PlateClock
Last updated 11 November 2026
PlateClock is a cooking timer. It does not need to know much about you, so it does not ask. There is no advertising in it, no analytics, no tracking, and nothing about you is sold or shared with anyone.
Everything works signed out, and nothing about you or your cooking leaves your device. Meals, dishes and your kitchen setup are stored on the device itself and are not sent anywhere.
The app does ask our server for the built-in dish library, which is the same public list for everybody. Like any web request, that reaches our server with your IP address and the kind of device you are using. It is kept in standard web server logs for up to 30 days and used only to keep the service running.
Signing in with Apple or Google gives us two things:
Apple and Google do not tell us anything else about you, and we do not ask them for anything else.
Subscriptions bought inside the iPhone or Android app are handled entirely by Apple or Google. Subscriptions bought on the web are handled by Stripe. In every case the payment company holds your card details — we never see or store them. What we keep is whether your subscription is currently active, and when to check again.
On the paid tier, your meals and your own dish recipes are copied to our server so they reach your other devices. They are stored to serve back to you and are not used for anything else. Free-tier meals are never uploaded.
Step reminders are scheduled by your own phone. Nothing is sent to a push server, and we do not know when or whether one goes off.
Delete your account in Settings. That removes your saved meals, your own dishes and your account record from our servers. Meals on the device stay until you remove them there.
Delete the app to remove everything held on the device. On the web, clearing site data for plateclock.app does the same.
You can also ask us for a copy of what we hold, or ask us to correct or delete it, by writing to the address below. We will answer within 30 days.
Account details and saved meals are kept while the account exists, and removed when you delete it. Web server logs are kept for up to 30 days. Payment records are kept for as long as tax and accounting rules require.
PlateClock is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect anything from them. If you believe a child has given us information, write to us and we will delete it.
If this policy changes in a way that matters, the date at the top changes and the app will say so before the change takes effect.