Privacy policy

Last updated November 2, 2026. You can use Draw Steady without an account. Your daily-set strokes never leave your device, only their scores; finished animal drawings are saved for your sticker book. If you sign in with Google, we keep your name, email address and picture so your progress follows you. We don't sell your data or use it for advertising.

In your browser

• A random ID, created the first time you visit (ds_user_id). It identifies your practice history, not you.
• A copy of your practice history (ds_history), so the page works at once and offline.
• Your sticker book (ds_stickers) and best score per animal (ds_animal_best), for the same reason.
• Mixpanel's own identifiers for the analytics described below.
• If you sign in: a sign-in token, and your name, email address and picture, so the page knows it's you.

These are kept in your browser's local storage. Draw Steady doesn't use advertising cookies.

On our server

• Practice history, stored against your random ID, or your account's if you sign in: for each finished daily set, the day and the score of each stroke. We use it to show your streak and progress chart. The strokes themselves are never sent.
• Animal drawings, stored the same way: for each animal you finish in Draw an animal, which animal, its score, the day, and the lines you drew (a simplified copy of each stroke's path), so your sticker book can show it on any device.
• Your account, if you sign in with Google: your Google account ID, name, email address and profile picture, and when you last signed in. We never see your Google password or anything else in your Google account. Sign-in sessions are stored only as one-way hashes.
• Server logs: like most websites, our servers record requests, such as the page, the time, your IP address and your browser. We use them to keep the site running and secure.

Usage analytics

We record which pages are visited and how practice goes (such as opening practice, finishing the daily set and its average scores, and strokes tried on the guide pages) to understand what helps people practise. These records include your random ID, the page, your browser and device type, and your IP address, from which an approximate location may be derived. If you're signed in, Mixpanel also receives your name and email address; our own statistics service doesn't. They go to:

• Mixpanel, an analytics service, which may process data in the United States;
• our own statistics service, which we run ourselves.

Google sign-in

Signing in uses Google. The home page loads Google's sign-in button, so Google receives your IP address and browser details when you visit it, whether or not you sign in. If you do sign in, Google knows that you signed in to Draw Steady.

If you email us

We keep your message and email address only to reply to you.

What we don't do

• We don't sell or rent your data.
• We don't use it for advertising, or share it with advertisers.
• We don't require your name or email to use the site; signing in is optional.

How long it's kept

Practice history and animal drawings are kept while Draw Steady runs, so your streak, chart and sticker book keep working, unless you ask us to delete them. Analytics and server logs are kept only as long as they're useful for understanding and running the site.

Your choices and rights

• Start fresh: without an account, clearing your browser's site data for drawsteady.com removes your ID and history from this device, and your old history is no longer linked to you.
• Delete your account: email [email protected] from the address you signed in with. We'll delete your account, its practice history and its animal drawings.
• See or delete your history: email [email protected], from your account's address if signed in, or with your ID (in your browser's developer tools, local storage, ds_user_id). We'll send you a copy or delete it, as you ask.
• Limit analytics: a content blocker that blocks Mixpanel will stop it being sent there.

Depending on where you live, you may have further rights, such as to object to how your data is used, or to complain to a data protection authority. Email us and we'll help.

Children

Draw Steady is not directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from them. Under-13s should not sign in. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, email [email protected] and we'll delete it.

Changes to this policy

If what we keep or how we use it changes, we'll update this page and the date at the top.

Contact

Questions about privacy, or a request about your data: [email protected].