Privacy

Last updated: November 8, 2026

No account needed

You don't sign up for BrewFave, and we don't ask for your name, email or phone number to use the app. Everything you add — coffees, ratings, tasting notes, brews, shop visits and photos — is stored on your iPhone or iPad.

If you delete the app, your journal is deleted with it. For now, each iPhone or iPad keeps its own journal. iCloud sync is coming soon. When it arrives, your journal will sync through your own iCloud account, which Apple runs. We won't be able to see it.

What leaves your device

Most of BrewFave works right on your iPhone or iPad. Something is only sent to BrewFave's server when you ask for one of these:

• An AI read of a bag label or recipe. The photo is sent to our server so it can be read, then the details come back to your device.
• An online lookup to fill in missing details. The coffee's name and roaster are sent so we can find the coffee in the roaster's online shop and our coffee catalog.

Our server reads what you send and sends back the result. It doesn't store your photos or anything that identifies you. AI reads are done by an AI service that works for us. It handles the request and sends back the answer.

When an online lookup finds details for a coffee, those coffee details (like origin, process and tasting notes) may be added to our shared coffee catalog, so the next person who looks up that coffee gets them faster. Nothing about who asked is saved with them.

Your monthly free AI reads are counted on your device. Our server only keeps a daily total of reads for everyone combined, with nothing about you in it.

Location

BrewFave asks for your location only to show coffee shops near you. It uses your location only while the app is open, never in the background. Shop searches go through Apple Maps, and BrewFave doesn't send your location to our server or store it. You can say no and still search for shops by city or name. You can change this any time in Settings on your device.

Camera and photos

The camera and your photo library are used only when you scan a bag, snap a recipe, or add a photo yourself. Photos you add to your journal stay on your device.

No ads, no tracking

BrewFave has no ads, no sponsored listings and no tracking. No roaster or café pays to appear in the app. We don't follow you across other apps or websites, we don't build a profile of you, and we never sell or share your data.

Children

BrewFave isn't made for children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect information from them.

Changes to this policy

If we change how BrewFave handles your information, we'll update this page and the date at the top.