Privacy Policy
Summary. DrawOver does not collect, transmit, or share personal data. Your drawings, saved files, settings, and keyboard shortcuts stay on your Mac. The app has no accounts, no analytics, no advertising, no tracking, no third-party SDKs, and no network connection. Screen Recording and Input Monitoring are optional permissions that you control in System Settings, as described below.
1. Who we are and what this policy covers
DrawOver is developed by İbrahim Yüce and published as Stargazer Apps (“we”, “us”). This policy explains what the Mac App Store edition of DrawOver (the “app”, bundle identifier com.ibrahimyuce07.drawover.mas) does with information. It does not cover the Mac App Store, Apple's services, or any website or service that you visit through links. Those are governed by their own terms and privacy policies.
Contact: [email protected].
2. Information we collect
We do not collect any information from the app. We do not receive your drawings, saved files, screenshots, typed text, cursor positions, settings, usage data, IP address, device identifiers, or any other information. The app does not contact our servers, and it cannot make network connections in the App Store edition.
If you choose to share app analytics and crash reports with developers in macOS, Apple may send us aggregated diagnostics. Apple handles that data under its own Privacy Policy, and you can turn this off in macOS settings.
3. Data stored on your Mac
The app stores the following data locally, inside its App Sandbox container on your Mac:
- Settings: interface language, whether you have seen the first-launch guide, pen and highlighter colors and widths, recently used colors and widths, text size, Spotlight size, and the auto-clear interval.
- Keyboard shortcuts: the key combinations you assign in the settings window.
- Review timing: dates on which you saved a drawing or screenshot, and dates on which the app asked macOS for an App Store review. The app keeps these for up to one year, so that it does not ask too often.
Drawings are not saved in the background. Marks and text stay in memory until you clear them or quit the app. You keep a drawing only when you save it to a file. You can change the settings and shortcuts in the app. Removing DrawOver from your Mac does not affect the files you saved.
4. Your drawings and saved files
When you choose Save, you pick where the file goes. An editable DrawOver file is a JSON document with your marks, shapes, and typed text. An annotated PNG is an image of your entire display with your marks drawn on top. The toolbar and drawing layer are hidden while the image is captured, and the mouse cursor is not included. Both files are written only to the location you choose. The app does not encrypt them.
Before you share a PNG, check it for passwords, private messages, account details, and other sensitive content that was visible on your screen.
5. Screen Recording
The app uses the macOS Screen Recording permission only for Save as PNG. It captures the display once, when you choose that action. It does not record video, does not capture in the background, and does not use the permission for any other purpose.
6. Input Monitoring and the pen cursor
When the Pen tool is selected and you have granted DrawOver Input Monitoring in System Settings, the app starts a listen-only system event tap. The tap observes mouse movement and mouse button events, so that the pen cursor can be drawn over other apps. The tap does not observe keyboard events. The app does not record, store, or send these events. The tap stops when you select another tool, return to pointer mode, or close the toolbar.
While Spotlight, Pen, or Highlighter is active, the app also follows the pointer position through macOS mouse monitors, so that it can draw the cursor ring or the Spotlight circle. These positions are used only to draw those visuals. They are not saved or sent.
7. Files you choose
The app reads and writes files only where you pick them in the macOS open and save panels. It opens the drawing files you choose. It does not scan your folders and does not access other files.
8. Permissions
DrawOver does not request Accessibility, Full Disk Access, Contacts, Calendars, Photos, Camera, Microphone, Location, or any other system permission. The two optional permissions are:
- Screen Recording: requested only when you save an annotated PNG (see section 5).
- Input Monitoring: used only for the pen cursor, and only if you grant it (see section 6).
You can review or remove either permission in System Settings under Privacy & Security.
9. Network access
The App Store edition has no network access. Its App Sandbox does not allow outgoing network connections, and the app does not make network requests. It does not send data to us or to anyone else. The only web link is a menu item that opens the App Store review page, and it opens only when you choose it.
10. Purchases and reviews
DrawOver is distributed through the Mac App Store. Payments, receipts, refunds, and family sharing are handled entirely by Apple under Apple's terms. We do not receive or store your payment information. This edition has no subscriptions and no in-app purchases.
macOS may show its own review prompt after you have saved drawings on several different days. That prompt is part of macOS. The app sends nothing with it.
11. Third parties
The app does not use third-party SDKs, analytics, advertising, crash reporting, or package dependencies. Downloads and updates are handled by the Mac App Store under Apple's privacy policy.
12. Children
The app is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect information from anyone, including children under 13. Because the app collects no information, parents and guardians do not need to take additional steps, but they remain responsible for how children use the app and the files they save with it.
13. Your rights and choices
Because we do not hold personal data about you, there is nothing for us to access, correct, export, or delete on our side. You control the data on your Mac. You can change settings and shortcuts in the app, delete any drawing or screenshot file you saved, and turn off Screen Recording or Input Monitoring for DrawOver in System Settings.
Depending on where you live, you may have rights under applicable law, such as the GDPR (EU and EEA), UK GDPR, the CCPA (California), or Turkey's Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (KVKK). Because we do not process personal data through the app, most of these rights are fulfilled by the controls above. If you have a question or request, write to us at the address in section 16.
14. Security, limitations, and warranty
We design the app to keep data on your device, but no software is completely secure. The app does not encrypt the files you save, so you are responsible for keeping your Mac, your user account, and your backups secure. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the app is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, and we are not liable for loss of or damage to drawings, saved files, or other data, including loss caused by a failure of your Mac or an unexpected update. Nothing in this policy limits any right you have that cannot be limited under applicable law, including mandatory consumer protections in your country.
15. Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, we will update the effective date at the top of this page. If the app ever starts collecting data, using the network, or offering in-app purchases, we will update this policy before that change takes effect and, where the law requires it, ask for your consent first. Your continued use of the app after an update means you accept the updated policy.
16. Governing law and contact
This policy is governed by the laws of the Republic of Türkiye, without prejudice to any mandatory laws of your country of residence that apply to you. For questions, requests, or concerns about this policy, write to [email protected].