AppRig Privacy Policy

What AppRig stores

All data lives in a single SQLite database file, located by default at %APPDATA%\AppRig\notes.db.

You can move this file to any folder you choose via Settings → Storage (for example, into a OneDrive or Dropbox folder if you want your own cloud backup). AppRig reads and writes whatever path you configure.

The database stores:

• Notes and lists: text content, markdown formatting, and any inline images you paste or drag in. Images are stored as base64 data URIs embedded directly in the database; no separate image files are written.
• Clipboard history: text snippets and screenshots captured by the Clipboard sub-tool (see below).
• Quick Access entries: app shortcuts, file/folder paths, and URLs you have added.
• Hours entries: time-tracking records.
• Color palettes: color values you have saved.
• Application settings: window positions, theme preferences, sub-tool configuration, the configured DB path, and similar preferences.

The database is standard, unencrypted SQLite. If you store sensitive material in AppRig, be aware that anyone with access to your Windows account, or to the file directly, can read it.

What the Clipboard tracker captures

When the Clipboard sub-tool is enabled, AppRig listens for the Windows WM_CLIPBOARDUPDATE message and records:

• Text you copy from any application.
• Images copied to the clipboard, including PrintScreen captures and screenshots taken with Snipping Tool or the Windows snipping shortcut.

How to disable capture: Click the Clipboard tab in the activity bar and toggle capture off. The setting persists between sessions; AppRig will not record new clipboard entries while it is disabled.

How AppRig honors exclusion flags:

• If a source application marks clipboard content with the ExcludeClipboardContentFromMonitors Win32 clipboard format (used by password managers such as 1Password, Bitwarden, and KeePass to opt out of clipboard managers), AppRig skips that entry entirely: neither text nor images are stored.
• If clipboard text is flagged with CanIncludeInClipboardHistory=0 (the Windows clipboard history opt-out used by the Win+V feature), AppRig skips that text entry.
• Image content is not subject to the CanIncludeInClipboardHistory=0 check. Screenshot tools do not set a sensitivity flag on images, so AppRig captures them as intended. The ExcludeClipboardContentFromMonitors flag, if present, is still honored for images.

A configurable history cap (default 100 entries) prevents the database from growing unboundedly. Older entries are pruned automatically when the cap is reached.

What the keyboard and mouse tools access

Some of AppRig’s optional tools use Windows “global hooks” to watch keyboard or mouse input across your whole desktop. This is the same mechanism many overlay, accessibility, and shortcut utilities rely on. Because antivirus software and the Microsoft Store both scrutinize global hooks, here is exactly what each one does, and just as importantly what it does not do.

These hooks are inactive unless you turn the relevant feature on, and none of the data they observe is ever written to the database, written to a log, or sent off your device.

Keystroke Display

When you enable the Keystroke Display tool, AppRig installs a low-level keyboard hook so it can show the keys you press as an on-screen overlay (useful for screen recordings, demos, and teaching).

• It reads each key only to render its label (for example “A”, “Ctrl”, or “Esc”) in the overlay, then discards it. Keystrokes live in memory just long enough to draw them; nothing is accumulated, saved, or transmitted.
• It is a display tool, not a logger. AppRig keeps no record of what you typed.
• While the overlay is active it shows every key, including keys you type into other applications, so anything you type (such as a password) will appear on screen. Turn the tool off (or use its shortcut) before typing sensitive text, and before screen-sharing or recording something private.
• Closing or disabling the tool removes the hook immediately.

Copy on select (Clipboard)

If you turn on “copy on select” in the Clipboard tool, AppRig installs a low-level mouse hook to detect when you finish a text selection (a drag or a double-click).

• The hook reads only mouse button events and cursor coordinates, never the contents of what you select.
• When it detects a selection it sends a standard Copy (Ctrl+C) to whatever application you are using, so the highlighted text lands on the Windows clipboard (and in the clipboard list, if clipboard capture is also on). The result is identical to pressing Ctrl+C yourself.
• It ignores selections inside AppRig’s own windows, and it honors the same password-manager exclusion flags described above.
• Turning the feature off removes the hook.

AppRig also reroutes the mouse wheel to floating sticky notes so they scroll when you hover over them without clicking first. This uses the same kind of mouse hook, but it acts only on AppRig’s own note windows and reads only wheel and cursor-position events.

What the System Monitor reads

The optional System Monitor sub-tool shows live readouts of your computer’s performance. When you enable it, AppRig reads system information from Windows on a timer (about once a second, and only while the tool is visible, whether in the docked panel or a pop-out window):

• Hardware and OS metrics: processor, memory, disk space and activity, GPU and video-memory usage, and display refresh rate, read through standard Windows performance counters and system APIs.
• Network throughput: how many bytes your network adapters have sent and received, read from Windows’ network-interface counters. This is a speed measurement only. AppRig does not open any network connection, inspect packets, or read the content of your traffic (see “What leaves your device” below).
• Top processes: to show the busiest programs, AppRig asks Windows for the list of running processes and reads each one’s name, processor usage, and memory footprint. It uses these only to display the top few by CPU use.

None of these readings are stored, logged, or sent anywhere. Each sample is shown on screen and then discarded as the next one replaces it. AppRig keeps no history of your processor load, no record of which programs were running, and no network logs. The only things saved are your preferences (which metrics you have switched on and the layout you chose) as ordinary application settings.

Monitoring runs only while the tool is visible. Collapsing or hiding it stops all of the above, and each metric can also be turned off individually from the tool’s menu.

What leaves your device

Nothing. AppRig contains no network code. It does not call any external server, API, or analytics endpoint. It does not check for updates (the Microsoft Store handles that). It does not phone home.

Bundled reference data (city list)

The Clock sub-tool includes an offline list of around 1,000 cities, each with its country, IANA time zone, and coordinates. AppRig uses this bundled list for place search and to compute sunrise and sunset times on your device. No geolocation is performed, no location is read from your machine, and no network request is made to display any clock. The data ships inside the application.

The city list is derived from the GeoNames geographical database and is used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution and the license text are on the third-party notices page, which you can also open from Settings → About → Open third-party licenses.

Cloud sync (user choice)

AppRig itself does not sync your data. If you configure the database path to point inside a folder managed by OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive, or another sync service, that service will upload and sync your data according to its own terms and privacy policy. AppRig is not involved in or aware of that sync; it simply reads and writes the file at the path you configured.

Updates

AppRig is distributed through the Microsoft Store. The Store manages update delivery. AppRig does not fetch, check for, or apply updates itself.

Telemetry and crash reports

AppRig collects no telemetry, usage data, or crash reports that leave your device. If the application crashes, a log may be written locally at %APPDATA%\AppRig\crash.log.

The log records error details such as exception messages and stack traces, and in rare cases a file path or URL you have configured in Quick Access. It never contains your note text or clipboard contents. That file stays on your machine unless you choose to share it (for example, by attaching it to a support request).

Children

AppRig is not directed at children under 13 and is not designed or marketed for use by children. It has no features that target or are intended for a child audience.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes materially, the update will be noted in the Microsoft Store listing release notes and in the AppRig in-app changelog. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page will reflect the revision date.

Contact

Questions or concerns about this policy can be sent to developer@itsmakingthings.com.