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Last updated: November 2025

Privacy Policy for Risa Apps Products (VeggieMate & MoodMints)

1. Who We Are

Risa Apps is an indie app studio that develops mobile applications including VeggieMate (a cooking and meal planning assistant) and MoodMints (a wellbeing and mood journaling app). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your data across all Risa Apps products unless a product-specific policy is provided.

2. Information We Collect

2.0 MoodMints – Additional Data Collected

MoodMints collects additional information to support mood tracking, journaling, and personalization features:

  • Mood entries (your selected mood level for the day)
  • Reflection text you voluntarily add
  • Bonus prompts completed (IDs only, not prompt content)
  • Theme selections
  • Rewarded-ad usage data (e.g., bonus prompt unlocked)

All MoodMints journaling data is stored in Firebase Firestore and associated with your user account. None of your reflection content is used for advertising or model training.

2.1 Information You Provide Directly

  • Name and email address when you sign in with Google.
  • Feedback or messages you send to us.

2.2 Automatically Collected Data

Analytics and App Usage (Firebase Analytics)

We collect general usage information such as:

  • Screens viewed
  • App interactions and feature usage
  • Session duration and frequency
  • Device information (model, OS version, language)

Crash Reporting (Firebase Crashlytics)

  • Crash logs
  • Device state at the time of the crash
  • App version and operating system information

Performance Monitoring (Firebase Performance)

  • App launch time
  • Network request performance
  • Responsiveness and rendering performance

Advertising Data (Google AdMob)

If you allow tracking (via Apple’s App Tracking Transparency prompt):

In MoodMints, rewarded ads may be shown to unlock bonus prompts. These ads are optional and do not access your mood journal entries.

  • Device identifiers (such as IDFA)
  • Approximate coarse location
  • Ad interaction and impression data

If you do not allow tracking, only non-personalized ads are shown.

Subscription and Purchase Information (RevenueCat)

  • Subscription status
  • Purchase history (non-personal information)
  • Anonymous app user ID generated by RevenueCat

Payment information is handled exclusively by Apple and never processed by us.

App Content and Settings

Stored locally on your device:

  • Saved recipes (VeggieMate)
  • Pantry items (VeggieMate)
  • Meal plans (VeggieMate)
  • Mood entries (MoodMints)
  • Daily reflections (MoodMints)
  • App preferences and theme selections

If cloud sync is enabled, this information is stored in Firebase Firestore.

3. How We Use Your Data

  • Provide and maintain app functionality
  • Enable secure login via Google
  • Sync your recipes, pantry, and meal plans across devices
  • Verify subscription status and entitlements
  • Show ads and manage ad preferences
  • Improve app performance, reliability, and features
  • Diagnose crashes and technical issues
  • Provide personalized MoodMints experiences such as mood history, streaks, and reflections

4. What We Do Not Do

  • We do not sell your data.
  • We do not share personal data with advertisers.
  • We do not collect or store your payment information.
  • We do not track you across other companies’ apps without permission.
  • We do not use your reflections or mood entries to train AI models or for advertising targeting.

5. Tracking and Consent

Risa Apps products may request permission to track activity across apps and websites for advertising purposes.

  • If you allow tracking, AdMob may use your device ID (IDFA).
  • If you decline, only non-personalized ads will be shown.

You can change this decision anytime in iOS Settings → Privacy → Tracking.

6. Data Storage and Security

Local data remains on your device until you delete the app. Cloud data, if enabled, is stored securely in Google Firebase. Subscription data is managed by RevenueCat and Apple. MoodMints journaling data is encrypted in transit and securely stored in Firestore, associated only with your user ID.

7. Your Rights and Choices

Account Deletion

You can delete your account at any time using the in-app option in VeggieMate or MoodMints. Deleting your account permanently removes cloud-stored data including recipes, meal plans, mood entries, and reflections. Local data is removed when you uninstall the apps.

Data Rights for EU/EEA Users

Under GDPR and Digital Services Act guidelines, you have the right to:

  • Access your data
  • Correct your data
  • Delete your data
  • Export your data
  • Withdraw consent for tracking
  • Object to personalized advertising

You may contact us to exercise these rights.

8. Third-Party Service Providers

Risa Apps products use the following services:

  • Google Firebase (Analytics, Auth, Firestore, Crashlytics, Performance)
  • Google AdMob / Google Mobile Ads SDK
  • Google Sign-In
  • RevenueCat
  • Apple (In-App Purchases & App Store infrastructure)
  • Firebase Firestore (cloud storage for MoodMints reflections and mood entries)
  • Google AdMob Rewarded Ads (optional content unlocks in MoodMints)

9. Cookies Policy

Risa Apps products may use cookies or similar technologies on our website (hellorisa.app) to improve your browsing experience. Our mobile applications (VeggieMate and MoodMints) do not use traditional browser cookies, but certain third‑party services integrated into the apps may use similar identifiers for analytics, crash reporting, and advertising.

9.1 Cookies Used on Our Website

When visiting hellorisa.app, the following types of cookies may be used:

  • Essential cookies – required for site functionality.
  • Analytics cookies – to measure site traffic and performance (e.g., Google Analytics).
  • Preference cookies – to remember user settings such as theme.

9.2 Cookies and Identifiers in Mobile Apps

While VeggieMate and MoodMints do not use browser cookies, they rely on equivalent technologies used by third‑party providers:

  • Firebase Analytics – anonymous app usage identifiers
  • Firebase Crashlytics – crash session identifiers
  • Google AdMob – advertising identifiers (IDFA/Android Ad ID) when permission is granted
  • RevenueCat – anonymous user identifier for subscription tracking

9.3 Managing Cookies and Tracking

You may control or disable cookies and tracking identifiers using:

  • Your browser's cookie settings (for website use)
  • Your device settings for tracking permissions (iOS: Privacy → Tracking)
  • Your device settings for ad personalization

Disabling cookies or app identifiers may limit certain features but will not prevent you from using the core functionality of VeggieMate or MoodMints.

10. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or your data rights, contact:

Email: team@hellorisa.app