PodPlayer TV Privacy Policy

Last updated October 17, 2026

PodPlayer TV is a free podcast app for Roku. It's built to know as little about you as possible. This page explains exactly what it keeps and who else is involved.

No personal details

PodPlayer TV never asks for your name, email address, phone number, or payment details, and it doesn't use advertising or tracking of any kind.

What our server stores

• Your encrypted podcast list. Your Roku encrypts your subscriptions with a key made from your five-word passphrase before sending them. The server can't read the list or see which podcasts are on it. (The size of the encrypted data gives only a rough idea of how long the list is.)
• A lookup value. Your Roku derives a random-looking value from your passphrase so the server can find your list. The server stores only a keyed hash of it. Your passphrase itself is never sent to the server.
• Sign-in tokens. A hashed token for each Roku signed in to your account, and the date each account and sign-in was created.

Your playback positions, sort order and other preferences stay on your Roku and are never sent to us.

Searches and browsing

Searches and podcast details go through our server to the Podcast Index, so our API key stays private. Popular results are cached so they load faster, but we don't save your searches or link them to your account. The Podcast Index sees our server's requests, not your Roku.

When you open a show or episode website link, our server turns that link into a QR code. The link isn't stored. The QR code for your passphrase is made on your Roku and never leaves it.

Importing podcasts from another app

When you import a list on our import page, your file is read in your browser. Only the feed addresses are sent to our server, to look each show up in the Podcast Index, and they aren't stored. Your browser then encrypts the matching shows with the one-time code from your Roku, so the server holds the list only in a form it can't read. It's deleted as soon as your Roku picks it up, or after 15 minutes. The code itself is never sent to the server.

Other services involved

• Podcast publishers. Episodes, artwork, chapters and transcripts stream straight from each podcast's own servers. As with any podcast app, those servers can see your Roku's IP address.
• Cloudflare hosts our server. Like any web host it handles your Roku's IP address to deliver the service and to limit repeated sign-in attempts, under Cloudflare's privacy policy.
• Roku runs the app and may collect information about your device under Roku's privacy policy.

Deleting your data

In the app, go to Settings and choose Delete my account. This removes your encrypted list and signs out every Roku right away. Accounts can't be recovered without the passphrase, and we can't recover one for you.

Children

PodPlayer TV isn't directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from anyone.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes, we'll update this page and the date above. Questions? Email mcclain.sean.appdev@gmail.com.