Palate privacy policy

Last updated October 3, 2026

Palate does not collect your diary data.

Your entries, photos, ratings, notes, and saved places are stored on your device. Palate has no account system, advertising, analytics SDK, or developer-operated server.

Dish recognition and diary questions are processed on-device using Apple frameworks. Apple Intelligence features require iOS 26 or later, a supported iPhone, and Apple Intelligence enabled and available for the device language. Meal pages, cooking comparisons, cook pages, and weekly recaps use local diary records without a language model.

Venue search and photo-location lookup use Apple Maps services. Search queries and the region or location used for a lookup may be sent to Apple under Apple's privacy policy. Saved venue coordinates are part of your local diary. Palate does not receive this information.

If enabled, nearby-place checks and gentle-memory notifications use iOS location and notification services. These features are optional and can be turned off in Palate or iOS Settings.

Optional backups go to your own iCloud Drive, which we cannot access. JSON exports include your diary and photos; CSV exports contain entry data. Share cards and exported files are shared only through the destinations you choose. Meal-postcard companion/cook labels and notes start hidden; weekly-recap companion names also start hidden. These controls do not redact names in dish titles, photos, or text you choose to include. Review the preview before sharing.

Deleting an entry removes it from the current diary. Deleting the app removes its local diary, but does not remove exports, shared copies, or iCloud backups; manage those separately where you saved them.

If you contact support by email, we receive the email and any information you choose to include so we can respond. Please include only the details needed to explain the issue.

Questions: jacob.sanders90@gmail.com