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German-first Promotional Text, Descriptions, Keywords and App Review notes,
plus the app-specific privacy text the existing website policy is missing.

Every character-limited field is checked by check-limits.py, which also catches
headings whose stated count has drifted from the real length. Three things the
brief assumed turned out not to hold, and the copy says so rather than shipping
the claim: a Mac cannot act as a host, the published privacy policy covers only
the website, and the App Review notes field caps at 4000 characters.
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# App Store copy
Source of truth for what goes into App Store Connect. Every character-limited field in here has
been counted with `check-limits.py`; run it after any edit.
```sh
python3 clients/apple/store/check-limits.py
```
| File | Covers |
|------|--------|
| [`ios.md`](ios.md) | iOS/iPadOS Promotional Text (DE + EN), with alternates |
| [`macos.md`](macos.md) | macOS Promotional Text, Description, Keywords (DE + EN) |
| [`tvos.md`](tvos.md) | tvOS Promotional Text, Description, Keywords (DE + EN) |
| [`review-notes.md`](review-notes.md) | App Review notes template + pre-submission checklist |
| [`privacy-app-addendum.md`](privacy-app-addendum.md) | App-specific privacy text to add to the existing policy page |
German is primary throughout and uses the same informal "du" voice as the website
(`punktfunk-website/messages/de.json`). English is a localisation, not a translation exercise — a
few lines diverge where the German idiom does not carry.
## Three things that contradicted the original brief
1. **A Mac cannot be a host.** The brief suggested Mac copy could cover "running as a host/server
or client on Mac". There is no macOS host — `punktfunk-host` has no macOS capture, virtual
display, or encode backend. The macOS copy is client-only and says so explicitly.
2. **The existing privacy policy is website-only.** It covers server logs, Plausible, and a
language cookie, and never mentions the apps. Linking it unchanged from App Store Connect is
the kind of thing that draws a reviewer's attention to analytics that have nothing to do with
the app. See `privacy-app-addendum.md` for the text to append.
3. **App Review notes cap at 4000 characters**, not the unlimited field the brief implied. The
template is 3919 and fits.
## Claims used, and where they come from
Everything asserted in the copy was checked against the source rather than the marketing site:
- Hardware decode, HDR/4:4:4, controller and input support — `clients/apple/README.md`
- Entitlements and their justifications — `Config/Punktfunk.entitlements`,
`Config/Punktfunk-macOS.entitlements` (both carry detailed rationale comments)
- Background audio mode and its 2.5.4 constraints — `Config/Info.plist`
- "Collects no data" — verified by absence: no analytics SDK in `Package.swift`, no telemetry
symbols in `Sources/`, `URLSession` used only against the paired host
- Host platforms and protocol details — root `README.md`, `docs/releases/v0.24.0.md`
- Feature ship dates — `git tag --contains` on the relevant commits
## Not done here
`clients/apple` has no `PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy`. The app uses `UserDefaults`, which is a
required-reason API, so a manifest is expected. Flagged at the end of `review-notes.md`; left
alone because it is a code change, not copy.
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Check every App Store copy block in this directory against its field limit.
App Store Connect silently truncates or hard-rejects over-long fields, and the German copy is the
easy one to get wrong because umlauts read as one character but two bytes. Apple counts characters,
so `len()` on a `str` is the right measure — do not switch this to a byte count.
Each fenced code block in the .md files here is one field. Which limit applies is inferred from the
nearest heading above it. Exit status is non-zero if anything is over, so CI can gate on it.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import pathlib
import re
import sys
LIMITS = {"PROMO": 170, "DESC": 4000, "KW": 100, "NOTES": 4000}
def blocks(text: str):
"""Yield (heading, body) for every fenced block, tagged with the heading above it."""
heading = None
buf: list[str] | None = None
for line in text.split("\n"):
if line.startswith("#") and buf is None:
heading = line.lstrip("#").strip()
if line.strip() == "```":
if buf is None:
buf = []
else:
yield heading or "", "\n".join(buf)
buf = None
continue
if buf is not None:
buf.append(line)
def kind_of(heading: str, body: str) -> str:
low = heading.lower()
if "keyword" in low or re.fullmatch(r"(de|en) \(\d+\)", low):
return "KW"
if "template" in low:
return "NOTES"
return "DESC" if len(body) > 400 else "PROMO"
def main() -> int:
here = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent
failures = 0
stale = 0
for path in sorted(here.glob("*.md")):
found = list(blocks(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")))
if not found:
continue
print(f"\n=== {path.name} ===")
for heading, body in found:
kind = kind_of(heading, body)
limit = LIMITS[kind]
n = len(body)
over = n > limit
failures += over
# Headings carry the count in parentheses; flag any that drifted from the real length.
claimed = re.search(r"\((\d+)\)\s*$", heading)
drift = ""
if claimed and int(claimed.group(1)) != n:
drift = f" [heading claims {claimed.group(1)}]"
stale += 1
status = "OVER" if over else "ok"
print(f" [{kind:5}] {status:>4} {n:>4}/{limit} {heading[:48]}{drift}")
if failures:
print(f"\n{failures} block(s) OVER the limit")
elif stale:
print(f"\nAll within limits, but {stale} heading count(s) are stale")
else:
print("\nAll blocks within limits, all heading counts accurate")
return 1 if failures or stale else 0
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main())
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# iOS / iPadOS — App Store metadata
Existing, unchanged:
- **Name:** Punktfunk
- **Subtitle (DE):** Schnell, lokal & offen.
