Privacy Policy

Stores is a shared shopping list for two, made by defriction LLC. Here’s the whole deal, in plain words. We keep your lists and the names of the people you share them with. That’s the entire list. No ads, no analytics, nothing that tracks you. We don’t sell your data, and we don’t email or text you.

What we collect

Your account. You don’t need an account to use Stores. Tap “Continue without an account” and we just keep your lists and a random ID for your device. No name, no email. Signing in with Apple (you only need this to share a list) gives us a random Apple ID and whatever email Apple passes along. Choose “Hide My Email” and that’s a relay address, so we never see your real one. Add your name when you sign in and we save it, so your partner knows who’s on the list. If you start as a guest and sign in later, your lists come with you.

Your lists. List names, the items on them, and who checked off what, and when.

Invites. When you invite someone, we save the invite: which list, who sent it, and once they enter your code, who it’s for. An invite is just a short code you share however you like. We never look up or store anyone’s email or phone number.

Barcode scans (a paid feature). Scan a product barcode and we send the barcode number, just the digits and nothing else, to our server. It looks the name up in Open Food Facts, a non-profit open database. We route it through our own server on purpose, so that database never sees your phone or who you are, and we keep no record of who scanned what. If a barcode is new and you name it yourself, that name is saved to your list, where only your list members can see it.

Item photos (a paid feature). Add an item by taking a photo and you can keep that photo on the item, so your partner sees exactly what to grab. We shrink it to a small thumbnail and strip the camera data first. No location, no timestamp, no device info. It lives inside your list, only your list members see it, and it’s gone when you delete the item (or tap “Remove photo”). If you only use a photo to figure out what an item is, that happens on your phone and the photo isn’t saved.

What we don’t collect

No location. No peeking at your contacts. (Invites are a code you share, never a lookup.) No ad IDs. No analytics. There is literally no analytics code in the app. We don’t sell or share your data, and nothing is used to follow you around other apps or websites.

The camera work stays on your phone. Scanning barcodes and identifying photos both happen on your device. Nothing you point the camera at is sent to an AI service or anyone else. The only photo we ever store is the thumbnail you choose to attach to an item (see above). Identifying a photo saves nothing.

The widget stays on your phone. The optional home-screen widget shows a copy of one list, kept on your device. It doesn’t call home or send anything anywhere. It updates from the app the next time you open Stores.

Purchases

Apple handles the one-time purchase from start to finish. We never see or store your payment details or purchase history. The app just asks Apple whether you’ve unlocked it.

Where it’s stored

Your lists live in Google Firebase (Google Cloud, in the United States), which runs the back end for Stores. Everything is encrypted on the way there and while it sits there. A copy of your own lists is also kept on your phone, so the app works offline.

What other people can see

A list is shared only with people you invite, or whose invite you accept. Anyone on a list can see its items and the names of the other members. Nothing else about you is visible to them.

Keeping and deleting your data

We keep your data until you delete it. Delete an item and it goes to Recently Deleted, where you can bring it back for 30 days before it’s gone for good. Delete a list and it’s removed, items and all, for everyone on it.

Delete Account (Settings → Delete Account) wipes everything, for real. It disconnects Sign in with Apple, deletes every list that’s only yours (and its items), takes you off any shared lists (the list stays with your partner, since it’s their stuff too), deletes any invites involving you, and erases your profile and account. There’s no undo. Leftover copies in our provider’s encrypted backups are cleared within about 180 days.

Using Stores without an account? Erase My Data (Settings) does the same permanent wipe for your guest account and its lists.

You can also cut off Stores’ access to your Apple ID anytime: iOS Settings → your name → Sign-In & Security. The app signs you out.

Children

Stores isn’t built for kids under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect anything from them.

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy in a way that matters, we’ll update the date at the top and post the new version here before it takes effect.

Contact

Questions, or want a copy of your data? Email hello@trystores.app.