Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 26, 2026
In short: no data collected
Podcast Sleep Aid collects no personal data. The app requires no account, embeds no analytics or advertising SDK, and sends no information about you to the developer or to third parties.
Your data stays on your device
Your subscriptions, playback positions, played statuses, folders, downloads and settings are stored locally on your iPhone. They only leave the device if you enable an iCloud feature yourself (below).
iCloud (optional)
Cross-device sync and episode archiving are off by default. If you enable them, data travels only through your private iCloud account (the Apple storage tied to your Apple ID). The developer has no access to it, and nothing is shared with anyone.
Network connections
The app connects to the Internet only to:
- fetch the RSS feeds and audio files of the podcasts you choose (the podcast publishers' servers);
- query the search catalogs (Apple Podcasts, Podcast Index) and fetch the "Tonight" editorial selection, through a server maintained by the developer, called without any identifier, account or cookie.
Like any web server, our server and podcast hosts see the IP address of requests in standard technical logs, kept briefly for security purposes. We do not use them to identify or track users.
What leaves your device when you search
The text you type in the search field is sent to Apple, for the Apple Podcasts catalog, and to our server, which passes it on to Podcast Index. That is how a search works: with nothing sent, there is nothing to find.
The request carries no identifier: no account, no cookie, no device or advertising identifier. It is tied to no profile, and we keep no search history. Only your IP address is needed to route the answer back to you, as for any web page; it is not used to track you or to link two searches together.
Crash reports
If the app crashes, iOS may send the developer a technical report: where in the code the failure happened, the device model and the iOS version. These reports contain none of your podcasts, none of your listening, and nothing that identifies you. They exist to fix failures nobody reports.
This sending is controlled by iOS, not by the app, and the setting is yours: Settings → Privacy & Security → Analytics & Improvements. Turn off "Share With App Developers" and no report reaches us; "Share iPhone Analytics", just above, governs the whole thing. The app behaves exactly the same either way.
Terms of Use
This document complements our Terms of Use (disclaimer, third-party content, editorial choices, unavailability).
Contact
Questions? Reach us at contact form
When you contact support
The support form is optional and can be used without an email address. If you use it, we store your message, category, uploaded images, source website and language, date and time, and your email address if you would like a reply. This information is used to handle and follow up your request. It is stored on our server in France for up to 365 days after the last activity, unless deleted earlier. Backup copies may retain deleted information for up to 30 additional days.
The IP address associated with the request is erased after 30 days. This is separate from website technical log retention. A security cookie specific to the form expires after one hour. Cloudflare provides network protection and the Turnstile spam check. If you exchange emails, Resend processes your address and email content to send and receive them. Pushover receives only the reference, application, category and a private link to notify the developer. Images uploaded through the form stay on our server; metadata is removed and GIFs become still images.
Support information is not used for advertising. You can request access, correction or deletion of your exchanges using the form and quoting their reference. Avoid sending sensitive information or information about other people.