Privacy and legal notes
Last updated: 11/15/2026
PodcastZero is a free podcast and audiobook player with no ads, no tracking and no data sales. This page explains what data the app handles and why.
Who runs the app
PodcastZero is developed by Marco Pappalardo (Italy). For any question about your data, write to marcopapmail@gmail.com.
Data kept on your device
Your subscriptions, queue, listening progress, settings and downloaded audio are stored only on your device, in the app's own storage. Clearing the app's data removes them. Nothing leaves your device unless you sign in.
Account and sync (optional)
If you sign in with Google, the app receives your email address and profile picture from Google and saves your subscriptions, queue and listening progress in a database hosted by Supabase, so they follow you across devices. This happens only at your request. The data is never shared with anyone else. You can stop at any time by signing out; to have your account data deleted, write to marcopapmail@gmail.com.
Catalog, feeds and audio
To search, show descriptions and play episodes, the app contacts Apple Podcasts, Podcast Index, Radio Browser and the servers of each podcast's publisher or radio broadcaster (RSS feeds and audio streams). Like any website you visit, those services see your IP address and the request, under their own privacy policies. Audio streams directly from the publisher or broadcaster, never through our servers.
No ads, no tracking
The app contains no advertising, no analytics and no profiling tools, and does not sell or rent any data.
Notifications
New-episode notifications are generated on your device and only if you turn them on. You can turn them off per podcast or in your system settings.
Your rights
Under the GDPR you can ask to access, correct or delete your data and object to its processing, by writing to marcopapmail@gmail.com. You can also lodge a complaint with your data protection authority (in Italy, the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali).
Content
Podcasts and audiobooks belong to their publishers. PodcastZero only reads publicly available feeds and does not host, edit or endorse any content. To report a problem with a show, contact its publisher; to ask for a feed to be removed from the app, write to marcopapmail@gmail.com.
Changes
If this page changes, the new version will be published here with the date updated.