Privacy Policy for Cleaver
This policy describes how Cleaver handles information when you use the app and this website. Operated by the publisher of Cleaver Kitchen (“we,” “us,” “our”).
1. Summary
Cleaver is a cooking app. You can use it without creating an account. Recipes you save stay on your device. Importing a recipe from a web link, the share sheet, the in-app browser, or a photo happens when you start it, and you review a preview before saving. Cleaver does not include analytics, advertising, or tracking, and we do not run a server that receives your recipes.
2. Information we process
A. Information you provide
- Recipes you enter, import, edit, rate, or photograph, plus notes, cook-log entries, and preferences (units, servings, settings). These are stored on your device.
- Support emails you send us
- Purchase status from Apple (Apple handles payment; we do not receive your payment details)
B. Content you choose to import or use
- Web page content (including a YouTube video description or Instagram post caption) from a link you provide
- Photos you take or choose, read on your device with Apple’s text recognition
- Speech you speak in Cooking Mode voice control, if you turn it on
Imported content is used on your device to produce an editable preview you can review before saving. Recipe text from a page or photo is structured on your device.
C. Technical / device information
Cleaver does not include analytics, advertising, or tracking SDKs, and we do not collect usage events. Apple may provide us aggregate App Store and crash/diagnostic data if you opt in to share it with developers.
3. How we use information
- Provide recipe import, Cooking Mode, timers, Cook Together planning, Meal Plan, and Shopping List on your device
- Check your purchase status with Apple (StoreKit) to unlock Cleaver Pro features
- Respond to support requests
- Improve reliability and fix bugs, using any aggregate diagnostics Apple provides to us
- Comply with law
4. Device features and third parties
Cleaver does not send your recipes, photos, or imported content to our servers or to any AI service. There is no cloud AI processing in the app. Reading text from a photo uses Apple’s on-device text recognition, and turning page or photo text into a recipe uses on-device logic.
- Microphone and speech recognition. Voice control uses Apple’s speech recognition. On supported devices it runs on-device; otherwise Apple may process the audio under Apple’s privacy policy.
- Camera and photo library. Used only for importing recipes and recipe photos, and processed on your device.
- Links and images. When you import from a link, Cleaver loads that page and its recipe image from the site’s server. That site, and any server that hosts the image, can see your IP address and the request.
- In-app browser. The in-app browser loads websites you visit using Apple’s WebKit. Those sites handle your information under their own policies.
- Notifications. Timers and Cook Together reminders use local notifications on your device; the home-screen widget, Live Activities, and Siri shortcuts use data that stays on your device.
Recipes are not synced between devices; Cleaver does not use iCloud sync.
5. Purchases
Subscriptions and lifetime unlocks are handled by Apple. Cleaver checks your purchase status with StoreKit to unlock Cleaver Pro features on your device. The free version limits how many recipes you can keep in your library.
6. Sharing
We do not sell your personal information. Cleaver does not share your recipes with us or with third parties. Information is handled by Apple (distribution, purchases, speech recognition where not on-device, and diagnostics you opt in to share), by websites you choose to load, and as required by law.
7. Retention
Recipes and settings remain on your device until you delete them or remove the app. Support emails are retained as needed to resolve your request.
8. Your choices
- Export your recipes in-app
- Delete recipes in-app, or remove the app to delete its data from your device
- Turn off voice control, or limit camera, photo, microphone, speech recognition, and notification permissions in iOS Settings
- Email support@cleaverkitchen.com with any privacy question or request about information you sent us (such as support email or a Dinner Sheet signup)
9. Website and email signup
If you sign up for the free Dinner Sheet on cleaverkitchen.com, the email address you enter is sent to our email service provider (Loops) so we can send you the Dinner Sheet and occasional Cleaver Kitchen updates. You can ask us to remove your email at any time at support@cleaverkitchen.com.
10. Children
Cleaver is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
11. International users
If you contact us or sign up from outside the United States, that information may be processed in the U.S. or other countries where we or our providers operate.
12. Changes
We may update this policy and will post the new “Last updated” date on this page.
13. Contact
support@cleaverkitchen.com
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