Privacy Policy

Effective October 24, 2026

This policy explains how Aural Rest, published by Turntable Medic, handles your information. In short: the app keeps everything on your phone and sends nothing to us or anyone else.

What the app stores

Aural Rest saves the following on your device so it can work:

• Your tinnitus pitch matches (pitch, ear and date).
• Weekly check-in ratings (loudness, bother and sleep quality) and relief test results.
• Daily listening time and per-sound play counts.
• Your settings, such as notch width, output, balance, sound mix, timer, clock color and theme.
• Your playlists and play queue, as lists of songs on your phone.

What we collect

Nothing. Aural Rest has no account, no advertising, no analytics and no tracking. The app itself never sends your information anywhere: your tone matches, check-ins, listening time, music and settings stay on your phone. We do not sell, share or receive any of your data.

Optional tips

Aural Rest offers optional tips through Google Play (Settings > Support the developer). Tips unlock nothing. If you choose to give one, the purchase is handled entirely by Google Play under Google's own terms and privacy policy, which is the only time the app uses the internet. Google Play gives us the standard record of the sale that every developer receives (for example the item, price and date); we never see your card or payment details.

Health information

Your check-in ratings and relief test results describe your tinnitus. They stay on your device with everything else, and are never sent anywhere by the app.

Backups

If Android backup is turned on for your phone, Android may include this app's data in your device backup to your Google account, under Google's own privacy terms. Aural Rest itself does not send it anywhere. You can turn backup off in your phone's settings.

Permissions

• Music and audio: reads the music already on your phone (song titles, artists, albums and cover art) so the app can list and play it. Your music files are never changed, and nothing about them leaves your phone. Playlist files (.m3u) are read or saved only when you choose one.
• Internet: used only by Google Play's purchase system, when you choose to give an optional tip. The app sends none of your information.
• Notifications: shows playback controls and the Stop button while sound plays.
• Foreground service and wake lock: keeps sound playing with the screen off, for example all night.
• Audio effects for other apps (only if you turn it on): applies your notch to music apps such as Spotify.

Deleting your data

Uninstall the app, or clear its storage in Android Settings > Apps > Aural Rest > Storage. Either removes everything the app has saved. You can also delete individual matches and test results inside the app.

Children

Aural Rest is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from anyone, at any age.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will appear in the app and on our website with a new effective date.

Contact

Questions about this policy: [email protected]