Privacy Policy · FM AM Radio

CloudEx Inc. ("we", "us", or "our") operates the "FM AM Radio" app (the "Service"). This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices available to you. By using the Service, you are deemed to have agreed to the practices described in this Policy.

1. Our Core Principle

FM AM Radio lets you find and listen to the internet streams of FM and AM radio stations around the world. There is no account and no sign-up. Your favorites, your listening history, the songs you have heard, your alarms, and your recordings are kept only on your device, and we never collect, upload, or transmit them to our servers. Specifically, we do not have access to any of the following:

Which stations you listen to, your favorites, or your listening history
The song titles you have heard, or the audio you record
Your location
Your alarms and your app settings

2. How the App Reaches Radio Stations

To find and play stations, the app must connect to services on the internet that are not operated by us. These connections are made directly from your device:

Radio Browser station directory (radio-browser.info, a free community-run directory): The app downloads lists of stations from it — for example by country, language, genre, or name. The search conditions you choose (such as a country, a genre, a frequency, or text you type into the search box) are sent to it to get the matching stations. When you start playing a station, the app also tells the directory once that the station was played, using only the station's ID, so that popular stations rank higher for everyone. No account, name, or other personal information is sent.
"Stations near you": Only when you open this feature and allow location access, the app gets your device's approximate location (it does not request precise location) and sends those coordinates to the Radio Browser directory as part of the search, to find stations near you. The location is used only for that search. It is not stored by the app, and it is never sent to us.
Radio stations' own servers: The audio, the song titles shown while playing, and the station logos come directly from each broadcaster's servers (or the streaming service the broadcaster uses). As with any connection on the internet, those servers receive your device's IP address and the app's name and version. How they handle this information is governed by each broadcaster's own policy.
Stations you add by URL (Premium): The app connects only to the address you enter.

3. Information We Collect

3.1 Information Collected Automatically

Anonymous crash reports: Via Firebase Crashlytics. When the app crashes, we collect the stack trace, device model, OS version, and app version. This does not include personally identifiable information, the stations you listen to, or your location.
Purchase information: We use purchase tokens issued by Google Play to verify your one-time "Premium" purchase. We never receive any payment information such as credit card numbers.
List of our other apps: To show our other apps, the app downloads their names, descriptions, and icons from our content server (static files hosted on Cloudflare Pages). The request contains no personal data from the app. As with any request to a web server, the server receives your device's IP address as part of the connection. Tapping an app in the list opens its page on Google Play.

The app does not include an analytics SDK and does not use your device's advertising ID.

3.2 Information Stored Only on Your Device

Favorites, recently played stations, and stations you add: Stored in the app's storage on your device, together with a note of the stations that could not be reached on this device recently.
Song history: The song titles that stations send while you listen are saved on your device so that you can look back at them.
Alarms: The time, the repeat days, and the station of each radio alarm.
Recordings (Premium): Saved in the app's own storage on your device. A recording is copied to your device's Music folder (Music/FM AM Radio) only when you choose to save it there; files in that folder can be seen by other apps that you have allowed to access your music and audio.
App settings: Your home country, the equalizer, the sleep timer, the color theme, and similar settings.
Exported favorites (Premium): A file is created only when you export your favorites, and is saved only where you choose.
Android backup: If backup is turned on in your device settings, Android may include your settings, favorites, song history, and alarms in the backup it saves to your own Google account, and may copy them (and your recordings) to a new phone when you transfer your data directly. Recordings are not included in the backup to your Google account. This is handled by Android; we have no access to it.
When you uninstall: Uninstalling the app or clearing its data deletes your favorites, history, alarms, settings, and the recordings in the app's own storage. Recordings you saved to the Music folder remain until you delete them.

3.3 Information We Explicitly Do Not Collect

Which stations you listen to, your favorites, or your listening history
Your location
The audio you record or the song titles you have heard
Your name, email address, phone number, or contacts (the app has no account or sign-up)
The contents of your screen or of other apps

3.4 Permissions the App Requests and Their Purposes

FM AM Radio uses the following OS permissions only for the stated purposes:

Internet / network state (INTERNET, ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE) — Finding stations and playing their streams, and noticing when your connection comes back so that playback can reconnect automatically.
Approximate location (ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION) — Requested only when you use "Stations near you", to find stations near you (Section 2). The app does not request precise location and does not use location in the background.
Foreground service for media playback (FOREGROUND_SERVICE, FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK) and wake lock (WAKE_LOCK) — Keeps the radio playing while the screen is off or you are using other apps, with a playback notification shown.
Notifications (POST_NOTIFICATIONS, Android 13+) — Shows the alarm notification with Stop and Snooze buttons, and the recording status.
Alarms (SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM) — Lets your radio alarm go off on time. Without it, an alarm may be a few minutes late.
Run at startup (RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED) — Sets your radio alarms again after your phone restarts or the app is updated. It does not start playback by itself.
Audio settings (MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS) — Applies the equalizer, bass boost, and loudness to the radio's sound.
Storage (WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, Android 9 and earlier only) — Saves a recording to the Music folder when you choose to. Not requested on Android 10 and later.
Google Play Billing (BILLING) — The one-time Premium purchase.

4. How We Use Information

The limited information we collect is used only for the following purposes:

Operating and maintaining the Service
Verifying your Premium purchase
Diagnosing and fixing crashes
Responding to support inquiries
Complying with applicable laws

5. Third-Party Services

FM AM Radio uses the following third-party services. Each service has its own privacy policy.

Radio Browser (radio-browser.info) — the directory of radio stations (Section 2)
Radio stations and their streaming providers — the audio, song titles, and logos of each station (Section 2)
Firebase Crashlytics (Google LLC) — anonymous crash diagnostic data
Google Play Billing (Google LLC) — the one-time Premium purchase; payment is completed on Google Play, and we receive only a purchase token
Google Play In-App Review and In-App Updates (Google LLC) — let you rate the app and install updates without leaving it; handled by Google Play
Cloudflare Pages (Cloudflare, Inc.) — hosts the static list of our other apps

When you choose to look up a song in your browser or on YouTube, only the song title is passed to the app or website you open.

FM AM Radio does not include any advertising network SDK and does not share your data with advertising networks.

6. Data Retention

Crash reports: retained for 90 days, then deleted.
Support emails: retained for 12 months after the last reply, then deleted (except where legally required).
Your favorites, history, song history, alarms, recordings, and settings on your device: kept until you delete them, uninstall the app, or clear the app's data.

7. International Data Transfers

We are based in Japan. The infrastructure used for crash diagnostics, the station directory, the radio stations themselves, and hosting the list of our other apps may be located in various countries. When you use the Service, the minimal information described above may be processed outside your country of residence.

8. Your Rights

Depending on where you reside (e.g., the EEA, UK, California, Japan), you may have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of the limited information we hold. You can:

Delete favorites, history, song history, alarms, and recordings in the app at any time, or uninstall the app or clear its data to erase everything stored on your device
Withdraw the location or notification permission in your device settings at any time
Contact us at the address below to make a request regarding the information we hold

9. Children's Privacy

FM AM Radio is not directed to children under the age of 13 (or the minimum age applicable in your region). If we inadvertently collect information from such a child, we will delete it promptly upon being contacted.

10. Changes to This Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. The latest version is always published at this URL together with its effective date. We will also notify you within the app of significant changes as appropriate.

11. Contact

For questions about privacy, data requests, or to report concerns, please email us at .

CloudEx Inc. (Japan)

Effective Date: November 2, 2026