Last updated: March 5, 2026
Language Loop does not collect, store, or share your data with any third party. Screen capture and text recognition happen entirely on your device. Translation is handled by Apple's Translation framework, which may use Apple's servers unless you have downloaded on-device language packs.
Screen capture and text recognition (OCR) are performed entirely on your device using Apple's Vision framework. No screenshots or images leave your Mac.
Translation is handled by Apple's Translation framework. By default, recognized text may be sent to Apple's servers for translation. If you download language packs (available in Language Loop's settings), translation runs fully on-device with no network calls. Language Loop does not send any data to its own servers or to any third party.
Language Loop uses macOS Screen Recording permission (via ScreenCaptureKit) to capture a small, user-selected region of your screen. The user initiates every capture manually by pressing a hotkey and dragging to select a region. The captured image is processed entirely on your device using Apple's Vision framework for text recognition.
Captured images exist only in memory during OCR processing and are immediately discarded. No screenshots are saved to disk, cached, or retained. In continuous mode, the selected region is re-captured periodically; each image is processed and discarded the same way.
Language Loop does not share any data with third parties. The only network communication is between Apple's Translation framework and Apple's own servers (when on-device language packs are not installed). Language Loop contains no analytics SDKs, no advertising frameworks, and no third-party services of any kind.
Language Loop relies on Apple's Translation framework for translation. This framework may contact Apple's servers to perform translations and to download language packs. All such communication is managed by the operating system and goes directly to Apple. Language Loop itself does not operate any servers and makes no network calls of its own.
Language Loop contains no analytics, no tracking, no telemetry, and no crash reporting beyond what macOS provides by default through Apple.
If you have questions about this privacy policy, contact [email protected].