Last updated: 2026-11-03
80s Music Quiz is made by Magmanet. This policy explains what the app does with your information. The short version: your data stays on your device; the app only sends anonymous usage statistics, which you can turn off.
80s Music Quiz has no accounts, no advertising and no tracking. The only thing we collect is anonymous usage statistics (see below), which you can turn off. We never see, sell or share your data.
Everything you enter is saved only on your device, in the app's private storage. It is removed when you uninstall the app.
The app's Copy backup feature (Settings → Your data) copies your data as text to your clipboard, so you can keep it somewhere you choose. Where you paste it is up to you; the app never uploads it.
On iPhone and iPad the app has no listening games or song previews, so it makes no requests to Apple; it goes online only for the anonymous usage statistics below and, when you choose, Play nearby on your local network.
On Android most of the app works offline. The listening games need the internet, because they play official 30-second song previews from Apple. These features contact Apple directly from your device:
What is sent: each lookup is a request to the Apple iTunes Search API (itunes.apple.com) containing the artist and song title of a song from the app's built-in list. The preview audio is then streamed from Apple's servers. Nothing you type is sent (the artist and song search boxes only filter the built-in list on your device), and no name, account or other personal data is included. Previews are streamed, not saved.
Like any internet request, Apple can see your device's IP address. We (the developer) receive nothing from these requests: no copy of them and no IP address. Apple's privacy policy: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/
Separately, on Android only, for the update check: once a day the app checks for a newer version by asking the Magmanet server (EU, Contabo) — the request contains only the app name, its version number and how it was installed (site/Google Play); the server counts checks per app and version in aggregate, stores no identifiers and no IP address; if the server is unavailable the app downloads the public version file from GitHub Pages instead (GitHub may see your IP address). If a newer version exists, the app shows a notice and you choose whether to open the download link. You can turn this off in Settings ("Check for updates automatically").
Links (Android): after you answer, the Open in Apple Music button (on listening screens and song pages) opens that track's page on Apple Music (music.apple.com) in the Apple Music app or your browser. This happens only when you tap it, and Apple's privacy policy applies there.
Read aloud: the read-aloud option uses your device's own text-to-speech engine. The app does not send the text anywhere.
80s Music Quiz sends anonymous usage statistics over HTTPS (a short ping once a day; usage events a few times a day at most, batched) to Magmanet's own server, hosted in the EU (Contabo), not to Google or any other third party. It sends the app name and version, your system version (Android or iOS), on Android your phone's manufacturer and model (such as Samsung SM-S911B; never the name you gave the phone; iPhone and iPad builds send no device model), your language, how the app was installed (from Google Play, the App Store, TestFlight, the website or elsewhere), a random install ID, anonymous usage events (which screens and features are used and for how long) and counts of errors by type (a short code, no message or content). The random ID is made by the app when it is installed; it is not a device identifier. No personal content is sent.
On the server the ID is hashed and no IP address is stored. Raw data is deleted after 400 days. It is used only to count active users and improve the app, never for advertising or profiling, and it is never sold or shared.
This is on by default. You can turn it off in Settings ("Share anonymous usage statistics"). Turning it off stops sending immediately and deletes the random ID and any unsent usage events from your phone.
Play nearby lets several phones in the same room play together. It connects the phones directly to each other over your Wi-Fi network (local network). Nothing goes through the internet or through our servers.
The phones exchange only what the game needs: your display name, your emoji avatar, and the game itself (questions, answers, buzzes and scores). This is shared only with the phones in that game and is not saved by the app after the game ends.
On Android there is an optional Also use Bluetooth switch in the nearby lobby. It is off by default. When you turn it on, the app uses Google Nearby Connections to find phones over Bluetooth and nearby Wi-Fi, and Android asks you for these permissions:
If you say no or leave the switch off, Play nearby still works over Wi-Fi.
The app asks for a permission only when you use the feature that needs it. You can say no and still use the rest of the app.
If this policy changes, we'll update the date above and publish the new version at the same address.
Questions? Open an issue at https://github.com/Shauls/magmanet-apps/issues