Last Updated: May 30, 2026
Recipe Shelf respects your privacy and is designed to keep your recipes, photos, and cooking memories under your control.
Recipe Shelf helps you organize recipes, photos, ingredients, cooking notes, and related information.
The information you choose to store may include:
This information is stored locally on your device and may be synchronized through Apple's iCloud services if iCloud Sync is enabled.
Recipe Shelf may request access to your photo library so you can attach photos to recipes.
Photos are only accessed when you explicitly choose to select them.
Recipe Shelf does not upload your photos to servers operated by the developer.
If enabled, Recipe Shelf uses Apple's CloudKit service to synchronize your recipes and related information across devices signed into the same Apple ID.
Data synchronized through CloudKit is subject to Apple's privacy and security practices.
Recipe Shelf may use Apple's Vision framework to extract text from recipe photos.
OCR processing occurs on your device.
Recipe images and extracted text are not transmitted to developer-operated servers.
Recipe Shelf allows you to export backups of your recipe collection.
Exported files are stored in locations you choose, such as the Files app, iCloud Drive, or other supported storage providers.
You are responsible for protecting exported backup files.
Recipe Shelf does not collect personal analytics or usage tracking information.
Recipe Shelf does not display third-party advertising.
Recipe Shelf relies on Apple services, including:
These services are governed by Apple's own privacy policies and terms.
Your recipe data remains under your control.
You may delete recipes, photos, cooking history, backup files, or the application itself at any time.
Recipe Shelf is not directed toward children under the age of 13.
If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact:
Email: support@keystonechms.com
This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically.
Any updates will be reflected on this page with a revised "Last Updated" date.