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These policies are provided by Little Oat LLC, a Texas limited liability company (“Little Oat,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). Each document below has two parts: a main policy that applies to everything we make — this website, our desktop software, our mobile apps, and our downloadable PDF curriculum — followed by product appendixes that add details specific to each app. The main policy and its appendixes together form one document; if an appendix says something more specific about a product, the appendix controls for that product.

Terms of Use

Last updated October 19, 2026
Acceptance & scope
These Terms of Use form a legal agreement between you and Little Oat LLC, a Texas limited liability company. They cover this website, our desktop software, our mobile apps, our downloadable PDF curriculum, and anything else we offer under the Little Oat name. By using our website, downloading or using any of our software or apps, or purchasing any Little Oat product, you agree to these Terms — including the product appendixes below, which are part of these Terms. If you don't agree, please don't use our software or services.
Who can use our products
Our software, apps, and services are designed for adults — parents, guardians, educators, and caregivers who are 18 or older. None of our apps are designed for use by children, and children are not intended to use them independently or unsupervised. Where an app includes activities involving a child (such as OatSmart Premium lessons), the adult uses the app and guides the child through the activity. Adults are responsible for reviewing all content and supervising any child's involvement.
Accounts
Some of our products (such as Coop Connect) require an account. When you create one, you agree to provide accurate information, keep your sign-in credentials to yourself, and accept responsibility for activity that happens under your account. Accounts may only be created by adults 18 or older.
License
Purchasing or downloading our software, apps, or curriculum grants you a personal, non-transferable license to use them within your household (or, for Coop Connect, for your own co-op participation). You may not resell, redistribute, sublicense, or reverse-engineer any Little Oat software, app, or file.
Downloadable curriculum
Curriculum bundles, printables, and add-ons purchased from the Little Oat shop are one-time purchases delivered as downloadable files (such as PDFs). Files are licensed to your household. Printing and modest adaptations for your own learners are permitted. Do not share, post, or resell purchased files.
Purchases & billing
Purchases made on our website and shop are processed securely by our payment provider (Polar). Subscriptions renew automatically on your billing date until you cancel — you can cancel anytime from inside the app or by emailing us, which stops future charges immediately. We do not offer prorated refunds for partial billing periods. Mobile app subscriptions — such as Star Chart Premium, the Daily Work Tracker subscription, Co-op Ownership in Coop Connect, Little Oat Worksheets Plus, Little Oat Books Plus, Little Oat Phonics Plus, or Little Oat Math Plus — are billed through the Apple App Store or Google Play instead, under that store's billing terms. Product-specific pricing and subscription details appear in the appendixes below.
Acceptable use
You agree not to misuse our products — including using them for anything unlawful, interfering with or disrupting our services, attempting to access other users' accounts or data, impersonating others, or collecting information about other users (such as coop rosters) for any purpose outside the product's intended use.
Software availability
We provide updates to our software and apps periodically. We may retire old versions or features but will give reasonable notice before doing so. Products described as “coming soon” are not yet available and may change before release.
Educational responsibility
Parents and guardians remain solely responsible for meeting their state's homeschool requirements, supervising learners, and ensuring the appropriateness of all materials used in their homeschool. Little Oat LLC provides tools only — it is not a compliance guarantor and is not responsible for your family's educational outcomes or legal compliance.
Blog & shared content
Posts on the Little Oat blog reflect the personal experiences and opinions of the author and are provided for general information and encouragement only. They are not professional, legal, medical, or educational advice, and homeschool laws and best practices can change. You are responsible for verifying anything you rely on — including your state's current homeschool requirements — with official sources or a qualified professional. See the Disclaimers section below for more.
Warranty & limitation of liability
All Little Oat software, apps, printables, and content are provided “as is” and “as available.” To the fullest extent permitted by law, Little Oat LLC disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Little Oat LLC — and its owner, members, and affiliates — shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, and Little Oat LLC's total aggregate liability for any claim shall not exceed the amount you paid to Little Oat LLC in the twelve (12) months before the claim arose. Use of the software is at your own discretion and risk.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Little Oat LLC and its owner, members, employees, and affiliates from any claims, losses, or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of your use or misuse of our software, apps, or content, or your violation of these Terms.
Changes to terms
Little Oat LLC may update these Terms, including the appendixes. If the changes are material, we'll notify you by email or in-app notice. Continued use after the effective date means you accept the updated Terms.
Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, where Little Oat LLC is organized, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any disputes will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in Texas.
Product appendixes — part of these Terms of Use
Appendix A OatSmart · Desktop app — Mac, Windows, Linux
What it is
OatSmart is a desktop homeschool record-keeping app. Parents create profiles for their students and record pictures, assignments, grades, and attendance, then generate reports from those records.
Adult use only
OatSmart — including Premium — is a tool for parents, not for children. The app exists to help parents run their homeschool. Children are not intended to use the app independently or unsupervised. When a Premium activity involves a child, the parent operates the app and guides the child through the game, lesson, or worksheet.
Premium subscription
The optional OatSmart Premium subscription is $6.99/month per family and gives the parent access to games, lessons, and worksheets to do together with a child. When an activity is completed, it converts into an assignment that rolls up into your reporting. The subscription renews automatically on your billing date; cancel anytime from inside the app or by emailing us.
Your data, your responsibility
All OatSmart data is maintained by you and stored locally on your computer (see the Privacy Policy, Appendix A). You are responsible for backing up your records — the app includes a built-in export function, and we strongly recommend regular backups using your operating system's backup tools or an external drive.
Appendix B Star Chart · Mobile app — reward charts
About this appendix
The full, binding Terms of Service for Star Chart (last updated July 23, 2026) are presented inside the app itself — you accept them by tapping “I agree” when the app first opens. This appendix mirrors them so they are also on record here. For Star Chart, where anything below differs from the main Terms above, this appendix controls.
Who may use the app
The app is intended for adults — parents, guardians, and educators. You must be at least 18 years old (or the age of majority where you live) to accept the Terms, and the app asks you to confirm this the first time it runs. If children interact with the app (for example, checking off a routine), they must do so under the supervision and responsibility of an adult who has accepted the Terms.
License
We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the app on devices you own or control, for personal, non-commercial purposes. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, rent, reverse engineer, or create derivative works of the app except where the law expressly permits it. The app — including its artwork, design, and code — is owned by Little Oat and protected by intellectual-property laws.
Your data & backups
All data you create in the app is stored only on your device. We do not keep copies, and we cannot recover data for you. You are solely responsible for safeguarding your data, including exporting regular backups using the app's backup feature and storing those files safely. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Little Oat is not liable for any lost, missing, corrupted, or unrecoverable data, however caused — including device loss or failure, uninstalling the app, operating system or app updates, software bugs, failed or incomplete exports or imports, damaged backup files, or use of the “Erase all data” feature. Star totals, history, and rewards in the app are a convenience for your family and have no monetary value.
Subscriptions & billing
Optional Premium features are offered by auto-renewing subscription billed through your Apple App Store or Google Play account, at the price shown in the app before purchase. Any free trial converts to a paid subscription unless cancelled before the trial ends. Subscriptions renew automatically until you cancel in your store account settings — deleting the app does not cancel a subscription. Refunds are handled by Apple or Google under their policies; we cannot issue refunds directly. We may change subscription pricing or features prospectively; store rules govern how price changes apply to existing subscribers.
Acceptable use & suggestions
You agree not to misuse the app, interfere with its operation, attempt to access it by any means other than the interfaces we provide, or use the feedback feature to send unlawful, abusive, or infringing content. If you send us ideas, suggestions, or feedback about the app, we may use them to improve the app without restriction or any obligation to you — please don't send suggestions you consider confidential or proprietary.
Not professional advice
The app is a motivational and organizational tool for families. It does not provide medical, psychological, educational, or other professional advice, and outcomes for any child are not guaranteed.
Warranties & liability
The app is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the app will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that data will be preserved. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Little Oat and its owners, employees, and agents will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, profits, or goodwill, arising out of or relating to the app. Our total aggregate liability for all claims relating to the app is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you paid us for the app in the twelve (12) months before the claim arose, or (b) ten U.S. dollars ($10). Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions or limitations, so parts of this section may not apply to you.
Indemnification & termination
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Little Oat from claims, damages, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from your violation of the app's Terms or your misuse of the app. You may stop using the app at any time; we may suspend or terminate the license if you violate the Terms. Sections that by their nature should survive — including the data disclaimer, warranty disclaimer, limitation of liability, and indemnification — survive termination.
App store terms
The app's Terms are between you and Little Oat only — not with Apple Inc. or Google LLC. Apple and Google are not responsible for the app or its content and have no obligation to provide maintenance or support; Little Oat is responsible for the app and for addressing any claims relating to it. If the app fails to conform to an applicable warranty, you may notify the store you obtained it from, which may refund the purchase price; to the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple and Google have no other warranty obligation. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of the Terms and may enforce them against you. You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. government embargo or on any U.S. government list of prohibited or restricted parties, and your use of the app must comply with any applicable third-party terms, such as your wireless data agreement.
Governing law & changes
The app's Terms are governed by the laws of the U.S. state in which Little Oat LLC is organized (Texas), without regard to conflict-of-law rules. If any provision is found unenforceable, the rest remain in effect. You may not assign the Terms; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets. We may modify, add, or remove app features and update the Terms at any time; continued use after an update means you accept the revised Terms. The Terms, together with the app's Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement regarding the app.
Contact
Questions about the app's Terms: support@littleoatlearners.com — Little Oat LLC.
Appendix C Daily Work Tracker · Mobile app — daily assignments
About this appendix
The full, binding User Agreement and Terms of Service (both last updated October 3, 2026) for Daily Work Tracker (presented in the app and on Google Play as “Homeschool Planner & Tracker,” and on the App Store as “Daily Homeschool Tracker”) are shown inside the app itself; this appendix mirrors them so they are also on record here. For this app, where anything below differs from the main Terms above, this appendix controls.
Who may use the app
The app is intended for use by adults — parents, guardians, and educators — to record homeschool activity. You must be at least 18 years old (or the age of majority where you live) to accept the agreement. Student profiles you create are records you maintain about your students; the app is not directed at children and does not collect information from children directly.
Your data lives on your device
All records you create — students, daily entries, grades, attendance, photos, and settings — are stored locally on your device. We do not host, sync, or keep copies of your records on our servers. You are solely responsible for safeguarding your data, including exporting backups regularly using the Export Backup feature and storing them somewhere safe (for example, cloud storage or email).
Lost or corrupted data
Because your data is stored only on your device, Little Oat LLC is not responsible or liable for any lost, deleted, or corrupted data, however caused — including device loss or failure, operating system updates, app deletion or reinstallation, failed or incomplete backups or restores, software defects, or any other cause. Your only safeguard against data loss is the backup you export and keep yourself.
License
We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the app on devices you own or control, subject to the app's Terms and the rules of the app store you downloaded it from. The app, its design, and its content (excluding your records) remain the property of Little Oat LLC.
Subscriptions & free trial
Full access to the app requires a subscription after the free trial. Subscriptions are billed through your App Store or Google Play account at the price shown at purchase, renew automatically until cancelled, and can be cancelled anytime in your store account settings. The app’s free trial starts when you finish setup, needs no payment details, and simply ends; it does not turn into a paid subscription. If a subscription you buy includes an introductory free trial from the store, that trial converts to a paid subscription automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before it ends. Refunds are handled by Apple or Google under their policies.
Your content
You own the records, photos, and reports you create with the app. Because they are stored only on your device, managing and backing them up is your responsibility.
Acceptable use
You agree to use the app only for lawful, personal, non-commercial record-keeping. You will not attempt to reverse engineer the app, interfere with its operation, misuse the feedback service, or use the app in a way that violates any applicable law.
