Privacy
Short version: the app keeps your screenshots on your Mac and never looks at their contents unless you ask it to. The only thing it ever sends anywhere is a once-a-day “I exist”, and you can turn that off.
Inside the app
- Your screenshots stay plain files in the folder you chose. Screenshelf does not upload, copy or back them up anywhere.
- Text recognition runs on your Mac (Apple’s Vision framework), only when you press the button, and the result is cached in a local file next to the app’s settings.
- No account, no login, no advertising, no third-party SDKs.
The daily hello (version 2.1 and later)
Once a day, while it is open, Screenshelf sends one small message to aqvari.us so the website can say how many people use it. The whole message is:
| Field | What it is |
|---|---|
| id | A random identifier the app invents on first launch. It is not derived from your Mac, your Apple ID or anything about you, and it is deleted when you turn the hello off. |
| v | The app version, e.g. 2.1. |
| os | The macOS version, e.g. 15.1. |
The server records those three fields, the day it last heard from that identifier and the country the request came from. It does not store your IP address, your user agent, file names or anything else. The resulting numbers are public on the Screenshelf page.
To turn it off: open the shelf, click ⚙, and switch off “Say hello to aqvari.us once a day”.
This website
- Downloads are counted when the zip is fetched. The counter stores the app version, the country and whether the request came from a Mac. No IP address, no user agent.
- Google Analytics counts visits. Basic, cookieless measurement always runs; its optional cookies are set only after you click OK in the notice at the bottom of the page.
- Donations go through PayPal under PayPal’s own policy; this site never sees your payment details.
Questions
Write to [email protected], Aqvarius, the maker of Screenshelf.
Applies to Screenshelf for macOS and to aqvari.us/projects/Screenshelf.