Branch — Privacy Policy

Effective: November 3, 2026

Branch ("the app") is an interactive-story app published by Chaotics. This policy describes what data the app collects, how it is used, and how you can delete it.

Data we collect

• Anonymous account ID. On first use the app creates a random identifier so your coins and stories work without signing in. It is stored on your device and on our server.
• Sign-in details (optional). If you sign in with Apple or Google, we receive and store your name (if shared) and email address, and the provider's account identifier, so your account can be restored across devices. With Sign in with Apple you may use Apple's private relay email instead of your real address.
• Story activity. The stories you play and the choices you make are processed and stored on our server to run the game and to let you revisit saved stories.
• Usage analytics. We record basic technical events (for example which AI model generated a scene and how many tokens it used) to operate and improve the service.
• Featured story progress. Which endings of the app's Featured stories you have found is stored with your account, so your collection survives a reinstall or a new device.
• Purchases. If you subscribe to Branch Premium, the app sends the purchase receipt that Apple provides to our server, which checks it with Apple to unlock Premium on your account. We never see your payment details; payments are handled entirely by Apple.

What we do NOT do

• We do not sell your data.
• We do not track you across other companies' apps or websites.
• We do not show third-party advertising at this time. If ads are added in the future, this policy will be updated first.

AI processing

Story text and images are generated by third-party AI services (Google Gemini for text, fal.ai for images). Your story prompts and choices are sent to these services to generate content; they are not linked to your name or email by us.

Photos and videos

When you export a story as a video, the video is created entirely on your device. If you allow it, the app saves the finished video to your Photos library. The app asks only for permission to add to Photos: it never reads, browses or uploads your photos or videos. Sharing a video happens only when you choose to share it.

Notifications

Reminders such as "your coin is ready" or "your video is ready" are created on your device. You can turn them off at any time in the iPhone's Settings.

Data retention & deletion

You can delete your account at any time in the app: Profile → Delete account. This permanently removes your account, sign-in identities, coin balance, and purchase ledger from our server. Story playthroughs are anonymized (no longer linked to any account). Stories saved on your device are under your control and can be deleted in the app or by removing the app.

On-device voice models

Story narration is generated entirely on your device by open neural text-to-speech models, used under their licenses: Kokoro (English and most languages, Apache License 2.0), Piper (Armenian, MIT License), and Supertonic 3 (Russian, © 2026 Supertone Inc., released under the OpenRAIL-M License). No narration data leaves your device. By using the app's narration you agree not to use these models or their output for any purpose prohibited by that license's use-based restrictions — including unlawful, harmful, deceptive, discriminatory, or privacy-violating uses.

Children

Branch is a horror-themed app rated for older audiences and is not directed at children under 13.

Contact

Questions or requests: support@branchstories.app