PlainringPrivacy Policy
Plainring collects no data. Your audio and your ringtones stay on your iPhone. The app has no account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking and no servers of its own.
What stays on your iPhone
The audio you import or record, the ringtones you make and your settings are stored on your iPhone and never sent to us. Like any app's data, they are included in your iPhone's backups. Plainring also keeps a short log of app events on the device (for example, that a ringtone was exported), limited to the most recent 1,000. It holds no titles, file names or song details, and it is never sent anywhere.
One small record in your iPhone's Keychain notes that your free ringtone has been used: a yes, the date and a random ID for that ringtone. It keeps the free ringtone from resetting when the app is reinstalled. It isn't synced to iCloud and says nothing about you. Deleting Plainring deletes everything else; iOS may keep this Keychain record.
Permissions
- Microphone. Used only while you record, after you tap Record. The recording stays on your iPhone.
- Media & Apple Music. Used to list the songs stored on your iPhone so you can pick one. Plainring reads only the song you choose.
- Photos, Files and paste. These go through Apple's pickers and the paste button, so Plainring only receives the video, file or audio you choose. It needs no access to your photo library.
You can turn the microphone and media permissions off at any time in the iPhone's Settings › Privacy & Security.
Network
Plainring makes no network requests of its own. iOS connects to Apple's App Store when you view the price, buy or restore, and to iCloud when a file you pick has to be downloaded first. Links to this website, Mail, the App Store and Apple's refund page open in those apps.
Purchases
Apple handles payment through the App Store. We never see your name, Apple Account or payment details; Apple only tells the app whether you own Plainring Unlimited. Apple's privacy policy covers the payment itself.
If you email us
When you write to support, we receive your email address and your message. The email that Settings › Contact support starts also includes the app version, the iOS version and your iPhone model; you can see and change all of it before you send. We use your email only to answer you. It stays in our mailbox (Gmail, provided by Google), we never share it, and we delete it if you ask.
This website
This site sets no cookies and runs no analytics or third-party scripts. It is hosted on GitHub Pages, and GitHub may log visitors' IP addresses for security, as described in the GitHub Privacy Statement.
Children
Plainring collects no personal data from anyone, including children.
Your rights
The only personal data we hold is email you send us. You can ask for a copy or for its deletion by writing to the address below. If you live in the EU, the EEA or the UK, you can also complain to your data protection authority.
Changes
If this policy changes, we will update this page and the date at the top, and mention the change in the app's release notes.
Contact
Questions about privacy: alder.lips@gmail.com.