CalPal Privacy Policy

Effective November 10, 2026

CalPal is made by Ardentic Technologies LLC ("we", "us"). This policy explains what CalPal does with your information. The short version: your data lives on your devices and in your own iCloud account. We don't run servers that store it, we don't sell it, and we don't use it for advertising.

What CalPal stores

CalPal keeps what you log: meals (descriptions, photos, nutrition estimates), weigh-ins and body fat readings, your goal and body stats (age, sex, height, activity level), daily notes, saved foods, craving check-ins, insights and your target history.

This data is stored on your device. If iCloud is turned on for CalPal, it is also stored in your private iCloud account so it syncs between your devices and comes back after a reinstall. iCloud data is held by Apple under Apple's privacy policy; we cannot see or access it.

Apple Health

If you turn on Apple Health sync, CalPal reads your weight, body fat, height, age, sex and active energy to personalize your calorie target and track progress, and writes the meals and weigh-ins you log back to Apple Health. Health data is used only to provide these features. It is never used for advertising, never sold, and never shared with third parties except as described under "AI features" when you use them. You can turn this off at any time in CalPal's Settings or in the Health app.

AI features

Some features estimate nutrition or offer suggestions using AI: describing or photographing a meal, reading a nutrition label, meal ideas, craving check-ins and weekly insights.

• On-device: some requests are handled by Apple's on-device model, and nothing leaves your device.
• AI providers: other requests are sent directly from your device to Anthropic or OpenAI, using an API key you provide. What is sent is what the feature needs, such as your meal description or photo, and for meal ideas, check-ins and insights, related details such as your targets, recent intake and notes. Weekly insights can also include patterns based on your Apple Health activity, such as "on days with 450+ active calories". Your weight and body measurements are not sent. These requests are handled under the provider's own terms and privacy policy. We do not receive a copy.

Your API keys are stored in your device's keychain and are not synced or shared.

What we don't do

• No accounts or sign-in with us.
• No analytics, tracking or advertising SDKs.
• No selling or renting of your data.

Backups

You can export a backup file from Settings. It contains your logged data, including photos, and is not encrypted. It goes wherever you choose to save it, so keep it somewhere you trust.

Notifications

Reminders are scheduled on your device. They don't send your data anywhere.

Deleting your data

Deleting CalPal removes its data from your device. To remove the iCloud copy, go to Settings → [your name] → iCloud → Manage Account Storage (or Storage), choose CalPal and delete its data. Health data CalPal wrote stays in the Health app until you delete it there.

Children

CalPal is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from them.

Changes

If this policy changes, we'll update it here and change the effective date. Significant changes will also be noted in the app's release notes.

Contact

Questions about privacy: [email protected]
Ardentic Technologies LLC