OfflinePlaya Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2026-05-31

OfflinePlaya is an offline music player for Android. It plays audio files that already exist on your device. It does not have user accounts, does not sync to any cloud service, and does not contain advertising, analytics, or third-party tracking SDKs.

Information we collect

None. OfflinePlaya does not collect, transmit, or store any personal information about you. There is no sign-in. There is no telemetry. There is no crash reporting service. Everything the app records — your library, playlists, playback history, settings — stays on your device in its private application storage.

Permissions we request

• READ_MEDIA_AUDIO (Android 13+) / READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (Android 12 and older) — required to enumerate the audio files on your device so the app can list and play them. The app reads files only; it does not upload them and does not request the "all files access" permission.
• Folder access for tag-writing comes from the system folder picker (Storage Access Framework). The "burn metadata" feature can only write tags into folders you have explicitly picked via that picker; no other files on your device are writable by the app.
• FOREGROUND_SERVICE / FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK — required to keep playback running while the app is in the background, and to show the media notification.
• POST_NOTIFICATIONS — required to display the media playback notification on Android 13 and newer.
• WAKE_LOCK — keeps the CPU awake during playback so the audio does not stutter when the screen turns off.
• INTERNET — used only for the optional album-art and artist-image lookups described below. Disable Download album art from the internet in Settings to stop all outbound network traffic.

Optional network requests for cover art

When the album-art download setting is enabled, OfflinePlaya queries the following public services to look up missing album, artist, and audiobook cover images:

• MusicBrainz — to resolve album and artist identifiers
• Cover Art Archive — for album covers
• Deezer public API — as a fallback for album and artist images
• Open Library and Google Books — for audiobook covers

The only data sent to these services is the album, artist, or book title and (where present) year, as derived from the metadata in your audio files. No device identifiers, IP-address-linked account data, or other personal information is attached by the app. Your IP address is, of course, visible to those services in the same way it is visible to any website you visit; we have no control over their own logging or privacy practices. See their respective privacy policies for details.

Data we share with third parties

None, beyond the optional cover-art lookups described above. We do not sell, rent, or otherwise share any information with advertisers, data brokers, or analytics providers.

Children's privacy

OfflinePlaya is suitable for all ages and does not knowingly collect information from anyone, including children under 13.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be published at the same URL with a new "Last updated" date.

Contact

Questions or concerns? Email rsavutiu@gmail.com or open an issue at github.com/rsavutiu/OfflinePlaya.