Audex Trace Privacy
Playback format detection is designed to run locally on your Mac. Network use is limited to product functions that need it.
Built for your Mac, not for tracking.
Audex Trace does not modify, enhance, record, or upload your audio.
No listening history is uploaded for audio-quality detection.
No Apple Music account sign-in or cloud library API access is required.
Free, pre-purchase app events may be counted anonymously so Audex can understand whether users reach Playback Verification and checkout.
Audex Trace does not send track names, artist names, album names, queue contents, output device names, license keys, or email addresses in app analytics.
What runs on your Mac.
Playback format detection runs locally on your Mac.
Playback Verification is a free manual diagnostic surface so you can test playback-format detection before buying Pro.
Auto Sample Rate Match is an experimental Pro feature that can update the selected macOS output rate when your output device exposes a compatible sample rate.
When Audex Trace may use the network.
License verification may contact Audex services. License verification includes a randomly generated, hashed device identifier (no hardware serials, no personal information) used to count how many Macs a license is activated on.
Purchase checkout uses the Audex checkout redirect service.
Update checks use Audex Trace's public update feed.
Artwork fallback may send track, artist, or album search terms to the iTunes Search API when local artwork sources miss.
The website and checkout service may record source/ref/UTM parameters, anonymous browser and session IDs, release version, landing page, referrer host, coarse country, optional salted IP hash, User-Agent class, burst duplicate flag, and Stripe Checkout session ID for download and purchase conversion counts.
For Free installations without a stored Pro license key, the app may send minimal anonymous events such as app launch, Playback Verification progress, Pro screen views, and checkout clicks. These events include an anonymous install ID, a per-launch session ID, app version/build, coarse server-side country, an optional secret-keyed IP hash, and limited status labels such as Music not running or Automation access denied. They do not include listening history, track details, audio data, device names, license keys, or email addresses. The service does not store raw IP addresses in analytics events, and persistent rate-limit bucket keys are secret-keyed HMAC digests rather than raw IP, email, or session values. There is no separate analytics switch; app analytics stop after a verified Pro license key is stored.
Questions about privacy?
Contact support@audex.dev.