Only the Promotional Text is new here. It is the one field that can be changed **without** a new
build or a review, so it is the right place for "what landed most recently".
---
## Promotional Text (DE) — max 170 characters
### Primary (160)
```
Neu: Profile pro Host Auflösung, Bitrate und Ton einmal einstellen, dann mit einem Tipp verbinden. Dazu Live Activity, Sperrbildschirm-Widget und Wake-on-LAN.
```
### Alternate A — evergreen hook, no "new" claim (156)
```
Dein Gaming-PC auf dem iPhone, in dessen exakter Auflösung ohne Konto, ohne Cloud, nur dein Netzwerk. Hardware-Decoding, HDR und dein DualSense mit allem.
```
### Alternate B — leads on the DualSense (161)
```
Dein DualSense, vollständig: Rumble, adaptive Trigger, Lightbar, Touchpad und Gyro gehen bis ins Spiel durch. Dazu Profile pro Host und Wake-on-LAN vom Sofa aus.
```
### Alternate C — leads on latency (153)
```
Kein Konto, keine Cloud, kein Umweg: punktfunk/1 fährt über QUIC direkt zu deinem PC. Auflösungswechsel mitten im Stream, ohne die Verbindung zu trennen.
```
---
## Promotional Text (EN) — max 170 characters
### Primary (152)
```
New: per-host profiles — set resolution, bitrate and audio once, then connect with one tap. Plus Live Activities, a Lock Screen widget, and Wake-on-LAN.
```
### Alternate A — evergreen hook (159)
```
Your gaming PC on your iPhone, at your iPhone's exact resolution — no account, no cloud, just your network. Hardware decoding, HDR, and your DualSense in full.
```
### Alternate B — leads on the DualSense (160)
```
Your DualSense, in full: rumble, adaptive triggers, lightbar, touchpad and gyro all reach the game. Plus per-host profiles and Wake-on-LAN from across the room.
```
---
## Notes on the claims
- "Profile pro Host" shipped in **v0.22.0** (`25b12780`, `80c0ca69`) and is in every tag since. It is
the strongest recent user-facing Apple feature, so "Neu" is defensible for one release cycle — but
drop the word once 0.25 ships something newer.
- Live Activities and the Hosts widget shipped long ago (`ba1caf02`, in v0.15.0+). They are safe to
*mention* but should not be called "neu".
- The only Apple-visible feature unique to **v0.24.0** is the "Forward controllers" off switch
(`b297542c`), which is too niche to headline.
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# macOS — App Store metadata
> **Scope correction.** The Mac app is a **client only**. There is no macOS host: `punktfunk-host`
> has no macOS capture, virtual-display, or encode backend (the two `cfg!(target_os = "macos")` hits
> in the host crate are OS *detection* for the host tile and a path helper; the loopback-test host
> is a synthetic frame source for `test-loopback.sh`, not a shippable host). A macOS host is a
> feasibility study — it needs four new backends and the private `CGVirtualDisplay` API.
> None of the copy below claims a Mac can host, and it should not until that ships.
- **Name:** Punktfunk
- **Subtitle (DE):** Schnell, lokal & offen.
- **Subtitle (EN):** Fast, local & open.
---
## Promotional Text (DE) — max 170 characters
### Primary (164)
```
Neu: Profile pro Host ein Mac, mehrere Gaming-PCs, jeder mit eigenen Einstellungen. Dazu AV1-Hardware-Decoding auf M3 und neuer, HDR und volles 4:4:4 für Schrift.
```
### Alternate (156)
```
Dein Gaming-PC im Fenster oder im Vollbild, in der exakten Auflösung deines Displays. Maus und Tastatur gehen durch, Auflösungswechsel ohne neue Verbindung.
```
## Promotional Text (EN) — max 170 characters
### Primary (161)
```
New: per-host profiles — one Mac, several gaming PCs, each with its own settings. Plus AV1 hardware decoding on M3 and later, HDR, and full 4:4:4 for crisp text.
```
### Alternate (156)
```
Your gaming PC in a window or full screen, at your display's exact resolution. Mouse and keyboard pass straight through; resize without dropping the stream.
```
---
## Description (DE) — max 4000 characters
```
Punktfunk streamt deinen Gaming-PC auf den Mac in der exakten Auflösung und Bildwiederholrate deines Displays, über dein eigenes Netzwerk, ohne Konto und ohne Cloud.
Punktfunk besteht aus zwei Hälften: einem Host auf dem PC, von dem du streamst, und dieser App auf dem Gerät, auf dem du spielst. Der Host ist quelloffen und kostenlos, läuft auf Linux und auf Windows 11 auf dem Gaming-Rig unterm Schreibtisch, auf einem Laptop oder headless auf einem Server, an dem gar kein Monitor hängt.
DEIN MAC BEKOMMT SEIN EIGENES DISPLAY
Für jede Verbindung legt der Host ein echtes virtuelles Display an in genau der Auflösung und Bildrate, die dein Mac meldet. Kein Skalieren, keine schwarzen Balken, kein Umsortieren deiner echten Monitore. Änderst du mitten im Stream die Fenstergröße oder gehst auf Vollbild, wird die Auflösung neu ausgehandelt, ohne die Verbindung zu trennen. Mehrere Geräte können gleichzeitig streamen, jedes auf seinem eigenen Display.
