Privacy policy

At a glance

Belvy is a player for the playlist you bring. There's no Belvy account, no sign-up and no analytics, and we never sell or rent anything about you. Your playlists and everything you save stay on this phone.

Belvy talks to only a few outside services: your IPTV provider, our small settings file, Google's ad service (not with Belvy Max) and Apple's App Store with RevenueCat for purchases.

What stays on this phone

Belvy keeps these on this phone only: the playlists you add (name, server URL, username and password, M3U link, or the file you import), your Loved channels, films and series, Keep going points in films and episodes, Recently tuned channels, the Listening row, pinned groups and your settings.

They live in the app's own storage, are never sent to us, and go away when you remove a playlist or delete the app. One random ID made on this phone for purchases is kept in the iOS Keychain (see Purchases).

Your IPTV provider

Belvy connects straight from your phone to the provider you add, with the details you typed, to load channel lists, artwork and streams. We don't sit in between and never see what you watch or listen to.

Your provider receives these requests the way it would from any player, including your IP address and the app's name and version. Its own privacy policy applies to them.

The settings file

When Belvy opens, it downloads a small settings file from our server. It tells the app whether ads are on and how often they show, holds the purchase settings and the support address. The request carries only what every web request carries (IP address, app name and version). Nothing about you or your playlists is sent, and we use it for nothing else.

Listening in the background

With Listen on, the sound keeps playing when you lock the screen or switch apps. Open Belvy again to pause or change the channel.

Belvy records nothing: no audio and no microphone. Your listening time and the Listening row are counted and kept on this phone only.

Ads and tracking

The free version shows ads from Google AdMob. Where the law asks for it (for example in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland), Google's consent form asks you first, and you can change your answer anytime in Settings › Ad privacy choices.

Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt asks whether Belvy may use your device's advertising ID. If you say no, it's never used for tracking; Belvy works exactly the same, the ads are just less tailored. Google may collect device and ad data under its own privacy policy. Belvy Max turns every ad off.

Purchases

Belvy Max is bought through Apple's App Store. Apple handles the payment; Belvy never sees your card or your Apple ID.

RevenueCat, our purchase service, checks the App Store receipt to know whether Belvy Max is on. The receipt is linked to a random ID made on this phone and kept in the Keychain, so Belvy Max comes back after a reinstall, and to nothing that names you. RevenueCat's own privacy policy applies to that data.

Email support

If you write to us at support@belvy.app, we receive your address and your message and use them only to answer you. We keep the conversation as long as we need it to help, then delete it.

Children

Belvy isn't made for children under 13 and doesn't knowingly collect anything from them. Everything that plays in Belvy comes from the playlist you add, so please choose a provider and content that suit everyone who uses this phone.

Your choices

You're in control. Remove a playlist in Settings › Playlists to erase it and everything saved for it. Clear the history of the active playlist in Settings. Change Ad privacy choices anytime, or turn tracking off in iOS Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking. Delete the app to remove all of Belvy's data from this phone.

We hold nothing about you on our side, so there's nothing more for us to delete. Questions about your data are always welcome.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes, the new version shows here with a new date before it applies. Questions about privacy? Write to support@belvy.app.