Privacy Policy
Last updated: June 2026
The short version
GrowSpot helps you care for your plants. We only collect what we need to do that, we never sell your data, and there are no ads. Everything you add is yours — you can edit or delete it any time, including deleting your whole account from Settings.
What we collect
Your account email, through Google Sign-In. The plants, spots, photos, notes, and care history you add. A rough home area you set — we round it before saving — used only to fetch local weather. A device token and basic device info, such as your device model, so we can send the reminders you turn on. If you send us feedback, your message along with your app version and platform, so we can look into it. Your subscription status, handled by our payments provider.
How we use it
To match plants to your spots, show local weather, send the care reminders you've enabled, and keep your garden in sync across sessions. That's it — we don't use your data for advertising and we don't sell or rent it to anyone.
Where it's stored
Your data and photos are stored securely with our backend provider (Supabase). Weather is fetched through our own server so your location is never shared directly with the weather provider. Our providers may process and store this data on servers outside your country.
Photos you take
When you scan a plant to identify it, the photo is sent once to our plant-identification provider, Pl@ntNet, and we don't keep it. We do save the identification result — the plant names we matched and the date — so your scan history works. We only keep the photo itself if you choose to add that plant to your garden.
Services we rely on
Google Sign-In (login), Pl@ntNet (plant identification), OpenWeather (weather, via our server), Expo push (notifications — the reminder text we send may include your plant's name), and our payments provider (subscriptions). Each handles only what's needed for its part and under its own privacy terms.
Your choices
You can edit or remove any plant, spot, or photo in the app. Deleting your account from Settings permanently removes your account and all of its data — your spots, plants, photos, and history. There's no undo.
Children
GrowSpot isn't directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect data from them.
Changes & contact
If this policy changes in a meaningful way, we'll update it here. Questions? Reach us at ranson0318@gmail.com.