Combo-86

Combo-86 privacy policy

Effective 11/7/2026

This policy covers Combo-86, the Android app, and the Combo-86 pages on this site. It does not cover the rest of this site.

What the app collects

Nothing. Combo-86 has no network access: it does not ask Android for internet permission, so it cannot send or receive anything over a network. It has no accounts, no ads, no analytics and no tracking. Nothing you make, record or import in it goes to the developer or to anyone else.

The microphone

The app asks for the microphone so you can record samples. The app uses it only while you record on the sample page: from the moment you arm a recording until the take stops. Leaving the page stops it. The recording stays in your song, on your phone. You can refuse or withdraw the microphone permission in Android's settings at any time.

Files on your phone

The app keeps what you make in its own folder on your phone: your songs, with their samples and the files you export from them; your presets and effect presets; its settings; screenshots you take from its menu; and the samples you put in its library. It does not ask for access to the rest of your phone's storage. When you import a song, a MIDI file, samples or a picture, Android's file picker opens, and the app reads only the file you pick. When you import a folder, Android's folder picker opens, and the app reads only that folder. It copies what it needs into your song or library. None of these files leave the phone unless you move them. If Android's own backup is turned on, Android may include your songs and settings in it; Android runs that backup under your own account, and the developer never receives it.

Sending a file

SEND, on the export page, opens Android's share list, and the file goes only to the app you pick there. The app sends nothing by itself.

Game controllers

When a game controller is connected, the app reads its buttons and sticks so you can play, and shows the controller's name in its settings. None of this leaves the phone.

Children

The app collects nothing from anyone, children included.

The Combo-86 pages

The support form on the Combo-86 pages collects what you type into it, and the developer uses it only to reply to you. This site is hosted by Squarespace, which uses cookies and records visits as described in its own privacy policy: https://www.squarespace.com/privacy

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version goes on this page with a new effective date.

Contact

Use the support form on the Combo-86 pages.