Privacy Policy
Last updated October 12, 2026 · applies to LaunchGate 0.4.53 and later
The short version
The LaunchGate app has no account, analytics or telemetry. Your app list, settings and login history stay on your Mac. Connection tests contact a URL you choose, and update checks contact launchgate.dev. Like any web request, those hosts see your IP address. We do not use update requests to profile you. This website is separate from the app; its measurement tools are described below.
The connection test
LaunchGate's whole job is deciding whether the network actually works yet. To do that it makes unauthenticated HTTP requests to a connection-test URL, repeating until it gets an answer or reaches the attempt limit. Update checks are separate.
By default that URL is Apple's own captive-portal endpoint, https://captive.apple.com/hotspot-detect.html, the same one macOS itself uses to detect a Wi-Fi login page. You can change it to any URL you prefer in Settings, including one you host.
The request carries no identifier of you or your Mac beyond what any HTTP request necessarily reveals to the host you contacted — and it is sent with an ephemeral session, so cookies and cached data do not persist after the run ends. Whoever operates that URL sees a request; we do not.
What stays on your Mac
Your list of managed apps, their launch delays, your gate settings and the history of past login runs are written to your own ~/Library/Application Support/LaunchGate/ folder and its log in ~/Library/Logs/.
These files stay on your machine. LaunchGate also stores preferences and can install a login agent. Before removing the app, use Give Startup Back in Settings to restore startup items it manages.
Software updates
LaunchGate checks for updates using Sparkle, which requests an update feed from launchgate.dev. As with any web request, our host sees the request and your IP address. We do not use that to build a profile of you. You can also check manually with Check for Updates in the LaunchGate menu.
What LaunchGate can see on your Mac
To do its job the app reads your installed applications and your macOS Login Items, so it can offer you a list to choose from and warn you when an app is set to start before the gate can hold it. That reading happens entirely on your Mac and is never transmitted.
Children
LaunchGate is a general-purpose utility, is not directed at children, and collects no information from anyone.
Changes
If this policy ever changes, the revised version will be posted here with a new date.
How this website measures visits
This website uses TruConversion for page analytics and visit replays, with anything you type hidden. It can observe the pages you visit, your browser and device information, and interactions such as clicks and scrolling. It receives no app list, settings or login history from the LaunchGate app.
None of these tools load unless you choose Accept in the cookie banner. Choosing Reject, or making no choice, keeps it off. The site remembers your choice in a first-party cookie. Change your choice at any time with Cookie settings below; your browser can also block or delete cookies.
Contact
Questions about this policy, or about anything else — write to info@vohux.com. A real person reads and replies.
LaunchGate is made by Vohux Inc., Ontario, Canada.