Story Grove Privacy Policy

Last updated October 16, 2026. Story Grove is made by Atelier (elier.ai).

Story Grove is a free writing-habit app for novelists. This policy covers the Story Grove apps for Mac, iPad and iPhone and the website at storygrove.elier.ai.

What we store

• Account. Your name (if you sign in with Apple and choose to share it), your email address and sign-in details are handled by our sign-in provider, Clerk. Story Grove receives your account ID.
• Your writing. Your manuscript (acts, chapters, scenes), scene notes, comments, versions, ideas, sprint history and goals, so they sync between your devices. Each account's writing is kept in its own private database.
• Device sign-in tokens. A random token per signed-in device, stored only as a one-way hash, with an optional device name you can see in the app.
• Usage events. To learn which features help writers, Story Grove records first-party usage events in its own database, linked to your account ID: for example that a sprint was completed, how many words a save added, how long a session lasted, or that a feature was opened. These events contain counts, durations and IDs only, never the text of your writing, titles, notes, comments, searches or answers.

What we don't do

• No advertising, no third-party analytics or tracking SDKs, no tracking across apps or websites, no advertising identifiers, no selling or sharing of your data. Usage events stay in Story Grove's own database.
• We don't use your writing to train AI models, and Story Grove 1.0 doesn't send your writing to any AI service.

Dictation

Voice notes are transcribed by Apple's speech recognition on your device (and, depending on your device settings, by Apple). Audio is not sent to Story Grove.

Deleting your data

In the app, open Settings and choose Delete Account. This permanently deletes your writing, your device tokens, your usage events and your Story Grove account data. You can also email us to ask for deletion.

Contact

Questions: john@elier.ai.