iPhone app

Spin privacy policy

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Spin turns a description, a photo or your voice into an Apple Music playlist. No accounts, no ads and no tracking.

At a glance

  • Stays with you: Your library stays on your phone

    Taste and “new to me” are worked out on the device.

  • Shared: Requests are sent, then not stored

    Your words or photo go to an AI provider to choose songs.

  • Shared: Shared links are public

    Anyone with the link can see the playlist. Deleted after a year.

  • Never: No accounts, ads or tracking

    Payments are handled entirely by Apple.

Overview#

Spin is an iPhone app that makes Apple Music playlists from a description, a photo or your voice. There are no accounts, no ads and no tracking. This policy explains what stays on your phone, what is sent to make a playlist, and what is stored if you share one.

Stays on your phone#

  • Your playlists and settings: Including history, blocked artists and preferences.
  • Your Apple Music library: Spin reads it on the device to work out your top artists and genres, and to skip songs you already have when “Only songs new to me” is on. Your library itself is never uploaded.
  • Playback and saving: These happen through Apple Music on your device.

Sent when you make or tweak a playlist#

To create a playlist, Spin sends a request to its server, which uses an AI provider (OpenAI) to choose the songs. The request contains only what is needed:

  • What you typed or said, and any tweak you ask for.
  • A photo, if you add one. It is reduced in size first and only used for that request.
  • If “For you” is on: the names of your top artists and genres.
  • Songs to avoid: ones you removed, and your most-played songs if “Only songs new to me” is on.
  • Artists you have blocked, and whether explicit songs are allowed.
  • If you subscribe: Apple’s signed receipt, used only to confirm your subscription.

Spin does not store these requests. Your IP address is used briefly to apply fair-use daily limits and is not saved. OpenAI processes requests under its API data policies and does not use them to train its models. Spin also records anonymous usage counts, such as how many playlists are made and their size, with nothing that identifies you.

Sharing#

When you share a playlist link, Spin stores the playlist name, description and track list (song titles, artists, Apple Music IDs and artwork links) so the link works. Anyone with the link can see it. Shared playlists are deleted automatically after one year. Nothing about you is stored with them.

Microphone, speech, camera and photos#

Spin only uses these when you tap the matching button. Speech is turned into text on your device where iOS supports it, otherwise by Apple’s speech service. Photos are used for the single request described above.

Purchases#

Subscriptions are handled entirely by Apple. Spin never sees your payment details.

Children#

Spin is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from them.

Changes to this policy#

If this policy changes, the date at the top will be updated.