Last updated: 28 September 2026
Apicius is a recipe app for iPhone. This policy explains what happens to your information when you use it. The short version: your recipes stay yours. They are kept on your iPhone and, if you turn on iCloud sync, in your own iCloud storage so they are the same on all your devices. The developer never sees them. The only thing the app sends to the developer is technical crash and error information, which contains nothing you have written.
Apicius is developed by Christos Panagiotis Palamidas, who is responsible for the processing described here. Contact: panagiotispalamidas@gmail.com.
Everything you put into Apicius is stored on your iPhone:
The app has no accounts and no server of its own, and the developer cannot see your library. Before the app updates the way your library is stored, it keeps a safety copy, also only on your device.
iCloud sync is off until you turn it on: when you first open Apicius, or later under Settings › iCloud. When it is on, Apicius also keeps your library in your own private iCloud storage, so that it is the same on every device where you use Apicius with the same Apple Account. It is stored by Apple in your iCloud account, under Apple’s privacy policy, and counts toward your iCloud storage. It is not shared with anyone, and the developer cannot see it.
Three of your Apicius settings are kept in your iCloud too, so they match on your devices: the theme, which tabs are shown, and whether your recipes are shown as a grid or a list. The iCloud switch itself is not; it stays on each device.
You can turn this off in Apicius, under Settings › iCloud, on each device separately. That device then keeps its library and settings to itself. When you turn it off, Apicius can also delete the copy in iCloud: your library and the three settings. Any other device that still syncs will put its copy back, so turn sync off there first.
While sync is on, signing out of iCloud, or turning off iCloud for Apicius in your iPhone’s Settings (your name › iCloud), removes the library from that iPhone. It comes back when you sign in again or turn it back on. To keep the library on an iPhone without iCloud, turn sync off in Apicius first.
You can also delete Apicius’s data in your iPhone’s Settings › your name › iCloud › Storage › Apicius. Apple notes that this deletes it from iCloud and from every device that syncs it. It does not remove the three settings.
Your iPhone’s own backups (iCloud Backup, or a backup to your computer) may include Apicius’s data, depending on your device settings. Those backups are handled by Apple under Apple’s privacy policy.
If you share a recipe or a cookbook, it goes only where you send it: a message, an email, AirDrop, a file. A shared link contains the recipe itself, so whoever receives the link can read it. The developer does not receive anything you share.
To find and fix problems, Apicius uses Firebase Crashlytics, a service provided by Google.
When information is sent
What a report contains
As with any internet connection, Google’s servers also receive your device’s IP address when a report is sent. Firebase’s own components also record diagnostic information about how the Firebase software itself is performing.
What a report never contains: your recipes or any other text you have written, your photos, your name, your email address, your contacts or your location. The app does not use Apple’s advertising identifier.
How it is used: only to find and fix crashes and errors in Apicius. It is not used for advertising, not used to track you across other apps or websites, not sold, and not combined with other information about you.
Legal basis: the developer’s legitimate interest in keeping the app working reliably (Article 6(1)(f) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation).
Where it is processed: Google processes this information on the developer’s behalf, under the Firebase Data Processing and Security Terms. Those terms bind Google to use this information only on the developer’s behalf and to keep it secure, with the same protection this policy describes. It may be processed on servers outside the European Union, including in the United States. You can read how Firebase handles data at https://firebase.google.com/support/privacy.
How long it is kept: Firebase keeps crash reports and the identifiers attached to them for 90 days, then starts deleting them.
Apicius has no sign-in, shows no ads, contains no advertising or analytics-for-marketing software, and does not track you. It does not sell or rent any information.
Apicius is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone.
If you are in the European Union, you have the right to ask for access to, correction of, or deletion of personal data about you, and to object to its processing. Because crash reports are not linked to your identity, the developer usually cannot find the reports that came from a particular person. If you contact us with details such as when a crash happened, we will do what we can. You can stop all reporting at any time by deleting the app. You also have the right to complain to the data protection authority in your country.
If what the app collects changes, this page will be updated and the date at the top will change.
Questions about privacy in Apicius: panagiotispalamidas@gmail.com