Privacy Policy
Effective date: April 14, 2026
1. Overview
macro ("we", "our", or "us") respects your privacy. This policy explains what limited data is used to provide core app features.
2. Information We Collect
We do not collect account signup details, marketing analytics, or raw payment card information. In-app purchases are processed by the App Store or Google Play. To provide app features, meal photos or meal descriptions that you submit and barcode values you scan may be sent to third-party APIs for processing.
3. How We Use Data
Submitted meal photos or descriptions are processed through the Gemini API to estimate calories and macros. Scanned barcodes are sent to the Open Food Facts API to retrieve product nutrition data.
4. Data Sharing
We do not sell your personal data. We share only the data needed to deliver requested features with service providers, including Gemini API (meal estimation) and Open Food Facts API (barcode lookup).
5. Data Retention
meal photos, meal descriptions, and barcode values are sent to third-party providers only to return the requested result and are not stored by us after processing is complete. Any data saved in the app is stored on your device and remains until you delete it or uninstall the app. Third-party services (such as Gemini API and Open Food Facts) may temporarily log requests under their own retention policies.
You can request deletion of any data we control by emailing hey@carlrosales.com. We will confirm and complete deletion within 30 days.
6. Product Scope
macro provides meal and nutrition tracking features, including AI-based macro estimation from meal photos or descriptions and barcode lookup via Open Food Facts. macro does not provide AI-assisted coaching tools.
7. Apple Health & Health Connect (optional)
If you enable burned-calorie syncing, macro reads calorie burn summaries from Apple Health or Health Connect on your device to show burn totals in the app and to adjust Calories left compared to logged meals. We do not use this data for advertising or sell it, and macro does not write health data back to Apple Health or Health Connect.
8. Contact
If you have privacy questions, email us using the button below.
hey@carlrosales.com