SCHNELL, WEIL UNS DER GANZE WEG GEHÖRT
Die nativen Apps sprechen punktfunk/1: eine QUIC-Steuerebene und eine verschlüsselte Datenebene mit Vorwärtsfehlerkorrektur, die Auflösung und Bildrate mitten im Stream wechselt, ohne neu zu verbinden. Dekodiert wird in Hardware über VideoToolbox H.264, HEVC und AV1 auf Macs, die AV1 in Hardware können (M3 und neuer).
FÜR DEN MAC GEMACHT
• Im Fenster oder im Vollbild, auf jedem angeschlossenen Display
• Maus und Tastatur gehen vollständig durch Klick zum Fangen, Cmd+Esc oder Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Q zum Freigeben
• Ein Stream-Menü in der Menüleiste: Maus freigeben, Trennen, Statistik einblenden
• Mikrofon-Uplink mit Echounterdrückung dein Mac wird zum Headset am PC
• HDR mit PQ-Passthrough und ein optionaler Vollchroma-Modus (4:4:4), damit kleine Schrift und feine Linien scharf bleiben
CONTROLLER, VOLLSTÄNDIG
DualSense, Xbox- und weitere MFi-kompatible Controller. Beim DualSense gehen Rumble, Lightbar, Player-LEDs, adaptive Trigger, Touchpad und Gyro bis ins Spiel durch. Welchen Typ das virtuelle Gamepad am Host annimmt, richtet sich nach dem, was bei dir wirklich in der Hand liegt.
DEINE BIBLIOTHEK, DEIN NETZWERK
Installierte Steam-Titel und selbst hinzugefügte Spiele erscheinen als Raster mit Artwork und starten direkt. Hosts findet die App im Netzwerk von allein. Beim ersten Mal koppelst du einmalig mit einer PIN, danach verbindet sich der Mac über eine gepinnte Identität aus deinem Schlüsselbund kein Konto, kein Login. Einen schlafenden PC weckt Punktfunk per Wake-on-LAN.
MESSEN STATT GLAUBEN
Ein gestuftes Overlay zeigt Bildrate, Bitrate und Latenz über zwei Maschinen hinweg um den Uhrenversatz korrigiert, also eine Messung und kein Versprechen. Ein Geschwindigkeitstest pro Host schlägt eine passende Bitrate vor. Profile halten pro Host fest, wie gestreamt werden soll.
WAS DU BRAUCHST
Einen Punktfunk-Host auf einem Linux-PC oder auf Windows 11 (22H2 oder neuer) im selben Netzwerk. Der Host ist quelloffen (MIT/Apache-2.0) und kostenlos Anleitungen und Quellcode findest du auf punktfunk.unom.io. Diese App ist der Client: ein Mac kann derzeit nicht selbst Host sein.
Kein Konto. Keine Cloud. Keine Telemetrie. Die App erfasst keine Daten über dich.
```
---
## Description (EN) — max 4000 characters
```
Punktfunk streams your gaming PC to your Mac — at your display's exact resolution and refresh rate, over your own network, with no account and no cloud.
Punktfunk comes in two halves: a host on the PC you stream from, and this app on the device you play on. The host is open source and free, and runs on Linux and on Windows 11 — on the gaming rig under your desk, on a laptop, or headless on a server with no monitor attached at all.
YOUR MAC GETS A DISPLAY OF ITS OWN
For every connection, the host creates a real virtual display at exactly the resolution and refresh rate your Mac reports. No scaling, no black bars, no rearranging your actual monitors. Resize the window mid-stream or go full screen and the resolution is renegotiated without dropping the connection. Several devices can stream at once, each on its own display.
FAST, BECAUSE WE OWN THE WHOLE PATH
The native apps speak punktfunk/1: a QUIC control plane and an encrypted data plane with forward error correction, able to change resolution and frame rate mid-stream without reconnecting. Decoding is done in hardware through VideoToolbox — H.264, HEVC, and AV1 on Macs with an AV1 hardware decoder (M3 and later).
BUILT FOR THE MAC
• In a window or full screen, on any attached display
• Mouse and keyboard pass straight through — click to capture, Cmd+Esc or Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Q to release
• A Stream menu in the menu bar: release the mouse, disconnect, toggle the stats overlay
• Microphone uplink with echo cancellation — your Mac becomes the headset on your PC
• HDR with PQ passthrough, plus an optional full-chroma (4:4:4) mode that keeps small text and fine UI lines sharp
CONTROLLERS, IN FULL
DualSense, Xbox, and other MFi-compatible controllers. On a DualSense, rumble, lightbar, player LEDs, adaptive triggers, touchpad, and gyro all reach the game. The virtual gamepad the host presents takes its type from the controller actually in your hands.
YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR NETWORK
Installed Steam titles and games you add yourself appear as a grid with artwork, ready to launch. The app finds hosts on your network by itself. The first time, you pair once with a PIN; after that your Mac reconnects on a pinned identity stored in your keychain — no account, no login. Punktfunk can wake a sleeping PC over Wake-on-LAN.
