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Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 10, 2026

Overview

Ladle ("we", "our", "the app") is a recipe management app for iOS. Your privacy is important to us. This policy explains what data we collect, how we use it, and your rights.

Data We Collect

Data You Provide

  • Recipes — titles, ingredients, steps, images, source URLs, tags, and cook history that you save in the app.
  • Meal Plans & Shopping Lists — the meals you plan and the shopping items you check off.
  • Settings — your preferences for appearance, meal types, and shopping list window.

Data Collected Automatically

  • Import Analytics — when a recipe URL import fails, we may log the failure stage, error type, and domain (not the full URL) to improve our extraction service. No personal data is included.
  • Standard Apple Analytics — if you opt in via iOS settings, Apple may share anonymized crash reports and usage statistics with us through App Store Connect.

How Your Data Is Stored

All your recipes, meal plans, and settings are stored on your device using Apple's SwiftData framework. If you are signed into iCloud, your data syncs automatically across your Apple devices via Apple CloudKit. We do not operate our own servers for storing your personal data.

AI Features

On devices running iOS 18 or later, Ladle offers AI-powered features such as recipe extraction from photos, meal plan suggestions, and ingredient substitutions. These features run entirely on your device using Apple's Foundation Models framework. No recipe data, photos, or personal information is sent to external AI services for on-device processing.

For recipe URL extraction fallback, Ladle may send the HTML content of a web page to our extraction proxy service hosted on Cloudflare Workers. This service processes the content to extract recipe data and does not store the HTML content after processing.

Third-Party Services

  • Apple CloudKit — for cross-device data sync. Governed by Apple's Privacy Policy.
  • Apple StoreKit — for processing Premium subscriptions and purchases. We do not see or store your payment information.
  • Cloudflare Workers — our recipe extraction proxy service. Subject to Cloudflare's Privacy Policy.

Data Sharing

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal data with third parties for advertising or marketing purposes. We do not use any third-party analytics SDKs or advertising networks.

Family Sync (Premium)

If you use the Family Sync feature, your recipes, meal plans, tags, and cook history are shared with members of your sync group (up to 5 people) via CloudKit. Only users you explicitly invite can access your shared data.

Your Rights

You can at any time:

  • Delete any recipe, meal plan, or tag within the app.
  • Delete all app data by removing the app from your device.
  • Disable iCloud sync for Ladle in your device's iCloud settings.
  • Request a copy of your data or ask questions by contacting us.

Children's Privacy

Ladle is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this page.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at privacy@getladle.app.