Last updated August 2026
You sign in with Apple so we can keep the recipe parser running and stop it being abused. That gives us an anonymous identifier for your account and, if you choose to share them, your email address and name. Apple lets you hide your real email. We don't ask for your contacts or your location.
Every recipe you save is written as a plain markdown file into your own iCloud Drive. You can open them in the Files app right now. They are not stored in a database we control, and deleting your account does not touch them. If you stop using Kept Recipes tomorrow, every recipe is still sitting on your devices, readable in any text editor.
Your account: an identifier from Apple, an email address, and a name if you chose to share them. We also keep a few counts tied to your account — how many recipes you've saved and how many you've imported — so we can see how the app is being used and improve it. Recipes you deliberately share with a link, so that link keeps working. During the beta, a copy of the recipes you save is kept under an anonymous device identifier (not your account) to improve how well the app reads them. Your pantry and dietary preferences stay on your own device; they're sent to us only when you ask for recipe suggestions, and they're not kept afterwards.
When you import a recipe, the text or screenshot is sent to our parser and returned as a structured recipe. It is never logged or saved.
Anything you submit to Kept Recipes may be used for any purpose, including improving the app and featuring example recipes on the web. It's just recipes and cooking preferences, so there's nothing sensitive in it. We don't run ads, and we don't sell your information. The beta is now open through TestFlight, so we no longer collect email addresses on this site; addresses given earlier to request an invite are only used to let those people know the beta is open.
Kept Recipes runs on Apple devices, and this website is served through Cloudflare. Like any app or website, they handle standard technical data, such as crash reports and website traffic, under their own privacy policies.
Settings has a Delete Account button. It removes your account and signs you out everywhere. Your recipes are untouched, because they were never ours to delete: they are files in your iCloud Drive and they stay exactly where they are.
Questions, or want your data removed? Email app@baselinemakes.com.