Your practice stays yours.

Privacy at a glance

• Play Credits does not require a Play Credits account.
• Practice audio is analyzed in memory on your device. Play Credits does not create, save, or upload an audio recording.
• Play Credits does not include advertising or third-party analytics SDKs, sell personal information, or track activity across other companies' apps and websites.
• App data stays on your device unless you choose optional iCloud Sync or intentionally share a Diagnostic Summary or support message.

Information used on your device

Play Credits stores the settings and results needed to provide its features. Depending on the features you use, this may include your selected mode and instrument, practice goals and schedule, counted practice results and history, earned app-time balances, app-access status, detection preferences, notification status, Adult-Managed settings, and protection configuration.

This information is used to run Play Credits and is stored locally on your device unless a feature described below sends or synchronizes it.

Optional iCloud Sync

iCloud Sync is off until you enable it. When enabled, selected practice history, balances, plans and schedules, instruments, detection preferences, access settings, and shared earned-access session status can synchronize through your private iCloud account to Play Credits on devices signed in to the same Apple Account.

Blocked-app selections, Screen Time authorization, active microphone listening, Adult PIN and recovery credentials, and the selected protection level remain specific to each device.

Apple provides and processes iCloud synchronization. Play Credits does not maintain its own server copy of your synchronized app data, and Steady Wonder Studio cannot retrieve the contents of your private iCloud data.

Microphone access and practice analysis

Play Credits uses microphone access only while an instrument test or practice session is active. Microphone input is analyzed in memory on your device to estimate whether likely musical activity is present and to update the live visualizer and counted practice time.

Play Credits does not create or store an audio recording, upload practice audio to iCloud, send practice audio to Steady Wonder Studio, or make practice audio available to a parent or guardian. You can change microphone permission at any time in the Settings app on your device.

Screen Time, blocked-app choices, and notifications

Play Credits uses Apple's Family Controls, Managed Settings, and Device Activity frameworks to apply the app-access rules you choose. Apple represents selected apps and categories with protected tokens. Play Credits does not receive the private content, messages, browsing activity, or usage content inside those apps.

Play Credits may request notification permission for practice check-ins, reminders, and interruption notices. These notifications are generated for Play Credits features and are not used for advertising.

Adult-Managed Mode and children

Adult-Managed Mode is configured by a parent or guardian on the iPhone or iPad where Play Credits is installed. Play Credits does not include a remote parent dashboard and does not require a child to create a Play Credits account or provide a name, email address, precise location, or other contact information.

Adult PIN and recovery credentials stay on the device. PIN Only protects settings inside Play Credits but cannot prevent the app from being deleted or Screen Time access from being removed. Screen Time Protection also depends on the adult maintaining the separate device restrictions explained during setup. Full Protection depends on Apple's Family Sharing and guardian-authorization capabilities. Play Credits cannot independently verify that every device-level protection remains enabled.

Subscriptions and purchases

Play Credits subscriptions and offer-code redemptions are processed by Apple through the App Store. Play Credits receives verified product and entitlement status from Apple's StoreKit framework so it can provide subscription access. Steady Wonder Studio does not receive or store your payment-card number or Apple Account password.

Diagnostic Summary and support messages

Share Diagnostic Summary creates a technical summary on your device. Nothing is sent automatically. You can review the summary before deciding whether to share it.

The summary can include the Play Credits version and build, device family and hardware model, iOS or iPadOS version, presentation size, selected mode and instrument, permission and feature status, blocked-app count without app names, iCloud diagnostic status, microphone and audio-input status, notification and background status, Low Power Mode status, generation time, and time zone. It does not include practice audio, selected app names, the Adult PIN, recovery code, Apple Account information, or a unique Play Credits device identifier.

If you share a Diagnostic Summary or contact support, Steady Wonder Studio receives the email address you use, the contents of your message, and anything you choose to attach. We use that information to respond to and troubleshoot your request and to maintain reasonable support records. Do not send practice recordings or sensitive personal information.

Advertising, analytics, and tracking

Play Credits does not include third-party advertising or analytics SDKs. We do not sell personal information, create advertising profiles, or track your activity across other companies' apps and websites.

Website operation

When you visit playcredits.app, the website host and network providers may process standard technical request information needed to securely deliver the site, prevent abuse, and maintain service reliability. If you choose an email link, your email provider and ours process the message for delivery. Play Credits does not use the website to access your practice data or private iCloud data.

Retention, deletion, and privacy choices

Local settings and progress remain on a device while Play Credits is installed unless you use an available in-app data control. Personal Mode includes a control for clearing practice history and earned balances. Adult-controlled information requires adult authorization to change or remove.

Deleting Play Credits removes its local app data from that device after iOS completes removal. If you enabled iCloud Sync, synchronized data may remain in your private iCloud account and on your other signed-in devices until you clear it through Play Credits or manage the applicable iCloud data. Steady Wonder Studio cannot directly retrieve or delete data stored only on your device or in your private iCloud account.

Support messages and information you intentionally share may be retained for as long as reasonably needed to respond, maintain support records, protect the service, or satisfy legal obligations. You may contact us to ask about information you previously sent directly to support.

Service providers and third parties

Apple provides the App Store, StoreKit, iCloud, Screen Time, Family Controls, notifications, and related operating-system services used by Play Credits. Website and email providers process limited information needed to deliver the website and support messages. Their handling of information is governed by their own terms and privacy policies.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when Play Credits features, data practices, or legal requirements change. The effective date at the top of this page identifies the current version. Material changes will be reflected on this page before or when they take effect.

Contact

Questions about this policy or information you intentionally sent to support can be directed to Steady Wonder Studio LLC at support@playcredits.app or through playcredits.app.