PodPop Privacy Policy
Effective date: October 20, 2026
PodPop is a language-learning app that plays public podcasts (Spanish, English and Chinese) with subtitles and marks words you may not know. We built it so that your learning data stays on your phone.
What we collect
Nothing. PodPop has no account system and no servers of its own. We do not collect, store, sell or share any personal information. There is no analytics, advertising or tracking SDK in the app.
Subscriptions
PodPop offers a 7-day free trial and then an optional monthly subscription. Purchases are processed entirely by Apple through the App Store. We never see or receive your payment details or Apple Account information; the app only asks the App Store whether your subscription is active.
Data stored on your device
The following is stored on your device: your subscriptions, your native and learning language settings, the words you mark or remove, your listening statistics, and the optional nickname, avatar, phone number and email you enter in your profile. It is never sent to us or to any server we operate.
iCloud sync
On iOS, PodPop can sync your marked words, subscriptions, language settings, listening statistics, nickname and avatar between your own devices through Apple's iCloud, using the Apple ID signed in on your device. This data is stored in your private iCloud storage under Apple's privacy policy; the developer cannot see or access it. Phone number and email are not synced. You can turn iCloud Sync off at any time under Me > Profile.
Subtitles created on your device
For shows that do not publish subtitles, PodPop can create them with Apple's on-device speech recognition. The episode audio is downloaded from the publisher to your device, recognized on the device, and kept in a local cache. No audio or text is uploaded.
Content from third parties
Podcast feeds, audio, subtitles and cover images are loaded directly from each podcast publisher's own public servers, the same way any podcast app works. Those publishers may see standard request information such as your IP address, under their own privacy policies. PodPop does not control that content.
Permissions
Photo library — only if you choose a profile picture. The selected image is kept on your device.
Background audio — so episodes keep playing when the screen is locked.
Motion — only to detect when you turn the phone, so subtitles can switch between portrait and landscape. Motion data is not stored.
Children
PodPop does not knowingly collect any information from anyone, including children.
Changes
If this policy changes, we will update this page and the effective date above.
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PodPop 隐私政策
生效日期：2026 年 10 月 20 日
PodPop 是一款语言学习应用：播放公开的西班牙语、英语、中文播客和字幕，并标出你可能不认识的单词。我们的设计原则是：你的学习数据只留在你的手机上。
我们收集什么
什么都不收集。PodPop 没有账号系统，也没有自己的服务器。我们不收集、存储、出售或分享任何个人信息，应用内没有任何统计、广告或追踪工具。
订阅
PodPop 提供 7 天免费体验，之后可按月订阅。购买完全由 Apple 通过 App Store 处理，我们看不到也不会收到你的付款信息或 Apple 账户信息；应用只会向 App Store 查询你的订阅是否有效。
保存在你设备上的数据
以下内容保存在你的设备上：订阅、母语和学习语言设置、标记或移除的单词、学习统计，以及你在个人资料里自愿填写的昵称、头像、手机号和邮箱。这些信息不会发送给我们，也不会上传到我们运营的任何服务器。
iCloud 同步
在 iOS 上，PodPop 可以通过苹果 iCloud（使用你设备上登录的 Apple ID），在你自己的设备之间同步标记的单词、订阅、语言设置、学习统计、昵称和头像。这些数据保存在你的 iCloud 私人空间里，适用苹果的隐私政策，开发者看不到、也无法访问。手机号和邮箱不会同步。你可以随时在“我的 > 个人资料”里关闭 iCloud 同步。
在设备上生成的字幕
对于没有发布字幕的节目，PodPop 可以用苹果的本机语音识别生成字幕：节目音频从发布方下载到你的设备，在设备上识别，并保存在本地缓存里。不会上传任何音频或文字。
来自第三方的内容
播客节目列表、音频、字幕和封面图直接从各播客发布方自己的公开服务器加载，和所有播客应用一样。发布方可能看到 IP 地址等常规请求信息，适用其各自的隐私政策。PodPop 不控制这些内容。
权限
相册：仅在你设置头像时使用，所选图片只保存在本机。
后台音频：锁屏后继续播放。
运动传感器：仅用于判断你是否转动了手机，以便字幕在横屏和竖屏之间切换，不保存任何运动数据。