Naninani for iPhone · 18 October 2026

Your reading.
Your device.

Privacy policy for Naninani and its Read in Naninani Share extension, developed by Neorgon.

The app analyzes Japanese using dictionaries bundled on your device. Neorgon does not receive your reading text, saved study data or activity through the app. There are no accounts, ads, tracking or third-party analytics SDKs in the native app.

Optional Apple translation, external websites, device backups and messages you send to support have their own data handling, explained below.

What stays on your device

  • Your reading draft. The main app stores the last text you typed or pasted so you can resume after closing it. When opened from a built-in expression or conversation, it also keeps that source reference. Clear removes that draft. It is not uploaded to Neorgon or sent to a voice-generation service.
  • Saved phrases. Starting with version 1.1.2, Save in Read keeps the phrase text, save time and any known built-in expression or conversation reference in local files. Pasted text has no inferred source. Only phrases you explicitly save enter this collection; the app does not keep an automatic reading history.
  • Study data. Saved words, their meanings and readings, saved kanji and review schedules are stored in the app’s local files. Kana game answers, unfinished rounds, story choices and completed practice turns are also kept locally in versions that include those activities.
  • Preferences. Voice, playback and display choices, plus your hiragana and katakana selections, are stored locally.
  • Shared text. The Share extension processes the text you explicitly share. It does not retain a reading draft.

The app does not provide account-based synchronization or a Neorgon cloud backup. Your operating system may include app data in iCloud or computer backups according to your own backup settings.

Audio and optional services

Recorded and device voices

The custom-voice audio files were generated in advance and are included in the app. Playing them does not contact ElevenLabs or send your text there. Other speech uses Apple’s device speech system. Naninani does not record your microphone or assess your spoken voice.

Apple translation

If you choose Translate, Naninani passes the selected reading to Apple’s system translation interface. Apple may process it on your device or send it to Apple, depending on language downloads and settings. Neorgon does not receive those requests or translations. Apple describes its processing and retention in Translation & Privacy.

Links and websites

Support, privacy, example-source and licence links open websites you choose to visit. Those sites and their hosting providers receive normal web-request information, such as the requested page, IP address and browser details. Opening a support or privacy link does not include your reading text in its address.

This policy covers the native Naninani app. Yomu on the web is a separate service with browser storage, site analytics and optional account synchronization. Its website features are not enabled inside Naninani.

Apple distribution and diagnostics

Apple handles downloads, TestFlight and system diagnostics under its own privacy terms and your device settings. If you choose to send TestFlight feedback, Apple may make that feedback and relevant diagnostics available to the developer. The native app does not add a separate analytics or crash-reporting SDK.

Keeping and removing data

Your local draft remains until you replace it or press Clear. Clearing the draft does not remove saved phrases. Remove a saved phrase in Phrases > Saved, or turn off Save for that reading. Saved words and kanji remain until you remove their bookmarks or delete the app. Game and story progress remains until the app is deleted; ending an unfinished round or restarting a scene resets that attempt while retaining completed progress. Preferences remain until changed or the app is deleted. Offloading the app preserves its data.

If a local practice or saved-phrase file becomes unreadable, Naninani keeps its original bytes on the device before saving recovered data. These recovery copies are not uploaded and are removed with the app’s local data.

Deleting Naninani removes its local app data; it does not necessarily erase copies already in your device backups. Manage those through Apple or your computer’s backup controls. Neorgon cannot retrieve, restore or remotely delete the app’s local reading and study files.

Information you send to support

If you email us, we receive your email address, message and any attachments you choose to send. We use them to respond, investigate the issue and handle privacy requests, not for advertising or sale. Email providers process the correspondence to deliver and store it.

We retain support correspondence only as long as needed to handle the request and meet applicable recordkeeping obligations. You can request its deletion using the address below. Please omit private reading material unless it is needed to explain the issue and you want to share it.

Children and dictionary content

Naninani is a general Japanese reference and learning tool, not a service directed specifically to children. Its general-purpose dictionaries and examples are not filtered for young children. We do not knowingly collect children’s personal information through the app. Contact us if personal information about a child has been included in support correspondence.

Questions or changes

For support or privacy requests, contact Neorgon at support@neorgon.org.

We will update this policy when the app’s data practices change and revise the date above. New features that use accounts, microphones or online speech generation will need a corresponding policy update before release.

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