Privacy policy
Last updated 31 October 2026.
Bentotachi is a recipe, dinner-plan, shopping-list and pantry app made by The Koi Pond, a small group of friends. This page explains what happens to your information when you use it.
The short version
Bentotachi doesn't send your information to the developer or to anyone else. There are no ads, no analytics and no tracking. Everything you add stays on your phone, or, if you choose to connect to a Bentotachi server to share with your household, on that server, which you or someone you know runs.
What Bentotachi stores, and where
When you use Bentotachi, it stores what you put into it: your account (a username, password, display name and optionally an email address, profile picture and colour), recipes and their photos, ratings, notes, the dinner plan, the shopping list and the pantry.
On this phone only (the usual way to start): Bentotachi runs its own small server inside the app, reachable only from your phone, and keeps everything in the app's private storage. Nothing leaves the phone unless you save a backup, which goes wherever you choose (like Google Drive). Bentotachi turns off Android's automatic backup to Google, so Bentotachi's own backups are the only copies.
With a Bentotachi server (for sharing with a household): everything is stored on the server you log in to. That server is run by you or by the person who invited you (for example on a computer or Raspberry Pi in their home), not by the developer. The people with an account on the same server can see the household's recipes, lists and plans, as sharing them is what Bentotachi is for. The person running the server can see everything stored on it. The app also keeps a copy of your recipes and the shopping list on your phone, so you can use them without a connection, and remembers your settings and login there. Logging out removes that copy.
What Bentotachi connects to
- Your Bentotachi server, if you use one, to load and save everything above.
- Recipe websites you choose. When you save a recipe from a link, Bentotachi (on your phone, or your server) fetches that page to read the recipe from it, and the photo from it. When you open a site, a store's page or a search from Bentotachi, it opens in a browser and that website's own privacy policy applies.
- Open Food Facts, when you scan a barcode Bentotachi doesn't know yet. Bentotachi sends only the barcode number to Open Food Facts, a free, open database of food products, to find the product's name and brand. Nothing else about you is sent.
Bentotachi doesn't contact the developer, and doesn't use any advertising or analytics services.
Permissions
Bentotachi uses your internet connection to reach recipe websites and, if you use one, your Bentotachi server. When you add a photo to a recipe or your profile, or a saved web page to import, you pick the file yourself; Bentotachi only gets the file you choose.
Scanning a barcode uses Google's own scanner on your phone (part of Google Play services), which handles the camera itself. Bentotachi doesn't ask for camera access and only receives the barcode number. Google Play services may send Google basic information about how its scanner is working, under Google's privacy policy.
Deleting your information
You can delete recipes, notes, lists and your photos in the app at any time. To delete your account, open Profile in the app and tap Delete my account: your account, picture and ratings are deleted from the server, while recipes and lists you added stay for your household. On a Bentotachi that's on your phone only, the same place says Delete everything, which deletes all of Bentotachi's data from the phone. Uninstalling the app also removes everything it kept on your phone.
Children
Bentotachi is a household app for adults. It isn't made for children and doesn't knowingly collect their information.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date.
Contact
Questions about this policy: open an issue at github.com/The-Koi-Pond/bento/issues.