Decadent Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 20, 2026
Decadent keeps your recipes on your phone. This policy explains what the app does and does not do with your information. In short: your recipe library, your photos and your grocery lists stay on your device; they leave it only when you ask Claude to read a page (and then only that page is sent), or ask for grocery stores near you (and then only your store names and approximate location go to Apple's map search).
The short version
- We do not require an account or ask for your name, email, or personal details.
- We do not use analytics, advertising, or third-party trackers.
- Your recipes, photos, collections and grocery lists are stored on your device, in the app's own folder, and are included in your own iCloud or iTunes backup like any other app data.
- Scanning a recipe card or cookbook page with the built-in reader happens entirely on your device.
- In cook mode you can turn on Listen and say a few cooking words, and you can ask the app to read a step out loud. Both happen on your device: nothing you say is recorded or sent anywhere, and the voice that reads is one already installed on your device.
- If you tap "Fix with Claude", the photo of that one page (or the words the app read from it) is sent to our server and on to Anthropic's Claude to be read. Nothing else is sent, and we keep nothing.
- In-app purchases are processed by Apple.
Recipes you import from the web
When you paste a recipe link, the app downloads that page directly from the website, the same way a browser would, and reads the recipe out of it. The website sees an ordinary page request from your phone. That request carries nothing about you. The website's handling of the request is governed by its own privacy policy, not ours.
Photos
Photos you take or choose for a recipe are processed and stored on your device. They are never uploaded to us, except as described under "Fix with Claude" below, and then only the photo of the page you asked Claude to read.
Fix with Claude
Decadent includes a built-in reader that turns a photo of a recipe card or cookbook page into a recipe on your device. When the built-in reader cannot read a page (handwriting, faded print), you can tap "Fix with Claude". Only then, and only for that page:
- The app sends the photo of the page (or the words it managed to read) to our server, together with an anonymous proof from Apple that the request comes from a real iPhone running Decadent. That proof contains no name, no email and no device identifier we can read.
- Our server passes the page to Anthropic's Claude to read, and returns the recipe to your phone.
- Our server keeps nothing: no photo, no recipe, no receipt, no history. The only thing it remembers is a count of how many pages a subscriber has asked for this month.
- Anthropic's handling of the page is governed by Anthropic's privacy policy (https://www.anthropic.com/legal/privacy). Under Anthropic's commercial terms, content sent through the service is not used to train Anthropic's models.
You can use Decadent without ever tapping "Fix with Claude". With that feature unused, the app's own network requests are the recipe pages (and their pictures) you choose to import, Apple's purchase checks, and, only when you ask for grocery stores near you, Apple's map search.
Purchases
Decadent offers an optional one-time purchase and an optional auto-renewing subscription, both processed by Apple. To count subscriber reads, our server checks the subscription receipt that Apple signs. That check involves only Apple's anonymous purchase record, never your name, email or recipes.
Permissions we request, and why
- Camera — to scan recipe cards and cookbook pages, and to take a photo of a dish. Used only when you choose to scan or take a photo.
- Photo Library — to choose a picture for a recipe. We only access photos you select.
- Location — only if you ask for grocery stores near you. Your approximate location and the names of your stores are sent to Apple's map search to find those stores nearby and pin them on the map; tapping a pin opens Apple Maps. We do not store your location, and it is never sent to our server.
- Microphone — only in cook mode, and only while you have Listen switched on, so you can say "next", "start timer" or "read" with your hands busy. The microphone is off whenever Listen is off, whenever cook mode is closed, and whenever Decadent is not the app you are using.
- Speech Recognition — to turn what you say in cook mode into one of nine cooking words. Your device does this by itself: the app asks iOS to recognise speech on the device, and it will not listen at all on a device that cannot. What you say is not recorded, not saved and not sent anywhere — the words are matched and forgotten.
You can change or revoke any of these permissions at any time in your device Settings.
Sharing your library
You can share your whole library as one file, from Settings. That file is built on your device and handed to Apple's share sheet; where it goes is your choice. When someone sends you such a file, the app reads it on your device and adds the recipes to your library. Nothing about either of you is sent to us.
Third-party services
Decadent has one server of its own. It exists so that the key that pays for Claude never ships inside the app. It does not store anything about you. Apart from that server, the app talks to the websites you import recipes from, to Anthropic (only through "Fix with Claude"), and to Apple (purchases, the anonymous device proof, and the map search behind "stores near you"). Apple's map search and Apple Maps are governed by Apple's own privacy policy.
Children's privacy
Decadent does not collect any personal information from anyone, including children.
Data retention and security
We collect no personal data, so we have nothing to retain or expose. Your recipes and photos remain on your device and under your control. Deleting the app deletes them.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we will update the "Last updated" date above.
Contact
Questions about this policy or the app? Email us at jmanrob@gmail.com.