MEASURED, NOT PROMISED
A tiered overlay shows frame rate, bitrate, and latency — corrected for clock skew across the two machines, so it is a measurement rather than a claim. A per-host speed test suggests a bitrate that matches your link. Profiles remember how each host should be streamed.
WHAT YOU NEED
A Punktfunk host on a Linux PC or on Windows 11 (22H2 or later) on the same network. The host is open source (MIT/Apache-2.0) and free — guides and source at punktfunk.unom.io. This app is the client: a Mac cannot currently act as a host.
No account. No cloud. No telemetry. This app collects no data about you.
```
---
## Keywords — max 100 characters
Comma-separated, **no spaces after the commas** (spaces count against the limit). The app name and
the subtitle are already indexed, so `punktfunk`, `schnell`, `lokal`, and `offen` are deliberately
absent — repeating them would waste characters.
### DE (97)
```
streaming,spiele,remote,desktop,fernzugriff,pc,linux,windows,controller,gamepad,latenz,quelloffen
```
### EN (95)
```
streaming,remote,desktop,pc,linux,windows,gaming,controller,gamepad,latency,selfhosted,lan,play
```
**Deliberately excluded:** `Moonlight`, `GameStream`, `NVIDIA`, `Steam`. Punktfunk genuinely is
GameStream-compatible and does read your Steam library, but App Store Review Guideline 4.1 and the
metadata rules disallow third-party app, product, and company names in the **keyword** field — it is
a routine rejection. Saying it in the description is fine; the current descriptions avoid naming
Moonlight and mention Steam only as a factual statement about your own library.
The previous keyword set (`Game-Streaming, Lokal, Open-Source, Gaming`) spent characters on spaces,
on `Lokal` (already in the subtitle), and on both `Game-Streaming` and `Gaming`, which share a stem.
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# Privacy — what to link from App Store Connect
## The situation
You already have a privacy policy at **punktfunk.unom.io/legal/privacy**. It is good, current
(Stand: 28. Juni 2026), and localised DE/EN. But it is a **website** privacy policy: it covers
server log files, Plausible Analytics on `analytics.unom.io`, the `PARAGLIDE_LOCALE` cookie, and
self-hosted fonts. It does not mention the apps at all.
That is a problem for App Store Connect in two directions:
1. Apple requires the linked policy to describe **the app's** data practices. A reviewer following
the link finds a page about a website.
2. It reads as *contradicting* a "Data Not Collected" declaration. The page prominently describes
analytics and a cookie. A reviewer who skims it sees "Reichweitenmessung mit Plausible
Analytics" and has every reason to question the App Privacy answers.
**Recommendation:** keep the existing page and append an app-specific section to it (the text
below), so one URL covers both. The alternative — a separate `/legal/privacy-apps` route — also
works, but one URL is less to keep in sync.
The page is CMS-driven (`src/routes/legal/privacy.tsx` renders Payload `RichText` blocks from the
`pages` collection, slug `legal/privacy`, tenant `punktfunk`), so this is a CMS edit rather than a
code change.
## Confirming the "collects no data" framing
Checked against the source rather than taken on trust, and it holds:
- **No analytics, telemetry, or crash-reporting SDK.** `Package.swift` declares no such dependency.
A case-insensitive sweep of `Sources/` for `sentry|firebase|analytics|telemetry|amplitude|
mixpanel|crashlytics|posthog|plausible` returns 43 hits — 43 of them the word "amplitude" in
haptics code (rumble amplitude), and one the English word "plausible" in a comment.
- **No outbound calls to us.** The only `URLSession` use is `LibraryClient`, fetching cover art
**from the paired host**, over a TLS session that pins the host's own certificate. The only
external URLs anywhere in the Swift sources are three UI links the user can tap: the docs site,
the source on `git.unom.io`, and the Discord invite.
- **No account system.** Identity is a client keypair in the device keychain
(`keychain-access-groups`, `ClientIdentityStore`); pairing is SPAKE2 with a PIN, host-to-device.
- **Data stays on device.** Saved hosts and settings live in a shared `UserDefaults` suite
(`group.io.unom.punktfunk`) so the widget can read them. Nothing syncs; there is no CloudKit
entitlement.
- **No ATT.** No `NSUserTrackingUsageDescription` anywhere, consistent with no tracking.
So **App Privacy → "Data Not Collected"** is accurate for all four platforms. Two caveats worth
stating in the policy text anyway, because they are true and pre-empt questions:
- The microphone uplink **is** audio leaving the device — but only to the host the user paired with,
encrypted, and never to us. Apple's questionnaire asks about data collected *by you or your
third-party partners*; streaming to the user's own machine is not collection. Saying so plainly
is better than staying silent about a microphone permission.
- The apps are distributed through the App Store, so **Apple** collects its own analytics. That is
Apple's processing, not yours, but naming it avoids looking like an omission.
---
## Text to append — Deutsch
> ## Die Punktfunk-Apps
>
> Dieser Abschnitt betrifft die Punktfunk-Apps für iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, Windows, Linux und
> Android im Unterschied zu den vorstehenden Abschnitten, die sich auf diese Website beziehen.
