Intro
You Need to Eat is a simple meal tracking and reminder app focused on helping you remember to eat, without calorie counting.
For some people, it’s not about what you eat, but whether you eat at all.
About the App
You Need to Eat includes:
simple meal logging
flexible reminders
stats and streaks
iCloud sync
an optional one-time Remove Ads purchase
Support
If you are having trouble with:
reminders not appearing, check your notification settings
iCloud sync, make sure iCloud is enabled on your device
purchases, use Restore Purchases in the app’s Settings screen
Privacy
Effective date: April 9, 2026
You Need to Eat is a simple meal tracking and reminder app. This Privacy Policy explains what data the app uses and how it is handled.
Information You Provide
You may enter information such as:
meal logs
reminder schedules
app settings
This information is used to provide the app’s features.
Local Storage
Meal logs, reminders, and settings may be stored locally on your device so the app can function properly.
iCloud Sync
If iCloud sync is enabled, You Need to Eat stores and syncs meals and settings using Apple CloudKit in your personal iCloud account. This allows your data to stay in sync across your devices that use the same iCloud account.
Advertising
The free version of the app may display ads using Google AdMob. AdMob and its partners may collect certain data such as device identifiers, coarse location, product interaction, advertising data, diagnostics, and performance data in order to serve and measure ads. Please refer to Google’s privacy information for more details:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
In-App Purchases
The app offers an optional one-time in-app purchase to remove ads. Purchases are processed by Apple. The developer does not receive your payment card or bank information.
Voice Input Permissions
If you choose to use voice input, the app may request access to:
microphone
speech recognition
These permissions are only used to support that feature.
No Account Required
You Need to Eat does not require you to create an account to use the app.
Data Sharing
The developer does not sell your personal data. Data may be processed by Apple or Google only as needed to provide iCloud sync, in-app purchases, and ads.
Your Choices
You can:
disable iCloud sync in the app
use the Remove Ads purchase to remove ads
clear your app data from within the app
Contact
Please use the Google Form to report any issues with the app: You Need to Eat Support Form