Your listening is nobody's business but yours.
Daypart was built so that this page could be short. There are no accounts and no servers, so there's almost nothing for a privacy policy to be about. Here it is in full anyway.
Last updated 31 May 2026
- No account. Nothing to sign up for; we don't know who you are.
- No servers. Daypart has no backend. Your station is built on your phone.
- Nothing leaves the device except the requests needed to fetch the podcasts and streams you chose — sent straight to those sources.
- No analytics, no tracking, no ads, and no third-party trackers of any kind.
- Apple only. The App Store delivers the app; your own iCloud backup can carry your setup. We never see either.
Who we are
Daypart (“we”, “us”, “the app”) is an iPhone application that turns podcasts, internet radio and independent music into a radio station you don't have to program. This policy explains what the app does — and mostly doesn't do — with information when you use it. It covers the app itself and this website.
A note while we finalise: the legal entity name and a formal contact address will be confirmed before launch. Until then, reach us at hello@daypart.fm.
The on-device model
The most important thing to understand about Daypart is architectural: there is no Daypart server, and there is no Daypart account. We do not operate a backend that stores your data, because the app doesn't need one. Everything the app does — holding your sources, shaping your dayparts, and assembling each station — happens locally, on your device.
Because of this, we have no database of users, no record of what you listen to, and no profile of you. We cannot hand over data we never collect, and we cannot lose data we never hold.
What stays on your device
The following is created and stored only on your phone, in the app's private storage:
- The sources you add — podcast feeds, radio stations and music libraries.
- The shape of your day — your six dayparts, their boundaries and moods.
- Your playback state and any local preferences or settings.
None of this is transmitted to us, because there is nowhere for it to be transmitted to. It remains on the device unless you delete the app or choose to include it in your own device backup (see Apple services).
What leaves your device
For the app to play audio, it has to fetch that audio from where it lives. When you add or play a source, your device makes a request directly to that third party — for example, the server hosting a podcast's RSS feed and episodes, an internet radio stream, or a Creative Commons music library.
These requests work exactly as they would in any podcast or radio app: the third party necessarily receives technical information required to deliver the content, such as your device's IP address and standard request headers. That exchange is between your device and the source you chose; it does not pass through us, and we receive no copy of it.
Each of those providers has its own privacy practices, which govern what they do with the requests they receive. We encourage you to review the policies of the sources you add. We do not control, and are not responsible for, third-party services.
Apple services
Daypart is distributed through Apple's App Store and runs on Apple's platform, so two Apple services are involved:
- App Store. Apple handles the download, and any purchase or subscription, under Apple's privacy policy. Apple may share aggregate, anonymised statistics (such as download counts) with us as the developer. We never receive your Apple ID, your name, or your payment details.
- iCloud backup. If you have iCloud Backup enabled on your device, the app's on-device data may be included in that backup, the same as other apps. That backup is between you and Apple, encrypted under your account; we have no access to it and cannot read it.
Analytics & tracking
We do not use analytics. The app contains no third-party advertising, no tracking pixels, no marketing SDKs, and no fingerprinting. We do not track you across apps or websites, and we do not sell or share personal information — there is none to sell or share. The App Tracking Transparency prompt is not something you'll see from us, because we don't track.
This website serves only the files needed to display these pages and does not set advertising or analytics cookies.
Children
Daypart is a general-audience app and is not directed at children. Because we collect no personal information from anyone, we collect none from children. Audio you add comes from third-party sources that set their own age ratings and policies.
Your rights & your control
Privacy laws such as the GDPR and the CCPA give you rights over your personal data — to access it, correct it, or have it deleted. With Daypart these rights are satisfied by design: we hold no personal data about you, so there is nothing for us to disclose, correct or erase on our side.
You remain in complete control of the data on your device. You can remove any source, reshape your day, or delete the app entirely at any time — doing so removes the app's local data from your phone.
Changes to this policy
If the app ever changes in a way that affects this policy — for example, if a future feature were to involve new data handling — we will update this page and revise the date at the top before that feature ships. Material changes will be made clear in the app or on this site.
Contact
Questions about privacy, or anything else? We'd genuinely like to hear from you.