Ocarino privacy policy

Effective date: November 12, 2026

This policy explains how Ocarino (“the app”) handles information about you. The app is developed and provided by wheatfox, an individual developer (“the developer”), for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch.

1. Summary

The app requires no account and no sign-in. The developer does not collect, store, sell or share any personal information. The app does not send data to servers operated by the developer or by any third party.

2. Data stored on your device

Projects you create, samples you import or record, recordings, practice history and app settings are stored locally on your device. The developer has no access to them.

If you choose to keep files in iCloud Drive, those files are stored in your own iCloud account and handled by Apple under its privacy policy. The developer has no access to them either.

Information passed between Apple Watch and iPhone, such as the current chord and playback state, travels directly over Apple's device-to-device connection and does not pass through any server operated by the developer.

Deleting the app deletes the data it stored on the device.

3. Microphone

The app uses the microphone only to bring audio input into a channel, to record samples, and to identify chords from the microphone. The system asks for your permission the first time, and you can change it at any time in Settings. Microphone audio is processed on the device and is never uploaded. Only samples you choose to record are saved, and they are saved on the device.

4. Bluetooth and local network

Bluetooth and local network access are used only to find and connect to the MIDI devices you choose, such as a Bluetooth MIDI keyboard or a network MIDI device. Both are controlled by system permissions that you can change at any time in Settings.

5. On-device analysis

Chord identification, and beat, bar, tempo and key analysis of samples, run on your device. Sample analysis uses Apple frameworks on the device. Neither the audio being analyzed nor the results leave the device.

6. Purchases

Purchases of Ocarino+ are handled by Apple through the App Store. The developer does not receive your name, Apple ID, payment method or any other payment details. The app confirms purchase status on the device using Apple's StoreKit.¹ The name you may enter after purchase² is kept only on the device.

7. Analytics, advertising and tracking

The app contains no third-party analytics, advertising or tracking SDKs, shows no ads, and does not track you across apps or websites.

If you choose in your device settings to share analytics with app developers³, Apple may provide the developer with crash reports that do not identify you. This data is collected and processed by Apple and is subject to Apple's privacy policy.⁴

8. Contacting the developer by email

If you email the developer, the developer receives what you include in the message, such as your email address, the message and any attachments. This information is used only to reply to you and resolve your request. It is not used for any other purpose and is not shared with third parties.

9. Children

The app does not collect personal information from any user, and therefore does not collect personal information from children.

10. Changes to this policy

The developer may update this policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a new effective date. If a change affects how your data is handled, it will also be noted in the app's release notes.

11. Contact

If you have any questions about this policy, contact the developer:

wheatfox
wheatfox17@icloud.com