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Encore Music Player and EQ Privacy Policy

Last updated: 30 October 2026

Encore is an offline music player and equalizer for Android, made by Stackbits. This policy explains what happens to your information when you use the app. The short version: Encore does not collect, store on any server, share or sell any personal data. Your music and settings stay on your phone.

No data leaves your phone

Encore has no internet permission, so it cannot send anything over the network. It has no account, no advertising, no analytics and no crash reporting.

What Encore uses on your phone

  • Your music files. With your permission ("Music and audio"), Encore reads the audio files on your phone to play them and show their titles and cover art. Files stay where they are.
  • Your settings and library data. Playlists, favourites, play counts, equalizer settings and saved devices are stored in the app's private storage on your phone.
  • Connected audio devices. Encore reads the name of the connected output (for example your Bluetooth headphones or car) so it can switch to the sound you set for it. These names stay on your phone.
  • Notifications. Used for playback controls, and for a notice while the equalizer applies to other apps.

Permissions

  • Music and audio (storage on Android 12 and older), to find and play the songs on your phone.
  • Notifications and background playback, to keep music playing with the screen off and show playback controls.
  • Run at startup, only used when you apply the equalizer to other apps, so it keeps working after your phone restarts.
  • Change audio settings, needed by the equalizer effects on some phones.
  • The app does not request internet, location, camera, microphone or contacts access.

What we don't do

  • No ads and no advertising identifiers.
  • No analytics, usage statistics, tracking or crash-reporting services.
  • No accounts, and we don't collect any other personal data.
  • We don't sell, rent or share your data with anyone.

Delete your data

Stackbits holds no data about you, so there is nothing on our side to delete. Uninstalling Encore, or clearing its storage in Android's settings, deletes everything it has stored. Encore never deletes or changes your music files.

Children

Encore does not collect personal information from anyone, including children.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new "Last updated" date.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Email us at stackbits.in@gmail.com.