FRETARO Privacy Policy

Effective October 14, 2026

FRETARO helps guitarists get the sound of their favorite recordings with the gear they already own. We collect as little as possible: no account, no advertising, no tracking across apps or websites, no analytics tools.

Who is responsible

FRETARO is published by Jean-Bastien Lopez, 12 Square du Grand Islot, 35170 Bruz, France. Contact: lopezjeanbastien@gmail.com.

What stays on your iPhone

• Your gear, rigs, presets, photos of your gear and saved searches are stored only on your device.
• Tuner and AI Live Tone Match audio is analyzed on your iPhone in real time. It is never recorded and never sent anywhere.
• Voice search uses Apple's speech recognition, on your device whenever your iPhone supports it.

What is sent to our server, and why

• An anonymous install identifier: a random code created by the app, not linked to your name, Apple ID or device. It is used only to count your monthly usage (tone generations, research) and to apply free-plan limits. You can reset it at any time in Settings → Delete all my data, which also erases the server's usage record.
• What you ask for: the song, artist or sound you search, and the list of your gear and its controls, so the settings can be computed for your own gear.
• Photos you choose to scan, with the text read on them, only when you use "Scan my gear", to identify the device. Photos are not stored on our server.
• Proof of your FRETARO Pro subscription: the signed transaction from the App Store, checked to unlock Pro features. We do not receive your payment details.

Our server keeps only the usage counters attached to the anonymous identifier, and a cache of public information about gear models and recordings (controls of a model, gear documented for a song). This cache contains nothing about you.

Service providers

• Anthropic (artificial intelligence) processes your requests and scanned photos to research sounds and identify gear, under its commercial terms.
• Render hosts our server.
• Apple handles purchases and subscriptions, and provides album artwork through Apple Music when you allow it.

We do not sell or rent your data, and we do not share it for advertising.

Links to merchants

FRETARO may suggest gear with links to merchants (such as Thomann, Guitar Center or Andertons). Some links may be affiliate links: FRETARO may then earn a commission at no extra cost to you, and the app says so next to the link. When you open a merchant's website, that website's own privacy policy applies. FRETARO sends no personal information to merchants.

How long we keep data

Usage counters are kept for the current and previous months, then become useless and are overwritten. You can erase them at any time from the app. Server technical logs (request type, result, duration, without your identifier) are kept for a short period for security and troubleshooting.

Your rights

Depending on where you live (including the EU, the UK and California), you have the right to access, correct or delete your data and to object to its processing. Because FRETARO does not know who you are, the simplest way is Settings → Delete all my data. For any request, write to lopezjeanbastien@gmail.com. In the EU you may also contact your data protection authority (in France, the CNIL).

Children

FRETARO is not directed to children under 13 and does not knowingly collect data from them.

Changes

We will update this page if our practices change, with a new effective date.