Last updated: 6 September 2026
goNihao ("the app") is a Chinese-learning application published by Cyril Votion ("we", "us"), based in France.
This policy explains what the app collects, why, and what you can do about it. It is written to be read, not to be survived.
goNihao collects the account you create and the learning progress you generate by using it. Nothing else.
There is no analytics SDK, no advertising identifier, no tracking across apps or websites, and no third-party marketing tool of any kind in the app. We do not sell or share your data with anyone, and we never will — the business model is a subscription, not your attention.
The app requests no device permissions: no location, no contacts, no camera, no microphone, no photo library.
| Data | Why |
|---|---|
| Email address | To create your account and let you sign in |
| Password | To secure your account — stored only as a cryptographic hash, never in readable form |
| Username | Displayed in the app |
Everything in this section is generated by you, by using the app.
| Data | Why |
|---|---|
| Saved words, and the sentence you saved each one from | To build your vocabulary notebook |
| Review history and scheduling state | To decide when to show you a word again (spaced repetition) |
| Story progress and completed stories | To resume where you stopped and unlock what follows |
| Experience points and daily streak | To show your progress |
| Daily story allowance counters | To apply the limits of the free tier |
Interface language, colour theme, whether pinyin and translations are shown, and your device time zone. The time zone is used for one purpose only: to decide when your day starts, so daily counters reset at your midnight rather than at some server's.
If you subscribe, we store your subscription status, the plan, and the date the current period ends. We never receive or store your payment details — no card number, no billing address. Apple handles the payment and tells our provider only whether the subscription is active.