Starcast
Terms of Use
The short version
- The Starcast app is licensed to you under Apple’s standard licence agreement for apps. These terms add a few things specific to Starcast.
- Podcasts belong to the people who make them. Starcast plays them from the podcasts’ own hosts; it doesn’t copy or rehost them.
- Starcast Pro is an Apple subscription. Apple charges for it, and you manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings.
The app
Starcast is a podcast player. The licence to use it is Apple’s Licensed Application End User License Agreement, linked above. Where these terms and that agreement differ, that agreement wins for the app itself.
Podcasts and other content
Episodes, artwork and show notes come from public podcast feeds and belong to their creators. Starcast fetches them from the podcast’s own host when you ask it to. Some podcasts are explicit; Starcast does not filter them.
Information about the people on podcasts (who hosted or guested on which episode, what they were promoting, photos and short facts) is built from public podcast feeds, episode descriptions and public sources such as Wikipedia and Wikidata, partly with automated tools. It can be wrong. If something about you is wrong or you want it removed, see the corrections and removal policy.
Links to books, music and other things guests promote may be affiliate links, which means Starcast may earn a small commission if you buy. It doesn’t change the price you pay.
Starcast Pro
Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly, sold through the App Store. New subscribers get a free trial; payment is charged to your Apple Account when it ends. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Refunds are handled by Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com.
Things you send us
When you request a show, report a mistake or answer a question in the app, you let us use what you sent to improve Starcast’s information. Please don’t send anything that isn’t true or isn’t yours to share.
This website and the waitlist
Joining the waitlist means we may email you about Starcast’s beta and launch. The privacy policy says what we keep and how to leave.
No guarantees
Starcast is provided as it is. We work to keep it accurate and running, but we can’t promise it will always be available, error-free, or right about every person and episode. To the extent the law allows, we aren’t liable for indirect losses from using it.
Changes
If these terms change, we’ll update the date above, and say so in the app if the change is significant.