One Word privacy

Last updated 13 September 2026

What the app keeps, and where

One Word stores these on the device, in the app's own storage:

• the stories, with the words each player added
• the names typed in for players, so they can be picked again next time
• the settings chosen for each story, such as the turn timer

None of it is sent anywhere. There is no sign-in, no server holding a copy, and no way for the developer to see or recover it.

What the app does not do

• It shows no advertising and contains no advertising code.
• It includes no analytics, tracking or crash-reporting service.
• It does not ask for location, contacts, photos, the microphone or the camera.
• The AI player runs on the phone and sends nothing over the internet.

Backup files

The Backup screen can save stories and player names as a single file. That file goes only where you choose to put it through the share sheet, for example Files or iCloud Drive, and from then on the service you chose looks after it.

Sharing a finished story

A finished story has a Share button. It hands the story's text and its authors' names to the share sheet, or copies them, and only when a player taps it. Where the text goes next is the player's choice; the developer does not receive it. A story still being written cannot be shared.

The web version

One Word can also be played in a browser. There, the same stories are kept in that browser's own storage on that computer or phone. The web host keeps standard request logs (such as IP address and time of visit) to run the site; the game adds nothing to them.

Children

The app collects nothing from anyone, whatever their age.

Deleting everything

Delete a story from its options menu, or delete the app to remove every story and name at once. In a browser, clearing the site's data does the same.

Questions and changes

Write to support@thebook.ltd. If this policy changes, the date at the top changes with it.