Deskworthy

The one-job split is the part that stands out. CopyHold keeping a local history of what you copied is useful, but clipboard history quietly holds passwords and one-time codes. Does CopyHold skip pastes from password managers, or is that history something you clear by hand? Also, Telltale says it shows why a Mac got slow: does it break out GPU and helper processes the way Activity Monitor does, or only the app you have in front?

Nice that every app lists the hosts it can contact. Does the Offline mode block all network calls at the OS level, or is it enforced inside each app?

VeilShot is the app I'd use most — hiding emails and identifiers in screenshots before sharing them solves a genuinely awkward problem I run into weekly. The Network panel listing every host an app can contact is a smart trust feature too; most privacy apps ask you to take their word for it. Question: does the Offline mode persist between launches, or do you have to re-enable it each time you open an app?

Quite useful for me.

Quite useful for me.

The interesting part is the split between the Network panel and Offline mode. Listing every host an app can contact is only useful if that list is the real allowlist, not a marketing blurb. If I turn Offline on in Snipkeep or VeilShot, does a screenshot markup still save locally, or do those two apps refuse to open because they expect a license check? DiskAtlas and Kempt have a free limited mode while the others are trial-only. That makes the disk and tidy tools the ones someone can verify the no-upload claim on without paying, and the $19 single-app price versus $69 a year for all seven is a big jump if you only wanted VeilShot to redact a screenshot.

The per-app Network panel listing every host an app can contact is a really concrete way to back up the privacy claim. For VeilShot, does it detect emails and identifiers automatically via on-device OCR, or do I select the regions myself? I'd also be curious how Offline mode behaves with the trial license check.

“One job each, nothing uploaded” is a great promise. Privacy-first apps are rare now. Are the apps a one-time purchase or a subscription? And is there a plan to bring any of them to Windows? A lot of people would want the same no-cloud approach there.

A per-app Network panel listing every host it can contact is a strong trust signal. Is that list built from a fixed allowlist compiled into each app, or observed at runtime? And for the paid apps, is the license check one of the hosts shown, so users can see exactly what gets sent?

Ahmad, a Network panel in every app that lists each host it can contact, plus a true Offline mode, is the kind of proof most privacy claims skip. Which of the seven apps is pulling people in first: Snipkeep, or something like DiskAtlas? Small search note: I googled "privacy focused mac screenshot app no cloud upload" (US results) and page 1 is a Reddit thread from another builder, Xnip on the App Store, a Medium roundup and several "best screenshot app for Mac 2026" lists. Deskworthy isn't on it yet, and your no-upload angle is exactly what that query is asking for. I run AI Knows Us, so this kind of search check is what I do.

I'd like to try! It's very usefull!

One correction for all! Right now it's founder pricing, all one-time: $5 for an app for life, or $25 for every app for life, including the ones still coming. After the founder deal, it's $19 per app once, or a subscription for all of them.

Kempt clearing only what you tick is a good safety choice. Before anything is removed, does it show each item's path and size, and does deleted data go to the Trash or get removed permanently? Also curious whether DiskAtlas can flag cache folders that apps rebuild on their own versus files you would miss.

This is something i think i would find useful

Love the 'one job each, nothing uploaded' approach. VeilShot hiding emails in screenshots fixes something I run into all the time when sharing design work. Beautifully focused apps.

The Network panel plus Offline mode is a clearer promise than a privacy policy. For VeilShot specifically, when it hides emails and identifiers in a screenshot, does the redaction burn into the pixels so the original text is gone even if someone inspects the PNG, or is it a layer a recipient could remove? That distinction decides whether I can send a marked-up shot of a customer email.

A Network panel listing every host an app can contact, plus a true Offline mode, is a much more concrete privacy promise than a policy statement. How does that work when an app is updated — does the Network panel change to show any new host before the update is applied, and can a user stay on the older version if they do not accept the change? I am also curious about CopyHold: since clipboard history stays local, is there a retention limit or an option to exclude sensitive items such as passwords from being stored at all?

Hi, I'm Ahmad, the maker. Deskworthy is a set of small Mac apps where the privacy claim is something you can check: open Settings, Network, and see every host the app can reach, or switch on Offline mode and watch it make no calls. We started with the jobs people repeat every day (screenshots, images, the clipboard, disk space, what is slowing the Mac) and gave each its own app, so none needs an onboarding tour. Every app has a 7-day trial or a free mode. I'd love to hear which app you would use first and what is missing. Founder prices are open for the first buyers.