Nada is a local music player for Android. This policy explains what information the app accesses, what it stores on your device, and how optional Google Play purchases work.
The short version
Nada plays the music that is already on your phone. It has no accounts, no ads and no analytics, and this version does not connect to the internet itself. Your music, playlists and listening habits stay on your device.
Nada is made by DSN, an independent developer. Questions about this policy: devsatdsn+nada@gmail.com
What Nada can access
Audio files: when you allow it, Nada asks Android for the list of audio files on your phone and reads their title, artist, album, length and cover art so it can show and play them. Android 13 and newer use the READ_MEDIA_AUDIO permission; older versions use READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE. You can turn this off at any time in Android settings, but the library will then be empty.
Notifications (Android 13 and newer): used for the playback controls on your lock screen and notification shade. Playback also uses a foreground service and a wake lock so music keeps playing with the screen off.
Nada does not ask for your location, contacts, camera, microphone or phone number.
What Nada saves on your phone
Nada keeps its own data in private app storage that other apps cannot read: a saved list of your songs (title, artist, album, length and file location) so the app opens quickly, your settings, favourites, playlists, pinned folders, equalizer settings, lyrics and timing changes, edits you make to track names or covers, and a short play history that powers the Home shelves.
Nada also keeps two small counters, the total time you have listened and how many times you have opened the app. They are used for one thing only: choosing a quiet moment to show an optional message asking if you would like to support the app. They never leave your phone.
If the app crashes, it saves a short report on your phone with the app version, Android version, device model and the technical error. It is never sent anywhere. You can share or delete it from Settings.
Files opened from other apps
If you open an audio file from a file manager or another app, Nada plays it and does not copy or keep it. When you pick a file for lyrics or a backup, Android's file picker handles the choice. If you pick a file stored with a cloud provider, that provider's own policy applies to it.
Supporting Nada
Nada is free to use. If you want to support it, you can subscribe to Nada Pro, which adds a few extra features. The purchase is made through Google Play. Google, not Nada, handles your payment, your account and your billing details under Google’s own privacy policy. Nada never sees your name, card or payment information.
To know that Pro is active, Nada asks Google Play whether you have an active subscription and keeps the answer (yes or no, and when it was last checked) on your phone. The purchase check goes through Google Play; Nada itself does not send anything to the developer.
You can cancel any time in the Google Play Store, under Payments and subscriptions.
Shake controls
If you turn on shake controls, Nada reads the motion sensor while the app is open in order to detect the shake. The readings are used on the spot and are not stored or sent.
Backups and moving to a new phone
Nada switches off Android's automatic cloud backup, because playlists and favourites point to songs by IDs that are different on every phone. If you use Backup in Settings or export a playlist, the file is saved only where you choose, and where it goes after that is up to you.
Deleting your data
Clearing Nada's storage in Android settings or uninstalling the app removes everything Nada saved. Your music files are not touched. Nada only moves a song to the Android trash, or deletes it, when you choose that, and Android asks you to confirm first. Removing a song from a playlist or from favourites never deletes the file.
Sharing
Because this version of Nada does not connect to the internet itself, it does not send your information to the developer or to anyone else. There are no advertising or analytics libraries in the app, and there never will be ads. Any future feature that needs the internet (for example an optional online backup) will be optional, will be explained before you use it, and will be described in this policy before that version is released. If a future version changes this, this policy will be updated before that version is released.
Children
Nada is a general music player and is not aimed at children. It collects no personal information from anyone.
Changes to this policy
If Nada's behaviour changes in a way that affects your privacy, this page and the policy inside the app will be updated, and the date at the top will change.
For privacy or product questions, email the developer directly.