Privacy Policy

Last updated: April 10, 2026

Summary

SnipTray is a clipboard manager for Mac and iPhone that stores your clipboard history locally on your device. If you subscribe to SnipTray Pro, your text clipboard entries are also synced across your devices via Apple's iCloud (CloudKit) using end-to-end encryption.

We do not operate any servers. We do not collect analytics. We cannot read the contents of your clipboard.

What SnipTray captures

When you copy text, images, files, or URLs on your Mac, SnipTray observes your system clipboard (NSPasteboard) and saves a local copy so you can paste it again later. On iPhone, SnipTray only reads the clipboard when you explicitly open the app or tap "Add from Clipboard" — iOS does not allow background clipboard access.

Captured data may include:

• Plain text and rich text (RTF)
• Images (stored as PNG files on disk)
• File references (macOS only; file paths, not file contents)
• URLs
• The name and bundle identifier of the app you copied from (used only for display and for the password-manager exclusion list)

Where your data lives

• On your device: a local SwiftData database in SnipTray's Application Support folder. Images are stored as loose PNG files.
• In iCloud (only if you have SnipTray Pro enabled): text and URL clips are synced to your personal iCloud private database via Apple's CloudKit service. They are stored in a dedicated record type SyncedClip inside a custom zone named ClipsZone.

We have no servers. SnipTray has no backend, no analytics, no telemetry, no crash reporting service. The only network traffic SnipTray makes is to Apple's iCloud servers on your behalf, under your Apple ID.

End-to-end encryption for synced clips

Synced clip content is written to CloudKit using CKRecord.encryptedValues, Apple's built-in end-to-end encryption layer tied to your iCloud Keychain. The following fields are encrypted before leaving your device:

• text — the full clipboard text payload
• contentHash — the SHA-256 hash of the content
• customTitle — any nickname you've assigned the clip

Apple's servers only see ciphertext for these fields. Apple cannot decrypt your clipboard contents. Neither can we. Only your devices signed into your iCloud account can read the data.

The following fields are stored in plaintext as CloudKit metadata (Apple sees them, we don't):

• kind — whether the clip is text or a URL
• createdAt, lastModifiedAt — timestamps
• deviceID — a per-install random UUID used to recognize your own devices

Shared categories

If you share a category with another person, the clips inside that category are mirrored to a separate CloudKit zone that both parties' devices can read. The same end-to-end encryption applies — Apple sees only ciphertext, and only invited participants' devices can decrypt the clips. Stop sharing at any time from Preferences → Sync → Shared categories; doing so deletes the shared zone for everyone.

Password-manager exclusion

SnipTray automatically excludes clipboard entries copied from known password managers from ever being saved to your history or uploaded to iCloud. The default exclusion list includes:

• 1Password (7 and 8)
• Apple Keychain Access
• Bitwarden
• LastPass
• Dashlane
• Enpass
• KeePassXC

Additionally, SnipTray honors the org.nspasteboard.ConcealedType pasteboard convention — any item marked concealed by its source app is dropped on the floor before it ever touches our storage.

You can edit this exclusion list at any time in Preferences → Sync → Never sync from these apps.

What we do not collect

• No analytics (no Mixpanel, Amplitude, Firebase, Google Analytics, etc.)
• No crash reports sent to us (crashes are logged locally and surfaced in macOS's Console.app)
• No advertising identifiers
• No personal identifiers beyond what Apple provides CloudKit for user authentication
• No third-party SDKs that collect data

In-App Purchases

SnipTray Pro is sold via Apple's App Store in three tiers:

• Monthly: $4.99 / month, auto-renewing, with a 3-day free trial for new subscribers
• Yearly: $49.99 / year, auto-renewing, with a 3-day free trial for new subscribers
• Lifetime: $99.99 one-time purchase, no recurring charges

Purchases are processed entirely by Apple. SnipTray receives a receipt from Apple's App Store and uses it to unlock Pro features. We do not see your payment information at any point. Manage, cancel, or request a refund from your Apple ID subscription settings.

Children's privacy

SnipTray is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect any data from children.

Your rights

Because all your data lives either on your own device or in your own iCloud account, you have full control:

• Delete a single clip: right-click in the overlay → Delete
• Clear your full history: menu bar → Clear History
• Reset CloudKit sync state: Preferences → Sync → Reset Sync State (deletes the CloudKit zone and rebuilds from local)
• Delete everything, everywhere: uninstall SnipTray and delete the iCloud.com.alexandrdomashev.SnipTray container via Apple's CloudKit Dashboard

Changes

If this policy ever changes, the Last updated date at the top will reflect that, and any material change will be announced in a release note for the next version of SnipTray.