Privacy
Privacy information for Sprout’s Chrome tester, version 1.0.0. Updated November 10, 2026.
Pet progress stays on your device
Sprout saves care stats, pet settings, activity history, check-in preferences, and your optional focus topic in your Chrome profile using extension local storage. The Windows development app uses a separate local file. This version has no accounts or conversation memory.
Access to webpages
The extension runs on ordinary webpages to display Sprout. Optional page context is off by default. If enabled, Sprout samples up to six visible H1/H2 headings, capped at 800 characters total, to choose a written check-in. Headings are processed in memory on your device, not stored as raw text or uploaded. It does not read form inputs or take screenshots.
Check-ins and voice
Messages are prewritten, selected using the time and optional focus/context. They are not AI-generated. Optional speech uses an available English device-local voice; otherwise check-ins stay text-only. Focus topics and check-ins are not sent to friends.
Optional friend connections
If you choose to connect to a room service, it receives your connection and relays pet coordinates, size, animation, and care stats between the two participants. Its operator may also see connection metadata such as your IP address. Page text, URLs, focus topics, screenshots, and microphone audio are not part of the room protocol.
Rooms expire after two hours and are held in memory by the supplied server. Production connections use TLS, but the service can read relayed pet state; this is not end-to-end encryption. The tester has no publicly deployed room service.
This website
This website adds no analytics, advertising scripts, account forms, or marketing cookies. Its hosting provider processes requests to serve the site and downloads and may maintain operational logs. The interactive preview is an illustration and does not save chat history.
Your controls
- Turn check-ins, local voice, or optional heading context on or off in Companion.
- Hide Sprout or pause wandering using its care controls.
- Leave a shared room at any time.
- Uninstalling the Chrome extension removes its extension-local data. Delete downloaded ZIPs and extracted folders separately.
Features still in development
Text chat, personal AI memory, and on-device AI are planned, not part of this release. These details will need updating before those features ship.