Privacy policy · Recipe to List

In short

The app collects no data. Nothing you enter is sent to me or to anyone else.
Your recipes, lists, staples, stores and snapshots are stored only on your iPhone.
There are no accounts, no servers, no analytics, no ads, no tracking and no third-party code in the app.
When you import a recipe from a link, your iPhone fetches that one page directly from the recipe site, the way a browser would. Nothing goes through me.
Reminders access is asked for only when you send a list to Reminders, and is used only to add your items to the list you choose.
The one-time unlock is bought and checked through Apple. I never see your payment details or your Apple Account.

Who this policy covers

This policy covers the iPhone app Recipe to List (“the app”), made by Christian Ortiz, an individual publishing as Christian Ortiz Studio (“I”, “me”). It explains what the app does with your data and how I handle the information you share with me.

It doesn’t cover the App Store, your Apple Account, iOS or the Reminders app, which are governed by Apple’s privacy policy, or the recipe websites you import from, which have their own policies.

Questions about this policy: support@christianortiz.studio.

What the app keeps on your iPhone

Everything is stored in the app’s own storage on your iPhone, which other apps can’t read.

Your recipes: each one’s title, source link and site, servings, prep and cook times, notes, ingredients (the line as written, and the quantity, unit and name the app read from it), steps, how it was added, whether it may be a duplicate, and when it was created, last changed and, if you deleted it, deleted.
This week’s selection: the recipes you picked and the servings you chose for each.
Your lists: each list’s name and items, with each item’s name, quantity, unit, note, aisle, store, whether it’s checked, and which recipes it came from.
Item history: for each item you’ve added, its last quantity, unit, note, aisle and store, how often you’ve used it and when, so autocomplete can bring them back. It isn’t capped.
Staples and stores: your staples with their details, and your stores’ names, order and aisle order.
Snapshots: up to 7 daily copies of all of the above, in the same format as the JSON export.
Small settings: whether you’ve seen the tour, when the last snapshot was made, which list is open, and which Reminders list you last sent to.

None of this leaves your iPhone through the app. If you back up your iPhone with iCloud Backup or to a computer, the app’s data is included in that backup, which Apple and your device manage under your settings, not me.

The app has no iCloud sync: it uses no iCloud storage, and your data stays on the iPhone where you saved it.

Importing a recipe from a link

When you tap Import after pasting a link, the app sends one request for that page directly from your iPhone to the recipe site. The site sees an ordinary request from your iPhone, including your IP address, as it would if you opened the page in a browser. The app only accepts secure (https) pages, keeps no cookies from them, and reads the page on your iPhone to find its recipe data. It doesn’t load the page’s images, scripts or ads.

The app makes no request to the recipe site unless you tap Import. The site’s own privacy policy covers what it does with the request.

Tapping a recipe’s source link opens the page in your browser.

Reminders

Send to Reminders is the only feature that uses a protected part of your iPhone. The first time you use it, iOS asks for permission. The app then reads the names of your Reminders lists so you can choose one, can create a new list if you pick New list…, and adds one reminder per unchecked item, with its quantity and note. It doesn’t read, change or delete your existing reminders.

Once added, those reminders belong to the Reminders app and are handled by Apple, including any syncing you’ve set up in iCloud. If you decline, nothing is sent and Share as text still works. You can change the permission at any time in iOS Settings.

What the app doesn’t do

It makes no network requests of its own other than fetching a recipe page you import. It contains no analytics, advertising, crash-reporting or other third-party code.
It asks for no account, sign-in, contacts, photos, location, camera, microphone or calendar access.
It reads your clipboard only when you tap Paste, using iOS’s own paste button.
It opens files only when you choose one in Import file, and saves exports only where you choose.
It doesn’t track you across apps or websites, and it never shows the App Tracking Transparency prompt because there’s nothing to ask about.
It checks whether your iPhone is online, only so it can say when importing needs a connection. Nothing is sent for that.

Share as text, Export as JSON and Export as HTML hand your data to the place you choose, such as Messages, Notes or the Files app, through iOS’s own share and save screens. What happens to it there is up to you and that app.

The one-time unlock

The optional unlock is an in-app purchase, sold and processed by Apple through the App Store. When you buy or restore it, your iPhone talks to Apple, under Apple’s privacy policy. The app asks Apple whether you’ve unlocked each time it needs to know, and doesn’t store the answer.

Apple doesn’t give me your name, email or Apple Account. I see only what Apple shows every developer: sales and refund totals, and aggregated, anonymous statistics about the app, including crash reports from people who chose to share them with developers in their iPhone’s settings.

Links

The Documentation, Support page, Privacy Policy and Terms of Use open these pages in your browser only when you tap them. Email Support opens your email app. Open Settings opens the app’s page in iOS Settings.

App Store privacy details

On the App Store, the app’s privacy label is Data Not Collected: neither I nor any third party collects data from the app. Its privacy manifest declares no tracking, no tracking domains and no collected data types. The only system data it accesses is its own settings storage (UserDefaults), to save the small settings above.

Deleting your data

One recipe or list: delete it, then tap Delete permanently in Settings → Recently Deleted. Otherwise it’s removed for good after 30 days.
Everything in the app: Settings → Delete All Data, confirmed twice. It deletes every recipe, list, item, staple, store, your item history, all snapshots and the app’s settings.
Everything: delete the app. iOS removes all its data, including its snapshots.

Reminders you sent stay in the Reminders app, and files you exported stay where you saved them, until you delete them there. I can’t delete or recover your recipes from my side, because I never have them.

Support emails

If you email me, I receive your email address, your name if you include it, and whatever you write and attach, such as a recipe link or a screenshot. I use it only to answer you, and delete it when you ask, unless I need to keep it for a legal reason. For those emails, I’m the controller of your data. I don’t sell or share personal information.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete or move your personal data, or to object to how it’s used. The app holds no personal data of yours on my side; for anything you’ve emailed me, email me and I’ll respond within 30 days.

Children

The app collects no data from anyone, including children.

Changes to this policy

If I change this policy, I’ll update the date at the top of this page. If a version of the app ever handles data differently, I’ll update this policy and the App Store privacy label before that version is released.

Contact

Christian Ortiz, publishing as Christian Ortiz Studio
support@christianortiz.studio