Privacy Policy
Last updated November 2026
Once Upon a Fold collects nothing. Nothing about you or your child ever leaves your device.
What we collect
Nothing. No accounts, ads, analytics, tracking or third-party services. The app sends no information to us or anyone else.
What stays on your device
A parent can choose to add these. They stay inside the app on this device and are deleted when the app is deleted.
- A face photo, turned into a pencil drawing on the device with Apple's on-device Vision framework.
- Narration you record yourself.
- Star moments: short silent clips of your child's reactions. Off unless a parent turns them on.
- Star posters made at the end of a story. Only saved or shared if a parent chooses to.
- Settings such as language, voice and bedtime mode.
Purchases
Extra books are sold through Apple's In-App Purchase. Apple handles payment; we never see your payment details or Apple Account. Only a grown-up can buy, behind the grown-ups' gate. The first two pages of each book can be read free.
Camera, microphone and photos
The camera is used only for Star moments and Storytime Theater, after a parent turns them on. The microphone is used when a parent records narration, and on one page of The Three Little Pigs, where your child blows on the phone to help the wolf huff and puff. A grown-up is asked first, and the blowing is only listened to for loudness, never recorded or saved. Photos is used only when a parent picks a face photo or saves something.
Children
Because the app collects no personal information, it is built to meet COPPA and the App Store Kids Category rules. Buying books, settings, and anything that leaves the app (sharing, rating the app) sit behind a grown-ups-only gate.
This website
This site has no cookies, forms or analytics. It is hosted on GitHub Pages and loads its fonts from Google Fonts, which may see your device's IP address when serving them.
Changes
Any update to this policy will be posted here with a new date. Questions? Email us.