Records are your responsibility
The app is a convenience tool for organizing homeschool records. It is not legal, educational, or compliance advice. Homeschool reporting requirements vary by state and country; you are responsible for confirming that your records, reports, and attendance logs satisfy the requirements that apply to you.
Warranties & liability
The app is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the app will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that data will never be lost or corrupted. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Little Oat LLC will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of data, arising from your use of the app, and our total liability for any claim will not exceed the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim arose.
Termination
You may stop using the app at any time. Deleting the app deletes the data stored in it — export a backup first if you want to keep your records. We may suspend or terminate access if you violate the app's Terms.
Governing law & changes
The app's Terms are governed by the laws of the United States and the state in which Little Oat LLC is organized (Texas), without regard to conflict-of-law rules. We may revise the agreement from time to time; the “Last updated” date in the app reflects the current version, and continued use after changes take effect constitutes acceptance.
Contact
Questions? Email support@littleoatlearners.com or reach us through Settings → Support & Feedback in the app.
Appendix D Coop Connect · Mobile app — co-op management
About this appendix
Coop Connect is listed on Google Play as Homeschool Co-op Connect and appears on your phone as Co-op Connect. Its full, binding Terms of Use (effective October 3, 2026) are shown inside the app at first launch and under Settings → Terms of Use; this appendix mirrors them so they are also on record here. For Coop Connect, where anything in this appendix differs from the main Terms above — including billing, liability, and dispute resolution — this appendix controls.
Eligibility
You must be at least 18 years old (or the age of majority where you live) to create an account and use the app. By using the app, you represent that you meet this requirement, and that any information you provide about family members or other people — including children — is provided by you as their parent or guardian, or with proper authorization.
Your account
You are responsible for the information you provide and for all activity that occurs under your account. Signing in uses one-time codes sent to your email address or, optionally, a password, passkeys on your devices, or your Apple or Google account — so you are also responsible for keeping your password, email account, Apple or Google account, and devices secure, since anyone with access to them may be able to sign in as you. Notify us promptly of any unauthorized use. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms.
The service & co-ops
Coop Connect helps homeschool and learning co-ops organize calendars, announcements, lessons, volunteer and item sign-ups, and member directories. Co-op owners and administrators control their own co-op, including its members, roles, content, and settings. If you join a co-op, you agree that its leaders can manage your membership and view your activity within that co-op, including participation statistics. We are not responsible for the conduct of any co-op, leader, or member, or for how a co-op chooses to run itself. Information you share through the app — your profile, phone number, family headcounts, posts, RSVPs, and similar — is shared with other people, and those people are not under our control. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not responsible or liable for any other user’s collection, use, storage, or disclosure of information or content you made available through the app, including uses that violate these Terms, the law, or your expectations. Your profile includes visibility settings that limit what fellow members see — use them.
Discovery listings & join requests
The app includes an optional directory (“Explore”) where co-op leaders can list their co-op so others can find it and request to join. Listings are created and controlled entirely by co-op leaders, who are solely responsible for the accuracy and content of their listing — including its name, photos, description, stated service area, and any sections they choose to publish. By listing a co-op, its leaders represent that they are authorized to do so and that the listing is truthful and does not misrepresent the co-op. We do not verify listings and do not endorse any listed co-op. Submitting a join request shares your profile and answers with that co-op’s leaders, as described in the Privacy appendix. Co-ops decide for themselves whom to admit; we have no involvement in, and no responsibility for, any co-op’s decision to accept, decline, or not respond to a request, for any note a reviewer attaches to a decline, or for a co-op’s decision to block a person from its listing. Co-ops are not required to respond to requests, and requests that are not answered expire after 30 days. You may withdraw a pending request at any time. Accepting a member, or being accepted, creates a relationship between you and that co-op — not with Little Oat.
Guest event invites
A co-op’s leaders may invite an applicant to a single event as a guest before deciding on their request. A guest invite is not membership and not an offer of membership: a guest sees only that one event, has no access to the rest of the co-op, and remains an applicant until the co-op decides. Everything under “In-person activities & member vetting” and “Assumption of risk & release” applies fully to guest visits — leaders who invite a guest, and guests who attend, are each responsible for their own safety arrangements, supervision, and judgment. Leaders are responsible for any note they send with an invite, and applicants for any reply they send back.
Reports & removals
We may remove or suspend any listing at any time, including listings reported to us as inaccurate, misleading, or in violation of these Terms. You can report a listing directly from its Explore page, report a join request from the review screen, or contact us at support@littleoatlearners.com; you can also hide any listing from your own Explore results. We review reports and act on them promptly.
In-person activities & member vetting
Co-ops use the app to organize real-world activities — classes, field trips, meetups, and volunteering. Those activities are organized, run, and supervised entirely by the co-ops and people involved, not by Little Oat. We do not screen, vet, background-check, or endorse any co-op, leader, or member, and we make no representations about anyone’s identity, qualifications, or conduct. This applies fully to people and co-ops you encounter through Explore: anyone you meet through a listing or a join request is a stranger to us, and accepting a join request does not mean the applicant has been vetted by anyone. You are solely responsible for independently verifying whom you are dealing with before meeting in person, for choosing safe meeting arrangements, for supervising your own children, and for your safety and your family’s safety at any activity arranged through the app. The app is a coordination tool only — it is not a childcare, education, or supervision service, and it must not be relied on for emergency or time-critical communication.
Assumption of risk & release
You understand that participating in or organizing co-op activities — including classes, field trips, meetups, drop-offs, and volunteering — involves inherent risks to you, your children, and your property. Some activities may carry risks of illness, bodily injury, disability, or death, as well as risks of property damage, loss, or theft. You knowingly, freely, and voluntarily assume all such risks, whether or not a particular risk is listed here. We have no control over, and make no guarantee of, the quality, safety, legality, or supervision of any co-op activity, meetup, or gathering, or of any location where one is held. Anything that happens at, on the way to, or as a result of a meetup or activity is solely between the people and co-ops involved. To the fullest extent permitted by law, you, on behalf of yourself, your children, your family, and your heirs and representatives, release, waive, and discharge any and all claims — known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen — against Little Oat LLC and its owners, operators, employees, and agents (the “Released Parties”) arising out of or relating to (a) any co-op, activity, meetup, or interaction organized, discovered, or coordinated through the app, including anything that occurs at or in connection with one; (b) the acts or omissions of any co-op, leader, member, participant, or other third party; and (c) any other user’s use or misuse of information or content you made available through the app. This release applies whether the activity is in person or online, and whether or not Little Oat played any role in its coordination.
California residents
If you are a California resident, you expressly waive California Civil Code §1542, which says: “A general release does not extend to claims that the creditor or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release and that, if known by him or her, would have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or released party.” You expressly waive any similar protection under the law of any other jurisdiction, to the extent waivable.
Subscriptions & billing
Hosting a co-op may require a paid subscription. Subscriptions are offered through, and billed by, the Apple App Store or Google Play (and processed with the help of RevenueCat) — not through our website. Payment is charged to your store account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store or Google Play account settings. Except where required by law or store policy, payments are non-refundable. People you invite to your co-op join for free.
When a subscription ends or shrinks
Co-op hosting subscriptions renew monthly, and the plan you choose sets how many co-ops you can own. If your subscription ends, or you move to a plan that covers fewer co-ops than you own, the co-ops it no longer covers begin closing (on a smaller plan, you first get a short window — currently 7 days — to choose which to keep). A closing co-op keeps working for a notice period (currently 14 days), its members are told, and a member with room on their own plan can take it over; a co-op that is not taken over or covered again by the end of that period is deleted, with everything in it.
Your content
You keep ownership of the content you create in the app — announcements, comments, lesson plans, sign-up notes, files and documents you upload, and similar. You grant us a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, display, and transmit your content solely to operate and provide the service (for example, showing your announcement or an uploaded document to your co-op). You are responsible for your content and represent that you have the rights to share it, including any information about other people or children. Files uploaded to a co-op are visible to that co-op’s members; co-op leaders can remove them, and leaders who export or download co-op records are responsible for how they store and use those copies.
Acceptable use
We have zero tolerance for objectionable content and abusive behavior. Content or conduct that harasses, threatens, exploits, or endangers anyone — especially children — may be removed, and the responsible account suspended or terminated without notice. Co-op leaders can remove content and members within their co-op, and you can report content or members to us at support@littleoatlearners.com; we review reports and act on them promptly. You agree not to: use the app for any unlawful purpose or in violation of these Terms; harass, abuse, threaten, or harm others; post content that is illegal, infringing, harmful, or that you do not have the right to share; attempt to access data, accounts, or co-ops you are not authorized to access; interfere with, disrupt, or overload the service, or attempt to reverse engineer it; misuse invite links, calendar feeds, or other features of the app; create a false or misleading Explore listing, list a co-op you are not authorized to represent, or submit join requests in bad faith or to harass, scout, or scam a co-op or its members; use guest event invites, invite notes, or request-form answers to harass, deceive, or solicit anyone, or to arrange contact with a child outside of a parent or guardian’s supervision; or upload files that are infringing, unlawful, or harmful, or that contain malware.
Third-party services
The app relies on third-party services (such as network relay, email delivery, notifications, Apple and Google sign-in, and app-store billing). Your use of those services may be subject to their own terms, and we are not responsible for them.
Disclaimers
The app is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the app will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, or that any content or data will be accurate or preserved. We have no control over, and do not guarantee, the quality, safety, legality, or accuracy of any co-op, listing, activity, or member, and we are not liable for the acts or omissions of any third party — including co-ops, leaders, members, other participants, and the third-party services we rely on. The app is a scheduling and organization tool and is not a substitute for professional, legal, medical, or educational advice.
Loss or corruption of data
You are responsible for keeping your own copies of any information that is important to you. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not responsible or liable for any lost, missing, stolen, corrupted, or deleted data or content, or for any inability to access data or content — whether caused by system failures, service outages, unauthorized access or security incidents, your own actions, a co-op leader’s or member’s actions, third-party services, or any other cause. We do not guarantee that data will be backed up or recoverable.
Limitation of liability
For Coop Connect, to the fullest extent permitted by law, Little Oat LLC and its owners, operators, employees, and suppliers will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, profits, goodwill, or other intangible losses, or for any personal injury or property damage, arising from or related to your use of (or inability to use) the app or any activity coordinated through it. Our total liability for any and all claims relating to the app will not exceed the greater of (a) the amount you paid us for the app in the 12 months before the claim, or (b) US $50. These limitations apply even if a remedy fails of its essential purpose. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of these limitations may not apply to you.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Little Oat LLC and its owners, operators, employees, and agents from any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your content, your use of the app, any co-op or activity you organize or attend, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any law or the rights of another person.
Termination
You may stop using the app and delete your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access if you violate these Terms or if we discontinue the service. If you own a co-op that other members belong to, you will be asked to transfer ownership before deleting your account; if you choose to close it instead, it keeps working for a notice period (currently 14 days) so its members can take it over or save their records, and is then deleted with its contents. A co-op you own with no other members is deleted along with your account. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination — including the disclaimers, limitation of liability, and indemnification — will survive.
Changes
We may change, suspend, or discontinue any part of the app at any time. We may also update these Terms; if we make material changes, we will update the effective date and, where appropriate, notify you in the app. Your continued use after changes take effect means you accept the updated Terms.
Apple & Google app stores
If you download the app from the Apple App Store or Google Play, you also agree to that store’s terms. These Terms are between you and Little Oat LLC, not with Apple or Google, and Apple and Google are not responsible for the app or its content or for providing any maintenance or support. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you. Where the app is licensed through the Apple App Store, it is licensed to you under Apple’s standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement, except as expanded by these Terms.
