Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://playlistjacket.com.

Playlist Shelf: Cover Maker

Effective Date: October 31, 2026

1. Introduction

Playlist Shelf, operated by William Brand (“Playlist Shelf,” “we,” “our,” or “us”), provides the Playlist Shelf mobile application for iPhone and iPad and its Home Screen widget (together, the “App”). The App was previously published as Cover Canvas, Playlist Jacket, and Shelf Playlist.

This Privacy Policy explains what information the App accesses, how that information is used, when information may be processed by third-party service providers, and the choices available to you.

Playlist Shelf is designed to operate primarily on your device. You do not need to create a Playlist Shelf account, and we do not operate a server that receives or stores your music library, imported photos, imported audio files, shelf, or cover projects.

2. Information the App Accesses

2.1 Apple Music information and playback

If you choose to connect Apple Music, Playlist Shelf requests your permission through Apple’s MusicKit framework.

After permission is granted, the App may access limited information from your Apple Music library and the Apple Music catalog, including:

Playlist names and descriptions
Playlist identifiers
Track, album, and artist information associated with your playlists
Track counts
Playlist, album, and artist artwork
Whether your Apple Music subscription allows catalog playback
Other metadata needed to display your library, create cover artwork, and play your playlists

Playlist Shelf uses this information to display your playlists, populate cover templates, offer artist-inspired cover designs, show the albums in a playlist, and play the playlist on the App’s turntable.

When you play an Apple Music playlist, the audio is streamed and played by Apple’s own music player. Playlist Shelf does not download, copy, or store Apple Music audio. If your account cannot play Apple Music content, the App may show Apple’s subscription offer; any subscription you start there is handled entirely by Apple. Apple may record your listening activity according to your Apple Music settings and Apple’s privacy policy.

Apple Music access is optional. You may use Playlist Shelf to create a standalone cover or a cover intended for Spotify, and to play your own audio files, without connecting Apple Music.

2.2 Your own audio files

Playlist Shelf lets you import audio files that you choose through Apple’s Files picker, so that you can build local playlists and play them on the turntable.

When you import a file, the App:

Copies the file into Playlist Shelf’s local app storage
Reads information embedded in the file, such as its title, artist, album, duration, and artwork
Stores your local playlists and their track order on your device

Imported audio files and their information are never uploaded by Playlist Shelf. The App cannot access files you have not selected. While a local track plays, its title, artist, album, and artwork may be shown by iOS in system playback controls, such as the Lock Screen and Control Center.

You are responsible for ensuring that you have the right to use any audio files you import.

2.3 Photos and images

When you choose to import one of your own images, Apple’s photo picker allows you to select the specific image you want to use.

The selected image may be:

Cropped or resized
Used as a cover background
Edited with text, blur, overlays, and visual effects
Analyzed on your device by Apple’s Vision framework to separate the subject from the background when you use Depth Effect
Stored within Playlist Shelf’s local app storage, together with any generated subject cutout, so that you can continue editing the project

Depth Effect processing happens entirely on your device. Playlist Shelf does not automatically scan or upload your photo library.

When you choose “Save to Photos,” the App requests permission to add the completed cover image to your photo library. Playlist Shelf does not need full photo-library access merely to save an exported image.

2.4 Cover projects, your shelf, and app preferences

Information created while using Playlist Shelf may include:

Cover designs
Imported images and Depth Effect cutouts
Generated thumbnails
Playlist names used in designs
Text entered into a cover
Font, color, layout, rotation, and effect selections
Template selections
The arrangement of covers, spines, and decorations on your shelf
Turntable preferences, such as vinyl appearance
App settings and onboarding status
Cached playlist metadata and downloaded template collections

This information is stored locally on your device using Apple-provided storage technologies.

2.5 Home Screen widget

If you add the Midnight Turntable widget to your Home Screen, the App saves a small snapshot to a storage area on your device that is shared only between the App and its widget. The snapshot contains the cover image and name of the playlist you most recently played, its shelf color, and whether it is playing.

The snapshot stays on your device and is not transmitted by Playlist Shelf. Because the widget appears on your Home Screen, anyone who can see your device may see the playlist cover and name it shows.

2.6 Template collections from our website

Playlist Shelf downloads new template collections and their images from playlistjacket.com. These requests do not include your name, account information, projects, photos, music, or playlist information.

Like any website, the servers hosting playlistjacket.com may automatically receive technical request information, such as your IP address, the time of the request, the files requested, and device, app, or network information sent with the request. This information may appear in standard server logs that are used to deliver, secure, and maintain the service. To avoid unnecessary downloads, the App stores a copy of the collections on your device and asks the server only whether they have changed.

2.7 Unsplash searches and images

Playlist Shelf may allow you to search for and download photographs provided through the Unsplash API.

