Privacy

Your work stays with you.

No accounts, no ads and no cookies. Here is exactly what Show The Steps keeps, where, and what (little) is sent anywhere.

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What stays on your device

The site saves a few things in your browser's local storage, so they're still there next time. They never leave the device:

What	Why
Settings	Light or dark theme, text size, the read-aloud voice and speed, and whether the math keypad shows.
Each helper's last problem	So a page opens where you left it.
Recent problems	The Recent list at the top of each page.
Your progress	What you've practiced and which mistakes to revisit, shown on Your progress.
Problem of the day	Your streak, and which days you've done.
Flash cards, practice sets, worksheets	How well you know each card, a practice set in progress, and the worksheet maker's choices.
Class results	Only if a teacher chooses to keep pasted results on their own device.

To delete it: Your progress has a Clear my progress button, and clearing this site's data in your browser's settings removes everything. If you install the site as an app, your browser also keeps a copy of the pages so they work offline; removing the app or clearing site data deletes that too.

What is sent, and to whom

Service	What it gets
GoatCounter visit counts	Each page view: the page's address without the problem in it (so what you typed is never included), the site you came from, your screen size, and your browser and operating system. GoatCounter works out the country from your IP address and then discards the address. No cookies, and nothing that identifies you. GoatCounter's privacy policy.
Google Fonts the lettering	Your browser downloads the site's fonts from Google's servers, which see your IP address like any download. Google says it doesn't set cookies for this or use it to build profiles. Google Fonts privacy.
GitHub Pages the hosting	The site is served by GitHub, which may log visitors' IP addresses for security. GitHub's privacy statement.

Nothing else is sent. In particular:

• Read aloud uses the voices built into your device or browser. Some browsers offer online voices (with names like "Online" or "Google"); if you pick one of those, your browser may send the text being read to its maker's speech service. The other voices work entirely on your device.
• Practice sets and class results are never uploaded: a student copies their result line and hands it to the teacher, who pastes it in.
• QR codes are drawn on your device, and the problem of the day is worked out from the date, on your device.
• There are no accounts, logins, ads, trackers or cookies.

Questions

Ask on GitHub, or report a security concern privately through the repository's security page.

Last updated October 23, 2026.