Privacy Policy

Effective date: 2026-11-08 · Publisher: IntelGet · Terms of Use · العربية

This policy explains what data the Tahwa app for Android (Google Play) and iPhone (App Store), app ID com.intelget.tahwa on both, and the website tahwa.app handle, and how. In short: there are no accounts, and your recipes, pantry and lists stay on your device.

1. No account, no sign-up

The app does not ask you to register and does not collect your name, email address or phone number. We do not store your pantry, recipes or lists on any server. The one exception is the family poll, if you use it; see section 6.

2. Data stored only on your device

The app keeps the following in local storage on your device (a Hive database). It is not sent to us or to anyone else:

• Ingredients you select in your pantry.
• Favorite recipes, your recipe notes and your weekly meal plan.
• Shopping lists.
• “My recipes” that you write yourself, including any photos you attach.
• Your family profile: allergies, disliked ingredients and diet preference.
• Settings, such as the city you choose for Ramadan iftar and suhoor times.

Uninstalling the app or clearing its data in your device settings permanently deletes this data. On iPhone, choose “Delete App”; “Offload App” in iPhone settings keeps the app’s data. If you share a recipe or shopping list (for example via WhatsApp), you choose where it goes.

3. Permissions and why we use them

• Approximate location: used only to pick your city for Ramadan iftar and suhoor times (the first time you open the Ramadan page, or when you tap “Detect my city”). It is used on your phone to choose the nearest city; we do not store it or send it to us or anyone else. You can deny the permission and pick your city manually.
• Microphone / speech recognition: used only when you tap the microphone button to say your ingredients. Speech-to-text is performed by your device’s or operating system’s speech recognition service (for example Google’s service on Android and Apple’s speech recognition on iPhone), which may process the audio according to your device settings and that provider’s policy. We do not record, store or receive your audio.
• Camera / photos: used only when you choose to attach a photo to one of your own recipes. The photo is stored on your device and is not uploaded.
• Notifications (and exact alarms on Android): used for cooking timers, and for lunch and grocery reminders scheduled on your device (you can turn them off in Settings).
• Offers and news (Firebase Cloud Messaging): on by default; you can turn it off at any time under “Offers and news” in Settings. While it is on, your device registers a random push token with Google Firebase (on iPhone, notifications are delivered through Apple’s push notification service) so you can receive general notifications (seasonal recipes such as Ramadan, or Plus offers). The token is not linked to your name or kitchen data, and messages are sent to broad topics, not to individuals. See Firebase privacy.

You can deny or revoke any permission in your device settings; the rest of the app keeps working.

4. Advertising (Google AdMob)

The free version shows ads served by Google AdMob. Google may collect and use data such as your device’s advertising ID, device type, approximate IP-based location and ad interactions to serve and measure ads and prevent fraud, as described in Google’s Privacy Policy and How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.

In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland we ask for your consent through Google’s User Messaging Platform (UMP) before personalized ads are shown, and you can change your choice at any time from the app’s settings. On Android, you can reset or delete your advertising ID in your device settings. On iPhone, the app does not request tracking permission (App Tracking Transparency), so the advertising identifier (IDFA) is not used and we do not track you across other companies’ apps or websites. Plus subscribers do not see ads.

5. Subscriptions and payments (Google Play and App Store)

The “Plus” subscription is sold through Google Play Billing on Android and through App Store in-app purchase on iPhone. Payment and card details are handled entirely by Google or Apple; we never see or store them. We only receive the subscription status in order to unlock Plus features. The Ramadan bundle is a one-time purchase; we receive only its status and expiry date. You can cancel from your Google Play subscriptions or from your Apple ID subscriptions in iPhone Settings.

6. We do not sell your data

We do not sell any data and do not share it for marketing. The only exception is the install-campaign measurement described below, when enabled.

Usage statistics (Google Analytics for Firebase): used for aggregated statistics only (such as number of users and most-opened recipes) with a random app-instance ID; it never receives your name, your kitchen ingredients or anything you type. Advertising-ID collection is disabled for these statistics.

Crash reports (Firebase Crashlytics): if the app crashes, it sends a technical crash report so we can fix the bug: the stack trace, device model, operating-system and app version, and a random installation ID. It contains no name and no kitchen data.

Statistics, crash reports and notifications are processed by Google Firebase services. See Firebase privacy.

Update check on iPhone: On iPhone, the app asks the App Store for the latest published version in a request that contains only the app’s identifier, with no advertising ID or personal data. Apple sees your IP address, as with any internet connection.

Family poll: if you create a poll, our server stores the three dish IDs, the page language and the vote counts. To prevent repeat votes, each voter's browser keeps a random number, and we store a hash of it with their choice. To limit abuse we keep a hash of the IP address for up to 2 days. We ask for no name or phone number and do not know who voted for which dish. Poll data is deleted from our server after 3 days.

Recipe link for a home helper: the link carries only the recipe ID, the language and the number of people. Our server does not store who sent or opened it.

Usage counter: once a day the app sends our server a random number generated on your phone (not the advertising ID and not linked to any account), together with the platform (Android/iOS), app version, app language and whether you subscribe to Plus, so we can count users. We store only a hash of that number and delete it after 90 days.

Rewarded ad: if you choose to watch a full ad to unlock the secrets of one recipe, Google AdMob serves it as described in the Advertising section. It is optional and does not affect your subscription.

Backup file: the file is created on your device and stays with you; we do not upload it.

Install-campaign measurement (Meta): Android only, outside the EEA, UK and Switzerland, and off in this release until we enable it. When enabled, Meta receives an app-open event and a recipe-view event without the recipe name, plus the advertising ID and general technical data. We send it no pantry, notes or subscription data, and you can turn it off in Settings.

7. The tahwa.app website

The website consists of static pages with no accounts or forms; its fonts and images are served from tahwa.app itself. The hosting provider may log standard technical data (such as IP address and time of request) for security and operations. We use Cloudflare Web Analytics to count visits and popular pages; it is aggregated, uses no cookies and does not identify you.

8. Children

The app is intended for adults who cook and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children.

9. Changes

If we update this policy, we will post the new version here and update the effective date.

10. Contact

For any privacy question, email support@tahwa.app.