Privacy Policy

Last updated: April 15, 2026

Kitchen Kabinet ("we", "the app") is an AI-powered cooking assistant for iOS. We take your privacy seriously. This policy explains what data the app collects, how it's used, and your rights.

Data Stored On Your Device

The following data is stored locally on your device using Apple's SwiftData framework and is never transmitted to our servers:

• Pantry inventory (items, categories, quantities)
• Saved recipes (ingredients, instructions, ratings, tags)
• Shopping list items
• Cooking preferences learned from your conversations
• Chat history within cooking sessions

This data stays on your device and in your iCloud account (if you have iCloud backup enabled). We cannot access it.

AI Processing

On-device AI (Apple Foundation Models): Receipt parsing, ingredient categorization, preference extraction, and cooking feedback analysis are processed entirely on your device using Apple's Foundation Models framework. No data leaves your device for these features.

Cloud AI (Anthropic Claude): When you use the AI cooking chat (a premium feature), your messages are sent through our secure proxy to Anthropic's Claude API to generate recipe suggestions. This includes:

• Your chat messages
• A summary of your pantry contents (to suggest recipes with ingredients you have)
• Your learned cooking preferences (so the AI avoids ingredients you dislike)
• Recent dinner history and ratings (so the AI doesn't repeat meals)

This data is sent only when you actively send a message in the Cook tab. It is not stored by our proxy server. Anthropic's data retention policies apply to data they process — see Anthropic's Privacy Policy.

Data We Do Not Collect

• We do not collect personal information (name, email, phone number)
• We do not use analytics or tracking SDKs
• We do not serve advertisements
• We do not sell, share, or monetize your data in any way
• We do not collect device identifiers for advertising purposes

Subscription & Payments

Subscriptions are managed entirely by Apple through the App Store. We do not process or store payment information. See Apple's terms for subscription billing details.

Receipt Scanning

When you scan a grocery receipt, the image is processed entirely on your device using Apple's Vision framework (OCR) and Foundation Models (parsing). The receipt image is not uploaded anywhere.

Share Extension

When you share a recipe URL or text to Kitchen Kabinet from another app, the shared content is stored temporarily on your device and may be sent to the cloud AI for recipe extraction (same as the cooking chat).

Children's Privacy

Kitchen Kabinet is rated 4+ and does not knowingly collect information from children under 13.

Data Deletion

All app data is stored on your device. To delete it, simply delete the app from your iPhone. You can also clear specific data within the app's Settings.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated date.

Contact

Questions about this privacy policy? Contact us at privacy@jkslay.net.