Privacy Policy

The short version

Bite It & Write It is 100% air-gapped. It collects no data, transmits no data, and stores no data on any server. Every meal, every nutrient entry, every dish, and every setting lives exclusively on your device. We cannot see it. We cannot sell it. There is no mechanism, technical or legal, by which that could change.

What we collect

Nothing. Bite It & Write It has no user accounts, no analytics SDK, no crash-reporting service, no advertising network, and no remote logging of any kind. The app does not know who you are, what you eat, or how you use it. The one exception is an optional AI photo feature, described below, which only ever sends data if you choose to turn it on.

Local storage

All your data (meals, food entries, dishes, water logs, nutrient goals, and profiles) is stored locally in a SQLite database on your device using the sqflite library. App preferences (theme, water unit, meal names, and similar settings) are stored in the platform's standard on-device SharedPreferences. None of this data ever leaves your device unless you explicitly choose to export it yourself.

Food search and barcode scanning

When you search for a food or scan a barcode, the app contacts a third-party nutrition database to look up product information. The search query or barcode value is sent to that service in order to return results. No personally identifiable information, including name, account, or device identifier, is included in these requests. If you prefer to avoid any network lookup, the app also maintains a local database of common foods that can be used without an internet connection.

AI photo recognition (optional)

Bite It & Write It includes an optional feature that lets you photograph a meal and have an AI vision provider (Google Gemini or OpenAI, your choice) estimate its nutrition info. This feature is off by default and only activates if you supply your own API key from the provider you choose. We do not host, proxy, or have access to this exchange in any way.

When you use this feature, the photo is sent directly from your device to the provider you selected. Before it is sent, the app strips all metadata from the image, including any embedded location (GPS) data, so only the picture itself is transmitted. No other personal information is attached to the request.

If you do not configure an API key, this feature is never triggered and no photo ever leaves your device. All other ways of logging food (search, barcode scan, manual entry) work fully without it.

Export and import

Bite It & Write It lets you export your data as a JSON file or a CSV macro summary, and import from a previously exported JSON file. These operations are handled entirely on-device through your operating system's standard file and share sheet. Bair Development has no involvement in where you send that file or what you do with it.

Network connections

Under normal use (logging meals, viewing reports, adjusting settings, tracking water), the app makes no network requests at all. The only outbound connections that ever occur are the food/barcode lookups described above, and, if you have chosen to enable it, the optional AI photo feature described above.

Platform backups (iCloud / Google Drive)

If you have iCloud Backup (iOS) or Google Drive Backup (Android) enabled on your device, your phone's operating system may include the app's local SQLite database in its routine device backup. This is controlled entirely by your device settings and is not something Bite It & Write It initiates or controls. Refer to Apple's or Google's own privacy policies if you have questions about their backup services.

Children

Bite It & Write It is a general-purpose nutrition tracking tool and is not directed specifically at children under the age of 13. The app collects no personal information from any user, regardless of age.

Third-party services

Bite It & Write It does not integrate with any third-party analytics, advertising, crash-reporting, or social platforms. The only third-party involvements are:

• The Apple App Store or Google Play for the initial download.
• A nutrition API used solely for food and barcode lookups (no personal data sent).
• An AI vision provider (Google Gemini or OpenAI), only if you enable the optional photo recognition feature and supply your own API key for that provider. To protect your privacy, we also strip the image metadata before sending,

Changes to this policy

If this privacy policy is updated, the "Last updated" date at the top of this page will be revised. Because the app collects no personal data, any changes are likely to reflect new features, such as additional data sources, rather than changes to how personal information is handled.

Contact

Questions about privacy in Bite It & Write It? Reach out: support@bair.dev