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Privacy Policy

Forkcast — Pitbull Interactive LLC

Last updated: April 27, 2026

This privacy policy describes how Pitbull Interactive LLC (“we,” “our,” or “us”) collects, uses, and protects information through the Forkcast mobile application (the “App”) for iOS and iPadOS. Forkcast is an AI-powered weekly meal planning app that helps you save recipes, plan meals, and generate grocery lists. By using Forkcast, you agree to the collection and use of information as described in this policy.

1. Information We Collect

Account identifiers — When you sign in with Apple, we receive an opaque user identifier issued by Apple. We also use your iCloud account record ID (a non-personally-identifiable token from Apple’s CloudKit) as your primary user key so your library, plans, and groceries sync across your iPhone and iPad. We do not receive your real name, email address (unless you choose to share it via Sign in with Apple’s relay service), or any other Apple ID details.

Recipe library — Recipes you save (whether parsed from a webpage, scanned from a photo, or imported from a file) are stored on our servers, including the title, source URL, ingredients, instructions, cooking times, image URLs, tags, cuisine, and your favorite status. This data is associated with your iCloud user ID so it can sync across your devices.

Meal plans & preferences — The plans you generate or build manually (recipes assigned to days and meal slots), your meal-planning preferences (dietary restrictions, ethical preferences, household size, country, ingredients to omit, cuisine affinities, your customized list of approved recipe websites), and your app settings (week start day, meal naming style, search engine, appearance mode) are stored on our servers under your iCloud user ID.

Grocery lists — Items you add to your grocery list (whether auto-generated from planned recipes or added manually), and their checked-off state, are stored on our servers and synced across your devices.

Recipe photos — If you scan a cookbook page or printed recipe with the camera, the photo is uploaded to our servers (Amazon S3) so an AI vision model can parse it into a structured recipe. After parsing completes, the original photo is retained alongside the recipe so it can be displayed in your library.

Push notification token — If you grant notification permission, your Apple Push Notification service (APNs) device token is stored on our servers so we can notify you when an asynchronous task completes (e.g., a photo-scanned recipe finishes parsing, or a new AI meal plan is ready).

Subscription status — Your subscription / premium-unlock state is tracked locally and validated through Apple StoreKit. We do not receive payment-card information; Apple handles all transactions.

Analytics events — We record which screens you view (planner, library, browser, feeds, settings), when you save or generate recipes, and when you trigger key features. These events help us understand how the app is used so we can improve it.

Crash reports — We use Firebase Crashlytics to automatically collect crash and error reports, including device model, operating system version, app version, stack traces, and general device state at the time of the crash. Crash reports do not contain personally identifiable information.

2. Information We Do Not Collect

• We do not collect your real name, email address, phone number, or physical address (Sign in with Apple is anonymous unless you explicitly share)
• We do not collect your precise location (GPS)
• We do not access your contacts or microphone
• We do not serve advertisements or share data with advertising networks
• We do not sell your data to third parties
• We do not store your Apple Reminders contents — the export-to-Reminders feature uses your device’s EventKit and writes directly to your local Reminders without sending list contents to our servers

3. How We Use Your Information

• Operate the app — sync your recipes, plans, and groceries across your devices using your iCloud user ID
• Generate AI meal plans — pass your meal-planning preferences (diet, ethics, household, omitted ingredients, approved recipe websites) to Anthropic’s Claude API to produce recipe recommendations from real recipe sites
• Validate user-added recipe websites — when you add a custom recipe site to your AI planner, we fetch the site’s homepage and ask Claude to confirm it is a recipe website
• Discover recipe URLs — we may use the Brave Search API to find a specific recipe’s page on an approved recipe site
• Parse photographed recipes — pass cookbook / printed recipe photos to Claude’s vision model to extract structured recipe data
• Send relevant notifications — deliver push notifications when an AI plan or photo-scanned recipe is ready
• Improve the app — analyze usage patterns and engagement to guide development
• Fix issues — diagnose crashes and bugs using crash reports

4. Third-Party Services

Forkcast uses the following third-party services, each with their own privacy policies:

Service	Purpose	Privacy Policy
Anthropic	AI recipe planning & photo parsing (Claude API)	anthropic.com/legal/privacy
Amazon Web Services	Server & image hosting, authentication (Cognito)	aws.amazon.com/privacy
Apple Sign in & CloudKit	Authentication & cross-device user identifier	apple.com/legal/privacy
Apple Push Notification service	Delivering push notifications	apple.com/legal/privacy
Brave Search	Recipe URL discovery	search.brave.com/help/privacy-policy
Mixpanel	Analytics	mixpanel.com/legal/privacy-policy
Firebase Crashlytics	Crash reporting	firebase.google.com/support/privacy

5. Data Storage and Security

• Server data (recipes, plans, preferences, groceries, scanned-recipe images) is stored in Amazon Web Services data centers in the United States. All API communication is encrypted via HTTPS and authenticated using AWS Cognito tokens.
• Local data (cached recipe images, app settings, draft state) is stored on your device using standard iOS storage (UserDefaults, SwiftData, the file system).
• Analytics data is transmitted to and stored by Mixpanel in accordance with their data retention policies.
• AI requests (meal-plan generation, photo parsing, recipe-site validation) are sent to Anthropic for processing. Anthropic’s API terms specify that data sent via the API is not used to train their models.

6. Data Retention

• Recipes, plans, preferences, and groceries remain on our servers until you delete them in the app or request account deletion.
• Scanned-recipe images remain in S3 alongside the recipe they were parsed from, and are deleted when the recipe is deleted.
• Local data remains on your device until you uninstall the app or clear app data.
• Analytics data is retained by Mixpanel according to their standard retention period.
• Crash reports are retained by Firebase for 90 days.

7. Your Choices

• Notifications — You can enable or disable push notifications at any time in iOS Settings or in the app.
• AI Meal Planner — You can disable the AI meal planner, customize the list of approved recipe websites, or stop generating new plans at any time.
• Reminders integration — The export-to-Reminders feature is opt-in; you grant access only when you choose to export.
• Photo scanning — This feature is invoked only when you take or pick a photo to scan; we do not access your photo library otherwise.
• Uninstall — Removing the app stops further data collection from that device. Server-side data persists until deleted (see below).
• Account & data deletion — To request deletion of your account and all server-side data (recipes, plans, preferences, groceries, scanned images), contact us at the email below. We will action the request within 30 days.

8. Children’s Privacy

Forkcast does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. The app requires Sign in with Apple, which is governed by Apple’s age policies. If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information through the app, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.

9. International Users

Forkcast is hosted in the United States. If you use the app from outside the United States, you consent to the transfer and processing of your information in the United States, where data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Changes will be reflected by updating the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. Continued use of the app after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.