Governing law
For Coop Connect, these Terms are governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, applicable federal law, and the laws of the State of Texas, where Little Oat LLC is organized, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Subject to the arbitration terms below, any disputes will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in Texas, and you consent to their jurisdiction, unless applicable law requires otherwise.
Disputes & arbitration
This section affects your legal rights, including your right to file a lawsuit in court and to have a jury hear your claims — please read it carefully. Informal resolution first: before filing any claim, you and Little Oat LLC each agree to try to resolve the dispute informally — send a written notice describing the dispute to support@littleoatlearners.com (or, from us, to your account email), and give the other party 60 days to respond and attempt resolution, including at least one good-faith conference if either party requests it. This step is a condition precedent to starting any arbitration or court proceeding, and applicable statutes of limitation are tolled while it runs. Binding individual arbitration: except for (a) claims that qualify for small-claims court in your county of residence and (b) claims for injunctive or equitable relief regarding intellectual property or unauthorized access to the service, any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms, the Privacy Policy, or the app — including its existence, breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation, or validity — will be resolved by final and binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, rather than in court. The Federal Arbitration Act governs this provision. The arbitration will be conducted by a single arbitrator, in English, on the basis of written submissions or by videoconference where the rules allow; any in-person hearing will take place in your county of residence or another mutually agreed location. The arbitrator — not a court — has exclusive authority to resolve disputes about the interpretation, applicability, or enforceability of this arbitration agreement, except that only a court may decide the enforceability of the class-action waiver below.
Arbitration fees & costs
Payment of AAA filing, administration, and arbitrator fees follows the AAA’s consumer rules. Each party bears its own attorneys’ fees and costs, except that (i) the arbitrator may award a party its reasonable fees and costs where a statute or the AAA rules allow, and (ii) if the arbitrator finds a claim was frivolous or brought in bad faith or for an improper purpose, the arbitrator may award the other party its reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Class action & jury trial waiver
You and Little Oat LLC each waive the right to a trial by jury and agree that each may bring claims against the other only in an individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, consolidated, or representative proceeding. The arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s claims or preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding, and may award relief only in favor of the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent necessary to resolve that party’s individual claim.
Coordinated filings
If 25 or more demands for arbitration are filed against Little Oat LLC raising similar claims and with the same or coordinated counsel, the parties agree the AAA will administer them in batches of up to 50, with one arbitrator, one set of fees, and one hearing per batch, before any remaining batches proceed. This exists so that mass filings are resolved efficiently rather than through duplicated fees, and it applies to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Time limit on claims
To the fullest extent permitted by law, any claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or the app must be filed within one (1) year after the claim accrued; otherwise it is permanently barred.
Opt-out & severability
You may opt out of this arbitration agreement and class-action waiver — with no effect on any other part of these Terms — by emailing support@littleoatlearners.com within 30 days of first accepting the app’s Terms with the subject line “ARBITRATION OPT-OUT,” your name, and the email on your account. If this arbitration agreement or the class-action waiver is found unenforceable as to a particular claim, that claim (and only that claim) will proceed in the Texas courts identified above, and the parties agree to stay any such court proceeding pending the arbitration of all arbitrable claims. If any other provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, it will be limited or removed to the minimum extent necessary and the rest stays in force. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and Little Oat LLC regarding the app; you may not assign them without our consent, but we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
Contact
Questions about these Terms? Email support@littleoatlearners.com — Little Oat LLC.
Appendix E Little Oat Worksheets · Mobile app — printable practice pages Coming soon
About this appendix
The full, binding Terms of Use for Little Oat Worksheets (last updated October 3, 2026) are shown inside the app under Settings → Terms of Use; this appendix mirrors them so they are also on record here. For this app, where anything below differs from the main Terms above, this appendix controls.
Who may use the app
The app is made for adults — parents, guardians, and educators — making practice pages for a child. You must be at least 18 years old (or the age of majority where you live) to use it. It is not designed for children to use, and any information about a child in it is entered by the adult, on the adult’s own device.
What the app does
The app makes printable practice pages for the subjects, grades, and skills you choose, keeps track of how each student is doing, and lets you print, save, grade, and share those pages. Pages are made on your device from practice content we wrote and checked. We take care to get every question and answer right, but mistakes can happen: look over a page and its teacher’s copy before relying on it, and tell us through Help & feedback if something is wrong. Worksheets, progress, and grades are a teaching aid, not an official academic record, an assessment, or evidence of compliance with any homeschool, school district, or state requirement.
Subscriptions & free trial
A subscription, Little Oat Worksheets Plus, is required to make new worksheets, use Today’s pack, and add students. It is offered monthly or yearly, at the price shown in the app before you buy, in your own currency. Plus can also be unlocked without buying it, with an access code we give out — for example to an app store reviewer, or as a gift (Redeem a code, on the subscription screen). A code is not a subscription: it unlocks Plus only on the device where it is entered, it cannot be restored on another device, and deleting the app removes it. Both plans begin with a 14-day free trial run by Apple or Google: it starts only when you choose a plan, it is offered once per store account, and nothing is charged until it ends. Unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the trial or the current period ends, the subscription renews automatically and your store account is charged. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store or Google Play account settings; cancelling stops future renewals and does not refund the period you are already in. Payment is taken by Apple or Google, not by us, and we never see your card details. Refunds are handled by Apple or Google under their policies. Prices may change; a change to an existing subscription takes effect only after your store notifies you and, where required, you agree to it.
If you stop subscribing
Nothing you have made is deleted, hidden, or locked away. You can still open, print, edit, grade, and share every worksheet you already have, see each student’s progress, send pages to the Daily Work Tracker or a co-op, and back everything up. What stops is making new worksheets, Today’s pack, and adding students, until you subscribe again.
Your content
Students, progress, grades, and worksheets you make are stored on your device and belong to you; we claim no ownership of them and have no access to them. You may print and copy worksheets you make for your own family, homeschool, or co-op; please do not sell them or republish them as your own collection. You are responsible for anything you choose to share outside the app, such as a page you print, email, or send to another app.
Acceptable use
Use the app for teaching. Do not use it to break the law, infringe someone’s rights, store information about a child you have no authority over, or misuse Help & feedback (abuse, unlawful content, or bulk or automated messages).
Feedback you send
Anything you send through Help & feedback opens a support ticket on a server Little Oat LLC runs, which you can read and reply to inside the app. Please leave out anything you would not want stored on our server, in particular a student’s full name, address, or medical or other sensitive details. We read what arrives, but do not promise a reply, a fix, or a response time. If you suggest an idea, we may use it to develop the app without owing you payment or credit.
Warranties, liability & data loss
The app is provided “as is,” without warranties of any kind; it may contain errors, and sending pages to another app depends on a service that may be unavailable. Because your data is kept on your device and not by us, it can be lost if the app is deleted or the device is reset, lost, or damaged. On iPhone your iCloud backup may bring it back, but that is not guaranteed; on Android the app’s data is not part of your Google backup. Use Backup in Settings regularly. We hold no copy and cannot recover it. To the fullest extent the law allows, Little Oat LLC is not liable for lost data or records, or any indirect or consequential loss arising from your use of the app.
Changes
These terms may be updated as the app changes; the “Last updated” date in the app shows the current version, and continued use means you accept it.
Contact
Questions? Email support@littleoatlearners.com or reach us through Settings → Help & feedback in the app.
Appendix F Little Oat Books · Mobile app — reading log
About this appendix
Little Oat Books is listed in the App Store and Google Play as Homeschool Book Log. Its full, binding Terms of Use (last updated October 13, 2026) are shown inside the app under Settings → Terms of Use; this appendix mirrors them so they are also on record here. For this app, where anything below differs from the main Terms above, this appendix controls.
Who may use the app
The app is made for adults — a parent, guardian, or educator keeping a record of a child’s reading. You must be at least 18 years old (or the age of majority where you live) to use it. It is not designed for children to use, and a child should not be asked to set it up or enter their own information. Any information about a child in it is entered by the adult, on the adult’s own device, at the adult’s discretion.
What the app does
The app lets you create student profiles, record the books they are reading, log reading sessions, and generate a reading report as a PDF that you can print or share. Reports are a summary of what you entered. They are not an official academic record, a certification of instruction, or evidence of compliance with any homeschool, school district, or state requirement; if you need records in a particular form, check what your school or authority requires.
Subscriptions & free trial
A subscription, Little Oat Books Plus, is required to add new books and students, generate reading reports and family reports, and use statistics, reading goals, the reading timer, reminders, barcode scanning, and school branding. It is offered monthly or yearly, at the price shown in the app before you buy. Both plans begin with a 14-day free trial run by Apple or Google: it starts only when you choose a plan, is offered once per store account, and nothing is charged until it ends. Unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the trial or the current period ends, the subscription renews automatically and your store account is charged. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store or Google Play account settings; cancelling stops future renewals and does not refund the period you are in. Payment is taken by Apple or Google, and refunds are handled by them under their own policies. On Android, Plus can also be unlocked without a purchase by an access code we provide — for example, to Google Play reviewers. A code unlocks Plus only on the device it is entered on; it is not a subscription (nothing is charged and nothing renews), and it cannot be restored through your Google Play account. The iOS app does not accept these codes; free or discounted access there is given only through App Store offer codes, which Apple redeems.
If you stop subscribing
Nothing you have recorded is deleted, hidden, or locked away. You keep full access to your existing reading log: you can read it, edit and correct it, log reading against books already in it, and export or back up all of it at any time. What stops is adding new books and students, generating reports, statistics, goals, the reading timer, reminders, scanning, and branding, until you subscribe again.
Your content
Profiles, books, photos, notes, and reading logs you create belong to you and are stored on your device, not by us. We claim no ownership of them and have no access to them. You are responsible for what you put into the app, including any photograph you add, and for anything you choose to share outside it, such as a report you print, email, or hand to a school.
Book information & cover images
Book titles, authors, page counts, series, genres, and covers can be looked up through Open Library, a free service of the Internet Archive. That information is supplied by Open Library and its contributors and may be incomplete or wrong; check anything that matters before relying on it. Cover artwork remains the property of its publisher, artist, or other rights holder and is shown only to identify a book you are cataloguing. Do not use the app to redistribute cover artwork or present it as your own work.
Acceptable use
Use the app for keeping reading records. Do not use it to break the law, infringe someone’s rights, or store information about a child you have no authority over, and do not misuse Help & feedback (abuse, unlawful content, or bulk or automated messages).
Feedback you send
Anything you send through Settings → Help & feedback opens a support ticket on a server Little Oat LLC runs, which you can read and reply to inside the app. Please leave out a student’s full name, address, or medical or other sensitive details. We read what arrives, but do not promise a reply, a fix, or a response time. If you suggest an idea, we may use it to develop the app without owing you payment or credit; this gives us no right to your reading log.
Warranties, liability & data loss
The app is provided “as is,” without warranties of any kind; it may contain errors, and lookups depend on a third-party service that may be unavailable. Because your data is kept on your device and not by us, it can be lost if the app is deleted or the device is reset, lost, or damaged; use Backup & export in Settings regularly. We hold no copy and cannot recover it. To the fullest extent the law allows, Little Oat LLC is not liable for lost data or records, or any indirect or consequential loss arising from your use of the app.
Changes
These terms may be updated as the app changes; the “Last updated” date in the app shows the current version, and continued use means you accept it.
Contact
Questions? Email support@littleoatlearners.com or reach us through Settings → Help & feedback in the app.
