Privacy, in plain language.

App playback data

Playstate reads supported playback information from Music.app and speakers on your local network. Your audio does not pass through Playstate’s servers. Track information is sent to Last.fm only when you connect a Last.fm account and enable scrobbling. Artwork matching may send track, artist, and album search terms to Apple and Deezer. Recently played saves up to 50 different songs on your Mac. You can clear this list from the menu bar. Diagnostic logs containing recent playback metadata also stay on your Mac, rotate automatically, and are sent nowhere unless you choose to share them for support.

Account credentials

Your Last.fm session is stored in the macOS Keychain. If you use password sign-in, the credentials are sent directly from Playstate to Last.fm to create that session; Playstate does not store the password or send it to playstateapp.com.

License data

Purchases are processed by Stripe. Playstate stores the purchaser name, email address, payment reference, license identifier, issue date, and license status. The app may periodically send its license identifier—not your music history—to playstateapp.com to check whether that license remains valid. Cloudflare may deliver the transactional license email.

Website data

The site may receive standard server request information used for security and reliability. Playstate does not require a marketing account. We do not sell personal information.

Retention and deletion

Purchase and license records are kept as needed for receipts, fraud prevention, tax, support, and legal obligations. Email privacy@playstateapp.com to request access, correction, or deletion where applicable.

Third parties

Cloudflare hosts the site, license service, and transactional email. Stripe processes payments. Last.fm, Apple, and Deezer receive data only as described above when their respective features are used. Their own privacy terms apply.