Peel Privacy Policy

Last updated September 30, 2026

Peel is published by Playsthetic LLC. It has no analytics, advertising or crash reporting, and it never uploads your files. This page describes what Peel keeps and everything it sends off your device. Our Privacy Policy covers the rest, including buying a license, how long we keep what reaches us, your rights, and how to contact us.

On your device

Tag suggestions and AI tags come from Apple's Vision framework running on your device, and your settings stay on it too.

In your folders

Peel keeps a hidden .peel folder inside each folder you open. It holds dated snapshots listing every file with its name, size, date and Finder tags, so tags can be restored after a sync goes wrong. It also holds your collections and, for Recent, the last 100 files you opened or previewed there and when. With AI tags on, it keeps what Vision found in each image, such as beach, dog or people. The folder travels with yours, so anyone you sync or share it with can read it. Tags you add are written to the files themselves as Finder tags.

What leaves your device

Update checks

Copies downloaded from our website or installed with Homebrew check for a newer version by fetching a small file from s3.playsthetic.com. The request carries only what any web request carries, such as your IP address, and our server logs keep it for up to 7 days. Downloading an update is counted like any other download, as our Privacy Policy describes. A copy from the App Store leaves updates to the App Store instead.

Received by Playsthetic LLC.

License checks

When you enter a license key, Peel keeps it in your system keychain, which holds on to it even after you delete the application. It sends the key to api.playsthetic.com to confirm it is valid, then again at each launch. Besides the key, the request carries only what the application sends with any request, such as its version and your operating system version. We record the day the key was last checked. A copy from the App Store checks your purchase with Apple instead, and sends us nothing.

Received by Playsthetic LLC and Apple.

Deleting your data

What Peel keeps on your device or writes into your folders never reaches us, so you can delete it yourself at any time. A license key stays in your system keychain until you remove it with Keychain Access. To ask about anything that did reach us, see Your rights in our Privacy Policy.

Contact us

Questions about Peel and your privacy go to hey@playsthetic.com.