>
> **Die Apps erheben keine personenbezogenen Daten.** Es gibt keine Benutzerkonten, keine
> Registrierung und keine Anmeldung. Die Apps enthalten keine Analyse-, Tracking-, Werbe- oder
> Absturzbericht-Bibliotheken von Drittanbietern. Es findet kein Tracking im Sinne des App
> Tracking Transparency Frameworks statt, und es werden keine Daten an uns oder an Dritte
> übermittelt.
>
> **Wohin die Daten fließen.** Punktfunk verbindet Ihr Gerät direkt mit einem Host-Rechner, den Sie
> selbst betreiben in der Regel in Ihrem eigenen Netzwerk. Video, Ton, Maus-, Tastatur- und
> Controller-Eingaben sowie sofern Sie ihn einschalten Ihr Mikrofon werden ausschließlich
> zwischen Ihrem Gerät und diesem Host übertragen, verschlüsselt und ohne Umweg über einen Server
> von uns. Wir betreiben für den Streaming-Betrieb keine Vermittlungs-, Relay- oder Cloud-Dienste
> und haben zu keinem Zeitpunkt Zugriff auf die Inhalte einer Sitzung.
>
> **Was auf dem Gerät bleibt.** Die App speichert lokal auf Ihrem Gerät: die von Ihnen
> hinzugefügten oder im Netzwerk gefundenen Hosts, Ihre Einstellungen und Profile sowie einen
> kryptografischen Schlüssel, mit dem sich Ihr Gerät gegenüber einem gekoppelten Host ausweist
> (auf Apple-Geräten im Schlüsselbund). Diese Daten verlassen Ihr Gerät nicht und werden gelöscht,
> wenn Sie die App entfernen.
>
> **Berechtigungen.** Die App fragt nur Berechtigungen ab, die für den Betrieb nötig sind: den
> Zugriff auf das lokale Netzwerk, um Hosts zu finden und sich mit ihnen zu verbinden, und nur
> wenn Sie die Mikrofonübertragung nutzen das Mikrofon. Das Mikrofonsignal wird an den von Ihnen
> gekoppelten Host übertragen, wo es als virtuelles Mikrofon erscheint; es wird nicht
> aufgezeichnet und nicht an uns gesendet.
>
> **Verteilung über App-Stores.** Wenn Sie die App über den App Store oder Google Play beziehen,
> verarbeiten Apple bzw. Google im Rahmen der Auslieferung eigene Daten (etwa Kauf-, Installations-
> und Absturzstatistiken). Darauf haben wir keinen Einfluss; es gelten die
> Datenschutzbestimmungen des jeweiligen Anbieters. Aggregierte Statistiken, die uns Apple oder
> Google in ihren Entwicklerkonsolen anzeigen, lassen keinen Rückschluss auf einzelne Personen zu.
>
> **Der Host.** Der Punktfunk-Host ist quelloffene Software, die Sie selbst auf Ihrem eigenen
> Rechner betreiben. Welche Daten dabei anfallen etwa lokale Protokolldateien , bleibt
> vollständig unter Ihrer Kontrolle; wir erhalten davon nichts. Der Quellcode ist unter
> git.unom.io/unom/punktfunk einsehbar.
---
## Text to append — English
> ## The Punktfunk apps
>
> This section concerns the Punktfunk apps for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, Windows, Linux, and
> Android — as distinct from the sections above, which concern this website.
>
> **The apps collect no personal data.** There are no user accounts, no registration, and no sign-in.
> The apps contain no third-party analytics, tracking, advertising, or crash-reporting libraries.
> No tracking within the meaning of Apple's App Tracking Transparency framework takes place, and no
> data is transmitted to us or to any third party.
>
> **Where your data goes.** Punktfunk connects your device directly to a host machine that you run
> yourself, normally on your own network. Video, audio, mouse, keyboard, and controller input — and
> your microphone, if you switch it on — travel only between your device and that host, encrypted,
> without passing through any server of ours. We operate no brokering, relay, or cloud service for
> streaming, and we have no access to the contents of a session at any point.
>
> **What stays on your device.** The app stores locally on your device: the hosts you have added or
> discovered on your network, your settings and profiles, and a cryptographic key your device uses
> to identify itself to a paired host (in the keychain, on Apple devices). This data does not leave
> your device and is removed when you delete the app.
>
> **Permissions.** The app requests only the permissions it needs to work: access to the local
> network, in order to find hosts and connect to them, and — only if you use microphone streaming —
> the microphone. The microphone signal is sent to the host you paired with, where it appears as a
> virtual microphone; it is not recorded and is not sent to us.
>
> **Distribution through app stores.** If you obtain the app from the App Store or Google Play,
> Apple or Google process their own data as part of distributing it (such as purchase, installation,
> and crash statistics). We have no influence over this, and the respective provider's privacy
> policy applies. The aggregated statistics Apple and Google show us in their developer consoles do
> not allow any individual to be identified.
>
> **The host.** The Punktfunk host is open source software that you run on your own machine. Any
> data it produces — local log files, for instance — remains entirely under your control, and none
> of it reaches us. The source is available at git.unom.io/unom/punktfunk.
---
## Also update
- Bump **Stand: / Effective date:** on the page when you add this.
- App Store Connect → App Privacy → **Data Not Collected** for all four platforms.
- The same URL works for Google Play's Data safety declaration; the wording above already covers it.