Appendix G Little Oat Phonics · Mobile app — phonics flashcards Coming soon
About this appendix
Little Oat Phonics is published by Little Oat LLC. Its full, binding Terms of Use (last updated October 17, 2026) are shown inside the app under Settings → Terms of Use; this appendix mirrors them so they are also on record here. By using the app you agree to them. For this app, where anything below differs from the main Terms above, this appendix controls.
Who this app is for
Little Oat Phonics is set up and managed by an adult — a parent, guardian, or educator — and practised with children under that adult’s supervision. Purchases, settings, and adding or removing students sit behind a grown-ups-only question. The account holder — the person who installs the app and makes any purchase — must be at least 18 years old, or the age of majority where you live. Children may use the flashcards with that adult’s permission and supervision.
What the app does
Little Oat Phonics provides phonics flashcards for Kindergarten through 5th grade, keeps a record of each student’s practice on your device, and shows figures such as lessons completed, accuracy, and mastery. The app is a practice tool. Its figures are a summary of practice done in the app; they are not an assessment, a diagnosis of a reading difficulty, an official academic record, or evidence of compliance with any homeschool, school district, or state requirement. If you have concerns about a child’s reading, speak to a qualified educator or specialist.
Free trial & subscription
Practising with the flashcards, adding students, and the progress insights require a subscription — Little Oat Phonics Plus — offered as a monthly or a yearly subscription. Current prices are shown in the app before you buy, in your own currency. Both plans begin with a free trial of 14 days with everything included. The trial is an introductory offer run by Apple or Google, not by us: it starts only when you choose a plan, it is offered once per store account, and nothing is charged until it ends. The exact terms are shown on the purchase screen your store presents before you confirm. Unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends, it converts to the paid plan you chose and your Apple ID or Google account is charged. After that the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of each period. You can manage or cancel at any time in your App Store or Google Play account settings; cancelling stops future renewals and does not refund the period you are already in. Payment is taken by Apple or Google, not by us. We never see or store your card details. Refunds are handled by the store under its own policies.
If a subscription ends
Nothing a student has done is deleted or hidden: their progress, mastery, and summary figures remain visible, and Backup & export remains available.
Your data
Little Oat Phonics is local-first: there is no account, and everything you enter — student names, grades, and practice history — is stored on your device. You are responsible for it. Deleting the app deletes it, and we have no copy from which to restore it. The Privacy Policy (Appendix G of the Privacy Policy below) describes this in full. Settings → Backup & export writes a backup file that you can save to iCloud Drive, Google Drive, Files, or anywhere else you choose, and restore on another device. Keeping that file safe is your responsibility; it is never sent to us.
Acceptable use
Use the app for its intended purpose. Do not attempt to reverse-engineer, resell, or circumvent the subscription. The flashcard content, design, and code belong to Little Oat LLC and are licensed to you for personal and household use, including use in your own homeschool.
No warranty
The app is provided “as is.” We work to keep it accurate and available but do not promise it will be free of errors, that every card suits every child or every curriculum, or that it will meet a particular educational outcome.
Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent the law allows, Little Oat LLC is not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential loss arising from use of the app, including loss of data. Our total liability is limited to the amount you paid for the app in the twelve months before the claim.
Changes
We may update these terms. The “Last updated” date in the app shows when they last changed, and continuing to use the app after a change means you accept it.
Contact
Questions about these terms can go to support@littleoatlearners.com.
Appendix H Little Oat Math · Mobile app — math flashcards Coming soon
About this appendix
Little Oat Math is published by Little Oat LLC. Its full, binding Terms of Use (last updated October 18, 2026) are shown inside the app under Settings → Terms of Use; this appendix mirrors them so they are also on record here. By using the app you agree to them. For this app, where anything below differs from the main Terms above, this appendix controls.
Who this app is for
Little Oat Math is set up and managed by an adult — a parent, guardian, or educator — and practised with children under that adult’s supervision. Purchases, settings, and adding or removing students sit behind a grown-ups-only question. The account holder — the person who installs the app and makes any purchase — must be at least 18 years old, or the age of majority where you live. Children may use the flashcards with that adult’s permission and supervision.
What the app does
Little Oat Math provides math flashcards for Pre-K through 5th grade, keeps a record of each student’s practice on your device, and shows figures such as lessons completed, accuracy, mastery, and timed-drill bests. The app is a practice tool. Its figures are a summary of practice done in the app; they are not an assessment, a diagnosis of a learning difficulty, an official academic record, or evidence of compliance with any homeschool, school district, or state requirement. If you have concerns about a child’s progress in math, speak to a qualified educator or specialist.
Free trial & subscription
Practising with the flashcards, adding students, and the progress insights require a subscription — Little Oat Math Plus — offered as a monthly or a yearly subscription. Current prices are shown in the app before you buy, in your own currency. Both plans begin with a free trial of 14 days with everything included. The trial is an introductory offer run by Apple or Google, not by us: it starts only when you choose a plan, it is offered once per store account, and nothing is charged until it ends. The exact terms are shown on the purchase screen your store presents before you confirm. Unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends, it converts to the paid plan you chose and your Apple ID or Google account is charged. After that the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of each period. You can manage or cancel at any time in your App Store or Google Play account settings; cancelling stops future renewals and does not refund the period you are already in. Payment is taken by Apple or Google, not by us. We never see or store your card details. Refunds are handled by the store under its own policies.
If a subscription ends
Nothing a student has done is deleted or hidden: their progress, mastery, and summary figures remain visible, and Backup & export remains available.
Your data
Little Oat Math is local-first: there is no account, and everything you enter — student names, grades, and practice history — is stored on your device. You are responsible for it. Deleting the app deletes it, and we have no copy from which to restore it. The Privacy Policy (Appendix H of the Privacy Policy below) describes this in full. Settings → Backup & export writes a backup file that you can save to iCloud Drive, Google Drive, Files, or anywhere else you choose, and restore on another device. Keeping that file safe is your responsibility; it is never sent to us.
Acceptable use
Use the app for its intended purpose. Do not attempt to reverse-engineer, resell, or circumvent the subscription. The flashcard content, design, and code belong to Little Oat LLC and are licensed to you for personal and household use, including use in your own homeschool.
No warranty
The app is provided “as is.” We work to keep it accurate and available but do not promise it will be free of errors, that every card suits every child or every curriculum, or that it will meet a particular educational outcome.
Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent the law allows, Little Oat LLC is not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential loss arising from use of the app, including loss of data. Our total liability is limited to the amount you paid for the app in the twelve months before the claim.
Changes
We may update these terms. The “Last updated” date in the app shows when they last changed, and continuing to use the app after a change means you accept it.
Contact
Questions about these terms can go to support@littleoatlearners.com.

Privacy Policy

Last updated October 19, 2026
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Local-first apps
OatSmart and every mobile app except Coop Connect keep your records on your device
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No ads, no data selling
No advertising SDKs or tracking pixels
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Minimal collection
We only keep what a feature genuinely needs
Who we are
Little Oat LLC is the company responsible for (the “controller” of) any personal information collected through our website, apps, and services. This main policy covers what applies everywhere; the appendixes below describe exactly what each app does and doesn't collect.
Website & shop
When you purchase or subscribe through our website: your email address, name, and payment details (processed securely by Polar — we never see your full card number). To count page views, the website stores a random visitor ID in your browser and sends it, with the address of the page you opened, to our own server; as with any website, that server also sees your network (IP) address. We use this only to see which pages are read. There are no third-party analytics SDKs and no advertising pixels.
Our approach in the apps
Most of our apps are local-first: everything you enter — student profiles, pictures, assignments, grades, attendance, tasks, rewards — stays on your own device and is never transmitted to us. The one exception is Coop Connect, which is collaborative by nature and therefore stores account, co-op, and roster information on servers we run; Appendix D explains exactly what and why. A few things can leave your device in any of our mobile apps, and each appendix lists them precisely: support messages you choose to send us, subscription checks with the app stores and our subscription service, app-update checks, and the push token that lets a reply reach you. Your phone’s own backup (such as iCloud Backup or Google backup) may also include an app’s data; that backup is held by Apple or Google under your account, not by us.
Children's privacy
Our products are designed for adult use, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Information about children entered into our local-first apps stays on your device and is never transmitted to us, unless you choose to include it in a support message you send us. Coop Connect does not record children’s names or grades — only how many children a family has — and children do not create accounts or use the app. If you believe a child's information has been submitted to us in error, contact us at support@littleoatlearners.com and we will delete it promptly.
How we use your data
To fulfill shop orders, send order confirmations and download links, verify sign-ins, provide the features you're using, provide customer support, and send occasional product updates (unsubscribe anytime). We do not use your email for advertising, and we never sell your data to third parties.
Third parties
Polar handles payment processing, checkout, and order management — your payment details and billing account are managed by Polar, not by us. Our own systems pull only the limited order information we need from Polar (your email, name, and what you ordered) to deliver your downloads and provide support. SendGrid delivers transactional emails (order confirmations, sign-in codes). Both are bound by their own privacy policies and receive only the minimum data needed to perform their function. Our mobile apps also rely on a small number of service providers — Apple and Google for app-store billing and push notifications, RevenueCat to recognize subscriptions, Expo for app updates and push delivery, and ngrok as the secure tunnel that carries requests to the servers we run. Each app’s appendix below lists exactly which ones it uses and what they receive.
Your rights
You may request a copy of the personal data we hold, ask us to correct it, or request deletion. Email support@littleoatlearners.com. We will respond within 30 days.
Security
Data transmitted to our servers is encrypted in transit using TLS. We store only what we need and limit access to essential personnel.
Contact
Privacy questions, correction requests, or deletion requests: support@littleoatlearners.com
Product appendixes — part of this Privacy Policy
Appendix A OatSmart · Desktop app — Mac, Windows, Linux
OatSmart stores all of your homeschool records — student profiles, pictures of your students, grades, assignments, attendance, calendars, and reports — in a local database on your computer. This data is never sent to our servers, never synced to the cloud, and never seen by us. It is maintained by you and belongs entirely to you.
Where data lives
All app data is stored in a SQLite database in your system's application data folder. On macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/OatSmart/. On Windows: %APPDATA%/OatSmart/. On Linux: ~/.config/OatSmart/
Student pictures
Photos you attach to student profiles or assignments are stored on your computer with the rest of your data. They are never uploaded or transmitted to us.
Premium activities
Records of Premium games, lessons, and worksheets — including completed activities that convert into assignments and roll into your reports — are stored locally with the rest of your data, not on our servers.
License verification
The only outbound network call OatSmart makes is a one-time license check when you enter your subscription key. After verification, the app operates fully offline. No student data is transmitted during this check.
Backups & exported files
We strongly recommend backing up your OatSmart data folder regularly using your operating system's backup tools or an external drive; the app includes a built-in export function. Report cards, transcripts, and worksheets exported as PDFs are saved wherever you choose on your computer and contain no tracking or telemetry of any kind.
Uninstalling
Uninstalling OatSmart does not delete your data folder. You retain full ownership of all your records. To fully remove all data, delete the app data folder manually after uninstalling.
Our commitment
We will never add cloud sync, telemetry, or any data transmission to OatSmart without explicit opt-in consent and prior notice. Your family's records are yours — full stop.
Appendix B Star Chart · Mobile app — reward charts
The short version: your family's data lives on your device, not on our servers. The full, binding Privacy Policy (last updated October 3, 2026) is shown inside the app; this appendix mirrors it and controls for this app where it differs from the main Privacy Policy above.
