Apollo Music is a streaming player that lets you build personal music flows, listen along with venues, share live "Play Together" sessions, and cast to TVs. This page explains what we collect, why we collect it, and the controls you have. We try to keep this plain-English. If anything is unclear, contact us using the email at the bottom.
1. What Apollo Music does
Apollo is a music player. You pick artists you like, we build a personalized stream from them (we call it a Flow). You can also tune into participating venues, scan a QR code to add songs to a venue's queue, host or join a real-time Play Together session with friends, and mirror playback to a TV. To make any of that work we need to keep some information about you and the songs you interact with.
2. What we collect
We try to collect the minimum required to run the player. Specifically:
- A visitor ID. When you first open Apollo we generate a random anonymous ID and store it as a cookie. This is how your flows, favorites, and active session follow you across visits without forcing you to sign in.
- Account info (only if you sign in). If you create an account we store your phone number, first and last name, and email. Phone authentication uses a one-time code sent over SMS or WhatsApp.
- Music activity. The flows you create, the artists in them, songs you favorite or skip, and a short play history. We use this to improve the "radio next" algorithm and to power the Favorites surface. We do not sell this to anyone.
- Session participation. When you join a Play Together session your visitor ID is registered with that session in real time so the host can see who is in the room and so song attribution works. When you leave the session, that registration is removed.
- Device + technical data. Standard request metadata: IP address, user agent, language, and timezone. We use this to render the right language, detect when you are on the native app vs the web, and keep playback in sync.
- Camera and microphone. The native apps may request camera and microphone access if you tap a feature that uses them (for example scanning a venue QR code). We only access them while that feature is active. We do not record audio in the background.
3. What we do not collect
- Your contacts, calendar, photos library, or files.
- Background location. We do not track where you are.
- Voice recordings outside of active features you trigger.
- Payment information. Apollo Music is free; there is no billing system to capture cards.
4. Music data and third parties
Apollo plays music streamed from third-party providers (for example Deezer and Apple Music depending on the platform). When you play a track, we ask the provider for the audio or video and stream it to you. Album art and artist images come from these providers as well. Your interaction with those streams is governed by the provider's own terms; Apollo only stores the IDs and metadata needed to keep your flow and play history working.
Real-time session state (who is in a Play Together room, what the host is playing, queued songs) is stored in Firestore so all clients can stay in sync. Authentication codes are delivered via SMS / WhatsApp through Twilio. These providers process data on our behalf under their own privacy commitments.
5. Cookies and storage
We use a small number of cookies and local-storage entries. They keep your visitor ID, your active flow, your language preference, your last session code so we can rejoin you after a refresh, and the list of your recent searches. None of these are used for advertising tracking.
6. How long we keep your data
Flows, favorites, and play history are kept as long as your account or visitor ID is active. If you delete your account from the profile sheet we remove your account data, your flows, your favorites, and your play history. Active Play Together sessions are deleted shortly after the host ends them.
7. Your controls
- Edit your profile from the account sheet at any time.
- Sign out to detach your device from your account.
- Delete your account, which removes the data described above.
- On the native apps you can revoke camera, microphone, or notification permissions from your OS settings at any time.
8. Children
Apollo Music is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 13. If you believe a child has signed up, contact us and we will remove the account.
9. Changes
We may update this policy as Apollo evolves. When we make material changes we will update the "Last updated" date at the top.
Questions?
Reach out at privacy@apollomusic.app and we will get back to you.