Privacy Policy
QuickCook is a cooking app for iPhone, made by Luca Dennison, an independent developer based in New Zealand (“I”, “me”, “QuickCook”). This policy explains how QuickCook handles your information. The short version: it doesn’t collect any.
The short version
- QuickCook has no accounts and doesn’t collect, store, see, or share your personal information.
- Everything you do in the app — saved recipes, favourites, star ratings, your shopping list, and settings — stays on your device.
- The only thing that ever leaves your device is when you choose to import a recipe from a link (see below) — and even then it’s only that post’s public caption, processed and not stored.
- I use no third-party analytics and no tracking of any kind.
Information QuickCook collects
No personal information. There’s no sign-up and no login. The recipes you favourite or rate, the meals on your shopping list, and your preferences are saved locally on your iPhone using Apple’s standard on-device storage. They are not transmitted to me or anyone else. If you delete the app, that data is removed with it. The one feature that sends anything off your device is the optional Import — described below.
Subscriptions
QuickCook Pro is an optional subscription sold through Apple’s App Store. Apple processes the payment and manages the subscription — I never see or receive your name, email, or payment details. The app only receives a yes/no signal from Apple about whether your subscription is active, so it can unlock features. Apple’s handling of your purchase is covered by Apple’s Privacy Policy.
Importing recipes from links
The import feature is the one place anything leaves your device — and only when you choose to use it. When you paste a TikTok or Instagram link and tap Import, the app sends that link to a small serverless function I run (hosted on Netlify), which reads the post’s public caption and passes that text to an AI provider (OpenAI) to draft a recipe. The draft comes back to your device for you to edit and save.
- Only the public caption / post text is processed — never your name, account, or any personal information.
- The function doesn’t store the link, the caption, or the result — each request is processed and forgotten.
- OpenAI processes the text under its API terms and does not use it to train its models.
- If you never use Import, nothing ever leaves your device.
Analytics & tracking
The released app contains no analytics SDKs and no tracking. Nothing about your usage is collected or sent anywhere. QuickCook does not use the Advertising Identifier (IDFA) and does not track you across apps or websites.
Children
QuickCook isn’t directed at children under 13 (or the minimum age where you live). Because the app collects no personal information from anyone, it collects none from children.
Your privacy rights
Privacy laws — such as New Zealand’s Privacy Act 2020, the EU/UK GDPR, and California’s CCPA — give you rights over personal information a business holds about you, like the right to access or delete it. Because QuickCook holds no personal information about you, there’s nothing for me to retrieve, correct, or delete on my side. To remove the data stored on your device, simply delete the app. If you ever have a question, email me (below) and I’ll help.
Security
Because your data never leaves your device, it’s protected by your iPhone’s own security (passcode / Face ID and Apple’s on-device encryption). Subscription payments are secured by Apple.
Changes
If the app’s data practices ever change, I’ll update this page and the “last updated” date — and update the App Store privacy details — before the change takes effect.
Contact
Luca Dennison — lucadennison@outlook.com (New Zealand)