The short, honest version.

DeskTrack is currently in private access, with public availability coming via the waitlist. It will be free to use on macOS 14 or later. You'll be able to use it, stop using it, and delete it at any time — there's no account, subscription, or lock-in of any kind planned.

DeskTrack reads your screen to build your activity timeline. You're responsible for excluding apps or windows that show sensitive information you don't want analyzed (banking, health records, credentials, etc.) using the exclusion settings in the app — they start switched off, so you need to enable them and say what to skip. See the Privacy Policy for exactly what's captured and where it goes.

DeskTrack is provided "as is," without warranty of any kind. It's built and maintained by one person, in the open, and while care is taken to keep it reliable and accurate, it may have bugs, downtime in third-party services it depends on (like the AI analysis provider), or occasional inaccuracies in what it reports. Don't rely on it as the sole record for anything business-critical or legally significant.

DeskTrack is built for tracking your own activity on your own machine. Don't use it to covertly monitor someone else's device, or in a way that violates the privacy rights of others or the laws that apply to you.

If you enable meeting notes, DeskTrack transcribes from your Mac's system audio — which captures everyone on the call, not just you. No bot joins to announce itself, so the other participants are not told automatically.

Getting consent is your responsibility. Many jurisdictions require every party to a conversation to agree before it's recorded, and some conversations (medical, legal, HR) carry additional obligations. DeskTrack provides an announcement script and a consent prompt, but it can't confirm you disclosed anything, and using it doesn't make a recording lawful. If you're unsure of the rules where you and the other participants are, don't record.

Screenshots are never transmitted. Depending on your settings, DeskTrack may send text (app names, window titles, activity summaries, meeting transcripts) or meeting audio to OpenAI, using an API key you supply, subject to OpenAI's own terms. DeskTrack isn't responsible for the availability or behavior of third-party services it integrates with.

These terms may be updated as the product evolves. Material changes will be reflected here with an updated date, and significant changes will be surfaced in the app.

Questions about these terms: founder@desktrack.io.