Privacy Policy
Effective October 28, 2026
Book on Tape is designed to let families record and listen to narrations of books they own. The app does not include advertising, analytics, or tracking.
Information stored by the app
Book on Tape lets an adult create a private library containing:
- book titles, authors, and ISBNs;
- book-cover images selected from Photos, taken with the camera, or retrieved from Open Library;
- audio recordings and page-turn markers;
- playback history and app preferences; and
- library-sharing permissions selected by the adult.
The app stores this content on the device. If iCloud is available, the app also stores it in the user’s private iCloud account so the library can sync across devices. Book on Tape’s developer does not operate a separate account system or server and cannot view content stored in a user’s private iCloud database.
Sharing
An adult may choose to share a library with specific people through Apple’s iCloud sharing service. Invited participants may be allowed to listen only or to edit the shared library. Apple processes and stores shared content under its own terms and privacy policy.
Book on Tape does not sell personal information or share it for advertising, marketing, or tracking.
Camera, microphone, Photos, and biometrics
Book on Tape requests access only when an adult uses the related feature:
- Microphone: records narration.
- Camera: scans an ISBN barcode or photographs a book cover.
- Photos: lets an adult select a book-cover image.
- Face ID or Touch ID: protects actions that can change the library or its settings.
Biometric matching is performed by the device. Book on Tape does not receive or store biometric information.
Open Library
When an adult chooses to look up a book by ISBN, Book on Tape sends that ISBN to Open Library, a service of the Internet Archive, and receives available book metadata and cover art. Book on Tape does not send the recording, library, name, email address, advertising identifier, or precise location to Open Library. The request is subject to the Internet Archive’s privacy practices.
Like other internet services, Open Library necessarily receives the device’s network address and request information. Internet Archive may keep privacy-protected service logs. Book on Tape does not use this information for advertising, analytics, or tracking.
Open Library lookup is optional. An adult can enter book details and provide a cover manually instead.
Children
Book on Tape is intended to be set up by a parent or guardian and then used by children for listening. Adding or changing books, recording narration, managing sharing, and changing settings require the device owner’s biometric approval.
Book on Tape does not ask children for names, email addresses, birth dates, locations, or other contact information. It contains no advertising, social features, public profiles, third-party analytics, or behavioral tracking.
Retention and deletion
Removing a book places it in Recently Deleted for 30 days. During that period, an adult can restore it. After 30 days, the app deletes its local cover and narration files and retains only the limited deletion information needed to keep the removed book from reappearing on another synced device.
After the 30-day recovery period, the next successful sync removes the related cover and narration from the shared iCloud library. A device must be online, signed in to iCloud, and permitted to edit the library for that cleanup to complete.
Removing the app deletes its local data but may not delete data already stored in iCloud. Users can manage Book on Tape’s iCloud storage through their Apple account and device settings.
Support
If someone contacts support by email, the developer receives the sender’s email address and message. That information is used to respond to the request and is not sold or used for advertising or tracking.
Security
Book on Tape relies on Apple’s device security, app sandbox, biometric authentication, and iCloud security. No system can guarantee absolute security.
Changes
This policy may change as Book on Tape develops. The effective date above will be updated when the policy changes materially.
Contact
Questions or privacy requests may be sent to support@andrewmin.com.
Book on Tape is developed in the United States.