Privacy Policy
Effective October 12, 2026
BestBy is local-first. You can use the app without creating an account, and your items, dates, photos and notes never leave your device unless you export them. We do not sell personal data, show ads, or track you.
Data stored on your device
Your item names, dates, notes, document numbers, reminders, photos, OCR results, and exports are stored on your device. They leave your device only when you choose to share an export. A scanned barcode is sent only when you request a product lookup.
Product lookup
When you scan a product barcode, the numeric barcode may be sent to Open Food Facts to retrieve public product information. BestBy does not send your item notes, photos, or document details with that request.
Camera, photos, and notifications
Camera and photo access are used only when you scan or attach something. Barcode and text recognition run on device. Notification access is used to schedule the reminders you choose.
Advertising and tracking
BestBy shows no ads and contains no advertising, analytics or tracking SDK. We do not track you across apps or websites. If this ever changes, this policy will be updated first, ads would be limited to the free plan, and you would be asked for consent where the law requires it.
Purchases
BestBy Pro is available as a yearly or weekly auto-renewing subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. The yearly plan may include a free trial; the lifetime plan may be tried free for 30 days, after which Pro simply ends unless you choose to buy it. Nothing is charged automatically. Earlier monthly and yearly subscriptions remain valid for current subscribers. All payments are processed by Apple through StoreKit. We use Apple's verified entitlement status to determine whether Pro is active; we never receive your payment-card details. Subscriptions are managed in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions.
Retention and choices
You can delete any item inside the app at any time. To erase everything at once, open Settings › Your data › Delete all data, which permanently removes every item, photo and scheduled reminder from your device. Deleting the app also removes all of it. Because BestBy never creates an account, there is nothing stored on our servers to delete. To ask us anything about your data or privacy, contact contact@coheronlab.com.
Changes
We may update this policy as the product evolves. The effective date above identifies the current version.