BaseworkPrivacy policy
Last updated: 8 November 2026
The short version. Your Apple Health readings are read on your iPhone, with your permission, and stay there. The one Health reading that Basework backs up is your weight: if Basework fills it in from Health and you save it in your profile, it backs up with the rest of your profile when you sign in. When you log food by photo, text or barcode, only that one item is sent off to be analysed. Everything else you enter stays on your iPhone unless you choose to sign in for backup and sync. There are no ads, no tracking and no selling of your data.
Who we are
Basework is made by Louise May, trading as Gaintime Apps, in the UK. In this policy "we" and "us" means her. We are the data controller for the personal data described here. Contact: hello@gaintimeapps.com.
Apple Health data
With your permission for each type, Basework reads these from Apple Health: active energy, steps, sleep, resting heart rate, heart rate variability and body weight. They show your energy balance and some gentle context in the app.
- Your Apple Health readings stay on your iPhone. They are never uploaded, sold, shared, or used for advertising, and they are not part of the backup and sync described below. The one exception is your profile weight. If Basework filled it in from Health and you saved it, it is part of your profile, and your profile backs up if you sign in. You can change it in your profile at any time, and deleting your account deletes it.
- Basework does not write anything to Apple Health.
- You can change or remove access at any time in the iPhone Settings app, under Health, then Data Access & Devices, then Basework.
What you enter in the app
Your profile (weight, height, age, sex, goal, protein target and diet preferences), your food and drink logs, your own meals, favourites, week plans, shopping list and water count are stored on your iPhone. If you don't sign in, they never leave it.
Logging food
When you log something, only the item you choose to log is sent, through our server, to be analysed. The result comes back to you to check and edit before it's saved.
- Photo or text: the photo or the words you typed are sent to Google's Gemini AI to estimate protein, calories and other nutrients. Basework asks your permission once, before the first one. We use Google's paid service, under which Google does not use what you send to improve its products. Google may keep requests for a limited time to detect abuse. We don't keep your photos on our server.
- Barcode: only the barcode number is sent, and it's looked up in Open Food Facts, an open food database. If Open Food Facts doesn't have it, the same number is looked up in USDA FoodData Central, the US government's food database.
- Voice: Apple's speech recognition turns what you say into text. On iPhones that support it, this happens on the device. On others, Apple processes the audio under Apple's own privacy policy. Only the resulting text is then logged, as above.
- Camera and Photos: Basework uses the camera only when you take a food photo. If you switch on "Save a copy to my Photos", it adds that photo to your Photos library. It does not read your library unless you pick a photo.
- Photo tiles: when you log food by photo, Basework keeps a small copy on your iPhone so you can see it next to the entry. This copy stays on your iPhone: it isn't sent to us, synced to your other devices or included in your iCloud backup. It's deleted when you delete the entry or your account.
Nutrition figures are estimates. They are not medical or clinical measurements.
The app's anonymous ID
So that only the Basework app can use the food analysis, each install gets a random ID from our server. It holds no name, email or contact details. Against it we keep a count of analysis requests in the current hour, so we can stop misuse. That's all that is stored against it.
Optional account: backup and sync
Basework works fully without an account. If you choose "Back up and sync", you sign in with Apple.
- Sign in with Apple gives us an account identifier, and your email address unless you choose to hide it. We never see your Apple password.
- What syncs: your profile, food logs, your own meals, favourites, week plans and water counts.
- What never syncs: your Apple Health readings. They stay on your iPhone and are read fresh on each iPhone from Apple Health. Your profile weight does sync, as part of your profile, wherever it came from.
- Some of what backs up is about your health: your weight, height and food logs. We only hold it because you chose to sign in and back up, and you can withdraw that at any time by deleting your account.
- Where it's stored: with our backend provider, Supabase, on servers in London. Only you, signed in, can read or change your data.
Membership payments
If you take out a Basework membership, Apple handles the payment through your Apple ID. We never see your card or bank details. Apple tells the app whether your membership is active.
Things that stay on your iPhone
- Reminders: meal reminders are off unless you turn them on, and they're scheduled on your iPhone.
- Lock-screen widget: it reads your protein total from the app on your iPhone.
- Food diary download: the PDF is made on your iPhone. You choose where to send it.
What Basework does not do
- No advertising, and no selling or renting of your data.
- No tracking you across other apps or websites, and no advertising identifiers.
- No third-party analytics or crash-reporting tools in the app.
Why we use your data (UK GDPR)
| What | Lawful basis |
|---|---|
| Apple Health data, and the health details you enter (weight, diet, food logs) | Your explicit consent, given through Apple's Health permission and the app's own prompts. You can withdraw it at any time. |
| Analysing a food photo or text | Your explicit consent, asked once before the first one. |
| Backup and sync, and membership | To provide the service you asked for (contract). |
| The anonymous ID and request count | Our legitimate interest in keeping the service working and stopping misuse. |
Who processes data for us
- Supabase: hosts our server and, if you sign in, your synced data, in London.
- Google (Gemini): analyses food photos and text. Google may process this outside the UK, under its standard data protection terms.
- Open Food Facts: receives barcode numbers only.
- USDA FoodData Central: receives barcode numbers only, and only for products Open Food Facts doesn't have.
- Apple: Sign in with Apple, payments, speech recognition, and Apple Health on your iPhone.
Keeping and deleting your data
Data on your iPhone stays until you delete it or the app. Synced data stays in your account until you delete it.
To delete your account and everything in it: open Basework, tap the profile icon on Today, go to Back up and sync, then tap Delete account. This removes your account and all its synced data from our server and from your iPhone. You can also email us and we'll do it for you. Deleting the app on its own removes the copy on your iPhone but not a synced account.
Your rights
You can ask to see, correct, export or delete the personal data we hold, and you can object to or limit how we use it. Email hello@gaintimeapps.com and we'll reply within one month. If you're unhappy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.
Children
Basework is not intended for anyone under 16. We don't knowingly collect data from children.
This website
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Changes to this policy
If we change how Basework handles data, we'll update this page and the date at the top. We'll make big changes clear in the app.