Cache keeps as little about you as it can: your recipes live on your phone, and the photos, text and links you add are read, not kept.
Cache is a recipe app made by Smeaton Ventures ("we"). This policy explains what Cache collects, why, and the choices you have.
| What | When | Where it's kept | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your recipes, cookbooks, tags, notes and settings | Always | On your phone | Until you delete them or the app |
| A backup copy of the above, kept in step across your devices, with when each item last changed and a list of what you deleted | Only if you sign in with Apple | Our server (Supabase) | Until you delete your account |
| Photos you scan | Each time you scan | Sent to our server and on to Anthropic to be read; not stored by Cache | Not kept by Cache; Anthropic may hold briefly for safety checks. |
| Recipe text you paste | Each time you tap Read it | Sent to our server and on to Anthropic to be read; not stored by Cache | Not kept by Cache; Anthropic may hold briefly for safety checks. |
| Links you add | Each time you read a link | Your phone opens the page, like a browser would, and sends it to our server and on to Anthropic to be read. If your phone can't open it, our server tries. Not stored by Cache. | Not kept by Cache; Anthropic may hold briefly for safety checks. |
| An anonymous account ID | The first time you scan, paste or add a link | Our server | Until you delete your account |
| Your Apple account ID | Only if you sign in with Apple | Our server | Until you delete your account |
| The number of recipes you scan, paste or link each day, and your time zone | Each scan, paste or link | Our server | Until you delete your account |
| Your name | Only if you type it, or Apple shares it when you sign in | On your phone, and in your backup if signed in | Until you change it or delete your account |
We never ask for your email address, including when you sign in with Apple.
We don't collect your location, contacts, browsing, advertising ID, or any photos other than the ones you choose to scan. We don't use analytics or tracking tools.
We use this information only to run Cache: to read the recipes you add, to keep each person to the daily limit, and to back up, sync and restore your library.
| Service | What it does for Cache | What it receives |
|---|---|---|
| Supabase | Hosts our server, sign-in and backups, and opens recipe links your phone couldn't | Your account IDs, scan counts, time zone and, if you sign in, your library backup |
| Anthropic | Reads recipes from the photos, text and web pages you add, using its Claude AI | What you send it, for each request; Anthropic may hold it briefly for safety checks |
| Apple | Sign in with Apple | Handled by Apple; we receive an account ID and, the first time, the name you choose to share |
Anthropic handles what Cache sends it under its commercial terms, which say it does not use it to train its models.
We don't sell your information, share it for advertising, or use it to track you across other apps and websites.
When you share a recipe as an image, it goes only where you send it through your phone's share sheet. We don't keep a copy.
When you share photos to Cache from another app, they're shrunk and held on your phone until you next open Cache, then handled like any other scan. Nothing leaves your phone until you tap Scan.
When you add a link, the website sees a visit from your phone, just like opening it in Safari.