Privacy policy

In short

Good Gut Eats is a wellness app for tracking food, gut symptoms, and recipes you cook. We collect only what we need to run the app on your behalf. We do not sell or share your data. We do not run third-party analytics or advertising SDKs. You can delete your account in one tap.

Who runs Good Gut Eats

Good Gut Eats is built and operated by Pat Roberts, a solo developer. You can reach us at support@goodguteats.com.

What we collect

When you use the app, we collect the following, linked to your account:

• Account information: your email address and name from sign-in (Apple, Google, or email). Used only to sign you in and personalize the app.
• Profile data: dietary preferences, measurement units, notification settings, and other in-app preferences you choose to set.
• Food logs: meals you log, including ingredient names, portion sizes, timestamps, and any notes you attach.
• Symptom logs: Bristol Stool Chart entries, bloating, pain, energy, and any other symptom data you choose to record.
• Recipe overrides: ingredient swaps, skips, and additions you apply to a recipe. These let you save personalized versions of recipes you cook.
• Recipe library data: which recipes you favorite, view, or cook. Used to power personalization and discovery in the app.
• Creator engagement: when a recipe is attributed to a creator, basic counts of views and saves so we can credit the source.

Stored in the following Supabase tables, transparently: auth.users, profiles, food_log, user_recipe_overrides, recipes, creators.

What we do not collect

• Location data of any kind.
• Contacts, calendar, or other device data outside what the app explicitly needs.
• Browsing history outside the app.
• Third-party analytics, advertising identifiers, or behavioral tracking signals.
• Payment data. The App Store and Apple handle subscription payments. We never see your card details.

Within the App Store privacy nutrition label, we answer No, this app does not track users to App Tracking Transparency.

Third-party services we rely on

We use a small set of third-party processors so the app works. Each is named here in full:

• Supabase (database and authentication, hosted on AWS US-East, SOC 2 Type II). All account, profile, food log, symptom log, and recipe override data lives here. Supabase is contractually a data processor and may not use your data for any purpose other than running the service.
• Apple Sign-In. If you choose to sign in with Apple, Apple receives your email and name during the auth flow. Apple is a data controller for the sign-in event under its own privacy policy.
• Google Sign-In. If you choose to sign in with Google, Google receives your email and name during the auth flow. Google is a data controller for that event under its own privacy policy.
• Google Gemini (AI features, opt-in only). If you opt in to voice-log, photo-parse, or other AI features inside Profile, the audio, image, or text you submit is sent to Google Gemini for parsing. The data is not used to train models when sent through our API integration. You can revoke consent at any time inside Profile.
• Vercel and Cloudflare (web infrastructure). These services serve goodguteats.com and may log basic request metadata (IP, user agent, timestamp) for security and abuse prevention. They do not receive your account or log data.

How long we keep your data

Account and log data are retained while your account is active. If you delete your account, all personal data, food logs, symptom logs, and authentication tokens are removed within 24 hours via the delete-user-account Supabase edge function. Anonymized aggregate metrics (e.g., total recipes cooked across the app) may persist with no link back to you.

Server backups follow a 7-day rolling retention window. Deleted accounts roll out of backups within that period.

Your rights

You can do the following at any time:

• Access: see your data in the app. Email us for a machine-readable export.
• Correct: edit any food log, symptom log, or profile field in the app.
• Delete: Profile then Settings then Delete Account. Or email us and we will do it for you within 24 hours.
• Withdraw consent: turn off AI features in Profile to stop sending data to Google Gemini.
• Complain: contact your local data protection authority if you believe we have mishandled your data.

Health and wellness disclaimer

Good Gut Eats is a general wellness app that supports a healthy lifestyle and personal pattern recognition. It is not a medical device. It does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Symptom logs, including Bristol Stool Chart scores, are for your own pattern recognition, not for clinical use. Always consult a registered dietitian or physician before starting a new diet or making changes for a health concern.

We do not provide medical advice. If you are experiencing severe or persistent gastrointestinal symptoms, contact a qualified healthcare provider.

Children

Good Gut Eats is intended for users 16 and older. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 16. If you believe a child has used the app, please email us and we will remove the account.

Changes to this policy

We will update the date at the top of this page whenever the policy changes. Material changes will be announced in the app and by email if you have signed up for launch updates.

Contact

Privacy questions? Email privacy@goodguteats.com. We answer every message.