Privacy policy

Effective 31 October 2026. Applies to the ASCII Paper apps for Android, macOS, Windows and Linux, and to the ASCII Paper new tab extension for Chrome, Firefox and Safari.

The short version

ASCII Paper has no accounts, no ads and no analytics. Your wallpapers, pictures and videos stay on your device. The app only talks to our server when you use the Community.

What stays on your device

Your wallpapers, settings, and any picture, GIF, video or text you turn into a wallpaper.
Which looks you liked, reported or blocked.

The browser extension

The new tab extension collects nothing. It saves your chosen scene and your clock, search and shuffle settings in your browser profile. If you turn on Shortcuts, it reads your browser's list of most visited sites on your device to show them, and saves the ones you pin in your profile; that list never leaves your device. Text you type in its search box goes straight to the search engine you set in your browser, the same as searching from the address bar. It has no Community features and never contacts our server.

What the Community sends

A random install ID. Made by the app the first time it opens. It is not linked to your name, email, phone number or advertising ID. We use it to count likes once, limit how many looks one install can submit, and show you the status of your own submissions.
Looks you choose to submit. A look is a short code with the style settings (and, for scenes, the shader). Your pictures and videos are never sent. You also send the title you give it and, if you want, a name to show under it.
Likes and reports. When you like or report a look, we store that with your install ID. A report can include a short reason you type.

Submitted looks are reviewed before they become public. Once approved, their title, optional name and look code are visible to everyone using ASCII Paper.

Where it is stored

Community data is stored with Supabase, our database provider. We do not sell it or share it with anyone else, and we do not use it for advertising.

Removing your data

Email contact@medhub.one with the title of the look you want removed, or ask us to delete everything linked to your install. Deleting the app removes everything stored on your device.

Children

ASCII Paper is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from them.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes, we update this page and its date. Questions: contact@medhub.one.

Community rules