Privacy Policy

Effective date: July 5, 2026

The short version: Apples to Androids collects nothing. There are no accounts, no analytics, no tracking, and no Apples to Androids servers. Your data moves directly between your own devices, encrypted end-to-end, over your own Wi-Fi network, Bluetooth connection, or USB cable.

How syncing works

Everything the app syncs — clipboard contents, files, notifications, now-playing metadata, handed-off links, screen-mirroring video — travels point-to-point between your Mac and your Android device. It is encrypted end-to-end with AES-256-GCM using keys derived on your devices from a passphrase only you know. There is no relay, no cloud queue, and no third party in the path. If your devices are on a network with no internet access, the app works exactly the same.

What we can see

Nothing. We operate no servers, so no content, metadata, usage statistics, or crash reports ever reach us. The apps contain no analytics, advertising, or tracking SDKs of any kind.

What stays on your devices

• Your passphrase and derived keys are stored locally — in the macOS Keychain on your Mac, and in app-private storage on Android. They are never transmitted anywhere, not even to the paired device.
• Preferences and transfer history (device names, file names, timestamps of your own transfers) are stored locally so the app can show you your own history. You can clear them at any time; they never leave the device.
• Received files and clipboard items are written where you’d expect — your clipboard, your Downloads folder, or the location you choose.

Permissions, and why they’re asked for

Each permission is used solely for the feature it names, only while you use that feature:

• Local network / Bluetooth (both platforms) — finding and talking to your other device.
• Notification access (Android) — mirroring notifications to your Mac and syncing dismissals back. Notification content is sent only to your paired Mac, encrypted like everything else.
• Screen capture / MediaProjection (Android) — screen mirroring. It runs only after you approve the system prompt, with a visible ongoing notification, and stops the moment you end the session.
• Display over other apps and, optionally, log access granted via adb (Android) — enables fully automatic clipboard sync despite Android’s background-clipboard restrictions. Both are optional; the app degrades gracefully to one-tap syncing without them.
• Automation / Apple Events (macOS, Developer ID build) — used by proximity auto-unlock to unlock your Mac when your phone is near.

Purchases

If you buy the app through the Mac App Store or Google Play, the purchase, payment details, and receipt are handled entirely by Apple or Google under their own privacy policies (Apple, Google). We receive no personal information about you.

Children

Apples to Androids does not collect personal information from anyone, including children.

Changes to this policy

If the app’s privacy behavior ever changes, this page will be updated and the effective date revised before the change ships.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Email jeremy@spiritwisestudios.com.