Mealbuddy privacy policy

Mealbuddy is built to keep your data on your own phone. This page explains exactly what happens with it.

Stored on your device

Your favourites, meal plans, grocery lists, notes, cooking history, preferences and family profiles are kept only on this iPhone. Passwords and keys are stored in the iOS Keychain. Mealbuddy has no account server, so none of this is uploaded.

AI features

When you use the recipe chat, the photo scan, the TikTok import or the substitution check, the text or photo you enter is sent through our own server to Anthropic (Claude) to create an answer. Buddy's spoken voice is made on your device and sends nothing.

AI server

Our server (running on Cloudflare) checks with Apple which subscription you have and counts how many AI requests your device makes per day, so the limit of your plan works. These counters expire after about a day and a half. The server also counts anonymously which recipes are viewed often, for the list of popular recipes. We do not use this to identify you.

TikTok links

When you import a TikTok, the app asks TikTok for the description and thumbnail of that video.

Purchases

Subscriptions are handled entirely by Apple. Mealbuddy never sees your payment details, only whether a subscription is active.

Sign in with Apple

If you sign in with Apple, Mealbuddy receives an anonymous code from Apple and stores it on this device.

Apple Health

Only if you turn this on: finished recipes are written to Apple Health as nutrition. Mealbuddy only reads the active calories your Apple Watch measures, to work out your daily calorie budget. That stays on your phone.

Notifications

Reminders are scheduled locally on your iPhone. There is no push server.

Children

Kid profiles only store a first name. Cooking with Kids shows no ads. When you delete a kid profile, all of its data is removed.

No tracking

Mealbuddy uses no advertising identifiers, no third-party analytics and no tracking, and never sells data.

Deleting your data

When you delete the app, everything it stored is removed. You can also delete kid profiles, imports and your account inside the app.

Questions

Email lucavolleringluvo@gmail.com.

Last updated: 1 November 2026