Last Updated: July 2026
Plates ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you use our fitness tracking application.
Plates exists to help you track your training. The data described below is your data - it is stored solely so the app can function, sync across your devices, and show you your progress. No one at Plates views, sells, or uses your personal workout data for any purpose other than providing the app to you.
When you create an account, we store the minimum needed to authenticate you:
Everything you enter in the app is stored to power the features you use. This is your content - we never read, analyze, or monetize it:
To keep the app stable and improve it over time, we collect limited technical information:
Plates uses Firebase Analytics to understand coarse feature usage, Firebase Performance to measure app responsiveness and reliability, and Firebase Crashlytics to diagnose bugs.
Crash reports are collected in release builds under our legitimate interest in providing a stable, functional app (GDPR Article 6(1)(f)). A crash report contains only the stack trace, device model, OS version, and a pseudonymous installation identifier. It never contains your workout data, body measurements, photos, or personal notes. Crash data is retained for 90 days.
The single "Help Improve Plates" preference controls both Firebase Analytics and Firebase Performance. Its default depends on your region:
Analytics events include coarse feature usage, such as bucketed workout counts or durations, and Performance measures app startup, network timing, and four coarse workout-operation traces. Exact workout durations and counts, weights, reps, exercise identities, body measurements, photos, and personal content are never included. Turning the preference off stops both Analytics and Performance collection. Crashlytics follows the separate crash-reporting policy above.
This marketing website (myplates.app and its pages, including this one) offers optional Google Analytics 4 to understand aggregate traffic, such as page views, referring site, and approximate region. This is separate from the in-app analytics described above and applies only when you browse the website in a normal browser, not when you use the app. Plates sends no Google Analytics request until you explicitly choose "Allow analytics." Your choice is saved in this browser.
If your browser sends a recognized Do Not Track signal, Plates treats it as a hard denial even if you previously allowed analytics. You can deny or withdraw consent at any time below. Withdrawing consent updates Google Analytics to denied for the current page and prevents it from loading on future pages. The website does not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies.
When you use the app without signing in:
Your data is used exclusively to make the app work for you:
We do not read your workout data. We do not train AI models on it. We do not show you ads or build a profile about you.
If you sign in, your data is stored in Firebase (Google Cloud) in your own private, isolated document space that only you can access. It is encrypted in transit (HTTPS/TLS) and at rest. No other user or Plates employee can read your data through the app.
If you use the app without signing in, all your workout and fitness data stays on your device. The only data that leaves your device is crash reports and (if enabled) coarse usage and performance telemetry, neither of which contain your personal content. In-app telemetry remains scoped to Firebase's pseudonymous app-instance or installation identifiers and carries no Plates or Firebase account user ID, email address, or name.
If you turn on health syncing in Settings, Plates can write your completed workouts, weight, and body fat to Apple Health (or Health Connect on Android), and can read your weight, body fat, and last night's sleep to keep your progress in sync and suggest training readiness. This integration is off by default and you control it per data type.
Health records that Plates writes are independent copies that you own and control in your platform's Health app. They are not mirrored to our servers. Removing data inside Plates, including deleting your Plates account, does not delete the copies already written to Apple Health or Health Connect. To remove those, use the Health app's own data controls, where you can review and delete anything Plates has written.
Your data is retained as long as your account is active. You can delete your account at any time from the app settings. Account deletion runs a server-side process that erases your cloud data (workouts, exercises, programs, settings, photos, and shared-workout links), removes your subscription customer record from our payments processor, and deletes your sign-in identity. Data stored on your device is also cleared, including pending notifications, any active Live Activity, and the workout state mirrored to a paired Apple Watch. Health records previously written to Apple Health or Health Connect are not affected (see above). Deleting your Plates account does not cancel an active App Store or Google Play subscription: manage or cancel that separately in your store account settings.
We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties except:
Plates uses the following third-party services to operate. Each processes the minimum data necessary for its function.
We process your data under the following legal bases:
You have the right to:
Plates is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes through the app or via email.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact us at support@myplates.app.