Privacy Policy

Refrain (“the app”) is designed to respect your privacy. Here’s what we do and don’t do with your data.

What We Access

Apple Music — The app uses Apple’s MusicKit to search the Apple Music catalog and play song clips during study sessions. We read your playlists only when you choose to import one. When you choose Export to Apple Music, we send the playlist name and selected song identifiers to Apple to create a playlist in your music library. We do not read your listening history. Apple Music requests are handled by Apple under Apple’s privacy policy.

Notifications — If you enable the daily reminder, the app schedules a local notification on your device. Nothing is sent through any server.

On-Device Storage — Your decks, study progress, streaks, trivia games, saved runs, and settings are stored locally using Apple’s SwiftData framework. Refrain does not upload your learning history to our servers. Exporting a playlist sends only the chosen playlist name and song selection to Apple as described above.

AI Deck Generation

AI deck generation runs entirely on your iPhone using Apple’s on-device AI. It requires iOS 26 or later and Apple Intelligence enabled with its model ready. AI prompts and generation results are not sent to our servers or a cloud AI provider. When on-device AI is unavailable, you can create a deck manually or import an Apple Music playlist.

What We Don’t Do

• We don’t collect analytics or telemetry
• We don’t use advertising SDKs, tracking pixels, or fingerprinting
• We don’t sell your data or share it for advertising or tracking
• We don’t create user accounts or require sign-in
• We don’t access your contacts, location, camera, microphone, or photos

Data Storage

Refrain has no developer-operated cloud sync, database, or backup service. Your device’s backup settings may include app data in an Apple or computer backup; those backups are managed separately from Refrain. Deleting the app removes its local data, but does not remove existing device backups or playlists you exported to Apple Music.

Settings ▸ Data & Privacy ▸ Reset All Data deletes your study data, custom trivia games, and saved runs, then restores bundled content while keeping your settings. You can also delete individual custom games and saved runs by swiping left in Trivia. Manage exported playlists in Apple Music and device backups in the relevant Apple or computer settings.

Children

Refrain does not knowingly collect any personal information from anyone, including children.

Changes

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at this address and the date below will be updated.

Last updated: September 25, 2026

Contact

For privacy questions, email refrainapp@gmail.com or open an issue at github.com/graemebaird/RefrainApp.