Privacy Policy
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Your stuff is your business. Stuffolio keeps your inventory on your device by default. You choose whether to sync with iCloud, share with family, or use online features. We don’t sell your data, show ads, or track you across apps.
Here’s what matters:
- Your inventory works offline. No Stuffolio account is required.
- Sharing and online lookups are optional. The app explains what will be sent before you allow them.
- AI needs your permission. Most AI features run when you ask. Price Watch checks automatically for items you choose to watch.
- Usage analytics are on by default. You can turn them off in Settings.
- You control your inventory. Export it, delete it, or stop sharing it.
Your inventory
Your item names, photos, receipts, prices, warranties, notes, locations, serial numbers, and barcodes are stored on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.
Optional features can sync or send some of that information, as described below.
Syncing and sharing
iCloud Sync keeps your inventory up to date across your Apple devices using your personal iCloud account. Apple handles encryption. The synced inventory goes between your devices and Apple’s servers, not ours.
Family Sharing and Legacy Wishes let you share inventory information, beneficiary names, and item assignments with people you invite through iCloud. You can stop sharing at any time to remove their access.
AI help
Stuff Scout, receipt and label scanning, Repair/Keep/Replace, the Product Assistant, and Price Watch use outside AI services.
Before the first use, Stuffolio explains what these features send and asks for permission. You can review that explanation and change your choice in Settings → Privacy & Network. Allowing AI does not turn on Price Watch.
What gets sent: Depending on the task, your photo, question, and relevant item details pass through our server to an AI provider. Those details can include the item’s name, maker, model, category, barcode, or serial number.
The Product Assistant, Repair/Keep/Replace, and Price Watch may also send your question or relevant item details to a search service to find answers, alternatives, or prices. The providers are listed below.
We don’t link these requests to your name or Apple account or use them to build a personal profile.
Automatic price checks: Most AI features run only when you ask. If you enable Price Watch for an item, its details are sent for background price checks without a new tap each time. You choose which items to watch.
Other online lookups
Barcode Lookup sends only the barcode number when you request product information.
Recall Checker sends only the manufacturer and model when you check for recalls. It does not send serial numbers.
Price and value estimates search for comparable items when you ask Stuff Scout what something is worth. These searches send a short item description, which can include its name, maker, and model, to marketplace, retailer, and search services.
For antique pocket watches, the serial number read from the photo is also checked with Pocket Watch Database. These marketplace and valuation searches do not send your photos, purchase price, or notes. Photo analysis by an AI provider is covered in the AI section above.
Crash reports and usage analytics
Crash reports help us find and fix problems. If you allow crash reporting, reports include the app version, device type, operating system, and technical information about what happened before a crash. They do not include your name, email, inventory contents, or photos.
Usage analytics help us understand which features people use and how well the app performs. They include feature-use counts, performance information, and an identifier that lets us recognize usage from the same device over time. This identifier is not linked to your name or inventory.
Usage analytics are on by default. You can turn them off in Settings → Privacy.
Website analytics are separate. We use Plausible to count page views and link clicks, along with referral sources, country, and browser type. It does not use cookies or track you across websites. IP addresses are briefly processed to create anonymous counts, then discarded.
The app’s analytics setting does not control website analytics. On this website, we honor your browser’s Do Not Track setting.
Optional product updates
If you sign up for updates, we collect the email address or phone number you provide. We use it for occasional Stuffolio news and tips—usually a few times a year.
Cloudflare stores this information; Resend delivers emails and Twilio delivers text messages. We don’t sell your contact information.
You can unsubscribe through Settings → Updates or the link in a message.
How long information is kept
Our server keeps a summary of your most recent AI request. The next request replaces it, and it is kept for no more than seven days. We also keep usage counts per device that are not linked to your name or Apple account.
AI providers may keep submitted content and responses for safety checks, abuse prevention, and legal requirements:
- Anthropic: Normally deletes requests and responses within 30 days. Some services, agreements, safety investigations, or legal requirements allow longer retention. Anthropic retention details.
- OpenAI: Normally keeps abuse-monitoring records, which may include submitted content, for up to 30 days. Legal or safety needs can extend that period; some features have separate storage rules. OpenAI retention details.
- Google Gemini: Its paid-service terms allow temporary storage of requests and responses for abuse prevention and legal requirements, without specifying a fixed duration in those terms. Google data-use terms.
Turning off a feature stops future use of that feature. It does not erase information already retained by a provider.
Your choices
You can:
- Export your inventory in formats including CSV, PDF, and Excel.
- Delete local inventory data through Settings → Data Management → Reset All Data. If iCloud Sync is on, deletions sync to your other devices.
- Stop family sharing to remove invited people’s access.
- Turn off online features and usage analytics in Settings.
Deleting your local inventory is separate from deleting records held by us or an outside service.
Services we use
These services support the features described above. Their policies explain how they handle information:
| Purpose | Services |
|---|---|
| Syncing and family sharing | Apple iCloud |
| AI processing | Anthropic, Google Gemini, OpenAI |
| Web searches | Brave Search, Tavily, Exa |
| Price and value research | eBay, Reverb, Discogs, Pocket Watch Database, and other relevant retailer or specialty sites |
| Server hosting, app analytics, and subscriber storage | Cloudflare |
| Crash reporting | Sentry |
| Website analytics | Plausible |
| Email and text delivery | Resend, Twilio |
Children’s privacy
Stuffolio is intended for a general audience and is not designed for children. We don’t knowingly collect personal information from children under 13, or below a higher age required by local law.
If you believe a child has provided us personal information, contact us so we can delete it.
California residents
California residents have rights to learn what personal information is collected about them and request deletion, subject to applicable exceptions. We do not sell personal information.
Questions about your information?
Email [email protected] to ask what information we hold about you or request its deletion. We may need to confirm your identity before acting. Your inventory stays on your devices and personal iCloud account; you manage it through the app.