NoteCurrentPrivacy Policy
NoteCurrent is made by Give River (“we”). This policy covers the NoteCurrent apps for iPhone, iPad and Android, the web app at app.notecurrent.com, and this website.
The short version
- No account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking.
- Microphone audio is analyzed on your device. It is never uploaded and never saved.
- To name a song, the iPhone and Android apps send Apple's Shazam service a short audio fingerprint (not the audio). You can turn this off.
- Everything you save (your Library, charts, practice log, scores and settings) stays on your device.
Microphone
NoteCurrent uses the microphone only after you start a tool that listens: Detect key, Chord finder, Tuner, Whistle to notes, Practice a scale and Sing the note. It uses the sound to estimate the key, tempo, chords and pitch. This happens on your device, in memory. The audio is not recorded to a file, not uploaded and not kept after the analysis.
Your browser or device asks for permission first, and you can withdraw it at any time in your browser settings or your device's Settings app.
Song identification (iPhone and Android)
After a listen, NoteCurrent can name the song. To do this, the app creates a signature, a short numeric fingerprint of the sound that can't be turned back into audio, and sends it to Apple's ShazamKit service, which replies with the song's title and artist when it finds a match. We never receive the signature or the result on any server of ours. Apple processes it under Apple's privacy policy.
Song identification is on by default. Turn it off in Settings › Identify songs with Shazam. The web app does not identify songs.
Cover art. When a song is identified, its cover image is loaded from Apple's servers when you view it.
Data stored on your device
NoteCurrent keeps these on your device so the app works the way you left it:
- Saved results in your Library (key, tempo, chords, song name, date, and titles and notes you add)
- Chord charts, set lists, saved progressions
- Practice log, game scores and streaks
- Settings (theme, favorite tools, preferred instrument and similar)
We can't see this data. Delete your Library with Settings › Delete all saved results, or delete everything by removing the app (on the web, by clearing the site's data in your browser).
What we don't collect
We don't collect your name, email, contacts, location, device identifiers or usage data. There are no ads, no analytics and no crash-reporting services in the app, and nothing is sold or shared.
Links to other services
Some screens link out, for example to search for a song's chords or sheet music, or to open an identified song in Apple Music. Those services have their own privacy policies.
Hosting
The web app is hosted on Firebase Hosting (Google) and this website on Netlify. Like any web host, they process standard request data (such as your IP address and browser type) to deliver pages and protect against abuse. We don't use this data to identify or track you. This website uses no cookies, analytics or tracking.
Emails
If you email support@notecurrent.com, we use your message and email address only to reply.
Children
NoteCurrent is not directed to children under 13 and doesn't knowingly collect personal information from anyone.
Changes
If this policy changes, we'll update this page and the date above. Significant changes will also be noted in the app's release notes.
Contact
Give River · support@notecurrent.com