Privacy Policy
Last updated: November 2026
Introduction
Appish ("we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy covers two separate things: our Mac applications (Soundish, Lockish, Layoutish and Dockish), and this website, appish.app. The apps and the website are held to different standards, and we say exactly what each one does below.
The Apps: Information We Collect
Our applications contain no analytics, no crash reporting and no tracking. They work on your Mac, and they go online for two things only: checking your license key with Lemon Squeezy, our payment provider, and checking appish.app for updates. Neither tells us how you use the apps.
The Apps: License Checks
When you activate a license key, the app sends the key and your Mac's name (as shown in System Settings › General › About) to Lemon Squeezy, which stores the name with the activation so that each of your Macs can be told apart. After that, the app confirms the key with Lemon Squeezy when it starts, once a day while it's licensed, and every hour while the key couldn't be confirmed. Those checks send the key and the activation's ID, and nothing else. Deactivating a Mac in the app's Settings sends the same two things. During a free trial, the app sends nothing to Lemon Squeezy.
The Apps: Updates
Each app checks for updates by downloading a small file from appish.app that lists the newest version. It checks when it starts or once a day, and whenever you click Check for Updates. The request carries the app's name and version, like any download, and no profile of your Mac. When there's an update, the app downloads it from GitHub, where we publish our apps' files.
The Apps: Diagnostics
If you need help, Help in each app's Settings can export a diagnostics file. It's saved on your Mac, where you choose, and nothing is sent: you read the file, then decide whether to email it to us. It describes your Mac (model, macOS version and displays), the app's permissions, settings and license state, and what the app logged recently. It never holds your license key, your email address or any window titles, and your home folder appears as "~".
Information We Do NOT Collect
We do not collect, store, or transmit:
- Personal files or documents
- Audio content or recordings (Soundish)
- Passwords or authentication data (Lockish)
- Window layouts or window contents (Layoutish, Dockish)
- Browsing history or personal communications
Data Storage
All app preferences and settings are stored locally on your Mac and never leave your device. We do not operate any servers that collect or store data from the apps. Your license key, its activation ID and the date it was last confirmed are kept in the app's settings and in your login Keychain, so a cleaning app that clears settings doesn't make you enter the key again.
The Website: Analytics
appish.app uses analytics so we can see which pages are read, what people look for, and where the site is confusing or broken. We use PostHog, hosted in the EU (Frankfurt). In practice that means:
- PostHog sets a first-party cookie and uses your browser's local and session storage on appish.app, to tell visits apart over time and to remember whether you've answered a survey. It doesn't follow you to other sites and isn't used for advertising. You can turn it off on this browser at any time with the switch below.
- Your IP address is not stored.
- We record which pages you view, what you click, how far you scroll, the site that referred you, your browser, device type, operating system and screen size, and JavaScript errors.
- We record anonymous session replays of how the site is used. Everything you type into a form is masked before it is recorded; we never see the contents of the email field.
- If you answer one of our short on-site surveys, we store your answers. They are anonymous unless you choose to include your contact details in a free-text answer.
- Analytics requests go to our own domain first and are relayed to PostHog from our servers.
None of this identifies you as a person, and none of it exists inside the apps. If you use a content blocker that blocks analytics scripts, the analytics simply do not load, and nothing else on the site depends on them.
Analytics on this browser:
The Website: Creator Links
Some creators who recommend our apps are paid through Lemon Squeezy's affiliate program. If you come through a creator's link, this site keeps the link's affiliate code, and its discount code if it has one, in the page's address and memory while you browse, and passes them to Lemon Squeezy's checkout when you choose to buy. Lemon Squeezy then records the referral on its own checkout page, under its own privacy policy. This site sets no cookie and loads no script for it. If you start a free trial, we keep the codes with your email address in Klaviyo.
Trials and Purchases
When you start a free trial, you give us your email address so we can send the download link. We store it in Klaviyo (our email provider) together with which app you tried, and we email you only during your trial and when something ships (new apps, major updates). Every email has a one-click unsubscribe. When you buy an app, Lemon Squeezy processes the payment and shares your email, order and license details with us so we can support you. For analytics, we also record that a trial started and that a purchase happened against a one-way hash of your email, so we can tell how many trials turn into purchases. The hash cannot be turned back into your address, and PostHog never receives your email itself.
Third-Party Services
We use the following third-party services:
- Lemon Squeezy - Payment processing and license management
- Klaviyo - Trial download emails and product update emails
- PostHog (EU) - Website analytics, session replay and surveys, with a first-party cookie
- Vercel - Website hosting
- GitHub - App downloads and updates, from our public downloads repository
These services have their own privacy policies, and we encourage you to review them.
Your Rights
The apps send us nothing about how you use them. Lemon Squeezy holds your license key's activations, each with its Mac's name: email us to see them or to have one removed. Website analytics are anonymous and cannot be traced back to you. If you have started a trial or bought an app, we hold your email address and order history; email us and we will show you what we have, correct it, or delete it, including the hashed analytics record.
Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data. The apps keep your license details in your Mac's login Keychain. They aren't sandboxed, because macOS's App Sandbox would stop them doing their jobs, such as moving or covering other apps' windows or adjusting other apps' sound. Each app asks macOS only for the permissions its features use, and you can see and switch off each one in System Settings › Privacy & Security.
Children's Privacy
Our applications are not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at hello@appish.app