Last updated: November 11, 2026
Audio Crate is a Mac app. It runs on your computer and has no servers of its own. We do not collect, receive, store, sell or share your personal data.
Audio Crate reads audio files, and details about them (file name, sender, conversation and date), from apps and folders on your Mac that you choose to include, such as Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Discord, Mail and folders you add. It saves a small index on your Mac (in your Library folder) with each file's name, source, BPM, key, waveform and a sound fingerprint used to sort by genre, plus your own notes, crates and marks. Analysis of your audio happens entirely on your Mac. None of this is sent to us or to anyone else.
Some features connect to services you sign in to yourself, such as YouTube, Gmail, Telegram, Dropbox or Discord. Audio Crate talks directly from your Mac to those services. Sign-in tokens are stored in your Mac's Keychain and are never sent to us. Each service's own privacy policy applies to the data you keep with it.
If you connect a YouTube channel, Audio Crate requests these permissions through Google sign-in:
youtube.upload): used only to upload a video, its title, description, tags, thumbnail and privacy or schedule settings, when you click Post for a beat.youtube.readonly): used only to read your channel's name, so Audio Crate can show which channel you are posting to.Audio Crate does not read, download, change or delete your other videos, comments, subscriptions or account data. Google user data is used only to provide these features, is processed on your Mac, is never transferred to Audio Crate or to third parties, is never used for advertising, and is never used to develop or train AI or machine-learning models. Your access token is stored only in your Mac's Keychain.
Audio Crate's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
Audio Crate uses YouTube API Services. By connecting YouTube you agree to the YouTube Terms of Service, and Google's handling of your data is described in the Google Privacy Policy.
Removing access: click Disconnect in Audio Crate → Settings → Connections → YouTube, which deletes the stored token from your Mac. You can also remove Audio Crate's access at any time from your Google account's third-party access page. Deleting Audio Crate and its folder in Library/Application Support removes everything it stored.
Audio Crate is not directed to children under 13.
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date.