Privacy Policy

Effective November 10, 2026

In short: The SquiggleRun app collects no data. It has no accounts, no analytics and no tracking. The Mac App Store version never connects to the internet. The downloaded version connects only to check your license key.

What SquiggleRun stores

To work, SquiggleRun saves a few things on your Mac only, inside its own private app folder:

What each letter does: the app, website, file, Shortcut name or text snippet you chose.
Drawings of letters you record in "Practice your letters", so it can recognize your handwriting.
Your settings, such as launching at login.

This information is never sent anywhere. Deleting SquiggleRun deletes it.

What SquiggleRun reads while running

Whether the Option or Control key is held down, so it knows when you want to draw a letter or an arrow. It does not see or record which keys you type.
The pointer's position while you draw, to recognize the letter. Strokes are recognized instantly on your Mac and are not kept, unless you save one in Practice.
The list of apps in your Applications folders, so you can choose which app a letter opens.

SquiggleRun does not ask for Accessibility, Input Monitoring, screen recording, contacts, location or any other permission.

The downloaded version's license

If you buy SquiggleRun from this website, payment is handled by Polar, which emails you a license key. When you activate the key, and about once a week after that, the app sends the key and your Mac's name to Polar to confirm it's valid. Your Mac's name is shown so you can see where the key is in use. Nothing else is sent. Polar's own privacy policy covers your purchase. The trial start date and your key are stored in your Mac's Keychain.

This website

The SquiggleRun website keeps simple, anonymous visit counts: which page was viewed, where the visit came from, how many people downloaded the app, and a rough country worked out from your browser's time zone. It uses no cookies, stores no IP addresses, and doesn't track you across sites or over time. The app sends nothing to this website.

If you post a review, the star rating, name and comment you type are shown publicly on the homepage. Leave the name blank to post as "Anonymous". To have a review removed, contact support.

Sharing

SquiggleRun does not share, sell or transfer any information. The only data that leaves your Mac is the license check described above, which goes to Polar.

Children

SquiggleRun collects no personal information from anyone, including children.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.

Contact

Questions? Email a.farouk9@gmail.com.