a learner’s handwriting stays with them. This policy explains what the app keeps on your iPad, what goes to your own iCloud account, what Apple handles, and the choices you have.
Summary
- We collect nothing. Ribbonhand has no accounts, no sign-in, no advertising, no analytics, no crash-reporting SDK and no tracking. It has no server of ours to talk to, so we, the developer, receive no data about you or your child.
- Handwriting is graded on the iPad and is never sent anywhere. Only scores are kept.
- If you are signed in to iCloud, your progress syncs through your own private iCloud database, run by Apple. We can’t see it.
- Ribbonhand Plus is an optional subscription sold and billed by Apple. We never see your payment details.
- Purchases, Settings and links that leave the app are behind a question for grown-ups.
Information kept on your iPad
The app stores these in its own storage on the device:
- Settings, kept separately for each learner: left- or right-handed layout, difficulty (Gentle, Standard or Strict), Apple Pencil only, sounds, the print helper, demonstration speed, the current style, and the Ribbonhand Plus course settings (lines per page and letter order)
- Learner names, if you type them: the first learner’s name and the name of anyone you add in Settings → Learners. A name is used only to label that learner’s notebook and to write practice lines for the final page. Names are optional
- Your progress: which pages you’ve finished, stars and scores per letter and per join, practice days, and the page you’re in the middle of
- Whether Ribbonhand Plus is active, as last reported by the App Store, so the app works offline
The app checks your writing on the iPad itself. The strokes you write are turned into scores and a tip, then discarded; the app keeps the scores, never the ink, unless you turn on “Save writing samples” (below).
Writing samples (beta testers only, off by default)
“Save writing samples” is a switch in Settings that is only available to beta testers (TestFlight). It doesn’t appear in the App Store version of Ribbonhand, and the App Store version never saves samples, even if the switch was turned on during a beta. In a beta, it is off unless you turn it on. When it is on, copies of the lines you write are saved in Ribbonhand’s folder on your iPad, which you can see in the Files app. They stay there until you delete them and are shared only if you choose to share them yourself (for example, to help us improve the grader during a beta).
iCloud sync
If you’re signed in to iCloud, Ribbonhand stores your progress (finished pages, scores, practice days, the practice text of each page, which on the final page can include a learner’s first name, and the page in progress), together with the list of learners and their names, in your own private iCloud database so it appears on your other iPads. Apple stores this data under its own privacy policy; it is not shared with us and we can’t read it. Settings stay on each iPad and are not synced. If you’re not signed in to iCloud, or turn off iCloud for Ribbonhand, everything stays on the iPad.
Ribbonhand Plus (subscriptions)
Ribbonhand Plus is an optional auto-renewing subscription, monthly or annual, that unlocks letters F to Z, every Linking and Words page, the final page, all of Reading Practice and the course settings. It is sold and billed by Apple through the App Store; the app uses Apple’s StoreKit directly and no third-party subscription service. Apple handles your payment details under its own privacy policy. The app asks the App Store whether a subscription is active and remembers the answer on the iPad. We may receive aggregated, non-identifying sales reports from Apple. Family Sharing is supported.
Analytics, advertising and tracking
Ribbonhand contains no analytics SDK, no advertising SDK and no crash-reporting SDK, shows no ads and does not track you across apps or websites. If you choose to share crash reports or diagnostics with app developers in your iPad’s settings, Apple may pass those to us under its terms.
Third parties
We do not sell, rent or share personal information, because we don’t receive any. Apple provides app distribution, in-app purchases, subscription billing and iCloud storage under its own policies: Apple Privacy Policy.
Children’s privacy
Ribbonhand is designed for children and families. It collects no personal information from anyone, including children under 13: there’s no account, no ads and no data sent to us. Learner names are optional and stay on the iPad and in the family’s own private iCloud database. Purchases, Settings and links that leave the app are behind a question meant for grown-ups.
Data retention
- Data on the iPad stays until you delete the app (or the writing samples in the Files app).
- Progress in iCloud stays in your iCloud account until you delete it (below).
- Emails you send us are kept as long as needed to answer and keep a record of the request.
Delete your data
Because we hold no data about you, you can delete everything yourself:
- On the iPad: delete the Ribbonhand app. This removes its settings, progress and any writing samples on that iPad. To delete only writing samples (beta builds), open the Files app → On My iPad → Ribbonhand → Samples and delete them.
- One learner: Settings → Learners, then swipe to remove them from the list. Their saved progress stays on the iPad and in your iCloud until you delete the app and Ribbonhand’s iCloud data (above and below).
- In iCloud: open the Settings app, tap your name → iCloud → Manage Account Storage (or Manage Storage) → Ribbonhand → Delete Data from iCloud. Do this on any one device; it removes the synced progress everywhere.
- Purchases: Apple keeps its own records of Ribbonhand Plus purchases under its own privacy policy.
Questions or help? Email contact@stealthlaunch.com and we’ll answer within 30 days.
International users
Stealth Launch, LLC is based in Puerto Rico, United States. Depending on where you live (for example in the EU, UK or California), you may have rights to access, correct or delete personal information. We don’t hold any personal information from Ribbonhand, but you can email contact@stealthlaunch.com with any request and we’ll help, including with the steps above.
Changes
We will update this policy if the app’s data practices change, and change the effective date above when we do.
Contact
Stealth Launch, LLC
Email: contact@stealthlaunch.com
Web: https://stealthlaunch.com
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