Overview
This page covers Macdio on iPhone, iPad and CarPlay. The general privacy policy applies as well.
Data collection
Your stations, songs, recordings, podcasts, transcripts and highlights stay on your device and sync only through your own iCloud account. Macdio uses no analytics, advertising or tracking SDKs and has no way to identify you.
App Store privacy label
The App Store label lists two data types: Device ID and Product Interaction. Both are not linked to you, not used for tracking, and used only for app functionality. They are the notification address of this iPhone and the list of shows you follow. The iPhone sends them to Macdio's notification server when New Episode Notifications is on, so new episodes arrive even when the app is closed. Turning the notifications off removes both from the server. The general privacy policy has the details.
Listening statistics
Your listening history (which stations and episodes you played, for how long, and on which device) is stored only in your private iCloud container. It is used only to show your statistics on your own devices, and the developer cannot see it.
CarPlay
When used with CarPlay, Macdio displays station information on your vehicle's infotainment screen. No additional data is collected or transmitted during CarPlay sessions. The same privacy protections apply as the main app.
Widgets & App Groups
Macdio uses an App Group shared container (group.com.macdio.app) to share now-playing data with iOS widgets. This data stays entirely on your device and is used only to display current playback information in widgets.
Third-party services
Macdio connects to the following external services solely to provide its core functionality:
- Radio Browser API to browse and search radio stations. No personal data is sent.
- dir.macdio.app, Macdio's own copy of the station directory, used only when Radio Browser does not answer. It keeps only daily totals. No personal data is sent.
- LRCLIB to fetch synchronized song lyrics. No personal data is sent.
- iTunes Search API to fetch album artwork and track metadata. No personal data is sent.
- Logo.dev supplies the logos of radio stations that do not provide one themselves. Only the station's web domain is sent, no personal data.
- Podcast Index for podcast search, charts and categories. Only the search term or category is sent. Episodes and feeds download directly from each show's own server.
- Apple ShazamKit for Song ID. A short audio signature of the stream, not a recording, goes to Apple's Shazam service. The microphone is never used.
- Apple's language model writes a podcast episode's chapters and summary, on the device or on Apple's Private Cloud Compute, which does not keep the text.
iCloud sync
Your favorites, saved stations, listening history, and settings are stored in your private iCloud container. This data is managed by Apple's iCloud infrastructure and is not accessible to me.
For Apple's privacy practices, refer to Apple's Privacy Policy.
Audio & recordings
Recordings are stored locally on your device. They are never uploaded, sent or accessed by anyone else.
Children's privacy
Macdio does not knowingly collect personal data from anyone, including children under 13. The notification data described above is not personal and is not linked to anyone.
Changes to this policy
I may update this privacy policy from time to time. Changes will be reflected on this page with an updated date.
Contact
If you have questions about this privacy policy, write to support@devdio.pro.