Privacy policy
Last updated 8 November 2026. This covers the QuackTracks app for Android phones and Wear OS watches.
The short version
- QuackTracks keeps your information on your own phone and watch.
- It has no adverts, no analytics and no tracking, and it doesn't sell or share your information.
- It talks to services only to do what you ask: your Yoto account, free audiobook sites, and any smart-home accounts you choose to link.
- It never asks for, records or stores a child's name.
Who we are
QuackTracks is made by an independent developer in Australia. It isn't made by Yoto. You can reach us at support@quacktracks.online.
What stays on your phone
- Your Yoto sign-in. You sign in on Yoto's own page. The app keeps the sign-in it's given, encrypted on your phone. The watch borrows a short-lived pass from the phone; your password is never seen by QuackTracks.
- Recordings, stories and phone cards. Voices you record, stories you write, schedules and cards kept on the phone stay on the phone until you choose to send them to your own Yoto library.
- Smart-home links. Keys for lights and speakers on your Wi-Fi, and for any accounts you link (such as Smart Life, SmartThings, Google Home or Home Assistant), are kept encrypted on the phone and sent only to that device or service.
- Settings and backups. If you use Backup, copies of your own playlists are saved in the phone's Download folder, where other apps with access to your music can see them. They stay there if you remove the app.
What is sent, and where
| Service | What and why |
|---|---|
| Yoto | Commands to your player, and audio, pictures and playlists you choose to send to your own Yoto library. Handled under Yoto's own privacy policy. |
| LibriVox and the Internet Archive | Your search words and the books you pick, to find and download free audiobooks. |
| Radio and podcast directories | Search words, to find stations and shows, if you use them. |
| Smart-home devices and accounts | On and off, brightness and colour commands, only to the devices and accounts you've linked, only when you or a story you set up asks. |
| pokefacts.online | If you enter a Pixel Disco member key, it's checked there. The key is sent in a private header, never in a web address. |
QuackTracks doesn't run its own accounts or keep your information on its own servers.
Sending sound over your Wi-Fi
Quack Cast and Quack Talk send your phone's sound or your voice to your player over your home Wi-Fi while you use them. Nothing is recorded. The sound only travels on your own network, and Quack Talk stops by itself after three minutes.
Permissions the app asks for
- Microphone: to record stories and sounds you choose to record, and for Quack Talk.
- Screen capture (sound only): for Quack Cast, to send the sound your phone is playing to your player. Only the sound is used.
- Notifications: to show progress when making cards, and the phone player's controls.
- Alarms: to play a scheduled story at the time you set.
- Do Not Disturb: optional, to keep the locked phone player quiet while it plays.
- Wi-Fi: to find your player, lights and speakers on your home network.
Children
QuackTracks is for parents and carers to use, including for children's listening. It doesn't collect information from children, ask for children's names, or show adverts. Stories are written in the first person ("I", "my") so no name is needed.
Deleting your information
Everything QuackTracks keeps is on your devices. See how to delete your data.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new date.