Data on your device
Everything you create in the app — student names, avatars and photos, optional birth dates and grade levels, star categories, tasks, awards, notes, rewards, claims, and settings — is stored only in the app's local storage on your device. We do not operate accounts, logins, or cloud sync, and this information is never transmitted to us or anyone else by the app. Your phone’s own backup (such as iCloud Backup or Android’s backup to your Google account) may include the app’s storage; that backup is held by Apple or Google under your account and their terms, not by us. If you delete the app or erase its data, that information is gone from the device.
Photos & camera
If you add a photo — a student's profile picture, or a picture for a task or reward — the app asks permission to use your camera or your photo library. The photo you choose is copied into the app's local storage on your device, alongside the rest of your data. The app never uploads photos anywhere, and it does not read any photo in your library other than the one you select.
What we don't do
The app contains no advertising, no analytics or tracking SDKs, and no social features. We do not collect, sell, rent, or share personal information, and we do not build profiles of you or your children.
Backups you export
The app can export your data as a backup file that you save or share using your device's share sheet. Exported files leave the app's storage and are entirely under your control — where you store them, and who can access them, is up to you. Treat backup files as you would any file containing your family's information.
Purchases & subscriptions
Premium subscriptions are billed by Apple (App Store) or Google (Google Play) under their terms and privacy policies; we never see your payment details. To recognize your subscription, the app uses RevenueCat, a subscription-management service. The app checks with RevenueCat each time it opens, whether or not you subscribe, and RevenueCat processes a randomly generated app identifier, purchase receipt data, and basic technical information such as your platform, OS version, and app version. This identifier is not tied to your name, email, or your data in the app. RevenueCat's handling of this data is described in its own privacy policy at revenuecat.com.
Feedback you send
If you choose to use “Send feedback,” we receive the message you write and any replies you add, the category you pick, and basic technical context: app version, platform, OS version, and your device’s name as the phone reports it (on some phones this is a name you gave it, such as “Sam’s phone”). We do not ask for your email address or any other contact detail — you read our reply in the app itself. We use this solely to review and respond to your feedback, keep it only as long as we need it for that purpose, and never use it for marketing. You can ask us to delete feedback you have sent by contacting us. Your message becomes a support ticket stored on a server Little Oat LLC runs and controls — not a third-party helpdesk — so that you can read our reply and write back inside the app. Requests reach that server through ngrok, a network tunneling service that relays them to us. As with any internet service, our server and that relay see the network (IP) address a request comes from, and our server may record it in routine operational logs. So the app can show you your own tickets and no one else’s, our server issues a random identifier the first time you write to us; the app keeps it on your device and sends it with each request. It is not derived from you, your device, or anything you have entered in the app, it is not shared with anyone, and it is not used to track you. Where your phone’s own backup includes the app’s storage, your tickets follow you to a reinstall or a new phone. “Erase all data” does not remove the identifier; removing the app and that backup discards it, which also ends your access to earlier tickets.
Notifications
Reminders (such as the daily award reminder and backup reminder) are local notifications scheduled on your device. They are optional, require your permission, and do not involve any server. One notification does come from us: a reply to a support ticket you sent. Just after you write to us the app asks whether it may notify you, and if you allow it, it registers a push token with our support server so the reply can reach you — a token identifies a device, not a person, and it is never registered for somebody who has not written to us. The token is issued by Expo’s push notification service (run by 650 Industries, Inc.), and a reply notification — including the opening words of our reply — is delivered through Expo and through Apple’s or Google’s push service.
App updates
Each time it opens, the app checks Expo’s update service (run by 650 Industries, Inc.) for fixes we publish between store releases. That check sends the app’s version, your platform, and a random identifier the update service keeps for this installation; it includes none of your family’s data.
Children's privacy
The app is designed to be used by parents, guardians, and educators — not operated by children as an online service. Information about children that you enter (such as a name or avatar) is stored only on your device and is never collected by us. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has sent us personal information through the feedback form, contact us and we will delete it.
Your choices & deletion
You can erase your family's data at any time in Settings (“Erase all data”), or remove everything the app has stored on your device by uninstalling it. Erasing also deletes the photos you added and the backup files the app saved on your device (copies you shared or saved elsewhere are yours to delete); it keeps your language setting and the support identifier described above, so My tickets still works. Because we do not hold your data, there is nothing for us to delete on our side — except feedback you have sent, and the identifier and push token tied to it, which we will delete on request.
Security & where processing happens
Data inside the app is protected by your device's own security — your passcode, biometrics, and device encryption — so keeping your device and any exported backup files secure is in your hands. The small amount of information that does reach us or our service providers (feedback messages, the support identifier and push token, update checks, and subscription receipt data) is transmitted over encrypted connections and processed in the United States, by us and by the service providers named above, which may have different data-protection laws than your country.
Your privacy rights
Depending on where you live (for example, the EEA, the UK, or California), you may have legal rights to access, correct, delete, or export personal data, to object to or restrict its processing, and to complain to a data-protection authority. Because your family's data lives only on your device, you can view, edit, export, and delete it yourself at any time in the app. For the little we do hold — feedback you have sent, and the identifier and push token tied to it — contact us and we will honor your request. Where the GDPR applies, we process that information because it is necessary to provide what you asked for, or based on our legitimate interest in improving the app. We do not sell or share personal information as those terms are defined under California law, and we do not use personal data for automated decision-making or profiling.
Contact
Questions or requests: support@littleoatlearners.com — Little Oat LLC.
Appendix C Daily Work Tracker · Mobile app — daily assignments
The short version: your homeschool records stay on your device, and we collect as little as possible. The full, binding Privacy Policy (last updated October 3, 2026) is shown inside the app; this appendix mirrors it and controls for this app where it differs from the main Privacy Policy above.
Data stored on your device
Everything you enter in the app — student names and photos, daily work entries, planned work and notes, worksheets you add, grades, attendance, semesters, school name and logos, and your settings — is stored in a local database and local files on your device. This data is never transmitted to Little Oat LLC. We cannot see it, access it, or recover it for you. If your phone’s own backup (for example, iCloud Backup) includes app data, a copy may be kept there under that provider’s terms; we never receive it.
Backups you create
The Export Backup feature packages your data into a ZIP file that you choose where to save or share (for example, your own cloud storage or email). Once exported, that file is under your control and subject to the privacy practices of wherever you store it. We never receive a copy.
Worksheets you add
If you send a worksheet from our Little Oat Worksheets app, the app downloads that page from Little Oat’s relay service using a one-time link. The page contains the worksheet and answer-key PDFs and its subject, grade and topic — never a student’s name; you choose the student in the tracker. The relay deletes the page as soon as it is downloaded, or after 24 hours, and nothing from the tracker is sent to it. The worksheet is then stored only on your device, like the rest of your records. If you open a saved worksheet file instead, nothing is downloaded at all. Little Oat Worksheets may suggest a student by name in the link that opens the tracker, and when you add the page the tracker tells Little Oat Worksheets, on your device, which student and day you chose so it can confirm the page was added. That hand-off happens between the two apps on your device; none of it goes to the relay or to us.
Subscriptions & purchases
Subscriptions are processed by Apple’s App Store or Google Play and managed through RevenueCat, our subscription infrastructure provider. We receive anonymized subscription status (such as whether a trial or subscription is active) tied to a random app-install identifier — not your name, email, or payment details. To check that a purchase is valid, RevenueCat receives the store’s record of the purchase and basic technical details such as your platform and app version. Payment information is handled entirely by Apple or Google. The app’s own free trial needs no purchase and is tracked only on your device.
Feedback you send
If you use Support & Feedback, we receive what you submit: the feedback type, your message, any screenshots or photos you attach, and basic diagnostic context (app version, device make and model, and operating system and version) to help us investigate. We use it only to respond to you and improve the app. We do not ask for your email address or any other contact detail — you read our reply in the app itself. Your message becomes a support ticket held on a server Little Oat LLC runs and controls — not a third-party helpdesk — so that you can follow it and reply inside the app under Settings → Support & Feedback → My Tickets. Requests reach that server over an encrypted connection through a network tunnelling provider (ngrok). So the app can show you your own tickets and no one else’s, the first time you write to us our server issues a random identifier, which the app stores on your device and sends with each request; our server keeps it with your tickets. That identifier is not derived from you, your device, or anything in your records, is not shared with anyone, and is not used to track you. Where your phone’s own backup includes it, your tickets follow you to a reinstall or a new phone. On iPhone and iPad it is kept in the system keychain, which can remain on the device even after the app is deleted; on Android it is removed with the app unless your Android backup restores it. Losing it ends your access to earlier tickets. We keep tickets only as long as we need them, and you can ask us to delete yours by contacting us.
Device permissions
The app requests permissions only for features you use: camera and photo library access to attach photos to entries, profiles, your school logo and banner, and support tickets, media library access to save photos you take, and notification permission for the optional daily reminder. Reminders are scheduled locally on your device. The one notification that comes from us is a reply to a ticket you sent: if you have written to us and already allowed notifications, the app registers a push token so the reply can reach you. It is never registered for somebody who has not written to us. That notification, which can include the start of our reply, is delivered through Expo’s push notification service and Apple or Google. You can revoke any permission in your device settings.
No tracking, no ads, no sale of data
The app contains no advertising and no third-party analytics or tracking SDKs beyond the subscription infrastructure described above. To keep the app up to date, it checks Expo’s update service when it starts; that check sends your platform, app version and a random update identifier, and contains none of your records. We do not sell or share personal information for advertising purposes.
Children’s privacy
The app is designed for adults. Information about students exists only as records you create and keep on your own device; it is not collected by or transmitted to Little Oat LLC unless you choose to include it in a message or screenshot you send us.
Data loss
Because we hold no copy of your data, we cannot restore it if it is lost or corrupted. Little Oat LLC is not responsible for any lost or corrupted data. Export backups regularly.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we will update the “Last updated” date in the app. Material changes will be highlighted in the app or its release notes.
Contact
Questions? Email support@littleoatlearners.com or reach us through Settings → Support & Feedback in the app.
Appendix D Coop Connect · Mobile app — co-op management
The short version: Coop Connect is collaborative, so unlike our other apps it stores your account, profile, and co-op activity on servers Little Oat LLC operates. Inside the app it is shared only with the co-ops you belong to (and, if you ask to join one, with its reviewers); outside the app, only with the service providers listed below. It is never sold and never used for advertising. Children are never named — the only thing kept about kids is a headcount. The full, binding Privacy Policy (effective October 3, 2026) is shown inside the app at first launch and under Settings → Privacy Policy; this appendix mirrors it and controls for Coop Connect where it differs from the main Privacy Policy above.
Who the app is for
Coop Connect is listed on Google Play as Homeschool Co-op Connect and appears on your phone as Co-op Connect. It is a tool for homeschool and learning co-ops, intended for adults — parents, guardians, and co-op organizers — who manage a community’s calendar, announcements, lessons, volunteer and item sign-ups, and member directory. The app is not directed to children, and children should not create accounts or use the app directly.
Account details
Your display name and email address, and a record of when you accepted these documents and which version. Signing in uses one-time codes we email you or, optionally, a password you set, a passkey, or Sign in with Apple or Google. If you set up a passkey, your device shares only a cryptographic public key with us — your fingerprint or face data never leaves your device and is never available to us. If you sign in with Google, Google shares your name, email address, and profile photo with us; until you upload a photo of your own, the app shows that Google photo, which stays hosted by Google and is loaded from Google’s servers. If you sign in with Apple, Apple shares your email address (which may be an Apple private-relay address) and, the first time only, your name.
Profile & family
Information you add about yourself and your family, such as a bio, an optional phone number, how many adults in your family participate, and the other participating adults’ first names with an optional note. For children, the app collects only a number: how many of your kids participate. Children’s names, grades, and other identifying details are not collected or stored. You also choose which profile fields (bio, family headcounts, and phone number) fellow members of your co-ops can see; your profile photo and display name are always visible to your co-ops, because they identify you on rosters and sign-ups.
