Privacy policy

Frayo collects nothing about you. No account, no analytics, no tracking. Last updated 13 November 2026.

What stays on your Mac

• Your screenshots and recordings are files in a captures folder on your Mac (by default, ~/Pictures/Frayo).
• Text read from your screenshots, QR codes and secret checks all run on your Mac with macOS's own Vision framework. The text index stays on this Mac, beside the captures.
• Frayo notes the app and window title that were in front when you captured, to name the capture. It is stored on this Mac only, never in your captures folder, and can contain private words. Rename or delete the capture to remove it.
• Your settings, shortcuts and folder choices are stored on your Mac.

The app contains no code that sends your captures, the text in them, or how you use it to anyone.

Permissions

Frayo asks for Screen & System Audio Recording so it can see your screen when you capture. It asks for the microphone only if you set recordings to include it. You can revoke either in System Settings at any time.

Folders you sync yourself

If you point your captures folder at iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive or OneDrive, that service uploads what is in that folder, under its own terms: your captures (including any name you gave them) and a small hidden .snapper folder with each capture's id, which Mac took it, and its saved and bookmarked marks. The text read from screenshots, window titles and bug-report context stay on the Mac that took the capture. That is your own storage and your choice. Leave the folder local if you do not want it.

What the app does over the network

The direct download makes two kinds of connection, and only these:

• Update checks. It checks the app's update feed for a new version. You can turn this off in Settings › General. Like any web request, the server sees your IP address and the app version in the request.
• Licence checks. When you enter a licence key, the app contacts the licence service to activate it, sending the key and your Mac's name. About once a week it asks the service whether the key is still valid. No captures or usage data are included. If you are offline, nothing happens. The trial start date is kept in your Mac's Keychain, and no network is used for it.

The Mac App Store version (when it is available) updates through the store, has no licence screen, and asks for no network access.

Crash reports and support

Crash reports are off by default. If you turn them on, they are saved as small files on your Mac and are not sent anywhere. Contact Support in Settings only opens an email draft that you can read and edit before you send it. It lists the app version, macOS version, Mac type and a few safe settings, never your captures, folders or project names.

This website

This site sets no cookies, runs no analytics, loads no third-party scripts, fonts or images, and has no forms. If you choose Light or Dark in the footer, your browser keeps that choice in its own local storage on your device; nothing is sent anywhere. By default the site follows your system setting and stores nothing. Whoever hosts the files may keep ordinary server logs, as any web host does.

Deleting your data

Trash captures in the Library. To remove everything, quit Frayo, then delete your captures folder and ~/Library/Application Support/Frayo. See Diagnostics and your data.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes, the date above changes with it. Questions: [email protected].