Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 11, 2026

In short: Gear & Grub List keeps your lists, recipes and campsites in your own account. We collect only what the app needs, never sell it, and never use it for ads. Your location is read only when you tap Use my location, and only the coordinates you save are kept.

This policy explains what the Gear & Grub List app (the "app") collects, why, who can see it, and how you can delete it. The app is made by Greyson Lynn, an independent developer ("we", "us"). Questions: see our Support page.

What we collect

Your account: the email address and name you sign in with, and a profile photo if you add one.
Your lists: your categories and items on each screen (Food, Camping, Backpack, Automotive, RV & Trailer), what is on your shopping list, and any sizes, prices and notes you type.
Your recipes: names, servings, ingredients, instructions, recipe categories, and the link to the original page if you add or import one.
Your campsites: the name, notes and coordinates you save, and up to three photos for each campsite.
Settings: whether you prefer US or metric measures.
Purchases: the date you started the free trial and whether your Gear & Grub Pro subscription is active. Payment is handled by Apple or Google; we never see your card details.
Messages to us: what you send when you email support.

Location, camera and photos

Location: only when you tap Use my location on a campsite, the app asks your phone for its position once and fills in the coordinates. Nothing is saved unless you save the campsite. The app never tracks your location in the background.
Camera and photo library: only when you tap Take photo or From photos (for a campsite or your profile photo). The photo you choose is made smaller on your phone and saved to your account. It is deleted when you remove it, delete the campsite, or delete your account.
Google Maps: when you tap Open in Google Maps, the campsite's coordinates are sent to Google Maps to show the pin. Google's own privacy policy applies there.
Importing from a link: the app opens the web page you paste, from your phone, the same way your browser would, and reads the recipe on it. That website sees an ordinary visit from your phone.

What we don't do

No advertising, and no advertising ID.
No analytics or tracking of you across other companies' apps or websites.
No selling or renting of your information, and no sharing it for marketing.

How we use it

Only to run the app for you: to keep your lists, recipes and campsites, show them on each phone you sign in on, keep working without signal, manage your trial and subscription, and answer your support requests.

Who can see your information

You: your lists, recipes and campsites are private to your account.
Service providers that run the app for us: Google Firebase (sign-in, the database and photo storage, on Google Cloud servers in the United States); RevenueCat (keeps track of your subscription); and Apple and Google (in-app purchases). They process the information only to provide their service.
Us: only when needed to keep the app running or to help when you contact support.
The law: if a valid legal request requires it.

How long we keep it, and deleting it

We keep your lists, recipes and campsites for as long as you have an account. You can delete your account at any time in the app (☰ menu → Profile → Danger zone → Delete account), or by email. See Delete your account for the steps and what is removed. Deleted data is removed from our systems within 30 days.

Your choices

You can see, change and delete your items, categories, recipes and campsites in the app at any time.
You can turn off location, camera and photo access in your phone's settings. You can still type coordinates yourself.
You can ask us for a copy of your information, or to correct or delete it, through our Support page.

Children

The app is not directed to children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect information from them.

Security

Information travels between the app and our servers encrypted. Security rules on our database let each account read and change only its own lists, recipes and campsites, and on our photo storage only its own photos. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to protect your information and keep it to what the app needs.

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, we will update the date at the top and, for important changes, tell you in the app.

Contact

See our Support page.