Designed for children. Explained for parents.
Your child's privacy shouldn't be buried in 40 pages of grey text. This page answers, in plain language, the questions you'd ask if the team were sitting in front of you. The full formal version is in the privacy policy.
What data FonoBeat handles — and what it never touches
The design principle is minimal collection: if a piece of data doesn't improve your child's practice or your view of their progress, we don't ask for it.
What we do use
- The adult's email
- To create and protect the account — which is always yours, never the child's.
- The child profile's nickname and age range
- To greet them and match content to their stage. Never their legal name or exact date of birth.
- Practice progress
- Words practised, songs, streaks and stars: what you see in the parent dashboard.
- Subscription status
- Active or expired. The store processes the payment: we never see your card.
What we never ask for or store
- The child's real name, ID document or exact date of birth
- Their location
- Their photos, contacts or device files
- Recordings of their voice — processed then discarded, never stored
- Card details or payment methods
- Browsing history or activity outside the app
Their voice is heard for a moment — then discarded
To assess pronunciation, the app needs to hear the attempt. What it never needs is to keep it. Here's how every practice works:
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Your child sings
The attempt's audio is sent encrypted, for that assessment only.
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It's assessed right there
The system compares the attempt with the reference and generates the kind feedback.
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The audio is discarded
It stays on no server, it isn't shared and it trains no AI. The result is kept — the stars, the progress — never the sound.
No advertising. On any plan. Not even the free one.
Advertising to children requires knowing the child in order to persuade them — and that is exactly what we don't want to be. FonoBeat integrates no advertising SDKs or third-party trackers in the app, and this website uses no tracking cookies or third-party analytics either. Our model is boring and transparent: a straightforward subscription, and that's it.
COPPA, in plain language
COPPA (the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) is the United States law on children's online privacy, enforced by the FTC. Its central idea: when a service is aimed at under-13s, parents are in charge — minimal data collection and verifiable parental consent. Apple and Google add their own rules for apps in the kids category.
In practice, for FonoBeat that means:
- The account always belongs to the adult; children don't create accounts and can't do so by accident.
- The child's profile carries a nickname and an age range — not a real identity.
- Purchases, settings and external links sit behind a parental gate; the child's side is only for singing and practising.
- You can request correction or deletion of your family's data whenever you want.
Still have a question?
Read it in full in the privacy policy, check the frequently asked questions or write to us directly.
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