Privacy Policy

Last updated: 29 July 2026

Vircue is a macOS menu-bar utility that saves and restores window layouts, mirrors windows into a Picture-in-Picture corner, and opens layouts, apps, and websites on a schedule. This policy explains what Vircue does and does not do with your data.

The short version

Vircue has no analytics, no tracking, and no account to create, and we never sell your data. Your layouts and settings stay on your Mac. The only things that reach us are ones you choose to send: feedback you write, and a beta access key if you redeem one.

What stays on your device

All of the following is stored locally on your Mac and is never uploaded:

• Saved layouts — the apps and window positions you snapshot.
• Schedules — your scheduled layouts, apps, and websites.
• Preferences — theme, launch-at-login, onboarding state, and trial/license state, stored in standard macOS preferences.

You can delete this data at any time by removing the app and its configuration files.

Permissions Vircue requests, and why

• Accessibility — required to move, resize, and arrange your app windows through Apple's Accessibility API. Vircue does not read window contents.
• Screen Recording — required only for Picture-in-Picture. A mirrored window is streamed live into an on-screen panel with ScreenCaptureKit. Vircue never saves, uploads, or persists captured video.

Both permissions are granted by you through macOS system prompts and can be revoked anytime in System Settings → Privacy & Security.

Network use

The core features — layouts, scheduling, Picture-in-Picture, and switching — work fully offline and make no network requests.

Feedback you send: if you use Send Feedback, we receive your message, the category you picked, and your Vircue and macOS versions, so the problem can be reproduced. If Vircue crashed, we receive the file path of the macOS crash report on your Mac, never its contents; attaching the file itself is your choice. Feedback is kept until the issue is resolved and then deleted. Ask us and we'll delete yours sooner.

Beta access: redeeming a beta key sets a cookie in your browser so downloads work for 30 days. We record that the key was redeemed and when, so an over-shared key can be spotted. No account and no personal details are needed to download the beta.

License activation: when you enter a license key to unlock Pro, that key may be sent to our payment provider, [your payment provider], solely to verify it is valid. No other personal information is transmitted.

Updates: if automatic updates are enabled, Vircue periodically downloads a small update manifest and, when an update exists, the new app version. These requests include only standard delivery information (such as your IP address and app version) and are not used to track you.

Your email address

If you give us your email address — when you write in, download Vircue, or buy a licence — we use it to support you and to tell you about Vircue: replying to you, help getting set up, your licence and receipts, and occasional news about the app.

Every email that isn't essential to your licence or your support request has an unsubscribe link, and unsubscribing never affects your licence or your ability to get help. We don't sell your address or pass it to anyone except the services that deliver our email and process our payments. Ask us and we'll delete it.

Children

Vircue is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect data from them.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes materially, the updated version will be posted here with a new "Last updated" date.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Email support@vircue.app.