Privacy policy
Last updated September 27, 2026
In short
Mixtayp works without an account. Without one, what the app remembers stays on your phone, except when you use a feature that needs our database: TV mode and party mode, opening a shared tape, and notifications. Each is described below. If you sign in, we store your library so it syncs across your devices, and you can delete it any time. We don't show ads, track you across other apps, or sell anything about you. Unless you turn it off in Settings, the app counts which features get used and which errors happen, so we can make it better.
On your phone
Your stations and their settings, your tapes (with their notes, hidden tracks and spoken intros), songs you've liked, played or hidden, your recently played list, your year-so-far counts for the year-end recap, the artists you listen to, a list of which YouTube videos match which songs and which YouTube channels belong to which artists (each kept no longer than 30 days, as YouTube's rules require), and your settings are kept in your phone's app storage. Clear them any time in Settings, or by uninstalling the app.
Backups. When you tap Save a backup, the app saves a file with your library to your phone's Downloads. We never see it. It stays wherever you keep it, and you can delete it like any other file.
With an account
Signing in is optional. You sign in with a link we email you, and we store:
- Account details: your email address and the first name you type in, if you add one. Firebase assigns your account an ID.
- Your library: your stations and their settings, your tapes (their names, labels, notes, hidden tracks and songs), liked songs, hidden songs, people you've blocked, the artists you listen to, your most recent 6,000 played songs with the time you last heard each one, your recently played list, your year-end recap counts (kept separately for each device you use, for this year and the two before it), and your explicit-songs and Video or Audio settings.
We use this only to sync your library between your devices and to build your personal mixes, like Daily Mixtayp. It's stored with Google Firebase, sent over encrypted connections, and only your signed-in account can read it.
Usage statistics and error reports
Mixtayp uses Google Analytics to count how the app is used, for example how many people start a station, skip a song, use full screen, make a tape, or sign in, and whether songs played as videos or previews. When something goes wrong, like a song that won't play or a lost connection, it also sends a short error code and the part of the app it happened in, so we can find and fix problems. Google Analytics receives standard details like your device type, app version, approximate location from your IP address, and a random ID stored on your device so repeat visits can be counted. We don't send song titles, artist names, your searches, what you write on tapes, or your account details, and we've turned off Google's advertising features for this data. Turn all of this off any time in Settings under Share usage stats.
Feedback. When you tap Send feedback, your email app opens a message to us that you can read and edit before sending. Below your message it lists the app version, your device and browser type, screen size, the kind of station playing, whether you're signed in, and recent error codes. Nothing is sent unless you send the email. We use it only to answer you and fix problems.
The shared song list
To save everyone from searching YouTube for the same song twice, when a signed-in listener's app finds the YouTube versions of a song, it saves the match (a short key made from the artist and song title, a ranked list of YouTube video IDs, the channels the best versions came from, and any versions listeners marked with Wrong song?) to a list all Mixtayp apps can read. The list doesn't say who added a match, who reported a version, or who listened. Each match is deleted automatically after 30 days, as YouTube's rules require.
Tapes you share
When you share a tape, we store a copy of it with a random link: its name, its label (including your handwriting if you wrote it), its cassette color and length, its songs, its hidden track, the note you wrote, and your first name. Anyone with the link can open it. Sharing needs an account, and the copy is linked to your account so only you can change or remove it. Deleting the tape, or your account, deletes the shared copy too.
Spoken intros. If you record a spoken intro for a tape, the app uses your microphone only while you're recording, and only after you allow it. When you save it, the recording is stored with Firebase Storage and plays for anyone who opens the tape's link. Recording an intro needs an account. Deleting the intro, the tape, or your account deletes the recording.
Reports and blocks. If someone reports a shared tape or a tape made together, we store the report (which tape, the reason, and the reporter's random sign-in ID) so we can review it. If you block someone, that's saved in your library.
Tapes made together
When you start a tape with friends, we store the tape's name, the sign-in ID and first name (the one they set on their account) of each person on it, and each song with who added it. Only people on the tape can see its songs. The person who started it can remove people, and anyone can leave, which takes their songs off. Deleting the tape, or the account of the person who started it, deletes it for everyone. When you delete your account, you're taken off tapes other people started, along with your songs.