When you use this feature:

Your search terms are transmitted to Unsplash
Requests for search results and images are transmitted to Unsplash
When you choose a photo, Unsplash is notified that the photo was used, as Unsplash requires
Unsplash may receive technical request information, such as your IP address and device or network information
Information about the selected image may be used to display the required photographer attribution

We do not intentionally associate your Unsplash searches with your name, email address, or a Playlist Shelf account.

Unsplash processes information according to its own privacy policy.

2.8 Subscription and purchase information

Playlist Shelf offers optional in-app purchases and subscriptions (Playlist Shelf Pro) through Apple’s App Store.

Apple processes payments and may provide Playlist Shelf or its subscription service provider with information such as:

Product purchased
Subscription status
Trial status
Renewal and expiration dates
Transaction and receipt information
Purchase history
Refund or cancellation status

We do not receive or store your full payment-card number, banking information, or Apple Account password.

Playlist Shelf uses RevenueCat to validate purchases, manage subscription entitlements, restore purchases, and understand the performance of subscription offerings.

RevenueCat may process:

Purchase and subscription history
A pseudonymous or anonymous App User ID
Device or app identifiers
Subscription entitlement status
Product and paywall interactions
App version, operating-system version, and similar technical information
Network information required to communicate with its services

RevenueCat may use this information for app functionality, purchase validation, fraud prevention, subscription analytics, and related operational purposes.

RevenueCat processes information according to its own privacy policy.

2.9 Support communications

If you contact us by email, we may receive:

Your email address
Your name, when included
The contents of your message
Screenshots, files, or diagnostic information you voluntarily provide

We use this information only to respond to your request, investigate problems, provide support, and improve the App.

Please do not send sensitive personal information that is unnecessary for your support request.

3. Information We Do Not Intentionally Collect

Playlist Shelf does not require a Playlist Shelf account.

We do not intentionally collect through the App:

Your contacts or address book
Precise location information
Health information
Biometric information
Government identification numbers
Your music or audio files (audio you import stays on your device)
Your listening history
Your full payment-card or banking information
Your Spotify account credentials
Your Spotify playlists or account information
Information for third-party advertising
Information for cross-app or cross-website behavioral tracking

The current version of Playlist Shelf does not sign you into Spotify or directly access your Spotify account. Covers intended for Spotify are saved to your device, and the App provides instructions for applying them manually.

4. How We Use Information

Information accessed or processed through Playlist Shelf is used to:

Display Apple Music playlists you have authorized the App to access
Display relevant playlist, album, track, and artist information
Play Apple Music playlists and your imported audio on the turntable
Import audio files and build local playlists
Create and customize playlist cover artwork, including Depth Effect on your device
Display your covers and decorations on your shelf
Show your most recently played playlist in the Home Screen widget
Save projects locally on your device
Import user-selected photos
Download template collections
Search for and download Unsplash images
Export completed cover artwork
Save completed artwork to your photo library
Enable, validate, and restore subscriptions
Determine whether Pro features should be unlocked
Analyze subscription and paywall performance
Provide customer support
Maintain the App’s security and functionality
Comply with legal obligations

We do not use your playlist information, imported photos, or imported audio to build advertising profiles.

5. Local Storage and Data Retention

Most information used by Playlist Shelf is stored locally on your device rather than on servers operated by us.

Local information may remain on your device until you:

Delete an individual project
Remove imported tracks or local playlists
Delete an imported image or design through the App, where that option is available
Clear the App’s data
Delete the App from your device

Deleting Playlist Shelf generally removes information stored inside the App’s local storage, including imported audio files and the widget snapshot. Images that you previously exported to your photo library must be deleted separately through the Photos app, and the original audio files you imported remain wherever you keep them.

Deleting the App does not automatically delete records retained independently by Apple, RevenueCat, Unsplash, our website hosting provider, or your email provider. Those services maintain information according to their own retention policies and legal obligations. Server logs for playlistjacket.com are kept only as long as reasonably necessary to operate and secure the website.

Support correspondence may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to you, maintain support records, resolve disputes, prevent abuse, and comply with legal requirements.

6. Third-Party Services

Playlist Shelf relies on third-party services to provide certain features.

Apple and MusicKit

Apple handles Apple Music authorization, access to your music library, Apple Music playback and subscription offers, App Store purchases, subscription billing, the Files and photo pickers, and photo-library permissions.

Your use of Apple services is also governed by Apple’s terms and privacy policy.

RevenueCat

RevenueCat provides subscription validation, entitlement management, purchase restoration, and subscription-related analytics.

Unsplash

Unsplash provides searchable photographs that may be used as cover backgrounds. Search terms, image requests, photo-use notifications, and associated technical request data are transmitted to Unsplash when you use this feature.

Website hosting

Our hosting provider serves playlistjacket.com, including the template collections the App downloads, and may process the technical request information described in section 2.6.

