Last updated: October 15, 2026
What stays on your device. Everything you enter in the app, including your word counts, story notes, story map and reflections, is saved only on your device. The app has no accounts, analytics, advertising or tracking, and nothing you write is sent to us or anyone else.
In the phone app, reminders are scheduled by your phone itself. The app asks for permission to show notifications, and you can turn reminders off at any time in the app or in your phone's settings. No reminder information leaves your device.
If you save a backup or share an image of your grove, the file goes wherever you choose to send it, such as your files, cloud storage or email. We never see it.
If you claim a discount code on our website, the two answers you pick are sent to our server and saved with the code in our shop (Payhip) so we can see who Novel Grove is for. We do not ask for your name or email. We briefly use your IP address to give one code per person per day.
If you ask for a free kit, our shop (Payhip) collects your email address to send it. We only send you marketing emails if you tell us we can.
Payments are handled by the store you buy from: Payhip on the web, and Google Play or the App Store in the phone apps. We never see your card details. The app only remembers, on your device, that Plus is unlocked.
The website is hosted by Netlify, which keeps standard server logs such as IP addresses, as all websites do. Checkout and free downloads happen on Payhip. The app and website themselves load nothing else from other companies' servers, and the fonts are part of Novel Grove.
Novel Grove is not directed at children under 13.
If this policy changes, we'll update this page and the date above. Want to know what we hold about you, or have it removed? Email EvergreenInkLabs at theriveroutpost@gmail.com.