Privacy Policy

Whateren is a personal inventory app. This document explains exactly what data the app stores, where it lives, what we send off your device, and to whom. It is intentionally short and concrete; nothing here is filler.

TL;DR

• What you put into Whateren stays on your device, except for the two cases listed under "Data sent off-device" below.
• We do not collect analytics, do not show ads, and do not sell any data.
• Whateren has no backend, no user accounts, and no tracking. There is no "Whateren server" to delete data from — the data is on your device and in your own iCloud account.

What Whateren stores

All inventory data is stored locally in Core Data:

• The items you create (name, description, quantity, category, status, custom fields)
• The locations and the location hierarchy
• The photos you attach to items and locations (downsampled JPEGs)
• The change-history timeline (created / updated / moved / removed events)
• Your preferences (categories, icons, accent color, language, default status, currency)

Data sent off-device

There are exactly two situations in which data leaves your device. Both are optional and require your explicit action.

1. iCloud Sync (Apple)

If you enable Settings → iCloud Sync, your inventory and photos are synced through your personal iCloud account using Apple's NSPersistentCloudKitContainer. Apple is the data processor; Whateren's developer has no access to anything in your iCloud container.

If you also use Family Sharing for a property (a CKShare), the participants you invite can read and (if you grant edit permission) modify that property and its descendants. They cannot see anything else in your inventory.

You can disable iCloud Sync at any time in Settings. To delete the cloud copy entirely, sign out of iCloud or clear the Whateren container in iOS Settings → Apple ID → iCloud → Manage Storage → Whateren.

2. Premium AI Identification (Anthropic)

The free, on-device AI option uses Apple's Vision framework and (when available) Apple Intelligence. No data leaves the device in free mode.

The optional Premium AI mode sends a single photo at a time, and only the photo you explicitly tap "Identify" on, to Anthropic (the provider of Claude). Credit-funded requests are forwarded through Whateren's relay server, which does not store or log your photo; if you use your own API key, the photo goes directly to Anthropic. Anthropic returns a structured identification result (name, brand, category, description, estimated price). This is governed by Anthropic's Privacy Policy and Usage Policy (anthropic.com).

The first time you use Premium AI, Whateren shows a consent sheet that names Anthropic, links to this Privacy Policy, and requires you to tap "I Agree" before any photo is sent.

Whateren does not send your inventory data, item names, locations, change history, photos you have not chosen to identify, or any device identifier alongside the photo.

If you provide your own Anthropic API key (BYOK), it is stored in the iOS Keychain on your device only. It is not synced to iCloud and is not included in unencrypted iTunes/Finder backups.

Product lookup APIs (barcode)

When you scan a barcode Whateren makes a single anonymous request to one or more of the following public catalog APIs to retrieve product metadata:

• Open Library (books)
• Google Books (books)
• Open Food Facts (food / packaged goods)

The barcode digits are sent. No personal data, account, or device identifier is included. These services do not associate the request with you because there is nothing in the request that identifies you.

Data we do NOT collect

• No analytics, no telemetry, no crash reporting SDKs
• No advertising identifiers
• No location tracking. (Location permission, when granted, is used only to drop a pin on locations you create; it never leaves the device.)
• No third-party SDKs of any kind

In-App Purchases

Premium credit packs are sold through Apple's StoreKit. Whateren never sees your payment details — Apple processes the transaction and returns a verified entitlement.

Credit balance is stored in UserDefaults with an NSUbiquitousKeyValueStore backup so the highest known balance recovers if you reinstall the app.

Children

Whateren does not knowingly collect any data from anyone, including children, because it does not collect data from anyone. If you are a parent or guardian and have questions, contact us at the address below.

Account deletion

Whateren has no account. To remove all Whateren data:

1. Settings → Reset Data in the app, then
2. Optionally sign out of iCloud or remove Whateren from iCloud → Manage Storage to delete the cloud copy.

Changes

If we change this policy in any material way, we will update the "Last updated" date and surface the change in-app.

Contact

If you have any questions about this policy, please contact us at info@whateren.com.