Spotify

Playlist Shelf does not currently connect to Spotify or transmit information to Spotify on your behalf. If you leave Playlist Shelf and use the Spotify app or website to apply a cover, your interaction with Spotify is governed by Spotify’s own terms and privacy policy.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of Apple, RevenueCat, Unsplash, and any other third-party services you choose to use.

7. How We Share Information

We may disclose information only in the following circumstances:

Service providers

Information may be processed by Apple, RevenueCat, Unsplash, our website hosting provider, email providers, and other vendors when necessary to deliver the features you request.

Legal requirements

We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to:

Comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request
Protect our rights, users, or the public
Investigate fraud, abuse, security incidents, or violations of our terms
Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims

Business changes

If the business operating Playlist Shelf is involved in a merger, acquisition, reorganization, financing, asset sale, or similar transaction, relevant business records may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable privacy requirements.

8. Sale, Advertising, and Tracking

We do not sell or rent your personal information.

We do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising, targeted advertising, or third-party marketing.

Playlist Shelf does not display third-party advertisements and does not use the Apple advertising identifier to track your activity across apps or websites.

Subscription providers may process purchase, identifier, and product-interaction information for subscription functionality and analytics. This processing is not used by Playlist Shelf to serve behavioral advertising.

9. Your Choices and Controls

Apple Music access

You can revoke Playlist Shelf’s Apple Music permission through your device’s privacy settings for Media & Apple Music.

After permission is revoked, Playlist Shelf will no longer be able to retrieve updated information from your Apple Music library or play Apple Music playlists.

Photo permissions

You can review or change Playlist Shelf’s Photos permission through your device’s privacy settings.

Imported music

You choose which audio files to import, and you can remove imported tracks and local playlists within the App.

Home Screen widget

You can remove the Midnight Turntable widget from your Home Screen at any time.

Local projects

You can delete saved projects within the App where deletion controls are provided. You may also remove all locally stored App data by deleting Playlist Shelf from your device.

Subscriptions

You can manage or cancel a subscription through your Apple Account subscription settings.

Deleting the App does not automatically cancel an active subscription.

Support information

You may contact us to request deletion or correction of personal information contained in support communications that we control, subject to legal and operational retention requirements.

10. Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights concerning personal information, including the right to:

Request confirmation that personal information is being processed
Request access to personal information
Request correction of inaccurate information
Request deletion of information
Object to or restrict certain processing
Withdraw consent
Request information about service providers or data sharing
Request portability where applicable
Submit a complaint to a data-protection authority

Because Playlist Shelf does not maintain user accounts or a server-side database of projects, shelves, or music, much of your information can be controlled directly on your device.

Requests relating to data independently controlled by Apple, RevenueCat, Unsplash, Spotify, or another provider should generally be submitted directly to that provider.

Residents of California may also request information concerning applicable categories of personal information. Playlist Shelf does not sell personal information or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising.

Residents of Brazil may exercise applicable rights under the Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados, including confirmation, access, correction, deletion, anonymization, portability, information about sharing, and withdrawal of consent where applicable.

To submit a privacy request relating to information controlled by Playlist Shelf, contact us at info@playlistjacket.com.

11. Legal Bases for Processing

Where a legal basis is required, we process information based on one or more of the following:

Consent: when you authorize Apple Music access, select an image or audio file, grant photo permission, add the widget, or otherwise choose to use an optional feature
Performance of a contract: when processing is necessary to provide the App, Pro features, purchases, or support you requested
Legitimate interests: when reasonably necessary to operate, secure, support, and improve the App and our website, deliver template collections, and understand subscription performance
Legal obligations: when processing is required to comply with applicable law

You may withdraw permission for optional device resources through your device settings.

12. International Processing

Apple, RevenueCat, Unsplash, our website hosting provider, and other service providers may process information in countries other than the country where you live.

Where required, these providers use contractual, organizational, or legal safeguards for international transfers. Their individual privacy policies provide additional information about their transfer practices.

13. Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures appropriate to the nature of the information we control.

Playlist Shelf benefits from security features provided by Apple platforms, including app sandboxing, device encryption, file protection for imported audio, permission controls, and secure App Store payment processing.

However, no device, application, transmission method, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

You are responsible for protecting access to your device and Apple Account.

14. Children’s Privacy

Playlist Shelf is not directed to children under 13, and the App is rated for users aged 13 and older.

We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us through a support communication, contact us so that we can review and, where appropriate, delete it.

15. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to Playlist Shelf, third-party services, legal requirements, or our privacy practices.

When the policy is updated, we will revise the Effective Date displayed at the top. Material changes may also be communicated through the App, the App Store listing, or our website where appropriate.

Your continued use of Playlist Shelf after an updated policy becomes effective means that the updated policy will apply to your future use of the App.

16. Contact Us

Questions, concerns, and privacy requests may be sent to:

Playlist Shelf
William Brand
Email: info@playlistjacket.com
Website: https://playlistjacket.com