NiHiSpeak

Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 2026

In short: NiHiSpeak has no account, no ads, no analytics and no in-app purchases. We don't collect personal information, and we never receive or store your voice. Everything the app remembers stays on your device.

This policy explains how the NiHiSpeak app for iPhone and Android ("the app") handles information. NiHiSpeak is made for children and families, so we keep things as simple and private as we can.

Information we collect

None. The app has no sign-up, does not ask for an email or phone number, and does not send your progress, settings or recordings to us. We don't run servers for the app.

What the app keeps on your device

To let you continue where you left off, the app stores the following on your device only:

  • The player's name, if you type one (it is optional), the age range you pick, the chosen buddy and hat, and the interests you select
  • Game progress: quests, coins, items, streaks, daily goals and which lines to review
  • Settings, such as sound, music, the daily reminder and the camera bubble
  • Simple counts of how often spoken lines were understood, used only to suggest "Better listening" (see below)

This information is never sent to us. It is removed when you delete the app or clear its data.

Microphone and speech

Speaking is how the game is played, so the app uses the microphone while the microphone button is on. Your speech is turned into text so the app can check your answer, and then it is discarded. The app does not save recordings.

  • On most phones, speech is turned into text by your phone's built-in speech recognition, directly on the device.
  • If your phone can't recognise English offline, your phone's built-in speech service may send the audio to the maker of your phone's operating system to turn it into text, as it does for any app that uses it. This is handled under that company's own privacy terms, not by us, and we never receive the audio. You can avoid this by installing your phone's offline English speech language, or by turning on Better listening.
  • Better listening is optional. If you turn it on (behind the grown-ups check for young players), the app downloads a speech model of about 60 MB once. After that, speech is turned into text entirely on your device. The audio of each sentence is held only for a moment while it is processed and is then deleted.

Camera

The app can show the player's own face in a small bubble while they speak. This is switched off until you turn it on. The camera image is shown on screen only. Nothing is recorded, saved or sent anywhere.

Voices you hear

The voices in the app are recordings that come with the app, or your phone's own text-to-speech voice. Both work on the device.

Notifications

With your permission, the app schedules a daily practice reminder on your device. You can change its time or turn it off in Settings. No notification data leaves your device.

Internet use

The game works without an internet connection. The app only connects to the internet to download the optional Better listening model from a public file host, and when your phone's own speech service needs it (see above). Like any download, the file host can see your device's IP address. The app sends no personal information with the download.

Advertising, analytics and purchases

The app shows no ads, contains no analytics or tracking tools, does not use advertising identifiers, and has no in-app purchases. We don't sell or share any data, because we don't have any.

Children

NiHiSpeak is designed for children as well as adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children under 13. Settings and downloads are protected by a simple question for grown-ups, and the app has no chat with other people, no links to outside websites for children, and no ways to buy things.

Deleting your data

All data lives on your device. To erase it, delete the app or clear its data in your phone's settings. To remove only the Better listening model, use "Remove" in the app's Settings.

This website

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Changes

We may update this policy as the app changes. The latest version will always be on this page, with the date at the top.

Contact

Questions or requests: contact.tvtroid@gmail.com