Last updated: 4 October 2026 · Version française · Back
Audiel is an audio player app (music from your own Navidrome or Subsonic server, radio, podcasts, Apple Music) published by Jean-Louis Piechnik, 27 rue Kempnich, 57140 Woippy, France — piechnik@protonmail.com.
In one sentence
Audiel collects no personal data and operates no server. Everything stays on your device and, if you enable it, in your own iCloud.
What stays on your device
- Your music-server addresses and username are stored in the app; your password is kept in the iOS Keychain and is never sent in clear text (salted-token Subsonic authentication).
- Favourites, podcast subscriptions, playback positions, playlists and settings stay on your device; with iCloud enabled, subscriptions and positions sync through Apple's iCloud key-value storage, in your own iCloud account only.
- Episode summaries and the assistant run Apple Intelligence and speech recognition on-device; Audiel sends no content to any online service.
Third-party services contacted at your request
The app contacts the services below directly from your device; the publisher sees and keeps nothing. Each service sees your IP address and an app identifier (User-Agent), as with any Internet access.
- Your own music server (Navidrome, Subsonic or compatible) — chosen and hosted by you.
- Radio Browser and Radio France Open API — station directories (search text sent).
- Podcast directories — iTunes Search (Apple) and Podcast Index (search text sent); episodes play directly from each podcast's RSS feed.
- Apple Music (MusicKit) — if you connect your subscription, Apple's privacy policy applies.
- ShazamKit (Apple) — a short audio fingerprint is sent to Apple only when you start recognition.
- LRCLIB (lrclib.net) — off by default; if you enable "Online lyrics" in Settings, the title, artist, album and duration of the current track are sent to this community service. Lyrics remain the property of their authors.
- Sonos speakers — controlled over your local network (UPnP); nothing leaves your network.
What Audiel does not do
No account, no sign-up, no ads, no analytics, no trackers, no third-party analytics SDK, no data sharing or sale. The "Audiel+" in-app purchase and its free trial are handled by Apple; the publisher receives no payment or identity information.
System permissions
Microphone (Shazam recognition only), Local Network (Sonos discovery), Speech Recognition (podcast transcription, on-device), Apple Music, Siri, Notifications and alarms — each requested at first use and revocable in iOS Settings.
Your rights
Since data lives only on your device and in your iCloud, you view, change and delete it yourself (app settings, uninstall). Questions: piechnik@protonmail.com. Under the GDPR you may lodge a complaint with the CNIL (France).
Children
Audiel is not directed at children and collects no data about them.
Changes
Any change to this policy will be published at this address with its date.