Bakewell Privacy Policy

AG-GENTECH

Overview

Bakewell is a recipe card app with optional social features. Your recipes are stored locally on your device by default. Social features (publishing, friends, comments) are optional and require creating an account.

Data Stored on Your Device

The following is stored locally on your iPhone and never leaves your device unless you choose to publish:

• Recipes you create or generate
• Pantry inventory and shopping lists
• Recipe categories and preferences
• Theme setting (dark/light mode)

This data is stored in a local database on your device. You can delete all local data at any time by deleting the app.

Social Features & Account Data

Bakewell offers optional social features for sharing recipes with friends. When you use these features, the following data is stored on our server (powered by Supabase):

• User Account: An anonymous account is created automatically on first launch. You may optionally add an email and password to make your account persistent across devices.
• Profile Data: Your display name, bio, and a randomly generated Baker Code (used by friends to find you).
• Published Recipes: When you publish a recipe, its title, description, ingredients, steps, and any uploaded photos are stored on our server with your chosen visibility (public, friends-only, or private).
• Social Interactions: Hearts, comments, "I Made This" cook notes, recipe views, and bookmarks are stored on our server.
• Friend Relationships: Friend requests, accepted friendships, and user blocks are stored to enable social features.
• Notifications: Activity notifications (hearts, comments, friend requests) are stored on our server.
• Session Data: Login sessions are stored for up to 90 days to keep you signed in.
• Shared Grocery Lists: Items in shared lists are stored on our server so collaborators can see them.

Recipes you do not publish remain on your device only and are never uploaded.

AI Recipe Generation

Bakewell offers an optional AI recipe generation feature. When you use this feature:

• Your selected recipe preferences and ingredient names are sent to our server
• Our server forwards this to Anthropic's Claude AI to generate a recipe
• The generated recipe is returned to your device
• AI requests are processed and immediately discarded — no recipe generation data is stored on our server
• No personal information is included in AI requests

Camera and Photo Library

Bakewell may request access to your camera or photo library to:

• Attach photos to your recipes (stored locally unless published)
• Scan printed recipe cards using AI vision
• Scan pantry items for automatic identification

Photos attached to published recipes or cook notes may be uploaded to our server (Supabase Storage). Uploaded photos are limited to 2MB.

No Tracking or Advertising

• No analytics SDKs (no Firebase, no Google Analytics)
• No advertising or ad networks
• No cookies (server sessions use secure httpOnly session tokens)
• No email marketing or newsletters
• No selling or sharing of data with third parties

In-App Purchases & Subscriptions

Bakewell offers optional premium features via in-app purchases:

• Bakewell+ (lifetime): Unlocks Cook Mode, Pantry, Shopping List, and What Can I Make
• AI Chef (monthly subscription): All Bakewell+ features plus AI recipe generation (30/day)

Purchases on iOS are processed through the Apple App Store. Web purchases are processed through Stripe. Purchase receipts and subscription status are managed via RevenueCat. No payment card details are stored by Bakewell.

Third-Party Services

• Apple App Store: Processes iOS in-app purchases. Apple's privacy policy applies.
• RevenueCat: Manages subscription entitlements and purchase receipts. RevenueCat's privacy policy applies: revenuecat.com/privacy
• Stripe: Processes web purchases. Stripe's privacy policy applies: stripe.com/privacy
• Anthropic Claude AI: Used for recipe generation, recipe scanning, and pantry scanning. Anthropic's privacy policy applies to AI request processing.
• Supabase: Used for user authentication, profile storage, published recipes, social interactions, and photo storage. Supabase's privacy policy applies: supabase.com/privacy

Data You Control

• Local recipes: Delete by removing the app from your device
• Published recipes: Unpublish from within the app (removed from server immediately)
• Comments and hearts: Delete from within the app
• Account and all server data: Go to Profile > Delete Account within the app to permanently remove your profile, published recipes, friends, and all data from our servers.

Data Retention

• Login sessions: Retained for up to 90 days, then automatically expire.
• Published recipes: Retained until you unpublish or delete your account.
• Comments and hearts: Retained until you delete them or delete your account. Comments on deleted accounts are anonymized (author shown as "Deleted Baker").
• Reports: Retained for 90 days for moderation review, then deleted.
• Blocks: Retained until you unblock the user or delete your account.
• Account deletion: All server-side data is permanently deleted immediately upon account deletion. This cannot be undone.

Community Standards

Bakewell has Community Standards that govern acceptable content and behavior in social features. Content that violates these standards may be removed. Please review these standards before using social features.

Children's Privacy

Bakewell's social features involve user-generated content (recipes, comments). The app does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, please use the app with a parent or guardian.

Changes to This Policy

If we update this policy, the revised version will be posted at this URL. Continued use of the app after changes constitutes acceptance.

Contact

For privacy questions or data requests, use the Support page within the app or email support@ag-gentech.com.

Last updated: April 30, 2026