Effective October 22, 2026
Privacy policy
Recipe Box is made by Orion Interstellar. This policy explains what happens to your information when you use Recipe Box on iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch.
- We don't collect any data about you.
- No account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking.
- Your recipes are kept on your device and, if you choose, in your own iCloud.
Your recipes
Everything you add to Recipe Box (recipes, photos, scanned cards, meal plans and grocery lists) is stored on your device. We have no servers that receive it and no way to see it.
iCloud sync and backups
If you're signed in to iCloud, Recipe Box keeps your recipes in step across your iPhone and iPad using your own private iCloud account. This data goes to Apple's iCloud, under Apple's privacy policy, and only you can access it. We, the developer, can't see or read it.
Automatic backups are saved once a day to the Recipe Box folder in your iCloud Drive, or to the Recipe Box folder in the Files app on your device if iCloud Drive is off. Backup files you save yourself go only where you choose to put them.
You can turn off iCloud sync and automatic backups at any time in Recipe Box's Settings. Deleting the app removes its data from that device; your iCloud copy and backup files stay until you remove them in your device's iCloud settings.
Recipe Box Pro purchases
Pro is bought through Apple's App Store. Apple handles the payment; we never see your payment details or Apple Account. The app only asks the App Store whether this Apple Account has Pro.
Camera and photos
Recipe Box asks for the camera only when you choose to scan a recipe or photograph a dish. Text in your photos and scans is read on your device using Apple's built-in text recognition. Photos you pick are kept with that recipe in the app and aren't uploaded anywhere.
Microphone and speech recognition
In cook mode you can turn on voice commands like "next step". Recipe Box asks for the microphone and speech recognition the first time, listens only while cook mode is open with voice commands on, and stops as soon as you leave.
Where your device supports it, speech is recognized entirely on the device. On devices that can't do this, Apple's speech recognition service may process the audio under Apple's privacy policy. Recipe Box never records, stores or receives your audio.
Reading steps aloud uses your device's built-in voices and happens entirely on the device.
Importing from a website
When you paste a recipe link, Recipe Box downloads that one page directly from the website, the same way your web browser would. That website can see the request, including your IP address, as it would for any visit. Recipe Box doesn't send the link or the recipe to us.
Sharing
Recipes, grocery lists and cookbooks leave the app only when you share or export them yourself, and only to the places you choose.
Children
Recipe Box collects no personal information from anyone, including children, and is suitable for all ages.
Changes to this policy
If we change how Recipe Box handles information, we'll update this page and the date at the top before the change takes effect.
Contact
Questions about privacy? Email support@orioninterstellar.com.