Co-op activity
Events, RSVPs, volunteer and item sign-ups (and any notes you add), announcements, comments, lesson plans, and files or documents you upload or interact with inside a co-op. Also your answers on a co-op’s join-request form and any reply you send to a guest event invite (including any note for the co-op’s leaders), and any report or appeal you send us — which we keep, with its contents and the account it came from, so we can review and act on it.
Worksheets you add
If you send a worksheet from our Little Oat Worksheets app (or open a Little Oat worksheet file), the app downloads it from Little Oat’s relay service using a one-time link; only that link’s code is sent to the relay. When you tap Add, the worksheet PDF, its title, and its subject and grade are uploaded to the co-op’s Files you chose, where that co-op’s members can see it like any other uploaded file.
Support communications
Information you send when you email us for help at support@littleoatlearners.com.
Collected automatically
Device and usage data — device type, operating system, app version, and basic log data used to run and troubleshoot the app. Push notification tokens — a device token (and whether the device is iPhone or Android) so we can deliver notifications you have enabled; turn them off anytime in Settings or your device settings. Optional diagnostics and analytics — if we turn them on, crash reports (sent to Sentry) and a record of which features are used (sent to PostHog), tied to your account’s random user ID rather than your name or email, to help us improve reliability. These are off unless we enable them, and never include the contents of your co-op posts.
How we use it
To provide, maintain, and operate the app and its co-op features; deliver notifications and reminders you have enabled; process and manage co-op hosting subscriptions; keep the service secure and prevent fraud and abuse; respond to your support requests; and improve the app and comply with legal obligations.
Sharing within your co-ops
Coop Connect is a collaboration tool. Information you add to a co-op — your directory profile, family members, RSVPs (including how many adults and kids you say are coming), sign-ups, announcements, and comments — is visible to other members and leaders of that co-op according to their role and your directory-visibility choices. Co-op owners and administrators can manage members and view co-op activity, including member participation statistics, and can export their co-op’s records (the directory details you have made visible to them, RSVPs, and sign-ups) as a spreadsheet for their own record-keeping.
Where it’s kept & service providers
The app’s database, file storage, sign-in, and notification services run on servers that Little Oat LLC operates and controls. We share information with service providers who process it on our behalf: a network provider (ngrok) that securely relays connections between the app and our servers; email delivery providers (such as Resend) that send sign-in codes and other account emails; Apple and Google, if you choose to sign in with them; push notification providers (such as Apple, Google, and Expo) that deliver notifications to your device — the text of a notification (for example a co-op’s name, an event title, or an announcement) passes through them to reach you, and Expo also delivers app updates; payment and subscription providers (the Apple App Store, Google Play, and RevenueCat) that process co-op hosting subscriptions — RevenueCat receives your account’s random user ID so a purchase is credited to your account and tells us when a subscription starts, renews, changes, or ends, and we never receive or store your full payment card details; and optional analytics and error-monitoring providers (Sentry and PostHog), where enabled.
What other members do with it
Information you make visible to a co-op — your name, photo, bio, family headcounts, phone number, RSVPs, posts, and similar — is seen by other people, who are not under our control. We do not and cannot police what another member does with information you chose to share with them, and to the fullest extent permitted by law we are not responsible or liable for any other user’s collection, use, storage, or disclosure of information or content you made available through the app. Share only what you are comfortable sharing, use the directory-visibility checkboxes on your profile, and report misuse to the co-op’s leaders and to us at support@littleoatlearners.com.
Discovery listings
Co-op leaders can choose to list their co-op in Explore, the app’s discovery directory. Listing is optional and off by default. A listed co-op shows anyone using the app its name, cover photo, banner image, listing description, theme color, a general service area (a zip code and town plus a radius of roughly 10–40 miles — never a street address), and the written text of any reference sections (such as rules or FAQ) its leaders explicitly chose to publish. Uploaded documents are never included, and listings never disclose member headcounts. Location searches in Explore are matched against a bundled postal-code dataset; the zip code or town you search is used to run the search and is not stored. Explore’s postal-code reference data is derived from GeoNames (geonames.org), used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
Join requests & guest invites
If you ask to join a listed co-op, your request — including your answers on the request form, your display name and profile photo, and whichever directory fields (bio, family headcounts and participating adults, phone number) your visibility choices show — is shared with that co-op’s owner and reviewing admins. The app tells you this before you submit. Before deciding, leaders may invite you to one event as a guest: you then see only that event’s title, date and time, location, and any note the leaders wrote, and your reply (and any note you add) is shared with them. Accepting places the event on your calendar; it does not make you a member. If a co-op does not accept your request, the app tells you, with any note the reviewers chose to add. You can withdraw a pending request at any time. Once a request is withdrawn or declined, the leaders no longer see your profile; the request keeps only the display name it was sent under, your answers, and its status. Reviewers can also block a person from their listing; a block is visible only to that co-op’s reviewers and lasts until a reviewer removes it.
We don’t sell your information
We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising. We may disclose information if required by law or legal process, to enforce our Terms of Use, in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, or to protect the rights, safety, and security of our users, the public, or Little Oat LLC.
Children’s information
The app is designed for adults who organize and participate in co-ops. We do not knowingly allow children to create accounts. By design, the app does not collect children’s names or other identifying details: the only information stored about children is the number of participating kids a parent or guardian records, which co-ops use for headcounts on events and sign-ups. If you believe a child has provided us information directly without authorization, contact us and we will delete it.
Retention & deletion
We keep your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide the service. You can delete your account at any time from Settings → Delete account, which removes your profile, profile photo, family members, RSVPs, sign-ups, passkeys, and device tokens. A co-op you own with no other members is deleted with your account. A co-op you own that other families belong to must first be transferred to another member, or, if you choose to close it, it keeps working for a notice period (currently 14 days) so its members can take it over or save their records, and is then deleted with everything in it. Photos and files are erased from our file storage too, not just removed from the app: your profile photo when you delete your account, and a co-op’s banner, icon, cover photo, and uploaded files when the co-op is deleted, are erased automatically, usually within an hour. When you replace a photo, or a leader removes a file, the old copy is erased within about a day. Some information may remain in our backups for a limited time or be retained where required by law. Content you contributed to a co-op that others rely on (for example, an announcement, a comment, or an uploaded file) may remain within that co-op, no longer linked to your account, unless removed by a leader. Some records are kept for fixed, short periods: join requests and their guest-invite replies are deleted 30 days after the request was sent; short-lived logs used to limit spam are deleted after 7 days; and push-delivery receipts are deleted within days. A co-op that closes — because its owner left, or because the owner’s subscription ended or no longer covers it — is deleted with everything in it at the end of its notice period unless someone takes it over.
Security
We use reasonable safeguards, including encryption in transit and database access controls, to protect your information — but no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. Because signing in can use one-time codes sent to your email address, keeping your email account and your devices secure also protects your Coop Connect account. Profile photos and co-op banner and icon images are stored at unlisted web addresses: the app shows them only to the people described here, but anyone who obtains an image’s address can open it.
Where it’s processed
We are based in the United States, and your information is stored and processed there. If you use the app from outside the United States, you understand that your information will be transferred to and processed in the United States, where privacy laws may differ from those where you live.
Your choices & rights
You can view and update your profile and family information in the app; choose which profile fields fellow co-op members can see; turn push notifications on or off; withdraw a pending join request or decline a guest invite; export a copy of your own data (your profile, family details, co-op memberships, RSVPs, and sign-ups) as a spreadsheet from Settings → Export my data; and delete your account and its associated data at any time. Keep any calendar-feed link private — anyone who has that link can view your event information, so treat it like a password. Depending on where you live, you may also have rights to access, correct, download, or delete the personal information we hold, or to object to or restrict certain processing — exercise them in the app or by emailing support@littleoatlearners.com. We will respond as required by applicable law and will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights. Because Coop Connect is a shared co-op tool, some information you contributed may remain visible to your co-ops as described above until a leader removes it.
Contact
Questions about this policy or your information? Email support@littleoatlearners.com — Little Oat LLC.
Appendix E Little Oat Worksheets · Mobile app — printable practice pages Coming soon
The short version: worksheets are made on your phone, your students’ records stay on your phone, and a student’s name is never sent to us. There is no account. The full, binding Privacy Policy (last updated October 3, 2026) is shown inside the app under Settings → Privacy Policy; this appendix mirrors it and controls for this app where it differs from the main Privacy Policy above.
Data stored on your device
Student names, grades, subjects and accommodations, their progress and grades, the worksheets you make, and your settings are saved in the app’s private storage on your device. None of it is uploaded to us. Little Oat LLC has no server that receives it, and we cannot see it. On iPhone, like most apps, the app’s storage is included in your iCloud backup when that is turned on, so that copy, student names included, is held by Apple under your account and can come back when you reinstall or move to a new phone. On Android the app’s storage is left out of Google backup: the only thing the app lets Android back up is the support-ticket identifier described under Feedback you send. We never receive any of it.
Making worksheets
Worksheets are made entirely on your phone and work with no connection. Nothing about you or your students is sent to make a page.
Sending a page to another Little Oat app
When you tap Send to the Daily Work Tracker or a co-op, the page (its worksheet and answer-key PDFs, with no student name on them, and its title, subject, grade, and skills) is held on a server Little Oat LLC runs for at most 24 hours so the other app can collect it once. With it goes a random identifier made for this installation of the app, used only to limit how many pages one phone can send in an hour. The student’s name and the date travel only inside your phone, from this app to the other. If the server cannot be reached, the page is handed over as a file instead. The app also checks whether that service is online, which sends nothing about you or your students.
Rating a page
Some pages made by earlier versions of the app offer Rate this page. If you use it, we receive your rating, the reason you pick, the page’s kind and grade, and the same install identifier — and the page itself only if you choose Include the page. It never includes the student’s name.
Feedback you send
Nothing is sent from Help & feedback unless you write a message and tap Send. We then receive the kind of message you picked, what you typed, any screenshots you attached, and the app version, your device’s name as your phone reports it, and your operating system version (shown on screen before you send). We do not ask for your email address — you read our reply in the app. If you report a problem with a particular worksheet, the message starts with a description of that page (its title, kind, grade, skills, and which of our practice questions were on it), which you can edit or delete before sending; it never includes the student’s name or answers. Your message becomes a support ticket held on a server Little Oat LLC runs and controls — not a third-party helpdesk. So the app can show you your own tickets and no one else’s, it stores a random identifier on your device the first time you write to us and sends it with each request; that identifier is not derived from you or your device, is not shared with anyone, and is not used to track you. On iPhone it is kept in the keychain, which keeps it even if the app is deleted. On Android it is kept in a small file of its own, the one thing the app lets Google backup copy (when backup is turned on), so that a reinstall can bring it back. Where your phone’s backup includes it, your tickets follow you to a reinstall or a new phone; once it is gone from your device and its backup, so is your access to earlier tickets. Ask us and we will delete a ticket.
Photos & notifications
The app asks for your photo library only when you attach a screenshot to a feedback message, and reads only the images you select. The only notifications it sends are about a ticket you wrote — a reply from us, or a change in its status. Just after you write to us, it asks whether it may notify you, and if you allow it, registers a push token so the reply can reach you. A token identifies a device, not a person, and is never registered for someone who has not written to us. Push tokens are issued by Expo’s push notification service, and our support server sends each notification (its title and a short preview of our reply) through that service, which delivers it through Apple or Google.
Subscriptions & purchases
Subscriptions are processed by Apple’s App Store or Google Play and managed through RevenueCat, our subscription infrastructure provider, which receives an anonymous identifier generated for your install and the store’s purchase receipt — never a student name, grade, progress, or worksheet. Payment details are handled entirely by Apple or Google.
