Privacy Policy
Tapeloop
Effective 30 October 2026
In short: Tapeloop does not collect, receive or share any personal data. Your music, playlists and settings stay on your iPhone. There are no accounts, no ads, no analytics and no tracking, and the app has no servers to send anything to.
Who I am
Tapeloop is made by Georgios Zacharidis (GZVS), Thessaloniki, Greece. For any privacy question, write to gzvsDev@icloud.com.
Your music
- When you import songs, Tapeloop copies them into its own folder on your iPhone (On My iPhone › Tapeloop › Tapeloop Music). It only reads the files and folders you choose; it can't see the rest of your files.
- To show your library, Tapeloop reads the information inside each file, such as title, artist, album and cover art. This happens on your iPhone, and cover art is saved in the app's own cache there.
- Your songs, playlists, favourites, play counts, queue, equalizer settings and theme are stored on your iPhone and nowhere else. Tapeloop does not sync them to any server. If you back up your iPhone to iCloud or a computer, Apple's backup may include them, as with any app.
Lock screen, AirPods and AirPlay
To show what's playing on the lock screen and in Control Center, Tapeloop passes the current song's title, artist, album and cover to iOS. When you choose an AirPlay speaker or Bluetooth device, the music is sent to that device. Both are standard iOS features and nothing is sent to me.
Permissions
Tapeloop doesn't ask for access to your microphone, camera, photos, contacts or location, and never uses them.
Ratings and links
Tapeloop is free and has no in-app purchases. If you choose to rate it, Apple shows its own rating window and handles your rating. The Support, Privacy, LinkedIn and GitHub links in the app open those websites in Safari, where their own privacy policies apply.
What I don't do
- No accounts or sign-in.
- No analytics, crash reporting SDKs, advertising or tracking of any kind.
- No streaming or downloading of music, no cookies, no servers of my own and no third-party SDKs.
- No selling or sharing of data. There is no data to sell or share.
Children
Tapeloop is suitable for all ages and collects no personal data from anyone, including children.
Your rights and deleting your data
Because I hold no personal data about you, there is nothing for me to access, correct or delete. You control everything: delete a song in the app, or remove files in the Files app, and they are gone from your iPhone. Deleting the Tapeloop app removes your songs, playlists and settings from your iPhone. If you have a question or a request under the GDPR or any other privacy law, email gzvsDev@icloud.com.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.