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# App Review notes
## The core problem, stated plainly
Punktfunk is the client half of a two-part system. Without a reachable host it shows a host list, a
pairing sheet, and settings — and nothing else. There is **no demo or offline mode in a release
build**: the mock-data screens in `Sources/PunktfunkClient/Screenshots/` are wrapped in `#if DEBUG`
and are compiled out of anything you ship. A reviewer who launches the App Store build with no host
on their network sees an empty "On this network" list.
Guideline 2.1 requires you to supply whatever is needed to fully exercise the app. So you must
attach **one** of:
- **(a) A reachable demo host.** Best outcome — the reviewer sees the real thing. Requires a host
exposed to the internet with its UDP ports forwarded, plus a pairing PIN in the notes. The client
can add a host by IP or hostname, so mDNS discovery is not required for this path.
- **(b) A demo video.** Apple accepts this for hardware- or setup-dependent apps. Less good: a
reviewer who cannot reproduce is a reviewer who can reject on something unrelated.
**Attach (a) if you can keep a host up for the review window; (b) is the fallback.** Whichever you
pick, fill in the placeholders before submitting — the template assumes (a) and marks the spots.
> **⚠ Decide before submitting:** if you go with (b), replace the "CONNECTING TO OUR DEMO HOST"
> section with the video URL and say explicitly that no host can be provided.
---
## Notes template — paste into App Store Connect
The App Review Information "Notes" field caps at **4000 characters**. The block below is **3919**,
and filling the five placeholders in shortens it further (the literal `[[FILL IN: …]]` text is
longer than the values that replace it). If you add to it, re-check the count — an over-long note
is silently truncated, and what gets cut is the end, where the privacy and entitlement answers
live.
```
WHAT THIS APP IS
Punktfunk is a low-latency game- and desktop-streaming client. It streams from a "host" the user
installs on their own gaming PC (Linux, or Windows 11 22H2+), over their own network. The host is
separate open-source software we publish at https://git.unom.io/unom/punktfunk; it is not sold,
and this app has no purchases.
This app is the client half only: it renders video and audio from the user's own machine and
sends input back. There is no content library and no server of ours in a session.
IMPORTANT: THIS APP NEEDS A HOST
With no reachable host, the app can only show its host list, the pairing screen and settings --
inherent to what it is, not an incomplete build. We have provided a live host for review.
CONNECTING TO OUR DEMO HOST
1. Launch Punktfunk. The main screen lists hosts on the local network. Ours is not on yours, so
add it by hand: "+" (top right) then "Add host"; on Apple TV, "Add host" on the main screen.
2. Enter: Host: [[FILL IN: hostname or IP]] Port: [[FILL IN: port, default 47998]]
Name it anything, then confirm.
3. The app connects and asks for a pairing PIN. Enter: [[FILL IN: PIN]]
A one-time SPAKE2 pairing; afterwards the device is remembered and needs no PIN.
4. The host's game library appears as a grid. Select any title to stream; video and audio start
within a few seconds.
5. While streaming: stats overlay = Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S (or three-finger tap on iOS/iPadOS); release
mouse = Cmd+Esc or Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Q; disconnect = Ctrl+Alt+Shift+D.
6. Settings (gear) covers decoder, bitrate, HDR, audio, controllers and profiles; the per-host
"Speed test" suggests a bitrate for the link.
The host stays reachable throughout review. If you cannot reach it, please contact
[[FILL IN: contact email]] and we will restore it promptly.
WHY THE APP ASKS FOR WHAT IT ASKS FOR
- Local Network: finds hosts via Bonjour (_punktfunk._udp) and connects to them -- the app's
entire purpose.
- Microphone (optional, off by default): audio goes to the user's own paired host, appearing
there as a virtual microphone for voice chat. Never recorded, never sent to us.
- networking.multicast: sends the Wake-on-LAN magic packet, which must go to a broadcast address:
a sleeping PC has no ARP entry, so unicast cannot reach it. Used for nothing else.
- device.usb / device.bluetooth (macOS): the GameController framework reaches wired controllers
through IOHIDLibUserClient and wireless ones through startWirelessControllerDiscovery. USB also
drives DualSense rumble, which CoreHaptics will not. Without these, no controller input.
- network.server (macOS): the app is outbound-only, but the App Sandbox gates bind() itself. Our
QUIC endpoint and UDP socket each bind a local port to receive host-to-client datagrams;
without this, no video, audio or rumble arrives.
- UIBackgroundModes "audio" (iPhone/iPad): a session carries real, audible audio from the host,
and this keeps it alive if the user steps away briefly. Backgrounded, video decoding stops, only
the real audio keeps rendering, and a bounded timer disconnects automatically. We never play
silence to stay alive, nor use the mode outside an audible session.
REGARDING BUILD 0.4.2 (3384)
That build was rejected under 2.4.5(i) for a temporary-exception entitlement
(mach-lookup.global-name, com.apple.audioanalyticsd), added on a mistaken belief about CoreHaptics
rumble under the App Sandbox. We have since verified rumble works without it; this build carries
no temporary exception.
ACCOUNTS, PURCHASES, DATA
No account, no sign-in, no in-app purchase. The app collects no personal data: no analytics,
tracking, advertising or crash-reporting SDKs, and no connection to any server of ours during a
session. Device identity is a keychain keypair used only to authenticate to the user's own host.
