Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 2026

Shelf Life does not collect, store, or share your personal data.

What stays on your device

Everything you add to Shelf Life — grocery items, quantities, storage locations, purchase and expiry dates — is stored locally on your iPhone using Apple's SwiftData framework, and synced only through your own private iCloud account (Apple's CloudKit). We do not operate any server, and we have no access to your inventory data.

Camera and photos

Shelf Life uses your device's camera and, optionally, your photo library to scan grocery receipts and barcodes. All image processing (text recognition and barcode detection) happens entirely on your device using Apple's Vision and VisionKit frameworks. Photos and receipt images are never uploaded anywhere, never sent to us, and never sent to any third party.

No analytics, no ads, no tracking

Shelf Life contains no analytics SDKs, no advertising SDKs, and no tracking of any kind. We do not use Apple's App Tracking Transparency framework because we do not track you.

Subscriptions

Shelf Life Pro is an auto-renewable subscription processed entirely by Apple through StoreKit. We never see or store your payment information — Apple handles billing directly per its own standard terms.

Children

Shelf Life is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect information from anyone.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at this URL.

Contact

Questions about this policy: akselcb@gmail.com

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