August keeps only what it needs to sync your podcasts across your devices. No ads, no tracking, and your data is never sold.
On our server
Your account
Your Sign in with Apple account ID, and the email address Apple shares with us, which may be a private relay address.
Your profile
Your name and account photo, if you add them. Only you can see them.
Your library
The shows you follow, listening progress, played and saved episodes, your queue, Inbox choices and settings.
Imports
The feed addresses and show names you import. Private feeds, such as paid subscriber feeds, are never shown to anyone else.
Your devices
A notification token, app version and last-seen time for each device, so new-episode alerts can reach it.
Only on your device
Downloaded episodes and cached artwork stay on your iPhone.
Who else is involved
Supabase (on Amazon Web Services in Oregon, USA) hosts the database and sign-in.
Fly.io runs the service that checks podcast feeds for new episodes and sends alerts.
Apple handles Sign in with Apple and delivers notifications. Searches and show links you paste are looked up in Apple's podcast directory by our server; your search terms aren't stored.
Cloudflare hosts this website and forwards email sent to support@august.fm to our Gmail inbox, where Google's privacy policy applies.
Sentry receives crash and error reports. They identify you only by a random account number, and feed and email addresses are removed before they're sent.
Podcast publishers. When you play or download an episode, your iPhone fetches the audio directly from the publisher's host, like any podcast app. They see your IP address and may insert ads.
YouTube. Videos play in YouTube's own embedded player, and Google's privacy policy applies to them. See below.
Our hosting providers keep standard request logs, including IP addresses, for a short time. Our own logs never record email addresses, feed addresses or sign-in tokens.
YouTube
August uses YouTube API Services to find the video version of an episode, using public YouTube information only. When you choose Watch Video, the video plays in YouTube's player, and by watching you agree to the YouTube Terms of Service. YouTube and Google may collect information about your viewing as described in the Google Privacy Policy. August doesn't connect to your YouTube or Google account.
Deleting your data
In the app, go to Settings › Delete Account. That removes your account, your account photo and everything stored with it, on every device. Downloads on each device are removed when you delete the app.
Children
August isn't meant for children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their information.
Questions
Email support@august.fm, or see Support. If this page changes in a way that matters, we'll say so in the app.