Privacy Policy & Support

Privacy Policy

Last updated: [DATE — set before publishing]

BarePod is a podcast and radio app built around one rule: your data stays on your device. There is no BarePod account, no BarePod server, and no BarePod-run backend of any kind. This policy is short because there isn't much to disclose but here's exactly what happens when you use the app.

What BarePod stores

Your subscriptions, your queue, your listening history, your settings is saved locally on your device using a local database. None of it is transmitted to us, because there is no "us" to transmit it to. We have no servers and no way to see your data, your usage, or your device.

What leaves your device, and why

Since BarePod has no backend of its own, some things it does necessarily involve talking directly to other services on the open internet, the same way any podcast or radio app would. Specifically:

• Podcast search. When you search for a show, your search text is sent directly to PodcastIndex.org, a third-party podcast directory service, to find matching results.
• Radio station search. When you search for a radio station, your search text is sent directly to Radio Browser, a third-party open radio directory, to find matching stations.
• Playback and downloads. Streaming or downloading an episode or a radio station connects directly to that show's own hosting server or that station's own stream, not to us.

None of these services are BarePod's. They're independent, publicly available directories and hosts that any podcast or radio app relies on to function. We don't control what they log on their end, but we send them nothing beyond the search text or playback request needed in the moment, and we attach no account or identity to any of it.

No accounts

There's no account to close and no request to make to us to "delete your data," because we never had a copy of it in the first place.

Children's privacy

BarePod is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect information from anyone, of any age for the same reason as everything else in this policy: it doesn't collect information at all.

Changes to this policy

If anything about how BarePod handles data ever changes, this page will be updated and the "Last updated" date above will reflect it.

Contact

Questions about this policy: support@barepod.app

Support

Need help, found a bug, or have a feature idea? Reach out at:

support@barepod.app

A few things that'll help us help you faster, if relevant:

• What device and Android version you're on
• What you were doing when something went wrong
• Whether it's reproducible (does it happen every time, or just once?)

We read every message. BarePod is built by a single developer, so response times may vary, but nothing sent here goes unread.