MyCookNote Privacy Policy
Version 1.4 · Last updated 6 November 2026
The Privacy Policy for MyCookNote: Recipe Finder, written for this app only. Published by denix.studio, founded by Gökhan Alp Atar, Nilüfer / Bursa, Turkey.
Privacy Policy
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Who we are
MyCookNote: Recipe Finder (version 1.4) is published by denix.studio, founded by Gökhan Alp Atar, Nilüfer / Bursa, Turkey. This policy describes this app specifically — our other apps handle data differently and each has its own policy.
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How MyCookNote: Recipe Finder handles data
MyCookNote is an on-device recipe book. Your recipes, meal plans, shopping list, pantry, cooking log, favourites and settings are stored in the app's own container on your device. There is no account, no sign-up and no denix.studio server holding your recipes.
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What is collected
MyCookNote: Recipe Finder may hold the recipes you save, import or edit, with their ingredients, steps and photos; your weekly meal plan, shopping list, pantry items, favourites and cooking log; app settings: language, dark mode and dietary preferences; counters for the free-plan limits (searches, link imports and saved recipes this week) and your Pro status; a short-lived cache of recent online search results, kept on the device for a few days; and anonymous crash reports if your device is set to share them with developers.
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Why
Data is used only to make MyCookNote: Recipe Finder work as described on its App Store page, to fix crashes and to keep the app secure. It is never sold, rented, or used to build an advertising profile.
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Permissions this app asks for
Camera — to photograph a cookbook page or a handwritten note for the Pro “recipe from photo” feature. Photo library — to pick an existing photo for the same feature, and to save a recipe image when you ask for it. Each permission is requested at the moment it is needed and can be withdrawn in iOS Settings at any time.
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Third parties
MyCookNote: Recipe Finder relies on Apple (App Store) for subscriptions and the one-time Pro purchase; recipe sources queried by online search: TheMealDB, DuckDuckGo and Bing search pages, Wikipedia and Wikibooks, MyMemory translation and public recipe websites and blogs; and Pollinations AI, only when a Pro user's search finds no recipe on the web. Each processes data under its own policy and only for the purpose above.
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Retention and deletion
Everything you create stays on your device until you delete it in the app or delete the app — removing the app removes its container and everything in it. Search results are cached on the device for up to three days. Because there is no account and no server, we cannot see, restore or hand over your content — it is not ours to hold.
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Security
Data held on the device is protected by iOS app sandboxing and file-level encryption. Where information does travel, it travels over TLS. No system is perfect, but we keep the amount of data involved as small as the app allows.
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Children
Rated 4+. MyCookNote is a general-audience cooking tool and does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. It contains no advertising, no chat and no user-to-user messaging.
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Your rights (GDPR and KVKK)
You may ask for access to any personal data we hold about you, ask for it to be corrected or deleted, object to processing, ask for portability, and withdraw consent. Where the app holds everything on your device, you exercise those rights directly: edit or delete the content in the app, or delete the app. Write to us and we answer within 30 days.
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Payments
MyCookNote is free to download and contains no advertising. The free plan has daily and weekly limits. MyCookNote Pro removes the limits and adds AI-written recipes and recipe from photo; it is offered as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription and as a one-time lifetime purchase. Purchases are handled entirely by Apple — we never see or store your payment details. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, in your Apple ID account settings.
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Online recipe search
When you search online, the text you typed (and an English translation of it) is sent to the recipe sources listed above so they can return results. No name, email, account, location or advertising identifier is sent with it, and we do not log your searches on any server of ours. Each source handles the request under its own privacy policy.
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AI-written recipes
For Pro users only: if no web recipe matches, the dish name is sent to Pollinations AI, which writes a recipe. The result is shown with an AI label; check it before you cook.
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No tracking, no analytics
MyCookNote has no analytics SDK, no advertising identifier and no tracking of any kind.
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Changes and contact
Material changes to this policy are published on this page with a new date. Questions about MyCookNote: Recipe Finder and this policy go to https://denix.studio/contact or g.alpatar@gmail.com and are answered by a person, usually within two working days.