ScreenSort Privacy Policy

Effective October 27, 2026

ScreenSort is a Mac app made by Scaile Studios LLC, a Missouri limited liability company ("Scaile Studios", "we", "us"). This policy explains what the ScreenSort app, our licensing and update services, and the screensort.app website do with your information.

The short version: ScreenSort processes every screenshot 100% on your Mac. The app never sends your screenshots, the text read from them or their filenames anywhere, and it includes no telemetry, analytics, crash reporting or advertising. The Mac App Store build makes zero network requests and collects no data. The direct download from screensort.app connects only to check for app updates and to activate and verify your license key.

1. All screenshot processing happens on your Mac

When you take a screenshot, ScreenSort notices the new file in the folder you chose, reads the text in the image with Apple's Vision framework (OCR), and uses Apple's on-device Foundation Models framework (Apple Intelligence) to suggest a short filename and a category. It then renames the file and, if category folders are on (the default), moves it into the matching subfolder.

Every one of these steps runs locally on your Mac. On Macs where Apple Intelligence is not available, ScreenSort names files from the Vision OCR text alone, also on-device. Your screenshots, the text read from them and the names ScreenSort generates are never uploaded to us, to Apple through ScreenSort, or to any third party.

2. Mac App Store build vs. direct download from screensort.app

ScreenSort is available in two builds that share the same on-device naming and sorting engine:

In both builds, your app settings (screenshot folder, naming options, category folder names and routing) and the list of your 10 most recent renames are stored only on your Mac. If you choose to share crash reports with app developers in macOS settings, Apple processes them under Apple's own privacy policy and provides only aggregate diagnostics to developers.

3. Software update checks (direct download only)

The direct-download version from screensort.app uses the open-source Sparkle 2 update framework to check https://screensort.app/appcast.xml for new releases (and when you choose Check for Updates…). Sparkle's system profiling feature is turned off. Each update check is a standard HTTPS request that sends only your IP address and a User-Agent header containing the ScreenSort version and Sparkle version so our static host can serve the update feed. No information about your screenshots, folders, settings or Mac hardware profile is sent.

The Mac App Store version does not include Sparkle and never checks appcast.xml; it is updated by the Mac App Store.

4. License activation and purchases (direct download only)

Direct-download licenses on screensort.app are sold through our online reseller Paddle (Paddle.com Market Limited / Paddle.com Inc.), which acts as the Merchant of Record. When you buy a direct license, Paddle collects your payment details, billing address and email address at checkout and processes them under the Paddle Privacy Policy. We never see or store your payment card details.

When you activate a license key in the direct-download build or when the app periodically verifies an active license (for up to 3 Macs per key), the app sends the license key, a random device identifier stored in your Mac's Keychain (or activation token), your Mac's display name and the app version to the Scaile Studios license service (https://license.scailestudios.com/api/license) to validate the activation and enforce the 3-Mac limit and refund/chargeback revocations. We do not read your Mac's hardware serial number.

5. Folder access, App Sandbox and security-scoped bookmarks

The Mac App Store version of ScreenSort runs inside the macOS App Sandbox, which means it can only reach folders you explicitly allow. When you click Grant Folder Access…, ScreenSort opens the standard macOS folder picker (NSOpenPanel) so you can confirm your screenshot folder. macOS then gives ScreenSort a security-scoped bookmark for exactly that folder, so access continues across app restarts without asking again.

ScreenSort uses that access solely to watch for new screenshots and to rename them and file them into category subfolders inside that same folder, on your Mac. It only acts on new screenshots; other files in the folder are left alone, and it cannot access any other location on your Mac. You can choose a different folder or return to the system default at any time in ScreenSort's Settings.

The version downloaded from screensort.app follows the same folder rules: it only watches your screenshot folder (as set in macOS screenshot settings, or a folder you choose) and only renames and files new screenshots there.

6. This website

screensort.app is a static website. It sets no tracking cookies and loads no third-party analytics, advertising or tracking scripts, fonts or embeds. The site is hosted on Cloudflare Pages, GitHub Pages and/or Vercel. Like any web host, they process technical data such as your IP address, browser user agent and the pages or files requested, in order to deliver the site, keep it secure and prevent abuse, and they may keep this in standard server logs for a limited time under their own privacy policies. We do not use these logs to identify or profile visitors. When you open Paddle checkout on screensort.app, Paddle may set cookies needed to complete the transaction and prevent fraud.

7. Support email

If you write to Contact Support, we receive your email address and whatever you choose to include, such as a description of the problem or a screenshot. We use it only to answer you and to fix the issue you report. We do not add you to a mailing list, sell your information or share it with anyone except our email provider, which stores the correspondence on our behalf. You can ask us to delete your messages at any time.

8. Children

ScreenSort is not directed to children under 13 (or 16 where local law requires), and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

9. Your rights

We do not sell or share your personal information for advertising. For any license, purchase or support records we hold, you can ask us at any time for a copy of your data, or to correct or delete it, wherever you live, including under the GDPR, UK GDPR and California law (CCPA/CPRA), by emailing Contact Support.

10. Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, we will update the effective date above and publish the new version on this page. If a future version of ScreenSort ever needed to collect additional data, we would say so here before that version ships, and update the App Store privacy label where applicable.

11. Contact

Scaile Studios LLC
Email: Contact Support
Mailing address: Scaile Studios LLC, c/o Northwest Registered Agent Service, Inc., 117 S Lexington St Ste 100, Harrisonville, MO 64701-2444