No tracking, no ads, no sale of data
The app contains no advertising and no analytics or tracking SDKs. Apart from ngrok, the network service that carries the connection to our servers, the only third-party services the app uses are the subscription check and, if you allow notifications, the push service above. We do not sell or share personal information.
Children’s privacy
The app is designed for adults. Information about students exists only as records you create and keep on your own device (and, on iPhone, in your iCloud backup); it is not collected by or transmitted to Little Oat LLC.
Backups & deleting your data
A backup file is written on your device and saved wherever you choose; it contains student names, so keep it somewhere safe. It is never sent to us. Erase everything in Settings removes your students, their progress, your worksheets, and your settings from the phone; it leaves the support-ticket identifier, so you can still read your tickets, and any access code you redeemed. Deleting the app removes everything the app has stored, except that on iPhone the support-ticket identifier stays in the keychain. A backup file you saved, or your phone’s own backup, is yours to delete. The one thing we hold is a feedback ticket you chose to send; ask us and we will delete it.
Contact
Questions? Email support@littleoatlearners.com or reach us through Settings → Help & feedback in the app.
Appendix F Little Oat Books · Mobile app — reading log
The short version: Little Oat Books keeps your reading log on your phone. There is no account, and nothing about your child is sent to us or sold. The app does go online to look books up, to check your subscription, to check for app updates, and for feedback you choose to send — none of which carries anything from your reading log. The full, binding Privacy Policy (last updated October 13, 2026) is shown inside the app under Settings → Privacy Policy; this appendix mirrors it and controls for this app where it differs from the main Privacy Policy above.
Data stored on your device
Student names, grade levels, profile photos, books, cover images, notes, reading sessions, and your school name, logo, and banner are saved in the app’s private storage on your device. None of it is uploaded to us. Little Oat LLC operates no server that receives it, and we cannot see it. Your phone’s own backup may include it. On iPhone, an iCloud or computer backup includes the app’s storage. On Android it depends on the version of the app: in version 2.7.1 and earlier, if Google backup is turned on, your records and settings are included (photos and covers are not); in versions after 2.7.1, Google backup and phone-to-phone transfer include only the support-ticket identifier described below, and nothing from your reading log — Google keeps only the most recent backup, so the next one after you update replaces the earlier copy. A copy in a backup is held by Apple or Google under your own account, not by us, and their privacy terms apply to it.
Looking up books
Searching for a book sends the text you typed, and scanning a barcode sends its digits, to Open Library at openlibrary.org so it can send back matching books. The small covers in the results, and the cover of a book you pick, are downloaded from covers.openlibrary.org; a cover request names only Open Library’s own number for that cover. Open Library receives your device’s IP address, as any website does, under the Internet Archive’s privacy policy. No student name, grade, reading log, note, photo, report, or school detail is ever included. A cover you pick is downloaded once and stored on your device.
App updates
Each time the app starts, it asks Expo’s update service (EAS Update, run by Expo, the maker of the framework the app is built with) whether a newer version of the app’s own code is available, and downloads it if so. That request carries the app’s version and release channel, your platform, the update already installed, and a random identifier the update system generates for this install; Expo receives your device’s IP address, as any website does. Nothing from your reading log is included. If you never look a book up and never write to us, this and the subscription check below are the only requests the app makes — apart from obtaining a push token from Expo’s push service, which happens only while notifications are allowed for the app (see Notifications).
Feedback you send
Nothing is sent from Help & feedback unless you write a message and tap Send. We then receive the kind of message you picked, what you typed, any screenshots you attached, and the app version, your device’s name as your phone reports it (which may be a name you gave the phone), and your operating system and its version (shown on screen before you send). We do not ask for your email address — you read our reply in the app. Nothing from your reading log is attached unless you chose to type it or screenshot it. Your message becomes a support ticket held on a server Little Oat LLC runs and controls — not a third-party helpdesk — and is used only to answer you and fix the app, never for advertising or analytics. On its way there it passes through ngrok, a network relay service that connects our server to the internet; our server and ngrok see the IP address your request comes from. So the app can show you your own tickets and no one else’s, our server issues a random identifier the first time you write to us, which the app stores on your device and sends with each request; that identifier is not derived from you, your device, or your reading log, is not shared with anyone, and is not used to track you. On iPhone it is kept in the keychain, which iOS keeps even after the app is removed, so a reinstall on the same phone finds your tickets again; on Android it is kept in the app’s own storage — in versions after 2.7.1, in a small file of its own, which is the only thing from the app that Google backup copies. Where your phone’s own backup includes it, your tickets follow you to a reinstall or a new phone; losing it ends your access to earlier tickets. Once you have written to us, the app checks our server for replies when you open it or return to it; until then it makes no request to our server at all. Ask us at support@littleoatlearners.com and we will delete a ticket.
Photos & camera
Choosing a profile picture, school logo, banner, or book cover asks for your photo library; photos you pick are copied into the app’s private storage and never uploaded to us. The only image ever sent to us is a screenshot you attach to a feedback message, and the app reads only the images you select. Scanning a barcode uses the camera to read the number on a book: no photo is taken, kept, or sent, and only the digits go to Open Library.
Notifications
Reading reminders and reading-timer notices are written and scheduled by your own phone, and nothing about a child or their books is sent to schedule one; timer notices show the student’s name and the book on your lock screen. The only notification from us is a reply to a ticket you wrote: just after you write to us, the app asks whether it may notify you. Whenever notifications are allowed for the app, it obtains a push token from Expo’s push service when it starts, and if you have written to us it registers that token with our support server so the reply can reach you. A token identifies a device, not a person, carries nothing from your reading log, and is never registered with our server for someone who has not written to us. Our notification is delivered through Expo’s push service and then Apple’s or Google’s, and shows the ticket number and the start of our reply.
Subscriptions & purchases
Subscriptions are processed by Apple’s App Store or Google Play; we never receive your card details, name, or billing address. To know whether a subscription is active, the app uses RevenueCat, which receives an anonymous identifier generated for your install and the store’s purchase receipt — never a student name, grade, book, note, reading log, or photo. The app asks RevenueCat for the subscription’s status each time it starts or you return to it, whether or not you have bought anything, and RevenueCat receives your device’s IP address and basic details such as your platform and app version with that request, under its own privacy policy.
No tracking, no ads, no sale of data
The app contains no advertising and no analytics or tracking SDKs. The only outside services it talks to are the ones named above — Open Library, RevenueCat, and Expo’s update and push services — and it tells none of them anything about your reading log. We do not sell or share personal information.
Children’s privacy
The app is designed for adults. Information about students exists only as records you create and keep on your own device (and in your phone’s own backup, where that backup includes it, as described above); it is not collected by or transmitted to Little Oat LLC.
Backups & reports you share
A backup file is written on your device and saved wherever you choose; it contains student names and photos, so keep it somewhere safe. It is never sent to us. A PDF report is also made on your device; if you email, print, or upload it, it travels wherever you send it, under that service’s terms.
Deleting your data
Deleting a student removes their profile and books, and deleting the app removes everything it has stored on the phone. None of it is on a server of ours, so there is nothing else to request from us; a copy in your phone’s own backup stays with Apple or Google until you remove it there. The one thing that outlives your device with us is a feedback message you chose to send, held as a support ticket together with any push token registered for it; ask us at support@littleoatlearners.com and we will delete it.
Contact
Questions? Email support@littleoatlearners.com or reach us through Settings → Help & feedback in the app.
Appendix G Little Oat Phonics · Mobile app — phonics flashcards Coming soon
The short version: Little Oat Phonics, published by Little Oat LLC, keeps every student and their practice on your device. There is no account, no analytics, and no advertising, and nothing about a child is sent to us or sold. The only thing the app checks online is whether a subscription is active. The full, binding Privacy Policy (last updated October 17, 2026) is shown inside the app under Settings → Privacy Policy; this appendix mirrors it and controls for this app where it differs from the main Privacy Policy above.
Children’s privacy
Little Oat Phonics is set up and managed by an adult — a parent, guardian, or educator — and practised with children under that adult’s supervision. Purchases, settings, and adding or removing students sit behind a grown-ups-only question. We do not collect personal information from children, or from anyone. A student’s first name, grade, chosen animal picture, and practice history are entered by the adult, stored only on the device, and never transmitted to us or to anyone else.
What is stored, and where
Student names, grades, avatar choices, practice sessions, answers, and your settings are saved in the app’s private storage on your device. None of it is uploaded. Little Oat LLC operates no server that receives it, and we cannot see it. Your device’s own backup (iCloud, a computer backup, or Google backup) may include the app’s storage. A copy in a backup is held by Apple or Google under your own account, not by us, and their privacy terms apply to it.
Backups & exports you make
Backup & export writes a backup file, or a spreadsheet (CSV) of progress, on your device and hands it to your phone’s share sheet. Where it goes next — iCloud Drive, Google Drive, Files, email, or anywhere else — is your choice, and that service’s privacy terms apply to it there. The file contains student names, grades, and practice history, so keep it as you would anything else about your child. It is never sent to us. Restoring reads only the file you pick, through the system file picker. The app cannot see any other file in your storage or your cloud drive.
Sending a lesson to the Daily Tracker
If you choose Send to Daily Tracker on a lesson, the app opens Homeschool Planner & Tracker on the same device and passes it what that app needs to log the work: the subject and deck, the day, the score, the description you wrote, and the student’s first name so the right student can be selected. It goes directly from one app to the other on your device — nothing is sent over the internet, and nothing is sent unless you tap Send.
Speech
Cards are read aloud by the text-to-speech voice built into your device’s operating system. The app does not use the microphone, does not record anything, and does not send the text it speaks to us.
Subscriptions & payment
Buying a subscription happens through Apple or Google. They handle the payment; we never receive or store your card details, name, or billing address. To know whether a subscription is active, the app uses RevenueCat, a subscription service, which receives an anonymous identifier generated for your install and the purchase receipt issued by the store. It does not receive any student name, grade, or practice history. The app asks RevenueCat for the subscription’s status each time it starts or you return to it, and RevenueCat receives your device’s IP address and basic details such as your platform and app version with that request. RevenueCat’s handling of that is covered by its own privacy policy.
Analytics & advertising
There are none. No analytics, no tracking, no advertising, and no third-party SDK watching how you or a child use the app. RevenueCat, described above, is the only outside service the app talks to.
Deleting your data
Deleting a student, or resetting their progress, removes it from the device. A backup file you saved elsewhere is not affected; delete it there if you no longer want it. Deleting the app removes everything it stored. None of it is on a server of ours, so there is nothing else to request from us — and nothing we can recover afterwards.
Changes
If this policy changes, the “Last updated” date in the app will change with it. We will never begin collecting information about children without updating this policy first.
Who to contact
Little Oat Phonics is published by Little Oat LLC. Questions about these practices can go to support@littleoatlearners.com.
Appendix H Little Oat Math · Mobile app — math flashcards Coming soon
The short version: Little Oat Math, published by Little Oat LLC, keeps every student and their practice on your device. There is no account, no analytics, and no advertising, and nothing about a child is sent to us or sold. The only thing the app checks online is whether a subscription is active. The full, binding Privacy Policy (last updated October 18, 2026) is shown inside the app under Settings → Privacy Policy; this appendix mirrors it and controls for this app where it differs from the main Privacy Policy above.
Children’s privacy
Little Oat Math is set up and managed by an adult — a parent, guardian, or educator — and practised with children under that adult’s supervision. Purchases, settings, and adding or removing students sit behind a grown-ups-only question. We do not collect personal information from children, or from anyone. A student’s first name, grade, chosen animal picture, and practice history are entered by the adult, stored only on the device, and never transmitted to us or to anyone else.
