Privacy Policy & Terms of Use

1. Who we are

CalorieTap is made by [Company legal name], [address]. This policy explains what data the CalorieTap app collects, why, and what you can do about it. Questions go to privacy@calorietap.app.

2. No accounts, no names

CalorieTap does not ask for your name, email, phone number, or a password. When you first open the app, it generates a random identifier (a UUID) on your device. That ID is the only thing that ties your data together. We cannot look up a person by name, and we have no way to connect the ID to you unless you give us information that does.

Because the ID could still, in principle, be linked back to a device, privacy law treats data stored under it as personal data. We treat it that way too.

3. What we collect

Profile

Birthdate, sex, and your general region (country or state, never your precise location). Used to estimate your daily calorie target.

Logs

Calories you log, food names you say or type, and weight entries. This is health information and we handle it as such.

Usage events

When you use a feature, the app sends an event such as "user [ID] logged a meal" or "user [ID] used Back Tap." Events carry your random ID, the feature name, and a timestamp. They do not carry what you ate or how much.

Device

App version, iOS version, device model, and crash reports, so we can fix bugs.

Purchases

If you subscribe to Plus, Apple processes the payment. We receive a subscription status and an Apple transaction ID, not your card or Apple ID.

We do not collect your name, contacts, photos, precise GPS location, or the advertising identifier (IDFA). We do not use any third-party advertising SDK.

4. Why we collect it

To run the app. Your profile and logs are what the app is for: calculating your target, showing your history, and syncing across devices.

To understand how it's used. Usage events let us see how many people use CalorieTap, which features matter, and where people get stuck. We look at these in aggregate. Nobody at CalorieTap sits down and reads one person's event stream.

To keep it working. Device info and crash reports help us find and fix bugs.

Where the law requires a legal basis (for example in the EU, EEA, UK, and Switzerland), we process profile and log data with your explicit consent, which you give in the app when you set up your profile and can withdraw at any time by deleting your data. We process usage events and device data under our legitimate interest in improving and securing the app, and purchase data to perform our contract with you.

5. What we never do

—Sell your data, or share it with data brokers.

—Use your data for advertising, or let anyone else.

—Track you across other apps or websites.

—Try to figure out who you are from your random ID.

—Share your logs or profile with a third party for their own purposes.

6. Who processes data for us

We use a small number of service providers who process data only on our instructions: [hosting provider] for storing your profile and logs, [analytics provider] for usage events, and [crash reporting provider] for crash reports. Apple handles payments and subscriptions. When you use "Just say it," the food name you say is sent to [nutrition data provider] to retrieve calories; it is sent without your ID.

7. How long we keep it

Your profile and logs stay as long as you use the app. If your ID has had no activity for 24 months, we delete everything stored under it. Usage events are kept in identifiable form for 14 months, then reduced to aggregate counts that contain no IDs. When you delete your data from the app, everything under your ID is removed from our servers within 30 days, including from backups.

8. Your choices

Delete everything. Settings → Delete my data wipes your ID and everything under it from your device and our servers. No email, no waiting on support.

Export your data. Settings → Export gives you your profile and full log history as a file.

Opt out of usage analytics. Settings → Share usage data. Turning it off stops usage events immediately. The app works the same either way.

Start fresh. Deleting the app and reinstalling creates a new random ID. Old data is not connected to it.

Depending on where you live, you may also have legal rights to access, correct, delete, or port your data, to object to or restrict processing, and to complain to a data protection authority. Because we can't identify you by name, the fastest way to exercise these rights is through the in-app controls above. For anything else, email privacy@calorietap.app from the device running the app so we can locate your ID. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any right.

9. Security

Data is encrypted in transit and at rest. Access to production systems is limited to people who need it to run the service. Your random ID is stored separately from any information that could identify a device. No system is perfectly secure; if a breach affects your data, we will notify you through the app and as required by law.

10. Children

CalorieTap is not for anyone under 16. If the birthdate you enter shows you are under 16, the app will not create a profile. If we learn we hold data from a child under 16, we delete it.

11. Where data is stored

Our servers are in [region, e.g. the United States]. If you use CalorieTap from elsewhere, your data is transferred there. Where required, we rely on standard contractual clauses or equivalent safeguards for those transfers.

12. Changes

If we change what we collect or how we use it, we will update this page and tell you in the app before the change takes effect. Continuing to use CalorieTap after that means you accept the updated policy.

1. Agreement

These terms are an agreement between you and [Company legal name] ("CalorieTap," "we"). By installing or using the CalorieTap app, you agree to them and to our Privacy Policy. If you don't agree, don't use the app. You must be at least 16 to use CalorieTap.

2. Not medical advice

CalorieTap is a logging tool. Calorie targets, nutrition values, and weight trends are estimates for general informational purposes. They are not medical, nutritional, or health advice and are not a substitute for a doctor or registered dietitian. Talk to a professional before changing your diet, especially if you are pregnant, under 18, have a medical condition, or have a history of disordered eating. If you need urgent help, contact emergency services.

3. Nutrition data

Calorie values come from third-party nutrition databases that we update regularly. We work to keep them accurate, but we don't guarantee that any value is correct, current, or matches what you actually ate. Portion sizes, recipes, and restaurant menus change. You are responsible for checking anything that matters to you.

4. Free features and CalorieTap Plus

Back Tap logging and the last 10 days of history are free. CalorieTap Plus adds voice logging, Siri, full history, weight trends, and 600 voice lookups per month (about 20 a day) for a monthly or yearly subscription. We describe this as unlimited because it is well beyond normal use; if you reach the cap, lookups resume at the start of your next billing period. Back Tap logging is never capped.

Subscriptions are purchased through and billed by Apple under your Apple ID. They renew automatically at the then-current price unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in iOS Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Refunds are handled by Apple under its terms; we can't issue them directly. If we change Plus prices, the change applies at your next renewal and Apple will notify you first.

5. Your data

You own what you log. You give us a license to store, process, and display it so we can run the app for you, as described in the Privacy Policy. You can export or delete it at any time from Settings. Because there is no account, if you lose your device or delete the app without exporting, we may not be able to recover your history.

6. Acceptable use

Don't reverse engineer, copy, resell, or interfere with the app or its services; don't use automated tools to pull nutrition data in bulk; don't try to re-identify other users; and don't use CalorieTap for anything illegal. We may suspend access from an ID that does.

7. Our property

The app, its design, name, and code belong to us or our licensors. These terms give you a personal, non-transferable license to use the app on Apple devices you own or control, under Apple's App Store rules. Nothing here transfers ownership to you.

8. Disclaimer and limits on liability

CalorieTap is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, or uninterrupted operation. To the fullest extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any health outcome connected to your use of the app. Our total liability to you for any claim is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim, or $50 if you paid nothing. Some jurisdictions don't allow these limits, so some may not apply to you.

9. Apple

These terms are between you and us, not Apple. Apple has no obligation to provide support or maintenance for the app and is not responsible for any claims relating to it. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and may enforce them against you.

10. Ending things

You can stop using CalorieTap and delete your data at any time. We can suspend or end access for an ID that breaks these terms, or shut down the service with reasonable notice in the app. Sections 2, 3, 7, 8, and 11 survive termination.

11. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of [State / Country], without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Disputes will be resolved in the courts of [venue], unless the consumer protection law where you live gives you other rights.

12. Changes and contact

We may update these terms. For material changes we'll notify you in the app before they take effect; continuing to use CalorieTap afterward means you accept them. Questions: support@calorietap.app.