Effective October 12, 2026

Privacy Policy

This policy explains how the Poposan (ポポさん) app for iPhone (“the app”) handles information. The app is provided by Bluewhale Network LLC (“we”).

In short

  • We do not collect any personal information. There is no account.
  • Learning records stay on your device and in your own iCloud, and are never sent to us or any third party.
  • No ads, no analytics, no tracking.
  • AI features (story problems and buddy lines) are processed by Apple’s AI platform; we never receive their content.

Information the app stores

To keep learning going, the app stores the following on your device (see iCloud sync below). It is never sent to our servers and we cannot see it.

  • Progress for each problem (level, next review date, right and wrong counts, kinds of mistakes)
  • Play history (date, number of questions, score, time), times-table challenge best times, streak, and stickers and trophies earned
  • Your chosen buddy, grade, and sound and music settings

If device backups (iCloud Backup or a computer backup) are turned on, Apple includes this data in the backup like any other app’s data.

iCloud sync

When you are signed in to iCloud, the information above is synced between devices on the same Apple ID through Apple’s iCloud (a CloudKit private database and iCloud key-value storage), so it follows you to a new iPhone or a second one.

It is stored in your own iCloud account and handled under Apple’s privacy policy. We cannot access or see it. To stop syncing, turn the app off in Settings → Apple ID → iCloud.

Network use

The app has no servers of ours behind it and no feature that communicates with us or with third parties such as ad or analytics companies (iCloud sync above talks only to Apple’s iCloud, and the AI features below only to Apple). Math practice, music and sound effects all run on the device without a connection.

AI features (story problems and buddy lines)

On devices that support Apple Intelligence, the app uses Apple’s Foundation Models to turn a calculation from the round into a short word problem (“story problems”) and to write lines for the buddy. Processing happens on the device or, only when needed to write a word problem, on Apple’s Private Cloud Compute. Buddy lines are written on the device only.

Only the numbers and type of calculation from that round, the grade, and the name of the chosen buddy are used — no personal information. To check that a word problem is correct, the app may ask the AI to solve it once more in the same way. The numbers and answer shown are always calculated by the app itself.

Data processed by Private Cloud Compute is handled under Apple’s privacy commitments, is not stored, and is not accessible to anyone other than Apple, including us. The text is shown on the device only and is never sent to us.

Notifications

With your permission, the app schedules a learning reminder (around 6 pm) on the device itself (local notifications). We never collect a push token. You can turn reminders off anytime in Settings.

Children’s privacy

The app is designed for elementary school students. For everyone, regardless of age, it collects no personal information and has no advertising, analytics or tracking, and no way to interact with other users. The only links to outside websites are in Settings: this site's support and privacy pages, and a credit to the project (on GitHub) that inspired the app.

Sharing with third parties

Because we collect no information about you, we have nothing to share or sell.

Deleting your data

Deleting the app removes the records stored on the device. Records synced to iCloud can be deleted in Settings → Apple ID → iCloud → Manage Storage. Data in backups can be removed by deleting the backup as Apple describes.

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, for example when adding a feature, we will post the update on this page and change the date above. Significant changes will also be announced in the app.

Contact

Bluewhale Network LLC
Email: bluewhaleinfo.jp@gmail.com