Privacy policy

Draft. This page describes how the apps work today, but it hasn't been reviewed yet and may change before launch.

In short: MetalPipe doesn't collect any data about you. Your screen and audio go directly from your iPhone or iPad to your own Mac over your local network, encrypted, and never to us or anyone else. There are no accounts, ads, analytics or tracking.

This policy covers the MetalPipe app for iPhone and iPad, the MetalPipe Receiver app for Mac (together, “the apps”), and this website. It's provided by the developer of MetalPipe (“we”).

What the apps do with your data

Your screen and audio

When you start a broadcast, the apps send your screen and the sound of your apps from your device to the Mac you paired it with. This happens directly over your local network. The connection is encrypted with a key created when you paired the two devices, and only paired devices can connect. Nothing is sent to us or to any server, and nothing is kept on the Mac after the broadcast ends, unless you capture or record it yourself (for example in OBS).

Pairing

Pairing creates a random identifier for your device and secret keys that let the two devices recognise each other. They're stored in the keychain on your device and on your Mac. The apps also store the names of the paired devices (on recent iOS versions a device's name is a general one such as “iPad”) and when they last connected. You can remove a pairing at any time: in Settings ▸ Devices on the Mac, or by swiping on the Mac in the MetalPipe app.

Local network

iOS asks for permission to find devices on your local network. MetalPipe uses it only to find Macs running MetalPipe Receiverand connect to them.

Backup recordings (Pro)

If you turn on backup recording, broadcasts are also saved in the app's storage on your device. They stay there until you delete them, and only leave the device if you share or export them yourself. If you save one to Photos, iOS asks for permission to add to your photo library; the app can't read your photos.

Diagnostics

While streaming, your device sends the Mac basic performance figures (such as memory use, frame counts and the current bitrate) so the stream can be monitored. These are kept only in your Mac's own system log and are never sent to us. If you have chosen in your Apple settings to share analytics with app developers, Apple may share anonymous crash reports and usage statistics with us under Apple's own privacy policy.

Purchases

Purchases and subscriptions are handled by Apple. The app receives a confirmation from Apple to know whether you have Pro; we never see your name, payment details or Apple Account.

This website

The website uses no cookies, analytics or tracking. Like any website, our hosting provider processes technical information such as your IP address and browser type to deliver pages and keep the service secure.

Email

If you email us, we use your email address and message only to reply to you, and delete them when they're no longer needed.

Children

The apps don't collect personal data from anyone, including children.

Changes

If this policy changes, we'll update this page and the date above. If a future version of the apps ever collects data, it will ask you first and this page will say exactly what and why.

Contact

Questions about privacy: support@trikaalx.in.