OnDrawPrivacy Policy
OnDraw is made by Altstead LLC of Wichita, Kansas, USA ("we"). This policy covers the OnDraw app for Mac and this website.
The short version
OnDraw doesn't collect, store or share any of your data. It has no account, no analytics, no ads and no third-party code. The only time it goes online is to check your purchase with the App Store.
What stays on your Mac
- Settings and boards. Your preferences and the drawings you keep on the whiteboard or blackboard are saved inside OnDraw's own folder on your Mac. They're never sent to us or anyone else. Deleting the app removes them.
- Your screen. OnDraw draws on top of the screen. It never captures, records or reads what's on it.
- Keystrokes. If you turn on the keystroke display, macOS asks you to allow Input Monitoring so OnDraw can show the keys you press. The keys are only drawn on your screen for a moment. They're never saved or sent anywhere. "Shortcuts only" mode never shows plain typing at all.
Purchases
If you start the free trial, subscribe to OnDraw Yearly or buy OnDraw Lifetime, Apple handles the purchase and payment under Apple's own privacy policy. We never see your payment details or your Apple Account. OnDraw only asks the App Store, through macOS, whether this Apple Account has an active trial, subscription or lifetime purchase. Apple sends us sales reports that don't identify you.
AI assistants
OnDraw can be controlled by an AI app you connect yourself, using the Model Context Protocol (MCP). The connection is a local channel on your Mac that only your Mac user account can open; nothing is reachable from the network. Through it, the AI app can tell OnDraw what to draw, and OnDraw replies with basic status such as your screen sizes and what's currently showing. OnDraw never sends the AI your screen contents or your keystrokes.
What the AI app does with your conversation is covered by that app's own privacy policy. You can turn the AI connection off in OnDraw → Settings → AI.
This website
This site has no cookies, analytics or tracking. Like any web server, ours keeps standard access logs (such as IP address, time and page requested) for security, and deletes them on a regular schedule.
Children
OnDraw collects no personal information from anyone, including children under 13.
Changes
If this policy changes, we'll update this page and its effective date.
Contact
Questions about privacy: hello@altstead.com