Overview
Macdio for macOS is designed with your privacy in mind. I do not collect, store, or share any personal data. This privacy policy explains how the Mac version of the App handles your information.
Data collection
Macdio does not collect any personal information. All your data stays on your device and syncs only through your personal iCloud account.
I do not use any analytics, advertising, or tracking SDKs.
Usage data (Privacy Nutrition Label)
As declared in the App Store Privacy Nutrition Label, Macdio collects Other Usage Data for App Functionality. This refers to your listening history, which stations you played, for how long, and on which device.
This data is:
- Not linked to your identity
- Not used for tracking
- Stored only in your private iCloud container
- Used solely to display your personal listening statistics across devices
App Sandbox
Macdio runs inside the macOS App Sandbox with the entitlements its features need: network access for streaming and for the local relay that keeps streams stable, iCloud for sync, notifications for new episodes, Apple Events to send highlights to Apple Notes when you ask, and Apple's Private Cloud Compute for episode summaries. It has no microphone access. It reads or writes only the files you pick yourself, such as an OPML file or a station list, and cannot reach contacts or other apps.
Third-party services
Macdio connects to the following external services solely for 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. 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.
- push.macdio.app, Macdio's notification server, receives this Mac's notification address and the shows you follow, only while New Episode Notifications is on. It keeps nothing else.
iCloud sync
Your favorites, saved stations, listening history, and settings are stored in your private iCloud container managed by Apple.
Refer to Apple's Privacy Policy.
Audio & recordings
Recordings are stored locally on your Mac. I do not upload, transmit, or access your recordings.
Contact
Questions? Contact me at support@devdio.pro.