Hymnloop
Privacy Policy
Effective 15 November 2026
Who we are
Hymnloop is an Android app for church keyboardists and worship teams, made by Codittle in Nairobi, Kenya ("we", "us"). This policy explains what the app does with information on your phone, and what Google handles when you buy Hymnloop Pro. It covers the Hymnloop app (com.hymnloop) only.
The short version
- No account, no sign-in, no ads, no analytics, no tracking.
- Your songs, styles, recordings and settings stay on your phone. We never receive them.
- The microphone records only when you ask it to, and recordings never leave your phone.
- Hymnloop Pro is paid through Google Play. We never see your card, M-Pesa or Airtel Money details.
- Hymnloop's own code never connects to the internet. Google's billing library inside the app may send Google diagnostic information about purchases.
What the app keeps on your phone
Hymnloop stores what you make in the app's private storage, which other apps cannot read:
- songs, setlists, chord charts, loops and arrangements;
- keyboard styles, song files and MIDI files you import (you choose each one with Android's file picker, and the app keeps a copy);
- your recordings from Sing a song;
- settings and sound profiles (a mix for a venue or a pair of headphones);
- whether you have Pro or a tester code, so Pro keeps working offline.
Styles you archive move to the app's own folder on your phone's storage (Android/data/com.hymnloop), which you can reach over USB. We do not receive any of this. The app is excluded from Android's cloud backup, so this information is removed when you uninstall Hymnloop.
The microphone
Hymnloop asks for the microphone only when you first use Sing a song. It listens only:
- while you record a take, after you tap REC; and
- during the headphone timing test, which listens for your claps to measure your headphones' delay.
Recordings are saved in the app's private storage and never uploaded. Delete a recording by deleting its song. You can turn the microphone permission off in Android settings at any time; everything except Sing a song keeps working.
Other permissions and what they do
Each permission serves one feature, and nothing it touches leaves your phone.
| Permission or access | What Hymnloop uses it for |
|---|---|
| Do Not Disturb access (optional) | Focus mode silences calls and alerts while you play, then restores them. The app does not read your notifications. |
| Media playback in the background | Keeps the band playing with the screen locked in Focus mode. |
| Keep the phone awake | Stops the phone sleeping in the middle of a song. |
| Google Play billing | Buying Hymnloop Pro (below). |
| Internet and network state | Added by Google's billing library for its diagnostics. Hymnloop's own code does not use them. |
| Audio output name | Reads which output is playing (for example your Bluetooth headphones' name) to switch your sound profile and timing. |
| MIDI keyboards | Reads the notes you play on a keyboard you connect by USB or Bluetooth MIDI. |
| Clipboard | Read once, when you tap Paste in the tester-code box. |
| Files | Opens only files you choose, or files you share to Hymnloop (for example a song sent on WhatsApp). |
Buying Hymnloop Pro
Hymnloop Pro is sold only through Google Play, under Google's terms and the Google Privacy Policy. Google handles your payment details (card, M-Pesa, Airtel Money or Play balance), and we never receive them.
Google Play tells the app on your phone whether your account holds Pro, and the app keeps a note of it so Pro works offline. Google gives us order reports (date, plan, price and country or region), not your payment details.
A tester code is checked on your phone without the internet. It turns on Pro until its last day, and we keep no list of who uses it.
Internet and diagnostics
Hymnloop's own code makes no internet connections: no analytics, ads, crash reporting or accounts. The Google Play Billing Library, which Google provides for in-app purchases, may send Google diagnostic information about the billing service. Google handles it under the Google Privacy Policy, and our Google Play listing declares it under Diagnostics.
Songs you choose to share
When you share a song, for example to WhatsApp, Bluetooth or Files, Android hands the song file to the app you pick. What happens next is up to you and that app's privacy policy. Hymnloop sends nothing on its own.
Children
Hymnloop is not directed at children under 13. Because the app sends us nothing, we hold no information about children or anyone else.
Keeping and deleting your information
Everything stays on your phone until you remove it:
- delete a song, recording or style in the app;
- clear Hymnloop's storage in Android settings; or
- uninstall Hymnloop, which removes all of it.
To cancel Pro, open Google Play › Payments & subscriptions › Subscriptions. Google keeps its purchase records under its own policy.
Your rights
The laws that apply to you, including Kenya's Data Protection Act, 2019, give you the right to know what personal data is held about you, and to have it corrected or deleted. Hymnloop keeps your data on your phone, so you can see and delete all of it yourself. For what Google holds about your purchases, use your Google Account or contact Google. You can also write to us (below).
Changes to this policy
If Hymnloop starts handling information differently, we will update this policy and its effective date before the change reaches the app, and mention it in the app's release notes.
Contact us
Codittle, Nairobi, Kenya
Email: support@hymnloop.com