Privacy Policy

TinkerDev is built privacy-first. The short version: everything you work on stays on your machine, and we collect no analytics or telemetry.

Your data

Everything you paste into TinkerDev is processed locally on your own device. Your inputs are never uploaded, and the app has no accounts and sends no usage analytics or telemetry.

When the app uses the network

TinkerDev works offline and the data you paste is never uploaded — on any edition. What the app talks to the network for depends on which edition you run:

• App Store edition: the Mac App Store build has our licensing service and the in-app update checker compiled out. It makes no license-validation or update-check calls; its only network actor is Apple's StoreKit for the in-app purchase and restore. Apple handles billing and updates.
• Direct download (from tinkerdev.io): additionally performs license validation and optional update checks, described below. Neither sends the data you're working on.

License validation (direct download)

On the direct download, to activate and periodically validate your TinkerDev Pro license key, the app contacts our licensing service. That request carries only your license key and an anonymous device fingerprint — never the data you're working on. The free tools work fully offline. The App Store edition does not do this — it verifies your purchase on-device through Apple's StoreKit, with no licensing-server call.

App updates (direct download)

On the direct download, if you opt in, TinkerDev can check for new versions at launch and download updates — you choose whether to enable this, and you can always update manually instead. An update check fetches a small signed version manifest from our release host; it carries no personal data. The App Store edition does not do this — updates are delivered by the Mac App Store.

Purchases

If you buy TinkerDev Pro through the direct download, the checkout is handled by our merchant of record, Lemon Squeezy, who process your payment details under their own privacy policy. We receive only what's needed to issue your license — your email address and order reference. If you buy Pro on the App Store edition, the purchase is handled entirely by Apple (not Lemon Squeezy), under Apple's privacy policy.

License email (direct download)

On the direct download, your license key is delivered by email through our provider, Resend. We use your email address solely to send that key and to support your purchase. The App Store edition issues no license key — your purchase lives in your Apple Account.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Email support@tinkerdev.io.