What is stored, and where
Student names, grades, avatar choices, practice sessions, answers, and your settings are saved in the app’s private storage on your device. None of it is uploaded. Little Oat LLC operates no server that receives it, and we cannot see it. Your device’s own backup (iCloud, a computer backup, or Google backup) may include the app’s storage. A copy in a backup is held by Apple or Google under your own account, not by us, and their privacy terms apply to it.
Backups & exports you make
Backup & export writes a backup file, or a spreadsheet (CSV) of progress, on your device and hands it to your phone’s share sheet. Where it goes next — iCloud Drive, Google Drive, Files, email, or anywhere else — is your choice, and that service’s privacy terms apply to it there. The file contains student names, grades, and practice history, so keep it as you would anything else about your child. It is never sent to us. Restoring reads only the file you pick, through the system file picker. The app cannot see any other file in your storage or your cloud drive.
Sending a lesson to the Daily Tracker
If you choose Send to Daily Tracker on a lesson, the app opens Homeschool Planner & Tracker on the same device and passes it what that app needs to log the work: the subject, topic, and deck, the day, the score, the description you wrote, and the student’s first name so the right student can be selected. It goes directly from one app to the other on your device — nothing is sent over the internet, and nothing is sent unless you tap Send.
Speech
Cards are read aloud from voice recordings built into the app, made with a computer-generated voice. A card without a recording is read by the text-to-speech voice in your device’s operating system, using only voices that work offline. The app does not use the microphone, does not record anything, and does not send the text it speaks to us or to anyone else.
Subscriptions & payment
Buying a subscription happens through Apple or Google. They handle the payment; we never receive or store your card details, name, or billing address. To know whether a subscription is active, the app uses RevenueCat, a subscription service, which receives an anonymous identifier generated for your install and the purchase receipt issued by the store. It does not receive any student name, grade, or practice history. The app asks RevenueCat for the subscription’s status each time it starts or you return to it, and RevenueCat receives your device’s IP address and basic details such as your platform and app version with that request. RevenueCat’s handling of that is covered by its own privacy policy.
Analytics & advertising
There are none. No analytics, no tracking, no advertising, and no third-party SDK watching how you or a child use the app. RevenueCat, described above, is the only outside service the app talks to.
Deleting your data
Deleting a student, or resetting their progress, removes it from the device. A backup file you saved elsewhere is not affected; delete it there if you no longer want it. Deleting the app removes everything it stored. None of it is on a server of ours, so there is nothing else to request from us — and nothing we can recover afterwards.
Changes
If this policy changes, the “Last updated” date in the app will change with it. We will never begin collecting information about children without updating this policy first.
Who to contact
Little Oat Math is published by Little Oat LLC. Questions about these practices can go to support@littleoatlearners.com.

Disclaimers

Last updated October 19, 2026
Educational tool, not advice
Little Oat LLC provides software, mobile apps, and (in the future) curriculum as organizational and educational tools. Nothing offered here is professional, legal, or educational advice. You are responsible for choosing what fits your family and for meeting your own state's homeschool requirements.
No guarantee of results
Every child and family is different. Any stories or examples of success are shared for encouragement only and are not a promise of any particular outcome for your learners.
"As is" software
Our apps and files are provided "as is," without warranties of any kind. While we work hard to keep everything accurate and reliable, we can't guarantee they will be error-free or uninterrupted. Use is at your own discretion.
Coming-soon products
Some tools — including Little Oat Worksheets, Little Oat Phonics, Little Oat Math, and any curriculum — are described as "coming soon" or "someday." These are plans, not commitments, and their availability, features, and pricing may change or may not happen at all.
External links
We may link to third-party sites or services for your convenience. We aren't responsible for their content, policies, or practices.
Product appendixes — part of these Disclaimers
Appendix A OatSmart · Desktop app
Records & reports
OatSmart's reports, transcripts, and attendance records are only as accurate as the entries you make. They are organizational documents — they do not, by themselves, establish or guarantee compliance with any state's homeschool requirements.
Premium content
Premium games, lessons, and worksheets are supplemental materials for a parent to use with a child — not a complete curriculum and not a substitute for parental instruction. You are responsible for reviewing each activity and deciding whether it is appropriate for your child.
Data loss
Because your records live only on your computer, we cannot recover them if your device fails and you have no backup. Please back up regularly.
Appendix B Star Chart · Mobile app
A parenting tool
Star Chart is a motivational and organizational tool for families. It does not provide medical, psychological, educational, or other professional advice, and outcomes for any child are not guaranteed.
Stars & rewards
Star totals, history, and rewards in the app are a convenience for your family and have no monetary value. Any reward you set up is your promise to your family, not ours — Little Oat LLC has no involvement in, or responsibility for, the rewards you choose or fulfill.
Data loss
Your family's data lives only on your device, and we hold no copy — we cannot recover it for you. Using “Erase all data” or deleting the app permanently removes it. Export backups regularly with the app's backup feature and store them safely; Little Oat LLC is not responsible for lost, corrupted, or unrecoverable data.
Appendix C Daily Work Tracker · Mobile app
Records & reports
The app is a convenience tool for organizing homeschool records — it is not legal, educational, or compliance advice. Reports and attendance logs reflect the entries you make, and homeschool reporting requirements vary by state and country; you are responsible for confirming that your records satisfy the requirements that apply to you.
Data loss
Your records live only on your device, and we hold no copy — we cannot see, access, or recover your data for you. Little Oat LLC is not responsible for any lost, deleted, or corrupted data, however caused, including device loss or failure, OS updates, app deletion or reinstallation, or failed backups. Deleting the app deletes the data stored in it. Your only safeguard is the backup you export with Export Backup and keep yourself — please export regularly.
Appendix D Coop Connect · Mobile app
Co-ops are independent
Co-ops on Coop Connect are independent groups run by their own leaders. Little Oat LLC does not organize, supervise, screen, vet, background-check, or endorse any co-op, leader, administrator, or member, and makes no representations about anyone’s identity, qualifications, or conduct. This includes co-ops listed in Explore and anyone who asks to join one: a listing is written by the co-op’s own leaders and is not verified by us, and accepting a join request or a guest invite does not mean anyone has been vetted. Joining a co-op, sharing information with it, and attending its activities — including meeting other members in person — are entirely at your own discretion and risk.
A coordination tool only
Coop Connect is a scheduling and organization tool. It is not a childcare, education, or supervision service, and it must not be relied on for emergency or time-critical communication. You remain responsible for supervising your own children at any activity arranged through the app.
User-generated content
Announcements, calendar events, lessons, sign-up sheets, comments, uploaded files, Explore listings, and member directory information are created by co-op leaders and members, not by Little Oat LLC. We are not responsible for their accuracy, appropriateness, or outcomes.
Data loss
Keep your own copies of any information that is important to you. We do not guarantee that data will be backed up or recoverable, and we are not responsible for lost, corrupted, or deleted data or content — see the app’s Terms for details. A co-op that closes (because its owner left or its owner’s subscription no longer covers it) is deleted with everything in it at the end of its notice period unless someone takes it over.
Appendix E Little Oat Worksheets · Mobile app Coming soon
Practice pages, not assessments
Worksheets, progress, and grades are a teaching aid. They are not an official academic record, an assessment, or evidence of compliance with any homeschool, school district, or state requirement, and starting-point checks are a guide, not a diagnosis. We check our practice content carefully, but please look over each page and its teacher’s copy before relying on it.
Data loss
Your students and worksheets are kept on your device, not by us, and we hold no copy — we cannot see, access, or recover your data for you. Your phone’s own backup may bring it back, but that is not guaranteed. Little Oat LLC is not responsible for any lost, deleted, or corrupted data, however caused. Deleting the app deletes the data stored in it. Use Backup in Settings regularly.
Appendix F Little Oat Books · Mobile app
A record of what you entered
Reading reports, totals, streaks, and trends are a summary of the sessions you logged. They are not an official academic record, a certification of instruction, or evidence of compliance with any homeschool, school district, or state requirement. Check what your school or authority requires before relying on a report.
Book information
Titles, authors, page counts, series, genres, and covers looked up through Open Library are supplied by Open Library and its contributors and may be incomplete or wrong. Cover artwork belongs to its publisher, artist, or other rights holder.
Data loss
Your reading log is kept on your device (and in your phone’s own backup, if it makes one), and we hold no copy — we cannot see, access, or recover your data for you. Little Oat LLC is not responsible for any lost, deleted, or corrupted data, however caused. Deleting the app deletes the data stored in it. Use Backup & export in Settings regularly.
Appendix G Little Oat Phonics · Mobile app Coming soon
A practice tool, not an assessment
Little Oat Phonics is an educational practice tool published by Little Oat LLC, and these disclaimers form part of its Terms of Use. Mastery, accuracy, lessons completed, and the other figures in the app summarise practice done in the app. They are not a reading assessment, a diagnosis or screening for dyslexia or any other learning difference, an official academic record, or evidence of compliance with any homeschool, school district, or state requirement. If you have concerns about a child’s reading, speak to a qualified educator, reading specialist, or medical professional.
Curriculum & grade levels
The decks follow a common phonics scope and sequence. Grade levels are a guide: schools and programmes introduce patterns in different orders, and every child moves at their own pace. Choose the decks that fit your student. Example words, sight-word lists, and word-part meanings are chosen to be representative, not exhaustive. Spoken examples use your device’s text-to-speech voice, which may pronounce some words differently from your region or programme — a grown-up’s voice is always the better model.
No guarantee of results
Every child is different. Nothing in the app is a promise of any particular reading outcome.
Data loss
Your students’ progress is kept on your device (and in your phone’s own backup, if it makes one), and we hold no copy — we cannot see, access, or recover it for you. Little Oat LLC is not responsible for lost, deleted, or corrupted data, however caused. Deleting the app deletes the data stored in it. Use Backup & export in Settings regularly.
“As is” software
The app is provided “as is,” without warranties of any kind. We work to keep it accurate and reliable but cannot guarantee it will be error-free or uninterrupted.
Appendix H Little Oat Math · Mobile app Coming soon
A practice tool, not an assessment
Little Oat Math is an educational practice tool published by Little Oat LLC, and these disclaimers form part of its Terms of Use. Mastery, accuracy, lessons completed, and the other figures in the app summarise practice done in the app. They are not a math assessment, a diagnosis or screening for dyscalculia or any other learning difference, an official academic record, or evidence of compliance with any homeschool, school district, or state requirement. If you have concerns about a child’s progress in math, speak to a qualified educator, math specialist, or medical professional.
Curriculum & grade levels
The decks follow common Pre-K–5th grade math standards, in line with the standards many states use. They are not endorsed by or affiliated with any standards body or curriculum publisher. Grade levels are a guide: schools and programmes teach topics in different orders, and every child moves at their own pace. Choose the decks that fit your student. The facts and problems in each deck are chosen to be representative, not exhaustive. Coin cards show United States coins. Spoken problems are read by a computer-generated voice, which may say some numbers differently from the way you would say them — a grown-up’s voice is always the better model.
No guarantee of results
Every child is different. Nothing in the app is a promise of any particular math outcome.
Data loss
Your students’ progress is kept on your device (and in your phone’s own backup, if it makes one), and we hold no copy — we cannot see, access, or recover it for you. Little Oat LLC is not responsible for lost, deleted, or corrupted data, however caused. Deleting the app deletes the data stored in it. Use Backup & export in Settings regularly.
“As is” software
The app is provided “as is,” without warranties of any kind. We work to keep it accurate and reliable but cannot guarantee it will be error-free or uninterrupted.

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