What you listen to is your business.
Radion has no account, no ads and no tracking. I don't collect, receive or sell any of your data.
Effective 10 November 2026
- No account. You never have to sign up or log in.
- No tracking. No analytics, no crash reporting, no advertising identifiers, and no ad or tracking code of any kind.
- No servers of my own. Radion doesn't send anything to me. What you save stays on your device and in your own iCloud.
- No location. Top Nearby is based on your device's region setting, not GPS.
- No microphone. Identify with Shazam listens to the station's stream, not to the room you're in.
Below I explain what that means in practice: what stays on your device, what goes to your iCloud, and which outside services the app needs to talk to so it can play radio. This policy covers Radion for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, along with its widgets and CarPlay.
Who is responsible
Radion is made by IV Koroni, an independent developer in Sweden. IV Koroni is the data controller for this policy. You can reach me at ivkoroni@gmail.com.
What I collect
Nothing. Radion has no backend, and it never sends me your activity, preferences, saved songs or device details. I can't see which stations you play, what you search for or what you save.
The only time I get anything about you is when you email me. Then I have your email address and whatever you decide to write, and I use it only to reply. See Contacting me.
What stays on your device
Radion keeps these things on your device so the app is just how you left it:
- your favorites, the stations you added yourself, and which stations you played and when
- your Recognized & Liked Songs
- your settings, such as language, style, theme, equalizer, audio quality, the news feeds you added and sleep timer
- saved copies of station lists, station logos, song artwork and headlines, so the app is faster and uses less data
- whether Premium or the 3 day trial is active on your Apple Account
The widgets, the Apple Watch app and CarPlay all use this same data. Your watch gets your stations, saved songs and what's playing straight from your iPhone, over Apple's own connection between your devices.
You can delete this data whenever you like. Clear your recently played stations or the saved copies in Settings › Data, delete songs from their lists, or delete the app to remove everything from your device.
iCloud sync and backups
If you turn on iCloud Sync (Settings › Data › Backup & Restore), Radion keeps your favorites, your own stations, history, and recognized and liked songs the same on every device signed in to your Apple Account. This data is stored in your iCloud, in a space set aside for Radion, and Apple looks after it under the Apple Privacy Policy. I can't access it. You can turn sync off at any time, and you can manage or delete Radion's iCloud data in your device's iCloud settings.
If you export a backup, that file is yours to keep. Radion doesn't upload it anywhere.
Services the app connects to
To play radio, Radion talks straight from your device to the services below. Just like a website you visit, each one sees your device's IP address and the request it gets, and handles it under its own privacy policy. Radion doesn't send any of them an identifier for you, and it doesn't combine information from different services.
| Service | When | What it receives |
|---|---|---|
| Radio Browser (radio-browser.info) | When Home or Search lists stations, and when you play one | What you search for, and the country and genre you pick, so it can list matching stations. Top Nearby sends your device's region. When you play a station, Radion tells the directory which one, as it asks every app to, so it can count how often each station is played. Nothing that identifies you is sent. |
| The streaming server of the station you play | When you play a station, or add your own | The request for the stream, the same as with any radio player. When you add your own station, Radion looks at the link once to see whether it's a stream or a playlist and what the station calls itself. Stations run their own streams, and some add their own ads or count their listeners. |
| The address listed for a station's logo | When a station is shown and Station Icons is on | A request for the logo image, often on the station's own website. Turn off Settings › Preferences › Station Icons and Radion stops loading logos. |
| Apple (iTunes Search) | When the app shows what's playing | The artist and title the station is sending, to match the song on Apple Music, so you can like it and listen on Apple Music. |
| Apple (ShazamKit) | Only when you tap Identify | A short audio fingerprint made from the station's stream, to find out which song it is. Your microphone is never used. |
| Apple Music | Only if you turn on Apple Music Playlist | With your permission, Radion makes a "Radion" playlist in your library and adds the songs you identify or like. |
| The news feeds you added | When the news ticker or Home's Latest news is shown | A request for each feed link you added in Settings › News Ticker. Radion comes with no news sources of its own. Tapping a headline opens the publisher's website. |
| Apple (App Store) | When you start the trial, buy or restore Premium | Apple handles the payment. I never see your name, your payment details or your Apple Account. |
Siri, Shortcuts and widgets
So that you can say "Play station name in Radion" and get Siri Suggestions, Radion tells the system the names of your stations and lets it know, on your device, when you play one. Apple handles this on your device under its own policies, and you can turn it off for Radion in Settings › Apple Intelligence & Siri. Widgets show your stations and what's playing, using data that stays on your device.
Permissions
- Apple Music: only asked for when you turn on Apple Music Playlist. You can take it back at any time in your device's Settings.
- Location: never asked for.
- Microphone: never asked for.
- Tracking (App Tracking Transparency): never asked for, because Radion doesn't track you.
Children
Radion is made for a general audience and isn't aimed at children. It doesn't collect personal data from anyone, children included. Live radio is chosen and broadcast by the stations themselves, so parents may want to use Screen Time to decide what younger listeners can hear.
Your rights
If you live in the EU, the EEA or the UK, the GDPR gives you the right to see, correct or delete your personal data, to limit or object to how it's used, and to take it with you. Because Radion doesn't send your data to me, nearly everything about you is already in your own hands, on your device and in your iCloud, where you can view or delete it.
For anything you've sent me by email, just write to me and I'll answer within one month. You also have the right to complain to a data protection authority. In Sweden that's the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY). Elsewhere, it's the authority where you live. People in California and other places with similar laws have the same kinds of rights. Radion doesn't sell or share personal information.
Contacting me
If you email me, I use your address and message only to answer you. I do this because I have a legitimate interest in replying to people who write to me. My email is handled by Google, my email provider. I keep our conversation only as long as it helps me help you, and you can ask me to delete it at any time.
Changes to this policy
If Radion ever changes how it handles data, I'll update this page first and put a new effective date at the top. I'll also mention any big changes in the app's release notes.
Questions about privacy?
ivkoroni@gmail.com