Privacy policy: [[FILL IN: https://punktfunk.unom.io/legal/privacy]]
```
---
## Before you submit — checklist
- [ ] Fill every `[[FILL IN: …]]` placeholder. There are five.
- [ ] Confirm the demo host is reachable **from outside your own network** — test it on cellular,
not on the LAN it lives on. This is the failure mode that wastes a review cycle.
- [ ] Confirm the pairing PIN in the notes is the one the host will actually accept during the
review window, and that pairing is left open (it is on-demand in the web console).
- [ ] Put at least one launchable title in the demo host's library. An empty grid after a
successful pairing looks like a broken app.
- [ ] If submitting tvOS, verify the whole flow is reachable with the **Siri Remote alone**. A
reviewer will not have a controller paired, and "requires an accessory to navigate" is a
tvOS rejection.
- [ ] Attach the demo video as a URL in the notes if you are going the (b) route.
## Separately worth checking: the privacy manifest
There is **no `PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy`** anywhere in `clients/apple`. The app does use
`UserDefaults` (`HostStore` reads the `group.io.unom.punktfunk` suite), and `UserDefaults` is one of
Apple's "required reason" APIs, which are expected to be declared in a privacy manifest. Apps
missing a declaration typically get an automated **ITMS-91053** notice on upload.
This is adjacent to the copy work rather than part of it, so nothing has been changed here — but it
is worth adding a manifest declaring `NSPrivacyAccessedAPICategoryUserDefaults` with reason code
`CA92.1` (access to an app group container) and `NSPrivacyTracking` set to `false`, before the next
submission. Confirm the current reason codes against Apple's documentation rather than taking the
code above on trust; the list has changed since it was introduced.
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# tvOS — App Store metadata
Client only, living-room framing. Things the other platforms have that the **Apple TV does not**,
and which the copy therefore avoids claiming:
- **No microphone uplink.** There is no usable audio input on tvOS, so the "your Mac becomes the
headset" line does not transfer.
- **No gamepad console shell.** `ShotScenes` builds the gamepad home/settings screens for iOS and
macOS only — tvOS uses the native focus engine instead.
- **No AV1.** Apple TV 4K has no AV1 hardware decoder; HEVC and H.264 only.
- Mouse/keyboard capture exists on tvOS but is not a living-room story, so it stays out.
Kept, and genuinely tvOS-shaped: Siri Remote pointer navigation (`SiriRemotePointer`), controllers
including the full DualSense feedback set, HDR passthrough, and Wake-on-LAN — which is the single
best Apple TV feature, because it is what removes the trip to the other room.
- **Name:** Punktfunk
- **Subtitle (DE):** Schnell, lokal & offen.
- **Subtitle (EN):** Fast, local & open.
---
## Promotional Text (DE) — max 170 characters
### Primary (161)
```
Anschalten, Host wählen, spielen: Punktfunk weckt deinen Gaming-PC per Wake-on-LAN und verbindet sich, sobald er wach ist. In 4K, mit HDR, mit deinem Controller.
```
### Alternate A — leads on the picture (157)
```
Dein Gaming-PC am großen Bildschirm in genau der Auflösung und Bildrate deines Fernsehers, mit HDR. Ohne Konto, ohne Cloud, nur über dein eigenes Netzwerk.
```
### Alternate B — leads on the DualSense (160)
```
Dein DualSense am Apple TV, vollständig: Rumble, adaptive Trigger, Lightbar, Touchpad und Gyro gehen bis ins Spiel durch. Dazu Profile pro Host und Wake-on-LAN.
```
## Promotional Text (EN) — max 170 characters
### Primary (160)
```
Turn on, pick a host, play: Punktfunk wakes your gaming PC over Wake-on-LAN and connects as soon as it's up. In 4K, with HDR, with the controller in your hands.
```
### Alternate A — leads on the picture (148)
```
Your gaming PC on the big screen — at your TV's exact resolution and refresh rate, with HDR. No account, no cloud, nothing leaving your own network.
```
---
## Description (DE) — max 4000 characters
```
Punktfunk macht aus deinem Apple TV die Konsole für den Gaming-PC, der ohnehin schon im Haus steht in 4K, mit HDR, über dein eigenes Netzwerk, ohne Konto und ohne Cloud.
Punktfunk besteht aus zwei Hälften: einem Host auf dem PC, von dem du streamst, und dieser App auf dem Gerät, auf dem du spielst. Der Host ist quelloffen und kostenlos, läuft auf Linux und auf Windows 11 auch headless auf einem Rechner, an dem gar kein Monitor hängt.
VOM SOFA AUS, VON ANFANG BIS ENDE
Anschalten, Host auswählen, spielen. Die App findet Hosts im Netzwerk von allein. Beim ersten Mal koppelst du einmalig mit einer PIN, danach verbindet sich der Apple TV über eine gepinnte Identität kein Konto, kein Login, kein Abtippen von IP-Adressen. Steht dein Gaming-PC im Standby, weckt ihn Punktfunk per Wake-on-LAN und verbindet sich, sobald er wach ist. Niemand muss dafür aufstehen.
