Privacy policy
In short: your meals stay on your phone. The app has no accounts, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking, and we do not receive any of your data. Only if you allow it, photos and food descriptions you ask to estimate are sent to Google Gemini, an AI service run by Google LLC, using your own API key.
What the app stores
The meals you record (type, date and time, note, and each food's name, amount, calories and sugar), a small thumbnail of any meal photo, your goals, and your Gemini API key. All of it is saved only on your device, in the app's own storage; the key is kept encrypted in the system's secure storage. None of it is sent to us.
Photo and description estimates (Google Gemini)
The app can estimate a meal's calories and sugar with Gemini, an AI service run by Google LLC. This is optional; barcode lookup and typing meals in yourself work without it.
- What is sent: the meal photo, when you ask for a photo estimate; the food name and amount you typed, when you tap Estimate; and your Gemini API key, which Google needs to accept the request. Nothing else is sent: not your other meals, history or goals.
- Who receives it: only Google LLC, through the Gemini API (generativelanguage.googleapis.com). It goes directly from your phone to Google over an encrypted (HTTPS) connection. We, the developer, never receive it.
- How it is collected: only when you tap a button that asks for an estimate, and only after you have allowed it. Before anything is first sent, the app shows what will be sent and to whom, and asks your permission. If you don't allow it, or don't add a key, the app never contacts Gemini.
- How it is used: Google uses it to identify the foods and return the estimate, which the app shows you to check and edit. Google handles it under the Gemini API terms and the Google Privacy Policy. With a free API key, Google may keep what is sent, use it to improve its products, and have people review it, so leave faces and private details out of meal photos. We don't use it for anything.
- Protection: Google is the only third party that receives this data, and its terms and privacy policy protect it to the same or a higher standard than this policy: it is transferred encrypted and Google does not sell it.
- Turning it off: switch off "Share with Google Gemini" in the app's Settings at any time. The app then sends nothing to Google and asks again before any later estimate.
Barcode lookup (Open Food Facts)
When you scan a barcode, the app asks Open Food Facts for that product's nutrition values. The request contains only the barcode number.
Camera and photos
The camera is used to photograph meals and scan barcodes, and photo library access to choose a meal photo. Photos are only sent anywhere when you ask for an estimate, as described above.
CSV export
When you tap Export CSV, the app creates the file on your phone and opens the system share sheet. The file goes only where you choose to send or save it.
What we collect
Nothing. We do not collect, store or share personal data, and the app contains no third-party analytics or advertising code. As with any internet request, Google and Open Food Facts can see your device's IP address when the app contacts them.
Health information
Calorie and sugar figures are estimates for your own record keeping, not medical advice. They never leave your phone except in a CSV file you choose to export.
Deleting your data
Delete a meal in the app, clear the key in Settings and save, or delete the app to remove everything it stored.
Children
The app collects no data from anyone, including children.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.
Contact
Questions about this policy: jsvk.uk@gmail.com.