The short version
- Timelessness has no ads, no analytics, no tracking and no server of its own. There is no Timelessness account.
- Your library stays on your device: song names, tags, playlists, favorites and what you’ve played. If you use iCloud sync, parts of it are also kept in your own iCloud account (see “iCloud sync”).
- Data leaves your device only to services you choose to use: Google Drive, to read and stream your music; Apple’s iCloud, to sync your library between your devices; an AI provider you set up yourself, only after you agree; and the App Store, when you buy Pro.
- We never sell your data, and nobody at Timelessness can see it.
The rest of this page explains each of these in detail. In this policy, “Timelessness”, “we” and “us” mean the maker of the Timelessness app and this website.
What Timelessness doesn’t do
- It shows no ads and contains no advertising, analytics or crash-reporting code.
- It doesn’t track you across apps or websites, and it doesn’t use your device’s advertising identifier.
- It doesn’t send your information to a server run by us. We don’t run one.
- It doesn’t ask you to create an account with us.
Information kept on your device
To show and play your music, Timelessness keeps a library on your device. It contains:
- Your music’s details: file and folder names, file sizes, relative paths within the folders you added, tags such as title, artist, album, year and track number, and small copies of embedded artwork.
- What you make: playlists, favorites, playback positions and a history of the songs you’ve played, with the time each one started.
- Downloads and cache: the songs you download for offline listening, and up to 2 GB of recently streamed audio so playback can start quickly.
- Settings and searches: your preferences, and your ten most recent searches.
- Sign-in details: your Google sign-in token and any AI provider keys you add. These are kept in the device’s Keychain, only on this device.
- Purchase status: which Pro product you own and its dates, as reported by the App Store, with a signature so changes can be detected.
This information stays on your device unless a section below says otherwise. Downloads and the streaming cache are excluded from device backups. The library itself and saved AI introductions may be included in your iCloud or computer backups, depending on your backup settings.
Google Drive
If you connect Google Drive, Timelessness uses Google’s sign-in to request permission to view and download your Google Drive files (the read-only “drive.readonly” scope). It uses that permission only to show, play and download the music in the folders you choose.
What it reads
- For the folders you choose and their subfolders: the names, IDs, types, sizes, checksums, versions and modification dates of the files, and the contents of audio files, to read their tags and artwork, to stream them and to download the ones you ask for.
- To help you choose folders: it lists your folder names and the files in each folder you open (files that aren’t audio are only counted), and searches your Drive, including files shared with you, for audio files, so folders that hold music can be shown first. These results are kept in memory while you choose and aren’t saved.
- To keep your library current, it asks Google which files have changed. Changes outside your chosen folders are discarded on your device.
- Your Google account’s name, email address and permission ID (an account identifier), to show which account is connected. The email address isn’t saved; the name and permission ID are saved in your library.
Where it goes
- Your music streams directly from Google to your device. It doesn’t pass through any server of ours.
- The app sends information from Google Drive off your device in only two cases, and only if you use those features: song tags sent to an AI provider you set up (see “AI song introductions”), and the details listed under “iCloud sync”, stored in your own iCloud account.
- Timelessness doesn’t rename, move or delete files in your Google Drive.
Google API Services User Data Policy. Timelessness’s use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. We don’t use Google user data for advertising, we don’t sell it, we don’t use it to train AI models, and no person at Timelessness reads it.
Disconnecting
- In the app, open Folders in your library, then choose Disconnect Google Drive from the Google Drive menu. This deletes your sign-in token from the device and asks Google to revoke the app’s access.
- You can also remove access at any time at myaccount.google.com/connections. Deleting the app doesn’t revoke access by itself.
- After you disconnect, the details of your Google Drive music already in your library, your downloads and your playlists stay on your device. You can remove downloads in Downloaded and delete playlists in the app; the details of the songs themselves stay until you delete the app (on a Mac, you also need to delete a folder; see “Your choices and rights”).
