Terms of Service
Last updated 26 October 2026
These terms apply when you use Spindle, at spindle-bice.vercel.app or through the Spindle desktop app. Spindle is run by Somesh Sanjay Thakur, an individual developer in India. By creating an account or using Spindle, you agree to these terms and to the Privacy Policy.
What Spindle is
Spindle is a free player that finds music on public services and plays it in one place: YouTube (through its official embedded player), Apple's iTunes previews and Audius, with lyrics from LRCLIB and lyrics.ovh. Spindle doesn't host, sell or own any of that music, artwork or lyrics. They belong to their owners and are provided by those services under their own terms.
Spindle uses YouTube API Services. By using Spindle you also agree to be bound by the YouTube Terms of Service.
It's free
Spindle costs nothing: there are no subscriptions, purchases, in-app payments or hidden fees, so there's nothing to refund. If that ever changes, we'll tell you clearly before you pay for anything, and that offer will come with its own terms and refund policy.
Your account
- You must be at least 13 years old. If you're under 18, you need a parent's or guardian's permission.
- Give a real email address, keep your password to yourself, and tell us if you think someone else got into your account.
- One person per account.
- You can delete your account at any time in Settings → Account.
Fair use
- Use Spindle for personal, non-commercial listening.
- Don't try to download, record, copy or redistribute music through Spindle, or get around the protections of the services it plays from.
- Don't attack, overload, scrape or reverse-engineer Spindle's servers, or use Spindle to break any law.
- Don't use share links, playlist names or covers, or feedback to post anything illegal, hateful, sexual involving minors, or infringing.
We may remove content or suspend accounts that break these rules.
What you add
Playlist names, cover images, lyrics and feedback you add stay yours. You must have the right to use them. You let us store and display them so Spindle can work, for example to show your playlist on your other devices or to anyone you send a share link to. You can delete them at any time.
Copyright
We respect the rights of artists and creators. If you believe something available through Spindle infringes your copyright, such as a cover image or lyrics added by a user, email someshrthakur@gmail.com with what it is, where it appears and how to reach you, and we'll remove it promptly. Content played from YouTube, Apple or Audius is controlled by those services; please also report it to them.
The desktop app
The desktop app is a window around the Spindle website and is covered by these terms. It updates itself when a new version is published, and can show what you're playing as your Discord status if Discord is open; you can turn that off in Discord.
No guarantees
Spindle is a free project provided "as is", without warranties of any kind. Songs can disappear when a service removes them, and features can change or stop at any time. To the extent the law allows, we aren't liable for any indirect or consequential loss from using Spindle, and our total liability is limited to the amount you paid us, which is nothing. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under consumer law that can't be excluded.
Ending
You can stop using Spindle and delete your account whenever you like. We may close Spindle or an account that breaks these terms; if we close Spindle, we'll give notice where we can so you can download your data from Settings → Privacy.
Law
These terms are governed by the laws of India. If you live elsewhere, you also keep the protections of your local consumer law.
Changes
We may update these terms. If we do, we'll change the date above and mention important changes in the app. Using Spindle after that means you accept the new terms.