Rowan
Privacy Policy
Last updated: 5 November 2026
Rowan is a voice-guided cooking app. This policy explains what information the app collects, why, and what you can do about it. It covers the Rowan mobile app and rowancooks.co.
Information we collect
Information you give us
- Account details. Your email address when you create an account. If you sign in with Apple or Google, we receive the email address that service shares with us. We never receive your password for those services.
- Profile details. A display name and a profile photo, if you choose to add them.
- Cooking preferences. Your kitchen equipment, pantry staples and any food allergies you tell us about, so recipes can be built around them.
- What you say to Rowan. When you describe what is in your kitchen, the words are sent to our recipe service to work out which ingredients you named.
- Your recipes and cooking history. Recipes you save, a record of the cooks you complete, and the recipes you started cooking in the last seven days, so you can find and save one you forgot to.
- Your subscription. If you subscribe to Rowan Pro, Apple handles the payment. We receive whether you have an active subscription, which plan it is, and its renewal, trial and refund history. We never receive your card or payment details.
- Photos you take. If you make a share card after cooking, the photo you pick is processed on your device. It is not uploaded to us.
Information collected automatically
- Usage analytics. Which parts of the app you use, so we can tell what is working and what is broken. Events are tied to a random identifier, or to your account ID once you sign in. We do not send your name or email address to our analytics provider.
- Crash and error reports. Technical details about failures in the app.
Voice and the microphone
Rowan uses your microphone in two places: to hear what is in your kitchen, and to listen for "Hey Rowan" while you cook. Speech is converted to text by your device's own operating system. We do not record, store or transmit audio from your microphone. Only the resulting text of what you said about your ingredients is sent to our servers, and only while you are actively dictating. While you are cooking, the wake-word listening happens entirely on your device and nothing is sent anywhere.
The website and waitlist
- Waitlist sign-up. If you join the waitlist on rowancooks.co, we collect your
first name and email address, which part of the page you signed up from, and how you found us:
the campaign tags on the link you followed (such as
utm_source) and the address of the page that sent you, if your browser shares it. We use this only to email you about Rowan and to understand which places people hear about us from. - Website analytics. The website records anonymous visits and a few actions, such as playing a voice sample or joining the waitlist. It does not set cookies or store an identifier in your browser, and we never send your name or email address to our analytics provider.
How we use it
- To generate recipes built around the ingredients, equipment and allergies you tell us about.
- To read those recipes aloud in Rowan's voice.
- To find a photo for each recipe.
- To keep your saved recipes and settings available across your devices.
- To check whether you have Rowan Pro, which the app needs before it writes or reads a recipe.
- To send the reminders you turn on, which are scheduled on your device rather than sent from a server.
- To understand how the app is used and to fix problems.
We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use it for advertising.
Who we share it with
We use a small number of service providers to run the app. Each receives only what it needs.
| Service | What it receives | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Supabase | Account details, profile, saved recipes, cooking history, preferences | Accounts and data storage |
| Anthropic | The words you say or type when listing your ingredients, and your equipment, kitchen basics and allergies | Writing recipes |
| Fish Audio | The text of a line to be spoken aloud | Rowan's voice |
| RevenueCat | Your account ID, and your Rowan Pro purchase and subscription history from Apple | Managing subscriptions |
| Unsplash | A search phrase describing a dish | Finding recipe photos |
| PostHog | Usage events and crash reports, tied to a random or account identifier; anonymous website visits | Product analytics |
| Formspree | Your first name, email address and how you found us, when you join the waitlist | Running the waitlist |
| UserJot | Anything you choose to write in a feedback post | Feedback board |
We may also disclose information where the law requires it, or to protect the rights and safety of our users.
Keeping it
We keep waitlist details until you ask us to remove them, or until the waitlist is no longer needed. To come off the waitlist, reply to any waitlist email or write to us at the address below.
We keep your account information for as long as your account exists. Delete your account and we delete your profile, saved recipes, cooking history and preferences. Analytics events that are no longer linked to an existing account may be retained in aggregate.
Your choices
- Delete your account. Profile & Settings → Delete Account, inside the app. This is immediate and cannot be undone.
- Microphone. You can refuse or revoke microphone access in your device settings. Rowan still works: you can type what is in your kitchen instead, and tap to move between steps.
- Notifications. Turn reminders off in the app, or revoke the permission in your device settings.
- AI recipe writing. Rowan asks for your permission before sending anything to Anthropic, and keeps a record of your answer and when you gave it. You can withdraw it at any time in Profile & Settings → AI Recipe Writing. While it is off, nothing is sent and Rowan cannot write new recipes, but your saved recipes and Cook Mode keep working.
- Access and correction. Email us at hello@rowancooks.co for a copy of your data or to have something corrected.
Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights under the GDPR, the UK GDPR or the CCPA, including the right to access, correct, delete, or port your information, and to object to certain processing. Contact us and we will honour them.
Children
Rowan is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from them. If you believe a child has given us information, contact us and we will remove it.
International transfers
Our service providers operate in the United States and elsewhere. Using Rowan means your information may be processed in countries other than your own.
Changes
If this policy changes in a way that matters, we will update the date above and, for significant changes, tell you in the app.
Contact
Questions about privacy: hello@rowancooks.co.