Clingy
Privacy Policy
Your board and photos stay on your Mac. Clingy has no account, analytics or tracking. Purchase checks use RevenueCat and the App Store.
The short version
Your board, magnets and photos stay on your Mac and are never uploaded. Clingy opens exactly one kind of network connection: the purchase check for Clingy Pro, described below.
What Clingy stores, and where
Clingy keeps its data inside its own sandbox container on your Mac:
- Your board — the notes, magnets and their positions, in a single file.
- Magnets you make — copies of pictures you import, after the background is removed.
- Photos you add — copies of the photos you turn into polaroids.
- Settings — snap to grid, tilt, glow in the dark and the folder you choose to watch.
Clingy does not write outside its own container unless you explicitly save a file somewhere. macOS may keep the container and your saved board after you delete the app.
Files on your Mac
Clingy runs in Apple's App Sandbox and can only reach files you choose yourself:
- Pictures you pick when you use “Make Magnets from Images” or “Polaroid from Photo”. Clingy reads them once and keeps a copy.
- A folder you choose as the watch folder. Clingy reads new pictures that appear there. It does not write to or delete anything in that folder.
- Files you save when you export a picture or a video of your desktop. You pick where they go.
Clingy does not read your documents, your photo library, your contacts, your calendar, your location, or anything else.
Sharing
“Share My Fridge” creates a picture or a short video on your Mac. Nothing is uploaded. If you then share it, macOS does that through its own share sheet, and whatever service you pick applies its own privacy terms.
Clingy Pro purchases
Clingy Pro is a one-time purchase handled by Apple. Clingy uses RevenueCat to check whether that purchase belongs to you, so it also works after you reinstall the app or move to another Mac.
- What leaves your Mac: the App Store receipt for the purchase, a randomly generated identifier that RevenueCat creates for your install, and basic device information such as the macOS version. Nothing about your board, your notes, your magnets or your files is ever sent.
- What does not leave your Mac: your name, your email address, your Apple Account and your payment details. Clingy never sees them — Apple handles the payment itself.
- Why: only to tell the app whether Pro is unlocked. It is not used for advertising or profiling.
- If you never buy Pro: the identifier is still created the first time the app opens so the purchase screen can show the right price. It is not linked to you in any way.
RevenueCat acts as a data processor for Clingy. Their privacy policy is at revenuecat.com/privacy.
Analytics and tracking
None. No analytics framework, no crash reporting, no advertising identifier, no cookies, no fingerprinting. Clingy does not track you across apps or websites, and nothing it sends is shared with data brokers.
Children
Clingy is suitable for all ages. It does not ask for a name or email address, show ads or track users. The purchase-check data described above may be processed when the app opens.
Changes
If this policy ever changes, the new version will appear on this page with a new date. Since Clingy has no way to contact you, checking this page is the only way to see updates.
Contact
Questions about privacy: hello.scannerstudio@gmail.com