Effective 6 November 2026. PantryTurn is provided by SocialSure Private Limited.
PantryTurn stores food names, quantities, locations, dates, notes, recipes, shopping lists, meal plans and remembered barcodes in the app's private storage. We do not operate a server for these records and do not collect, receive or share them. There is no PantryTurn account or cloud synchronization. The free tier includes Google AdMob advertising, described below.
The optional barcode scanner asks for camera permission when you open it. Camera frames are processed on your device, are not retained as photos and are not transmitted. A scanned barcode is added to a draft; saving it remembers the product name, unit and location locally. New products require manual entry. There is no online barcode lookup.
If you enable entered-date reminders, the app may ask for notification permission. Background work reads your local pantry dates and can show a daily summary. Android may delay reminders. The app does not request exact alarms, location, contacts or broad storage access.
One optional lifetime purchase unlocks planning features and removes ads. Google Play processes the transaction under Google's terms and privacy policy. PantryTurn receives purchase status and a purchase token through the Play Store service, acknowledges completed purchases and retains a local ownership cache. It does not receive your payment card information or send purchase records to a developer server.
Buying and restoring require Google Play connectivity. Play Billing communicates with the Play Store app. The app has internet permission for AdMob and consent messages. A separately documented reviewer-access credential does not make a purchase or change Google Play ownership.
Free overview screens can show contextual banner ads supplied by Google AdMob. We do not send pantry records, recipes, camera frames, barcodes, notes or exported files to AdMob. We request non-personalized ads. This does not eliminate all advertising data processing.
The Google Mobile Ads SDK collects and shares your IP address, which can indicate approximate location; app and ad interactions such as launches, taps and video views; diagnostics such as performance, app launch time, hangs and energy usage; and device or other identifiers, including Android advertising ID, app set ID and, where applicable, identifiers related to accounts signed in on the device. Google uses this data for advertising, measurement and analytics, and fraud prevention. SDK communications are encrypted in transit using TLS. There is no separate developer analytics service; Google SDK crash reporting is disabled, although advertising performance diagnostics are still processed.
Google's User Messaging Platform checks applicable privacy requirements and presents consent or opt-out choices where required before ads may be requested. When available, open Settings and choose Advertising privacy choices to change or withdraw your choices. Your records remain usable if you decline or if the consent service is unavailable. An ad may still be served in a limited form where permitted by your choices. You can reset or delete your advertising ID in Android Settings.
Once confirmed ownership is available, lifetime unlock removes banners. We check stored ownership before requesting consent for ads, and do not request ads while ownership is unresolved. Buying the unlock stops new ad requests; it does not erase advertising data already processed by Google. Google's privacy policy and advertising information describe its handling, retention and privacy controls. We do not control Google's retention periods or receive an individual advertising profile.
Android's document picker lets you choose individual import and export locations. A complete archive includes your saved records and barcode memories. It excludes purchase ownership, reviewer access, settings and unfinished drafts. Archives and CSV/text exports are not encrypted. Anyone who can access an exported file can read its contents.
If you select a cloud document provider or share an exported file using another app, that service handles the file under its own privacy terms. This happens only at your direction. Importing an archive validates it before replacing the local records.
Records remain until you delete them, restore a replacement archive, clear the app's storage or uninstall the app. Individual records can be removed from their detail screens. Barcode memories are retained locally until a replacement archive, clearing storage or uninstalling; removing a pantry record does not remove its remembered barcode. Android automatic cloud backup and device transfer are disabled. You can create your own complete archive from Settings.
Clearing local storage does not cancel or refund a Google Play purchase. You can restore confirmed ownership through the Google account that purchased it. Deleting local data does not delete copies you exported elsewhere.
Privacy and support links open your browser only after you choose them. The website and browser then handle that visit independently. PantryTurn is intended for adults. Dates and quantities are user-entered records, not medical advice or food-safety assessments.
We will update this page when the app's data practices change. For privacy questions, email shayanm2002@gmail.com. Please avoid sending private pantry records unless they are necessary for your question.