Privacy

Last updated November 3, 2026

Back Burner is a meal prep app made by Back Burner Eats. This page explains what information we collect on this website and in the app, why, and what you can do about it. Short version: we collect what we need to run the app, we don't sell your information, and you can ask us to delete it.

Email updates

If you signed up on our website for email updates, we store your email address, the date you signed up, and where you came from (for example, a link a creator shared). To stop spam we also keep a one-way scrambled version of your network address, which can't be turned back into the address itself. We use your email only to send you news about Back Burner, and every email has a link to unsubscribe.

Your account in the app

• Sign-in: your email address, or your Google account's name and email if you sign in with Google, or the email Apple shares with us (which can be a private relay address) if you sign in with Apple. We use it to sign you in and for messages about your account or important changes to the app, these terms or this policy.
• News emails: when you create an account we'll send you occasional emails about new features, tips and offers. You can turn them off anytime with the switch in the Profile tab or the unsubscribe link in any of those emails, and we keep a record of when you changed it.
• Your recipes and plans: the links you share to the app, the recipe text we read from them, a thumbnail image, your edits, notes, ratings, meal plans, shopping lists and nutrition targets.
• Screenshots and photos you import: when you import a recipe from images, we upload them, read the recipe, keep the first one as the recipe's thumbnail, and delete the rest right after.
• Notifications: if you allow notifications, a push token for your phone, so we can tell you when a recipe you shared is ready. It's removed when you sign out.
• Crash reports: if the app crashes, a report with technical details (app version, device model, what went wrong) and your account ID, so we can fix it.
• Subscriptions: whether you have Pro and when it renews. Payments are handled by Google Play or the App Store; we never see your card details.

Who processes your information

We use a few services to run Back Burner. They handle information only to provide their service to us:

• Supabase stores the app's data and runs its servers.
• Anthropic (Claude) reads the text, screenshots and photos of recipes you import, to turn them into clean recipes and estimate nutrition.
• USDA FoodData Central receives ingredient names (never anything about you) to look up nutrition.
• RevenueCat, with Google Play and the App Store, manages subscriptions.
• Resend sends sign-in codes and email updates, and keeps the list of people who get the updates.
• Expo, with Google (Firebase Cloud Messaging) and Apple, delivers push notifications.
• Sentry receives crash reports.

We don't sell your information.

Ads for Back Burner

We advertise Back Burner on Facebook and Instagram, and we want to know which ads work, so we can stop paying for the ones that don't. For that, the app and this website use Meta's tools:

• In the app, Meta's SDK tells Meta when the app is installed and opened, when you create an account and when you save your first recipe, along with technical details such as your device model and an advertising identifier. RevenueCat tells Meta when a free trial or a subscription starts, with its price. Meta doesn't get your email, your name or your recipes.
• On this website, the Meta Pixel tells Meta that a page was viewed and whether a store button was tapped, using cookies.

Meta uses this to show our ads to people more likely to find the app useful and to report how our ads did. Meta's own use of it is covered by Meta's Privacy Policy. On iPhone, the app asks first, and nothing that identifies your device is shared unless you allow it. On Android, you can delete or turn off your advertising ID in your phone's settings (Settings, Google or Privacy, Ads). You can also manage ads in your Facebook or Instagram settings.

Recipe creators

We keep the link to each post you import, the creator's name, and the recipe text needed to build your copy of the recipe. We don't re-host creators' videos, and every recipe links back to the original post.

Your choices

You can delete your account and everything in it from the Profile tab in the app; see Delete your account. To stop email updates, use the unsubscribe link in any of them or the switch in the Profile tab. If you can't get into the app, email hello@backburnereats.com. Back Burner isn't meant for children under 13.

Changes

If we change how we handle your information, we'll update this page and the date above.