Deenra Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 16, 2026

Deenra ("Deenra", "we", "us") is a halal food scanner and calorie tracker. We built it around a simple idea: your data stays on your phone. This policy explains exactly what the app does with information, in plain language.

The short version

• No account needed. You can use Deenra without signing up.
• Your history, food diary, settings, body stats and allergies are stored only on your device. We don't have a copy.
• No ads. No ad tracking. We never sell your data.
• Photos of labels or meals, food you describe by typing, and the details you send when you ask for an AI target suggestion are sent securely to be analyzed, then not stored by us.
• Barcodes and search words are looked up in public food databases and in Deenra's own product database. Product information (never personal information) is saved there so the next person's scan is faster and more complete.

What stays on your device

The following is saved only in the app's storage on your phone. It is not sent to us:

• Your scan history and results
• Your food diary (what you logged, portions, calories and macros)
• Your settings: name (if you gave one), madhab, meat standard, goal, activity level, food allergies
• Body stats you enter (birthday or age, sex, height, weight), your weigh-ins and goal weight, and your daily calorie and macro targets
• Water you log, foods you save, badges and streaks
• What Deenra learns from your edits to meals (your usual portions and answers to quick questions), used only to make your next estimate closer
• Your daily scan count and subscription status

Deleting the app removes all of this. You can also clear your scan history anytime in the History tab, delete individual entries, or erase everything with Profile → Delete all my data.

What leaves your device, and why

1. Barcodes and searches → Deenra's product database and public food databases.

When you scan a barcode or search for a product, the barcode number or your search words are sent to our product database, and from there (or directly from the app) to Open Food Facts, a free public food database, and USDA FoodData Central, the US government food database, to look up the product's ingredients and nutrition. When a product isn't halal or contains one of your allergens, we also search Open Food Facts by product category to find alternatives. No personal information is sent with these requests. Open Food Facts has its own privacy policy.

Our product database keeps information about products, not about you: the product's name, brand, ingredients, nutrition, certification and our halal analysis, and an anonymous count of how often each product is scanned. It does not record who scanned what, and nothing it stores is linked to you, your device or your history.

2. Helping other users (product contributions and reports).

When you scan a label for a product with a barcode, the product details read from it (name, brand, ingredient list, allergen statement, nutrition facts and any halal certification mark, but not the photo) may be added to our product database so the next person who scans that product gets a result. If you report a problem with a product (for example wrong ingredients or a new certification), we receive the problem type and any note you write. We don't attach your name, device ID or any account to contributions or reports. Please don't include personal details in notes. Contributions are reviewed before they replace trusted data.

3. AI features → our server → our AI provider.

Some features use our AI provider, Anthropic (the Claude AI). Only when you use one of them, what that feature needs is sent over an encrypted connection to our server, which passes it to Anthropic and returns the result to your phone:

• Scan a label or Snap a meal: the photo you take or choose, resized.
• Describe what you ate, and adding or fixing foods with AI: the text you type and, when fixing, the food items you're editing.
• Ask AI for a target suggestion: your sex, age (worked out from your birthday; the date itself is never sent), height, weight, goal weight, goal (cut, maintain or bulk), pace, activity level, and any note you type. This is sent only when you tap the button; your body stats are otherwise never sent.

How it's handled:

• We do not store your photos, text, body stats or the AI results on our server, except the product details from a label scan described in section 2.
• Anthropic processes this data only to return the result, under its commercial terms and privacy policy. Anthropic does not use data sent through its API to train its models by default, and may keep it for a limited time for safety and abuse monitoring.
• Please don't photograph people, documents, or anything besides food and labels, and don't type personal details beyond what the feature needs.

4. Purchases → Apple.

If you subscribe to Deenra Pro, payment is handled entirely by Apple through your Apple ID. We never see your payment details. We use RevenueCat to confirm your subscription status. RevenueCat receives an anonymous app user ID, your purchase receipts and basic device information, not your name or payment details. See its privacy policy.

Camera and photos

Deenra asks for camera access only to scan barcodes, labels and meals. It asks for photo library access only when you choose to pick a photo. Camera images used for barcode scanning, and photos you pick to read a barcode from, are processed on your device and never leave it.

Steps

If you turn on step counting, Deenra asks your iPhone for your step count (Motion & Fitness) each time it shows your steps. Steps are read on your device, used only to show your steps, distance and a calorie estimate, and are never stored by us or sent anywhere. You can turn this off in iPhone Settings › Deenra › Motion & Fitness.

Notifications

If you turn on reminders, they're scheduled on your phone. No notification data is sent to us.

Website

Our website, deenra.app, has no ads, analytics or tracking cookies, and it doesn't ask for any personal information. Before launch we ran an email waitlist; we used those addresses only to announce the launch, and we have since deleted them.

What we don't do

• We don't show ads or use advertising or tracking SDKs.
• We don't sell, rent or share your personal information with advertisers or data brokers.
• We don't track you across other apps or websites.
• We don't collect your location.

Health and allergy information

Body stats, weigh-ins, goals and allergies are stored only on your device, where they're used to calculate your targets and warn you about allergens. The only time body stats leave your phone is when you ask for an AI target suggestion, as described above. Allergies are never sent. Deenra gives general guidance, not medical advice.

Children

Deenra is not directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect information from them.

Your choices and rights

Because your personal data stays on your device (our product database holds only product information, never anything about you), you're in control of it: edit it in Profile, clear it in History, or delete the app to remove everything. If you have questions or requests about your data, contact us below. Depending on where you live (for example California or the EU), you may have additional rights; we'll honor them.

Changes to this policy

If we change how the app handles data (for example, if we add optional account backup), we'll update this policy and the date above, and tell you in the app before the change applies to you.

Contact

Questions? Email us at support@deenra.app.

Deenra is operated by Zeeyad Hasan Jawad Khan, Texas, USA.