DAS BILD, DAS DEIN FERNSEHER WIRKLICH KANN
Für den Apple TV legt der Host ein echtes virtuelles Display an in genau der Auflösung und Bildrate, die dein Fernseher meldet, bis 4K. Kein Skalieren, keine schwarzen Balken, und die Monitore am PC werden nicht umsortiert. Dekodiert wird in Hardware über VideoToolbox (HEVC und H.264), HDR wird als PQ durchgereicht, statt es flach zu rechnen.
CONTROLLER, VOLLSTÄNDIG
DualSense, Xbox- und weitere MFi-kompatible Controller. Beim DualSense gehen Rumble, Lightbar, Player-LEDs, adaptive Trigger, Touchpad und Gyro bis ins Spiel durch. Welchen Typ das virtuelle Gamepad am Host annimmt, richtet sich nach dem, was bei dir wirklich in der Hand liegt. Bedienen lässt sich alles mit der Siri Remote oder komplett mit dem Controller die Oberfläche ist für die Fernbedienung gebaut, nicht für eine Maus.
DEINE BIBLIOTHEK AUF DEM FERNSEHER
Installierte Steam-Titel und selbst hinzugefügte Spiele erscheinen als Raster mit Artwork und starten direkt vom Sofa aus. Mehrere Geräte können gleichzeitig streamen, jedes auf seinem eigenen Display der Apple TV im Wohnzimmer stört also niemanden, der am Schreibtisch weiterarbeitet.
SCHNELL, WEIL UNS DER GANZE WEG GEHÖRT
Die nativen Apps sprechen punktfunk/1: eine QUIC-Steuerebene und eine verschlüsselte Datenebene mit Vorwärtsfehlerkorrektur. Ein gestuftes Overlay zeigt Bildrate, Bitrate und Latenz über zwei Maschinen hinweg um den Uhrenversatz korrigiert, also eine Messung und kein Versprechen. Ein Geschwindigkeitstest pro Host schlägt eine passende Bitrate für dein Netzwerk vor.
WAS DU BRAUCHST
Einen Punktfunk-Host auf einem Linux-PC oder auf Windows 11 (22H2 oder neuer) im selben Netzwerk. Für die beste Erfahrung hängt der Apple TV am Kabel oder an einem guten 5-GHz-WLAN. Der Host ist quelloffen (MIT/Apache-2.0) und kostenlos Anleitungen und Quellcode findest du auf punktfunk.unom.io.
Kein Konto. Keine Cloud. Keine Telemetrie. Die App erfasst keine Daten über dich.
```
---
## Description (EN) — max 4000 characters
```
Punktfunk turns your Apple TV into a console for the gaming PC you already own — in 4K, with HDR, over your own network, with no account and no cloud.
Punktfunk comes in two halves: a host on the PC you stream from, and this app on the device you play on. The host is open source and free, and runs on Linux and on Windows 11 — including headless, on a machine with no monitor attached at all.
FROM THE COUCH, START TO FINISH
Turn on, pick a host, play. The app finds hosts on your network by itself. The first time, you pair once with a PIN; after that your Apple TV reconnects on a pinned identity — no account, no login, no typing IP addresses with a remote. If your gaming PC is asleep, Punktfunk wakes it over Wake-on-LAN and connects as soon as it is up. Nobody has to get up to make that happen.
THE PICTURE YOUR TV CAN ACTUALLY SHOW
For your Apple TV, the host creates a real virtual display at exactly the resolution and refresh rate your TV reports, up to 4K. No scaling, no black bars, and the monitors on your PC are left where they are. Decoding is done in hardware through VideoToolbox (HEVC and H.264), and HDR is passed through as PQ rather than flattened.
CONTROLLERS, IN FULL
DualSense, Xbox, and other MFi-compatible controllers. On a DualSense, rumble, lightbar, player LEDs, adaptive triggers, touchpad, and gyro all reach the game. The virtual gamepad the host presents takes its type from the controller actually in your hands. Everything is navigable with the Siri Remote or entirely with a controller — the interface is built for a remote, not for a mouse.
YOUR LIBRARY ON THE BIG SCREEN
Installed Steam titles and games you add yourself appear as a grid with artwork, ready to launch from the couch. Several devices can stream at once, each on its own display — so the Apple TV in the living room does not disturb anyone still working at the desk.
FAST, BECAUSE WE OWN THE WHOLE PATH
The native apps speak punktfunk/1: a QUIC control plane and an encrypted data plane with forward error correction. A tiered overlay shows frame rate, bitrate, and latency — corrected for clock skew across the two machines, so it is a measurement rather than a claim. A per-host speed test suggests a bitrate that matches your network.
WHAT YOU NEED
A Punktfunk host on a Linux PC or on Windows 11 (22H2 or later) on the same network. For the best experience, put your Apple TV on Ethernet or on good 5 GHz Wi-Fi. The host is open source (MIT/Apache-2.0) and free — guides and source at punktfunk.unom.io.
No account. No cloud. No telemetry. This app collects no data about you.
```
---
## Keywords — max 100 characters
### DE (93)
```
streaming,spiele,gaming,controller,gamepad,wohnzimmer,fernseher,pc,linux,windows,4k,hdr,couch
```
### EN (91)
```
streaming,gaming,controller,gamepad,livingroom,tv,pc,linux,windows,4k,hdr,couch,remote,play
```
Same exclusions as macOS: no `Moonlight`, `GameStream`, `NVIDIA`, or `Steam` in the keyword field.