Tellyhound

Privacy policy

Last updated 14 November 2026

The short version: Tellyhound doesn't collect any data. It has no analytics, no tracking, no advertising, no accounts and no server of its own. Your library is kept in your own iCloud, and show details come straight from TVmaze.

What Tellyhound stores

Your library: the shows you track, which list each is on, where you watch it, whether alerts are on for it, and the episodes you've marked watched and when. This is stored in your private iCloud database so it syncs between your devices signed in to the same Apple Account. Only you can see it; we can't. If iCloud isn't available, it stays on the device.
Show details: names, episode lists, air times and posters downloaded from TVmaze, cached on each device so the app works quickly and offline.
Settings: whether alerts and Quiet overnight are on, and when show details were last updated, kept in the app's own storage on each device.

Who Tellyhound connects to

TVmaze (api.tvmaze.com and its image servers): to search for shows and download their details and posters. These requests contain the show you searched for or opened, not who you are or what's in your library. TVmaze's own privacy policy covers its servers.
Apple iCloud: to keep your library in sync, under Apple's privacy policy.

Links you tap, such as TVmaze's website, open in your browser.

Notifications

New-episode alerts are scheduled on your device from the air times TVmaze publishes in advance. There's no push notification server, and nothing about what you watch is sent anywhere to make them work.

Data we collect

None. Tellyhound has no third-party SDKs, analytics, crash reporting services or advertising. If you opt in to sharing crash reports or diagnostics with app developers in your device's settings, Apple may share anonymised crash logs with us under Apple's privacy policy.

If you install a beta through TestFlight, Apple shares the information described in its TestFlight privacy notice, such as your name, email and any feedback you choose to send.

Deleting your data

Remove a show from your library to delete it and its watched episodes from iCloud. To remove everything, delete the app from each device, then delete Tellyhound's data in iCloud: on iPhone, go to Settings › your name › iCloud › Storage (or Manage Storage) › Tellyhound, or on a Mac, System Settings › your name › iCloud › Manage.

This website

This website doesn't use cookies or analytics. Fonts are loaded from Google Fonts, which receives your IP address when you visit.

Children

Tellyhound doesn't knowingly collect information from anyone, including children.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new date at the top.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Email [email protected]. Tellyhound is made by Matt Oddie.