Last updated 26 September 2026
The short version. FreshOwl has no accounts. Your items are stored on your iPhone. Photos you scan are read on the device and never uploaded. The only data that ever leaves your device: the barcode number you look up; anonymous counts of what went wrong, so faults can be fixed; and — if you subscribe — purchase status, handled by Apple and our subscription service. The error counts carry nothing personal and you can switch them off in Settings. Nothing is sold to anyone.
Biswajit Swain, contactable at privacy@fresh-owl.com. Full contact details are in the Impressum.
Everything you enter — your items, their dates, locations, and the record of what you marked as used or thrown away — is stored locally on your iPhone using Apple's on-device database. It is not uploaded to us, and we cannot see it.
If you delete the app, that data is deleted with it.
FreshOwl asks for camera access so it can read barcodes and printed dates. Images are processed on your device and are not uploaded, stored, or transmitted. The app extracts the date and the barcode number, and the image itself is discarded.
| Service | What it receives | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Open Food Facts | The barcode number you scanned | To look up the product name so you don't have to type it. No personal identifier is sent. |
| RevenueCat | Purchase and subscription status, plus an anonymous app-generated identifier | To manage subscriptions and restore purchases. Used only if you buy Plus. |
| Apple | Payment details, if you purchase | Apple processes all payments. We never see your card details. |
| TelemetryDeck (TelemetryDeck GmbH, Germany) | Anonymous counts of errors — which kind of fault occurred, and on which app version. Never an item name, a barcode, a note, a date you scanned, or anything you typed. | So faults can be found and fixed without asking you to report them. Processed in the EU, kept no longer than 24 months. Switchable off in Settings → Your Data. |
Reminders are scheduled and delivered locally by your iPhone. They are not sent from a server and their content does not leave your device.
Under the GDPR you have rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability and objection. Because FreshOwl holds no account and stores your data on your own device, the practical route for most of these is the app itself: your data is in your hands, and deleting the app erases it.
For anything relating to the services listed above, write to privacy@fresh-owl.com. You also have the right to complain to a supervisory authority.
FreshOwl is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect data from them.
If this policy changes, the date at the top changes with it. Material changes will be noted in the app.