TV mode and party mode
When you play Mixtayp on a TV with your phone as the remote, the TV and the phone meet in a temporary room in our database, named by the code shown on the TV. To pick songs you haven't heard, your phone sends the TV the station you chose, the songs you've played recently, your liked and hidden songs, your favorite artists and your settings. The TV sends back what's playing. Either device can end the connection, and the room is deleted when you disconnect or close TV mode, and automatically within a day if it's left behind. The TV doesn't save any of it.
In party mode, guests who enter the TV's code can add songs to what plays next. Each song a guest adds goes into the room with the guest's first name (if they're signed in) so the TV can show who added it, and it's removed from the room as soon as the TV picks it up.
To connect without an account, your devices get a random sign-in ID from Google Firebase that isn't linked to your name or email.
Artist profiles and lives
If you apply to be an artist, we store your artist name, the short bio and up to three links you enter. Anyone can see an approved artist's profile. What you write about how we can confirm it's really you is kept private: only you and we can read it. Whether you're approved, and when you last went live, are stored with your profile.
Presets. When you save an artist to your presets, we store a small record under that artist with your random sign-in ID, and whether you first came to Mixtayp through that artist's link. Artists and other listeners can see how many fans an artist has, never who they are. Removing the preset deletes the record.
When an artist goes live, their camera and microphone (or just the microphone, for an audio live) are sent directly from their phone to each listener's phone over an encrypted connection, the same technology video calling apps use. Lives aren't recorded or stored. Because the connection is direct, the artist's device and each listener's device can see each other's IP address, as in a video call. To set up that connection, each device leaves some technical connection details in our database for a few seconds; they're deleted when the live ends or within a day.
While you watch or listen to a live, we store your random sign-in ID with the time, so the artist can see how many people are tuned in. Hearts and fire are stored only as totals. If you send a chat message or a shout-out (you need an account for these), we store it with your first name and sign-in ID, and chat messages are deleted automatically after a day. The artist can remove messages and mute people, and you can report a message or a live.
Notifications
If you turn on the Daily Mixtayp reminder or new release alerts, your phone gives us a push token (an address for sending notifications to this app on this phone), and we store it with your choices: which notifications you want, the hour for the reminder, your time zone, your language, and up to 20 of your favorite artists (their Deezer IDs and names) so we can check for their new releases. It's stored under a random sign-in ID if you don't have an account. A scheduled job on Firebase reads this to send the notifications through Firebase Cloud Messaging, and looks up your artists' releases on Deezer without sending anything about you. Turn notifications off in Settings and all of it is deleted. If your phone stops accepting notifications, we delete it too.
Services the app uses
To find and play music, Mixtayp sends what you search for, like an artist, genre or song name, to these services. They receive ordinary technical details such as your IP address when that happens. We don't store your searches.
YouTube. Full songs and music videos come from YouTube through the YouTube API Services. Using them is covered by the Google Privacy Policy. Mixtayp does not access your YouTube account.
Deezer provides song details, artwork, similar artists, new releases and previews. See Deezer's privacy policy.
Apple provides song details, artwork and previews through the iTunes Search API. See Apple's privacy policy.
Last.fm may provide songs for genre, mood and era stations. See Last.fm's privacy policy.
Google Analytics receives the usage statistics and error reports described above. See the Google Privacy Policy.
Google Firebase handles sign-in, stores your library if you have an account, stores shared tapes, spoken intros and tapes made together (Cloud Firestore and Cloud Storage), runs TV and party rooms, and sends notifications (Cloud Messaging and Cloud Functions). See Firebase's privacy information.
Cloudflare hosts the Mixtayp website and app files, and passes Google sign-in through to Firebase. Like any web host, it receives ordinary technical details such as your IP address when you open the app. See Cloudflare's privacy policy.
When you cast to a TV, your phone's casting service handles the connection.
Deleting your data
Delete your account in the app under Account, Delete account, or on our account deletion page. This permanently removes from our database, right away: your account, your library, the tapes you've shared, your spoken intros, the tapes you started with friends (and your songs on theirs), your artist profile, and this phone's notification settings. Your phone keeps its own copy of your library until you clear it or uninstall the app, and any backup file you saved stays wherever you put it. Usage statistics aren't linked to your account, and Google Analytics deletes them automatically after the retention period set for Mixtayp (2 months). You can also email to ask us to delete your data for you.
What we don't do
No ads, no tracking across other apps or websites, no advertising use of your data, and no selling of your data. Mixtayp isn't directed at children under 13 and doesn't knowingly collect data from them. If you believe a child has created an account, email us and we'll delete it.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version goes on this page with a new date.