Terms of use

Effective November 10, 2026

Agreeing to these terms

Sapling (sapling.lilsprout.app) is provided by Saw Tech Solutions LLC. By using Sapling you agree to these terms. Sapling is meant to be set up by a parent, guardian or teacher, who agrees to these terms on behalf of the kids who play.

Using Sapling

Sapling is free for personal, family and classroom use. Please don't copy, sell, re-host or reuse Sapling's code, voice recordings, pictures, mystery cases or stories, or present Sapling as your own, without our written permission. Don't try to disrupt the service or misuse the daily usage report.

Sapling Plus

Everything in Sapling is free while we test it with families. Later, part of Sapling will stay free and some games will need Sapling Plus. We will post the date on this page and in the FAQ before that happens. The free part will include Market Stall, the first two Island Mysteries cases at each reading level, the first two Island Story chapters, building, daily quests, tic-tac-toe and four in a row in the Game Room (plus every Game Room lesson and puzzle) and Gull Glide in the Arcade.

Sapling Plus is a one-time purchase of US$25 (plus any sales tax) for one household. Sprout Plus and Sapling Plus together cost US$35, and a household that already has Sprout Plus can get Sapling Plus for US$15. None of these are subscriptions, and none renew. Sapling Plus opens every game for every kid on every device in your home: paste your key, or type its short code, into each of your household's devices.

Payment is processed by Stripe. Your Sapling Plus key and its short code are for your household; please don't share them outside your home or publish them. Sapling has no accounts and doesn't track devices, so this rests on trust. We may cancel keys that are refunded, charged back or shared publicly. For classroom or school use, email us.

If Sapling Plus isn't right for your family, email us within 30 days of buying for a full refund. When a purchase is refunded, its key stops working.

Grown-up supervision

Sapling is designed to be safe for kids, but grown-ups are responsible for how and how long their kids use any device. Use the daily time limit in Grown-ups if it helps.

Your kids' content

Islands, gardens and everything else your kids build in Sapling belong to you and stay on your device. We don't receive them. Saved data lives in your browser, so clearing the browser's data or losing the device can erase it. Use Backup in Grown-ups to keep a copy.

Our content

Sapling's design, code, games, mystery cases, stories, 3D models and artwork belong to Saw Tech Solutions LLC or are used under license. Character voices were recorded with the Kokoro text-to-speech model (Apache License 2.0). A few sound effects are public-domain or CC0 recordings. Sapling's fonts, Andika and Grandstander, are used under the SIL Open Font License, and its 3D engine, three.js, under the MIT License.

Changes and availability

We may add, change or remove games, and we may update these terms. We will post changes here with a new effective date. We try to keep Sapling running and available offline, but we can't promise it will always be available or free of errors.

No warranty

Sapling is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, to the extent the law allows. Sapling supports learning through play, but it is not a substitute for a teacher, tutor or school, and we don't guarantee any particular learning result.

Limitation of liability

To the extent the law allows, Saw Tech Solutions LLC is not liable for any indirect, incidental or consequential damages, or for lost data, arising from your use of Sapling. Our total liability for any claim is limited to the amount you paid us for Sapling Plus, or US$100 if that is more, except where the law does not allow that limit.

Privacy

Our privacy policy explains what information Sapling handles. In short: names and everything kids build stay on your device.

Contact

Saw Tech Solutions LLC, shawn@lilsprout.app