Privacy Policy

Effective date: October 27, 2026. Last updated: October 27, 2026.

Earhop is an iPhone app that opens music links in the music service you choose. It is made and run by Jake Wasser, as an individual (there is no company yet). This page explains what Earhop handles, where it goes and how long it stays.

What stays on your iPhone

• Your settings: the music service you picked, how many free songs you have used, whether Earhop is unlocked, and your setup checklist. They stay in Earhop's own storage on your phone, shared only with Earhop's own Shortcut action and Safari extension. They are never sent anywhere.
• Recent songs: the songs you open (title, artist, the service and the address it opened, and the time) live only on your phone and drop after 24 hours. An expired song can stay in phone storage until Earhop next runs, since iOS won't wake Earhop to delete it. You can clear the list at any time with Clear, and deleting Earhop deletes everything it stored.

What goes to Earhop's server

• When you convert a link (in the app, through the Shortcut, from a texted-link alert or from the Safari extension), Earhop sends the music link and the service you picked to Earhop's server. For Pandora shares it sends the "I'm listening to... on Pandora" message. The link travels inside the request, never in a web address.
• The server works out the match and answers. It stores nothing about you: no links, no history, no accounts, no names, email addresses or device identifiers.
• To save lookups, the server keeps 24-hour catalog matches: which song, album or artist on one service matches which on another (catalog codes only, nothing about who asked). They are deleted after 24 hours.
• One exception: when a song is matched to YouTube Music, the server keeps only the song's code and the YouTube video it matched (or that there was none) for up to 30 days, as YouTube's terms allow. Still nothing about who asked.
• The server's own log lines hold only the result (for example "found" or "not found") and how long each step took, never the link.

Cloudflare

Earhop's server and this website run on Cloudflare. Like any internet service, Cloudflare handles requests and sees IP addresses when your phone or browser connects. Cloudflare's request logs are off for Earhop, so requests are not recorded. Your IP address is also used, in the moment, to limit how many conversions one address can ask for each minute (to stop abuse); Earhop does not store it. This website has no cookies, no analytics and no scripts. Cloudflare's privacy policy: cloudflare.com/privacypolicy.

Music services

• To find a match, Earhop's server asks the music services' catalogs (Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer and YouTube) using catalog codes only, plus song, album and artist names when it has to search. It never sends anything about you, and the services see a request from Earhop's server, not from your phone.
• Amazon Music: Earhop never contacts Amazon. It opens Amazon Music's own search on your phone with the title and artist typed in.
• Pandora: Earhop never contacts Pandora. It reads the names already written in the link or message.
• Once a song opens in your music app, that app's own privacy policy applies.

YouTube API Services

Earhop uses YouTube API Services to find songs on YouTube Music. By using Earhop with YouTube Music, you agree to be bound by the YouTube Terms of Service. Google's privacy policy applies to YouTube API Services: Google Privacy Policy. Earhop never accesses your YouTube or Google account.

Texted-link alerts

This feature is optional. You set it up yourself as a message automation in Apple's Shortcuts app, and it runs on your phone. When a text contains a music link, Earhop's action sends only that link (or a Pandora "I'm listening to..." message) to Earhop's server, never the rest of the message, the sender or your contacts. The alert is a notification made on your phone.

Notifications

Earhop's notifications are made on your phone. Earhop uses no push notification servers and keeps no notification tokens.

Safari extension

The Safari extension is optional and runs only on music service web pages (Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer, YouTube Music and Pandora). It reads only the page address and sends it to Earhop's server, just like a pasted link. It does not read other sites, page contents or your browsing history.

App updates (Expo)

Each time Earhop launches, it checks Expo's update server (u.expo.dev) for app updates. That check includes technical details such as the app version, the update it is running and a random install number that Expo uses to count installs, plus your IP address, like any internet request. It includes nothing about your songs. Expo's privacy policy: expo.dev/privacy.

Purchases (Apple)

The unlock is bought through Apple's App Store. Earhop never sees your card, payment details or Apple Account. When Earhop opens, it runs Apple's purchase check on your phone to see whether the unlock is owned, so a restored or refunded purchase shows correctly. Apple's privacy policy: apple.com/legal/privacy.

Ratings

Earhop may show Apple's rating prompt now and then. Apple handles it, and Earhop never sees what you choose. "Rate Earhop" and "Tell a friend" open the App Store or the iPhone's share sheet.

Emails to support

If you email support@earhopmusic.com, your message and email address are kept in Earhop's support inbox (Gmail, run by Google) only to answer you. Ask, and I'll delete them.

What Earhop never does

• No ads, no analytics tools and no tracking across apps or websites.
• No selling, renting or sharing of your data.
• No accounts, and no access to your location, contacts, photos or music library.

Children

Earhop is not aimed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect information from children.

Your choices

• Clear your recent songs at any time, or delete Earhop to remove everything it stored on your phone.
• Turn off Earhop's notifications or its Safari extension in iPhone Settings.
• Email support@earhopmusic.com with any question, or to have your support emails deleted.

Changes

If this policy changes, this page will show the new date at the top.

Terms of use

Earhop is offered under Apple's standard license agreement: Licensed Application End User License Agreement.

Contact

Jake Wasser, Earhop: support@earhopmusic.com