Folders in the Files app and on your Mac
Music in a folder you pick in the Files app, or on your Mac, is read on your device. Timelessness doesn’t upload it. If the folder is in iCloud Drive, Apple handles syncing those files under your iCloud settings.
iCloud sync
Timelessness syncs your library between your devices through the private database of your own iCloud account. Apple stores this data under Apple’s Privacy Policy. We can’t see it, and it never passes through a server of ours.
What’s synced:
- Your playlists (with their names), favorites, playback positions, and the history of songs you’ve played, with the time each started.
- For each song those refer to: its file name, file size, the date it was added and an identifier. For songs from Google Drive, that identifier is the Google Drive file ID.
- For each music source: its type and name. For Google Drive, the name is your Google account’s name, and the source’s ID is derived from your Google account ID.
- A random ID for each device, and when each change was made.
Not synced: your music files, tags, artwork, folder paths, sign-in tokens and API keys.
When you delete a playlist or remove a favorite, it’s marked as deleted, and the record stays in your iCloud data. Signing out of iCloud stops sync and keeps your library on the device. Timelessness doesn’t delete data from your iCloud account. You can manage what apps store in iCloud from your Apple Account settings.
AI song introductions
You can ask an AI service to introduce a song or an album. This is off until you set it up, and nothing is sent until you agree.
- Providers: OpenRouter, OpenAI, Google (Gemini) or Anthropic. You add your own API key, or sign in with OpenRouter to create one. Keys are kept in the device’s Keychain, only on this device.
- Your agreement: before the first request to each provider, the app shows what will be sent and asks you to agree. With OpenRouter, it asks again when you change models. You can withdraw your agreement in the app’s settings.
- What’s sent: the song’s title, artist, album and year from its tags, and your language setting. File names, folder paths, audio and the rest of your library are never sent. Requests go directly from your device to the provider.
- Songs from Google Drive: these are never sent to Google Gemini. With OpenRouter, free models and models that pass your request on to a separate web search service aren’t used for them, and every request asks providers not to collect data.
- Testing: “Test connection” and the list of models also contact the provider, without any information from your library.
- Answers are saved only on your device, and aren’t synced. You can delete them in the app.
The provider you choose handles your requests under its own terms and privacy policy, not this one, and may protect your data differently from this policy (for example, some providers’ free plans may use requests to improve their products). The app tells you which provider will receive your request and sends nothing until you agree. The provider may also charge you for requests. Removing a key in the app deletes it from your device; to cancel the key itself, use the provider’s website.
Purchases
Pro is sold through the App Store. Apple handles payment, and we never receive your payment details. The app asks the App Store which Pro product you own and keeps a signed record of it on your device. Apple’s handling of your purchases is covered by Apple’s Privacy Policy.
This website
timelessness.app uses no cookies, analytics or tracking, and loads no third-party scripts or fonts. It’s hosted by Cloudflare, which processes technical information such as IP addresses to deliver and protect the site, under Cloudflare’s Privacy Policy.
When you write to us
If you email support@timelessness.app, we use your address and message only to reply to you and to fix the problem you describe. We don’t add you to any mailing list.
Children
Timelessness isn’t directed at children under 13. Apart from email you choose to send us, we don’t receive personal information from anyone, children included.
Your choices and rights
Because the app’s data stays on your device and in your own accounts, you can see and delete it yourself:
- Remove downloads, saved AI introductions, AI keys and recent searches in the app.
- Disconnect Google Drive in the app, or remove access in your Google Account.
- Manage iCloud data in your Apple Account settings.
- Use “Export Library Data” to save your playlists, favorites and play history (with the file names, tags and Google Drive file IDs of those songs) to a file, wherever you choose. Music files aren’t included.
- Delete the app to remove its library, downloads and settings from your iPhone or iPad. On a Mac, moving the app to the Trash doesn’t remove them: also delete the folder
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We don’t sell or share personal information for advertising. If you have a question about your data, or want to exercise a right under the law where you live, write to support@timelessness.app.
Changes to this policy
When this policy changes, we’ll post the new version on this page with a new date. If a change affects how your information is used, we’ll explain it here before it takes effect.