Privacy
Short version: your family's information lives in your own iCloud account, your calendars are only ever read, and children never have accounts.
Last updated 17 August 2026.
Where your family's information lives
Children's names, chores, dinners and the events you type in are stored on your device and synced through your own iCloud account using Apple's CloudKit. We don't run a database of your family and we can't see any of it.
If you share the household with another parent, that sharing happens through iCloud between the two of you.
Your calendars are read, never written
With your permission, Fridgeside reads the calendars set up on the device so the board can show them. It never creates, edits or deletes anything in your calendars, and calendar events are not copied off the device.
You can withdraw that permission at any time in Settings, and the rest of the board carries on working.
The optional AI features
Three things in Fridgeside use an AI service, and all three only run when you ask them to. Nothing watches your family in the background, and everything they produce can be typed in by hand instead.
In every case the request goes to our own server first, which passes it to the AI provider. That server holds the credentials so the app doesn't have to. It does not log what you send, and it does not keep a copy.
1. The setup assistant
You write a short description of your family — "Ada is 8 and Sam is 5, they take turns with the bins" — and get a draft week back. The description is sent when you tap the button, and once only.
2. Reading a photo
You can photograph a school flyer or a fixture list and have the dates read off it. The photo is uploaded to be read. Only the photo you pick is sent — Fridgeside has no access to the rest of your photo library, and choosing a picture doesn't grant any. Nothing goes on your calendar until you've looked at what was found and agreed to it.
3. Dinner suggestions
When you ask for meal ideas, the dietary needs you've recorded are sent along so the suggestions take them into account.
About dietary information
Fridgeside deliberately asks about food restrictions and allergies, and stores them — that's the point, since a suggestion that ignores an allergy is worse than no suggestion. They're kept in your household data like everything else (in your iCloud, see above), and sent to the AI service when you ask for meal ideas.
The allergy warnings are an assist, not a safety system. Fridgeside checks suggestions against what you've told it and flags obvious conflicts, but it can miss things — a dish whose name doesn't mention the ingredient, for instance. Always check a meal yourself before cooking it.
Beyond dietary needs, don't put anything in these features you wouldn't want sent to a third party. They're there to save you typing.
Children
Children don't have accounts, don't sign in, and aren't asked for anything. Their profiles are records a parent creates and edits, and tapping a chore on the wall doesn't identify anyone to us. We don't knowingly collect personal information from children.
What we don't do
- No advertising, and no advertising identifiers.
- No selling or sharing of personal information.
- No third-party analytics or tracking SDKs in the app.
- No account with us — there's nothing to sign up for.
Purchases are handled by Apple. We receive the anonymous, aggregated sales reporting Apple provides, which doesn't identify you.
Deleting everything
Deleting the app removes its data from the device. To remove the synced copy, turn Fridgeside off in Settings → your name → iCloud, or delete the app's iCloud data from the same place. Because it's your iCloud account, you're in control of it without asking us.
Getting in touch
Questions about any of this: support.