bloop is a nutrient tracker for iPhone, made by me, Jess. The short version: bloop has no accounts, no ads and no tracking, and what you log stays on your phone.
What bloop stores
These are saved on your iPhone only:
- The foods and daily vitamins you log, and the meals, recipes and foods you save
- The bubbles you picked and your settings
- Your optional “About you” answers, such as age group, how you eat, height, weight and activity level
I can’t see any of it. If you back up your iPhone, for example with iCloud Backup, this information is included in your own backup like the rest of your phone.
What leaves your phone
Only food lookups, and recipe pages you ask for:
- When you search for a food, the words you typed are sent to USDA FoodData Central, the U.S. government’s food database.
- When you scan or type a barcode, the barcode number is sent to USDA FoodData Central and, if it isn’t found there, to Open Food Facts.
- When you add a recipe from a link, bloop downloads that page straight from the recipe website, the same way Safari would, and reads only its ingredient list, name and number of servings. Nothing goes through me or anyone else, and bloop keeps no cookies. The website sees the request like any visit to its page.
Nothing about you is sent with these lookups: no name, no account, no food log and no “About you” answers. Like any website, those services receive the internet address (IP address) the request came from. Their own privacy policies cover how they handle that.
Camera and photos
bloop uses the camera to read food barcodes and, if you choose, to take a picture of a recipe page. When you add a recipe from a photo, bloop reads the words on your iPhone using Apple’s built-in text recognition. Pictures are not saved and are not sent anywhere. If you pick a photo from your library, bloop only sees the one photo you choose.
Apple Health (only if you turn it on)
bloop can save the nutrients from the foods you log to Apple Health. This is off unless you switch on “Save to Apple Health” in bloop’s Settings, and iPhone asks your permission first.
- bloop only adds to Health. It never reads anything from Health.
- What it adds: protein, fiber, iron, vitamin D, B12, magnesium, calcium, vitamin C and water, and calorie estimates only if you’ve switched calories on in bloop.
- Health data stays on your iPhone (and in iCloud, if you’ve turned on Health in iCloud; that’s Apple’s, not bloop’s). bloop never sends it anywhere, never uses it for ads, and never shares it.
- Delete or change a food in bloop and bloop updates Health to match. Turning the setting off stops new foods; anything already in Health stays there until you remove it in the Health app.
- You can change permission any time in the Health app: tap your picture, then Apps, then bloop.
Widget, Siri and exporting
bloop’s widget and “Log … in bloop” for Siri read the same log on your phone. Nothing about them leaves your device.
Settings → Your data → Export your log makes a spreadsheet file on your phone. It only goes somewhere if you choose to send it.
Ads, analytics and tracking
bloop has none. It does not track you across apps or websites.
If you have chosen on your iPhone to share analytics with app developers, Apple may send me anonymous crash reports and usage totals. They do not identify you.
Children
bloop is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect information from them.
Deleting your information
Deleting the app from your iPhone deletes everything bloop stored. Anything bloop saved to Apple Health stays in the Health app until you delete it there.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date.
Contact
Questions? Email me at jessicahart94@icloud.com.