Last updated: 30 July 2026
MusoHQ is made by Matthew Edwards, ABN 44 523 291 099, a sole trader in New South Wales, Australia. MusoHQ is built to collect as little as possible. There is no account, no server, and no analytics. Here is exactly what that means.
Everything MusoHQ remembers, including your invoices, band members and payout splits, expenses, setlists, gig times, and employment income, is stored locally on your device using Apple's SwiftData framework. MusoHQ itself never sends any of it anywhere.
MusoHQ keeps what you enter on your device for as long as you keep the app. There is no copy anywhere else, so there is nothing for me to hold on to or delete on your behalf. Delete individual records inside the app whenever you like. If you delete MusoHQ from your device, iOS removes the app's data with it, so export or back up anything you want to keep first. A device backup made earlier may still contain a copy.
No information from MusoHQ is disclosed overseas. There are no overseas servers, no offshore processing, and no third party in any country that receives what you enter, because nothing leaves your device unless you send it yourself through the share sheet.
Some of what you enter into MusoHQ is not about you. If you run a band, you can record a member's name, ABN, bank BSB and account number, and super fund details, so that you can split a fee and pay them. That information is personal information belonging to those people.
MusoHQ holds it in the same local store as everything else and never transmits it. It reaches someone else only when you deliberately share something, such as sending a payout summary or exporting a CSV. Because the details sit on your device under your control, you are the one responsible for holding them for a proper reason, keeping them secure, and answering that person if they ask what you have about them.
MusoHQ's data lives in the app's own container on your device. If you use iCloud Backup, or an encrypted backup to a computer, iOS includes that container in the backup along with your other apps. That backup is made by iOS under your own Apple Account and Apple's terms, not by MusoHQ, and I have no access to it. If you would rather MusoHQ's data was not included, you can exclude the app from iCloud Backup in the iOS Settings app, under your Apple Account, then iCloud, then Manage Account Storage and Backups.
MusoHQ applies iOS's strongest file protection to its database each time you open the app, so it is encrypted and unreadable while your device is locked. In version 1.1, data written in the moments just before you lock or close the app can briefly sit under a slightly lighter protection level instead: still encrypted, but able to be read again as soon as you have unlocked your device once after a restart, rather than needing it unlocked at that moment. Restarting your device, or simply using the app again, brings that data back under the strongest protection. From version 1.2, every file the app creates starts under the strongest protection, which closes that gap. You can also switch on Face ID, Touch ID or passcode lock for MusoHQ itself, under Privacy and security in the app's Settings tab, so the app asks to unlock when you open it and when you come back to it.
When you choose to send an invoice, share a band member's payout, or export a CSV summary, MusoHQ hands that file or text to Apple's standard share sheet. Where it goes from there, whether email, Messages, or saving to Files, is entirely your choice at that moment. MusoHQ itself does not transmit it anywhere.
This is different from the iOS device backup described above, and it is worth reading before you use it. When you tap "Back up now" in Settings, MusoHQ writes a single plain, unencrypted file and hands it to the share sheet. That file contains everything the app holds. That includes your own bank and super fund details, and, for every person in your directory, their name, email, phone, ABN, bank BSB and account number, and super fund name, ABN, USI and member number. Anyone who opens the file can read all of it. The file protection described above applies only while the data is inside the app, not once you have sent a copy somewhere else.
Keep it somewhere you would be comfortable keeping a bank statement. Think before you email it to yourself, put it in shared storage, or leave it in a Downloads folder. Remember that some of what is in it belongs to other people who are trusting you with it.
The one-time MusoHQ Pro unlock is processed entirely by Apple through StoreKit. I never receive or have access to your payment details. That relationship is between you and Apple.
MusoHQ is a business and tax record-keeping tool aimed at working musicians. It is not directed at children, and it does not collect any information about anyone who uses it, of any age. What you type into the app stays on your device.
If this policy ever changes, for example because a future version of the app adds a feature that does send data somewhere, this page will be updated and the date above will change.
If you are unhappy with the way MusoHQ handles information, email me at mattsappdevelopment@gmail.com with the word "Privacy" in the subject line. Tell me what happened and what you would like done about it. MusoHQ is run by one person alongside a full-time job, so I aim to acknowledge your email within 5 business days and to give you a written answer within 30 days.
If you are not satisfied with my answer, or you do not hear back, you can also raise it with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at oaic.gov.au or on 1300 363 992. You should know that because MusoHQ is run by a small business, the OAIC may not be able to investigate a complaint against me. Its site explains what your options are either way, and I would rather tell you that up front than have you find out after you have written to them.
Questions about this policy, or about what MusoHQ holds: mattsappdevelopment@gmail.com