Privacy

Pixel Soup collects nothing. There is no account, no analytics, no crash reporting and no server to talk to.

The app

• Every wallpaper is generated on your Mac's GPU. Nothing is uploaded.
• Your settings are stored in macOS user defaults on your Mac.
• Generated wallpapers and any photo you pick are copied into the app's own container in Application Support, so they keep working after the original moves. They stay on your Mac.
• The app is sandboxed. The only file permission it asks for is read and write access to files you choose yourself, for picking a photo and saving a PNG.
• Exported PNGs go only where you tell them to go.
• The Mac App Store version makes no network requests. It has no networking entitlement.

Updates (direct download only)

The copy bought from this site checks for a new version once a day by fetching one file, pixelsoup.app/appcast.xml, and downloads the update from pixelsoup.app when you choose to install it. Those requests carry the app's version and your Mac's IP address, as any web request does, and Cloudflare logs them as described above. Nothing else is sent: no identifier, no system profile, no usage data. Updates are signed, and the app refuses one that is not.

Licence key (direct download only)

The copy bought from this site asks for the licence key from your receipt. When you activate it, the app sends the key and your Mac's name to Dodo Payments to check it is genuine and to count it against the number of Macs it covers, and it checks the key again now and then. Nothing else is sent. Deactivating a Mac in the app frees that slot.

This website

pixelsoup.app is a static site on Cloudflare Pages. There are no cookies and no analytics scripts. Cloudflare processes request logs to serve and protect the site, as described in their own privacy policy. The display font is loaded from Google Fonts, which receives the request for the font file.

Buying

The direct download is sold by Dodo Payments, who act as merchant of record and handle your payment details, receipt and any tax. I never see your card. I receive your email address with the order so I can send you the app and reach you about it. Mac App Store purchases are handled entirely by Apple under Apple's own privacy policy.

Email

If you email support, I keep the thread in my mailbox so I can answer follow-ups. Ask me to delete it and I will.

Changes

If this ever changes, this page changes with it, and the date below moves. Questions: [email protected].

Last updated 1 October 2026.