Privacy

ShipReel is built around a simple rule: your video stays on your Mac. This page explains the small amount of data ShipReel does send, and why.

Your video stays on your Mac

ShipReel transcribes and analyzes your footage locally, on the Mac you're working from. Your video file — and its audio and frames — is never uploaded. There is no file-size limit and no cloud queue, because the footage never moves.

What ShipReel sends to its servers

To rank the moments worth clipping, ShipReel sends a small amount of text to its analysis service: short transcript snippets and the scores computed on your Mac. This request goes to ShipReel's analysis Worker, which forwards it through Cloudflare AI Gateway to a large language model. Your footage, audio, and rendered clips are never part of that request.

Your account and licensing

Your license is tied to your account. To recognize each machine, ShipReel stores a random device identifier in the macOS Keychain on that Mac. This identifier is used only for licensing — it is not advertising or tracking, and it is not shared.

Payments

Purchases and credit packs are processed by Stripe. ShipReel Studio never sees or stores your full card details — Stripe handles the card data directly. ShipReel keeps only what it needs to attach a purchase to your account.

Analytics and tracking

ShipReel's website and app use no analytics or advertising trackers — no Google Analytics, no ad pixels, no cross-site tracking. For typography, this site loads web fonts from Google Fonts' CDN, so Google receives the standard request data (such as your IP address) needed to deliver the font files. Nothing else on the page calls a third party.

Data retention

ShipReel keeps the minimum needed to run your account and process analysis requests, and no more. Transcript snippets sent for ranking are used to answer the request and are not retained as a profile of you.

Changes to this policy

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