FeraPrivacy Policy
The short version
- We use your information to run Fera for you. We don't sell it, show ads, or use tracking or advertising tools.
- Apple Health data is optional. If you connect it, Fera reads daily totals of your steps and active energy, and each day's first weigh-in. It is never used for advertising or sold, and Fera never writes to Apple Health.
- AI features send what they need to Anthropic, our AI provider, only after you allow it, and you can turn them off at any time.
- You can export your data and delete your account from inside the app.
Who we are
Fera is published by Hildegardis Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company based in New York (“Fera”, “we”, “us”). Questions about this policy or your data: hello@getfera.app.
Information we collect
- Account details: your email address and the name you sign up with. Passwords are handled by Google Firebase Authentication; we never see or store them.
- What you log: foods and drinks (descriptions, calories, protein, carbs and fat, an optional meal tag, and when each was logged), workouts you log (activity, duration and effort), body weight readings, and the profile and goal settings you enter, such as birth date, height, sex, activity level and weight goal.
- AI food estimates: the description and any photo you submit are sent to Anthropic to produce the estimate. The resulting text and numbers are saved in your log. Photos are not stored by Fera.
- Fera AI: your question and the parts of your log, burn, weigh-ins, profile and goals needed to answer it are sent to Anthropic. Fera keeps your recent conversation and a few short notes the assistant saves about you (for example, a goal you mentioned) so later answers have context. You can start a new chat or delete those notes at any time.
- Apple Health data, only if you connect it: see the next section.
- Subscription status: if you subscribe, Apple handles payment. We receive, through Apple and our subscription provider RevenueCat, which plan you have, whether it's in a trial, when it renews or ends, and anonymous transaction identifiers. We never receive your payment card or Apple Account details.
- Usage records: when you were last active, how many AI estimates and questions you've used, and what they cost us. These apply your plan's limits and keep Fera running.
Fera doesn't use advertising, analytics or tracking tools and doesn't access your device's advertising identifier. The app keeps a copy of your own data on your device so it opens quickly.
Apple Health data
Connecting Apple Health is optional and only happens after you allow it in Apple's permission screen.
- What Fera reads: your daily total of steps, your daily total of active energy, and each day's first body weight reading and its time, for today and recent days. In the web app, an Apple Shortcut you add sends the same daily totals. Fera does not read heart rate, sleep, individual workouts, body fat, medical records or any other Health data, and it never writes to Apple Health.
- Why: only to calculate your daily calorie burn and show your weight trend inside Fera.
- What we don't do: Apple Health data is never sold, never used for advertising or marketing, never shared with data brokers, never shown to other users, and never used to train AI models.
- Fera AI: if you allow AI features and ask Fera AI a question, the answer may use your burn and weight figures, which can include numbers from Apple Health. Those figures go to Anthropic only to produce that answer.
- Turning it off: disconnect on Fera's Apple Health page, which deletes the Health numbers we stored, and remove Fera's access in iPhone Settings → Health → Data Access & Devices.
How we use your information
- To run Fera: show your logs, totals, goals and trends, and keep them in sync across your devices.
- To produce AI estimates and Fera AI answers when you ask for them.
- To manage your account and subscription, apply plan limits, and send emails you request, such as password resets.
- To keep Fera secure, prevent abuse and fix problems.
We don't use your information for advertising, and we don't sell or “share” it as those terms are used in US state privacy laws.
Who processes your information
A few service providers run parts of Fera for us. Each receives only what its job needs:
| Provider | What it does | What it receives |
|---|---|---|
| Google Firebase | Accounts, database and server code, in the United States | Your account and everything you log |
| Anthropic | The Claude AI model behind estimates and Fera AI | Descriptions, photos and questions you submit, with the data needed to answer; only after you allow AI features. Under Anthropic's commercial terms, these inputs are not used to train its models. |
| Apple | The App Store, payments, and Apple Health on your iPhone | Your purchase (Apple's own privacy policy applies) |
| RevenueCat | Subscription status | An anonymous app user ID and your App Store purchase records |
| Cloudflare, GitHub | Hosting this website and the web app | Standard web request data, such as IP address and browser type |
We may also disclose information if the law requires it, or to protect the safety of people or the service.
Who can see your data
Your log is private to your account; other users can't see it. Fera's operator has an owner-only console that shows account-level information, such as your email, name, plan, sign-up and activity dates, AI usage and its cost, counts of days logged, whether Apple Health is connected, and your app settings. It doesn't show what you log: no foods, calories, weights or Apple Health numbers. The operator has technical access to the database for maintenance and looks at your data only to fix a problem or when you ask for help.
Security
Data travels over encrypted connections. Database rules limit each account to its own data, and keys and settings are readable only by our server. No system is perfectly secure, but we keep access to what Fera needs.
How long we keep it, and your choices
- Export your data as a file at any time: Menu → Your Data → Export.
- Delete your account at any time: Menu → Your Data → Delete account. This immediately deletes your account, your log, your Fera AI conversation and notes, and any Apple Health numbers we stored. Backups that may contain them are overwritten within 30 days. Deleting your account doesn't cancel an App Store subscription; cancel that in iPhone Settings → your name → Subscriptions.
- Turn AI features off under Your Data. Nothing is sent to Anthropic while they're off.
- Edit or delete entries whenever you like.
Otherwise, we keep your information for as long as your account exists.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete or receive a copy of your personal information, and to object to or restrict how we use it. You can do most of this in the app. For anything else, email hello@getfera.app and we'll respond within 30 days. You can also complain to your local data protection authority.
Your information is stored and processed in the United States.
Children
Fera is for adults and is not intended for anyone under 18. We don't knowingly collect information from children; if you believe a child has created an account, email us and we'll delete it.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top. If a change significantly affects how Apple Health data or other personal information is used, we'll tell you in the app before it takes effect.
Contact
Hildegardis Capital LLC · New York, NY · hello@getfera.app