MarkSchrift — Markdown Editor for Apple Devices
Effective date: June 10, 2026
MarkSchrift is a document-based markdown editor that runs entirely on your device. Your privacy is fundamental to how the app is designed.
MarkSchrift is developed and operated by John West, an individual developer. For any privacy question, or to exercise the rights described below, contact support@markschrift.com.
MarkSchrift does not collect, transmit, or store any personal data. Specifically:
All documents you create and edit are stored locally on your device or in your personal iCloud Drive (if you choose to save them there). Outside of a live collaboration session you start yourself (below), MarkSchrift does not read, access, or transmit your documents to any server.
If you choose to share a document for live co-editing, the document's edits pass through the MarkSchrift relay server end-to-end encrypted. The encryption key is generated on your device and travels only inside the invite link you send — it is never sent to the server, so the server cannot read your document. The relay stores only the encrypted session data, deletes it when the session's lifetime you chose expires, and purges it immediately when you end the share. No account is required to host or join a session.
To route messages between participants, the relay necessarily processes basic connection information — such as the network (IP) address your device connects from and a random session identifier. This is used only to operate the live session and is not used to identify you, is not linked to your documents' contents (which remain unreadable to us), and is not retained beyond what's needed to run and secure the relay. Any name a collaborator sets, and the "who did what" tags added during shared editing, are text you and your collaborators enter; they live inside your encrypted document and are yours to edit or remove.
If you store documents in iCloud Drive, syncing is handled entirely by Apple's iCloud infrastructure. MarkSchrift does not operate its own sync service and has no access to your iCloud account.
In-document search runs entirely on your device. MarkSchrift does not build or transmit any external index of your content.
MarkSchrift can, at your request, gather diagnostic information — such as the system's own battery and performance reports, or the app's recent log messages — to help troubleshoot a problem. This is entirely opt-in: nothing is gathered unless you ask for it in Settings, and the result stays on your device unless you choose to share it with us (for example, by attaching it to a support email). We do not collect diagnostics automatically or in the background.
The MarkSchrift app does not integrate with any third-party services, APIs, or analytics platforms.
The statements above describe the MarkSchrift app. This website (markschrift.com) uses GoatCounter, a privacy-friendly analytics tool, to count page views. It sets no cookies, does not track you across sites, and does not collect personal information.
MarkSchrift does not collect any personal information from anyone, including children under 13.
Because MarkSchrift does not collect or hold your personal data, there is generally nothing for us to access, correct, or delete on your behalf — your documents are already entirely in your control on your own device and iCloud. You control any live-collaboration data directly: it is unreadable to us, expires on its own, and is purged the moment you Stop Hosting. If you are in a region with specific data-protection rights (such as the EEA, UK, or California) and have a question or request, contact support@markschrift.com and we will respond.
If this privacy policy is updated, the revised version will be posted at this URL with a new effective date.
If you have questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at support@markschrift.com.