Privacy Policy — Checkora

Checkora is a Mac app that shows you information about your own computer. It was built so that this information stays on your Mac. This policy explains, in plain English, what data exists and where it goes.

What the app collects

Nothing is collected by us. Checkora has no account, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking. Everything it measures — CPU, memory, battery, storage, temperatures, running apps, checkup results and history — is processed and stored only on your Mac, in ~/Library/Application Support/Checkora. You can delete that folder at any time.

When the app uses the internet

License activation and checks — your license key and your Mac's name are sent to our payment provider, Lemon Squeezy, to activate and periodically validate the license. Offline keys are verified on your Mac without any network request.
Revoked keys list — the app may download a short public list of revoked license IDs from checkora.xyz. Nothing about you is sent.
App Updates (only when you press “Check”) — app bundle IDs and version numbers are sent to Apple's App Store lookup service and to each app developer's own update feed.
Speed test (only when you press it) — uses Apple's built-in networkQuality service.
Public IP (only if you press “Show public IP” or turn on the IP-change alert) — a request is made to api.ipify.org.

Purchases

Payments are handled by Lemon Squeezy, our reseller and merchant of record. They process your name, email, billing details and payment method under their own privacy policy. We receive your email address and order details so we can send your license key and provide support. We never see your full card details.

The waitlist

If you join the waitlist on this website, we store the email address you type, the time you joined and which page you joined from. We use it only to tell you about Checkora's launch and launch price and to answer you if you write to us. We do not share or sell it and we do not add you to any other list. To have your address deleted, email support@checkora.xyz and we will remove it. Confirmation and launch emails are sent through Resend, our email delivery service.

This website

This website uses its own simple, first-party visit statistics — no cookies, no third-party analytics, no advertising pixels and no cross-site tracking. When you view a page we record the page address, the site that linked you here (its domain only), a rough location provided by our hosting network (country, region, city), your device type, browser and operating system (not the full browser string), your IP address, how far down the page you scrolled, how long you stayed, and the text of links and buttons you click. If you arrive through a tagged link we also note its campaign tags (such as utm_source or utm_campaign) and, for ad links, only which ad network it came from — never the click identifier itself. We never record what you type into forms or keystrokes. Visits are grouped for 30 minutes using a one-way code made from your IP address and browser, not a cookie. If your browser sends “Do Not Track” or “Global Privacy Control”, nothing is recorded. Only the newest 5,000 events are kept, and daily totals are kept for 400 days; the data stays with us and is used only to understand which pages help people.

The waitlist and support forms are protected by Google reCAPTCHA, which is loaded only when you start using a form and may set its own cookie; Google's Privacy Policy and Terms apply to that check. To stop abuse we also keep short-lived counters of requests per IP address; they are deleted within a day. Fonts are loaded from Google Fonts and icons from the jsDelivr CDN. Buying opens Lemon Squeezy's checkout, which runs under their own privacy policy. The interactive demo runs entirely in your browser and cannot read anything from your Mac.

Permissions the app may ask for

Optional macOS permissions (Full Disk Access, Notifications, Location for showing your Wi-Fi name, Camera and Microphone for the hardware tests) are used only for the feature you're using. Camera and microphone are never recorded or saved. Location is never stored or sent.

Your rights

You can ask us what data we hold about you (normally just your email and order), ask us to correct it or delete it, by emailing support@checkora.xyz.

Children

Checkora is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect their data.

Changes

If this policy changes, we'll update the date above. Significant changes will be announced on this website.