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Planly Privacy Policy

Effective date: October 21, 2026

Planly (“Planly”, “we”, “us”) is a meal planning app for iPhone. This policy explains what data the app uses, why, and the choices you have. Questions: contact@getplanlyapp.com.

The short version

  • No account, no sign-in, no ads, no tracking.
  • Your plans, pantry, shopping list, prices and food log are stored only on your iPhone.
  • Photos you choose to analyze are sent once for analysis and are not kept.
  • We don’t sell or share your personal data.

Data stored on your device

Planly keeps the following only on your iPhone, protected by iOS data protection. It is never uploaded to our servers:

  • Food preferences, allergies and hard food rules you set during setup
  • Your cooking setup (for example, which appliances you have)
  • Meal plans, recipes you save, pantry contents and shopping lists
  • Prices you enter or save from receipts or store lookups
  • Your food log and nutrition estimates

You can export all of it or delete all of it at any time in Profile → Settings. Deleting the app also removes it.

Data sent off your device, and why

Planly only sends data when you use a feature that needs it:

  1. Photo analysis (Snap and receipt scanning). When you choose to analyze a meal, ingredient or receipt photo, a compressed copy is sent through our AI provider gateway (Rork) to a vision AI model (provided by Anthropic, Google or OpenAI) to identify foods or read prices. The photo is processed in memory, is not stored by Planly, and is not used by us to train models. Planly keeps only the text results you review and confirm. You can always enter items by hand instead.
  2. Live store prices (Kroger). When you look up store prices, the ZIP code you enter and the grocery item names are sent through our server to the Kroger Products and Locations API to find nearby stores and shelf prices. We don’t store your ZIP code or searches on our server. Kroger’s handling of API requests is covered by Kroger’s privacy policy.
  3. Subscriptions (Apple and RevenueCat). Purchases are handled by Apple. We use RevenueCat to check whether your Planly Plus subscription is active. RevenueCat receives an anonymous app user ID and your purchase receipts from Apple. We never see your name, email or payment details.
  4. Notifications. If you turn on meal or shopping reminders, they are scheduled locally on your iPhone. No push token is sent to us.

What we don’t do

  • We don’t collect your name, email address, location or contacts.
  • We don’t use analytics SDKs, advertising, or cross-app tracking.
  • We don’t sell or rent personal data.

Permissions

  • Camera: used only when you take a photo in Snap or scan a receipt. You can turn it off anytime in iOS Settings → Planly.
  • Notifications: optional, and off until you turn them on.

Retention

Data on your device stays until you delete it in the app or delete the app. Photos sent for analysis are not retained by Planly. Our server doesn’t keep logs of your ZIP codes or searches beyond short-lived technical logs needed to keep the service running.

Children

Planly isn’t directed to children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect personal data from children.

Your choices and rights

Because your data lives on your device, you can view, export and delete it directly in the app. For any other privacy request, email contact@getplanlyapp.com and we’ll respond within 30 days.

Changes

If we change this policy, we’ll update the effective date above and, for significant changes, let you know in the app.

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