Mekan Menü privacy policy

What stays on your device

Location: used only on your device to sort nearby places and show them on the map. It is never sent to the Mekan Menü server.

People you block: stored only on this device.

Your username: stored on this device and in Apple's iCloud key-value store, in your own iCloud account. It is sent to the server and shown in the ranking only if you turn on "show my name" on the "This month's ranking" screen; turning it off hides it again. Deleting your account removes it everywhere.

Reading prices from a photo: text recognition runs on your device. The photo is not sent or stored.

What is sent to the server

Anonymous account ID: on first launch the app creates an account without a name. Your contributions and lists are synced with it.

Your contributions: menu links, menu photos, reviews and ratings, prices, crowd reports, restroom and amenity info, confirmations, reports, favorites and lists. Contributions that other people see show a pseudonymous key, not your name.

Wi-Fi info: whether a place's Wi-Fi is open or password-protected, and its password, become public; your name is not shown. Enter the password the venue gives its customers, never a personal one.

Places you add: the name, type and the map position you pick become public. The pin starts where you are, so move it to the venue's entrance if you don't want your own position shared.

Menu photos: resized before upload, with location and other photo metadata (EXIF) removed. They become public after an admin approves them.

Venue logo: only the venue's verified owner or an admin can upload one, and the logo is public. Who uploaded it is not shown.

Venue owner claims: your name and phone number or email are visible only to the admin, for verification, and never shown publicly.

Sign in with Apple: your name and email are not requested. The identifier Apple provides is used only to recognize your account.

Level and ranking: your points and level are computed on the server from your contributions. Your level appears as a badge on your reviews and sets how much your price reports count in the average. In the monthly ranking you appear as your level and a number unless you choose to show your name.

Sponsored card counts: how often a card labeled "Sponsored" is shown and opened is stored only as a daily total per venue, to report to the business. Your account, device and location are not stored with these counts.

Apple Maps

To show places from Apple Maps, the app asks Apple's MapKit for cafés, restaurants and bars in the area visible on the map, and sends your search text when you search Apple Maps. Apple handles these requests under its own privacy policy. The results are kept only while the app is open and are not sent to the Mekan Menü server.

Where data is stored

Data is stored with Supabase (Supabase Inc.) and encrypted in transit. Venue data comes from OpenStreetMap contributors.

Deleting your data

Your contributions → Account → "Delete my account and data" deletes your account and all your contributions and photos from the server and the device. If you signed in with Apple, the link with Apple is revoked too.

Notifications

If you turn on price alerts, the notifications are created on your device. The server does not send you notifications.

Children

Mekan Menü is not designed for children under 13.

Contact

Questions about this policy or the app: info@yigitech.dev. If the policy changes, the new version is published on this page with a new date.