privacy

short version: your progress stays on your iPhone and in your own iCloud. we don't run ads, we don't track you across apps, and we don't sell anything about you.

draft · last updated 10 November 2026. bars has not launched yet. this page will be final before it does, and will change if the app changes.

what stays on your iPhone

• the lanes and daily goal you pick, the words you've learned and saved, your review history, XP, level and streak.
• if iCloud is on for bars, this syncs through Apple's CloudKit to your private iCloud database. we can't read it.
• when you use "say it", speech is recognized on your iPhone. the audio is not sent to us.

what leaves your iPhone, and why

• leagues (optional). if you join a league, bars sends a randomly generated handle (like nova.wav), your weekly XP, and an anonymous device check from Apple (App Attest) so scores can't be faked. no name, no email, no contacts. turn leagues off and this stops.
• "write it" grading. when you write your own sentence with a word, bars grades it on your iPhone where it can. on iPhones that can't, the sentence is sent to our server and checked by Anthropic's Claude model, then thrown away. we do not log or store your sentences, and Anthropic does not use them to train models.
• content updates. bars downloads new word packs from our server. that request carries nothing about you beyond what any web request does (an IP address), and we don't keep logs of it.
• purchases. subscriptions go through Apple. we see that a purchase is active, not your payment details.

what we never do

• no ads and no ad networks.
• no third-party analytics or tracking SDKs.
• no selling or sharing your data with data brokers.
• no user-to-user chat or public profiles.

kids

bars is rated for ages 13 and up. we don't knowingly collect personal information from children.

your choices

you can leave leagues at any time, turn off iCloud for bars, or delete the app. to delete league data we hold, email support@getbars.io and we'll remove it within 30 days.

contact

bars is made by Imran Syed. questions about privacy: support@getbars.io.