Privacy Policy

Effective date: June 1, 2026 · Last updated: June 11, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains what information Pour ("Pour", "we", "us") collects, how it is used, and the choices you have. Pour is operated by Noah Mehrle. By using Pour you agree to this policy.

The short version

• Your drink journal is yours. We don't sell it, rent it, or use it for advertising.
• You can use Pour to log drinks without an account; that data stays on your device.
• Signing in (with Apple) enables cloud sync, social, and AI features — those send the relevant data to our private backend.
• Location is opt-in, added per entry, and never tracked in the background.
• Purchases are handled by Apple. We never see your payment details.

Information we collect

Content you create

The information you put into your journal: drink and maker names (beer, cocktails, wine, coffee, soda, and other non-alcoholic drinks), tasting notes, ratings, dates, photos and videos you attach, companions or tags you add, and — when you choose to add it — a location for an entry.

By default, this content is yours. If you use Pour without an account, it stays on your device and we never receive it. If you sign in, it syncs to your own private space on our backend so it's backed up and available across your devices — but a pour is only visible to anyone else when you choose to share it. Private pours stay private to you.

Account information

If you sign in, we use Sign in with Apple. We receive a stable, app-specific user identifier and, if you allow it, a private relay email address. We never receive your Apple ID password. We store this email — and a one-way hashed (irreversible) form of it — so that friends who already have your email saved can find you on Pour, and so we can reach you about your account. If you create a profile for social features, we also store the profile details you provide, such as a handle, display name, and avatar.

Contacts (only if you use Find Friends)

If you choose to tap Find Friends, Pour reads the email addresses in your contacts, hashes them on your device, and sends only those one-way hashes to our backend to match against other Pour users. We don't upload or store your contacts or the raw email addresses themselves, and Find Friends is entirely optional — you can use Pour without it.

Voice dictation (only if you use it)

In the memo field you can dictate instead of type. If you use it, Pour records audio through the microphone and transcribes it to text with Apple's speech recognition — performed on your device whenever your iPhone supports it. Only the resulting text becomes part of your note; we don't keep the audio, and your voice is never sent to Pour's backend.

Information collected automatically

Basic technical data needed to run the service (for example, app version and device type for compatibility, and security/rate-limiting logs on our backend). We also record first-party usage events — simple counts of feature use, such as "a pour was logged," "a recap was generated," or "the paywall was viewed" — linked to your account when you're signed in. These live on our own backend, are used only to understand and improve Pour (for example, retention and which features get used), and are never sold, never used for advertising, and never shared with third-party analytics or ad companies. We do not use third-party advertising or analytics SDKs; crash reporting is Apple's built-in, opt-in system.

Where your data is stored

On your device. Your core journal is stored locally on your iPhone using Apple's on-device database (SwiftData). Photos are saved in the app's local storage.

On our backend (when you sign in). To sync across features, support social sharing, and generate AI recaps, signed-in data is also stored on Pour's private cloud backend, hosted by Supabase (our database and storage provider). This includes your pours, attached photos and videos, your profile, companions, and any location pins you add. When you delete your account, we remove this backend data — including your uploaded photos and videos — from our systems.

How we use your information

• To provide the core journal: saving, displaying, and searching your pours.
• To sync your data and (if you opt in) power social features.
• To generate your AI recaps — a week, a month, a year, or a custom range you choose.
• To process credit purchases (via Apple) and keep your credit balance with your account.
• To keep the service secure and prevent abuse.

We do not use your journal content to serve ads, and we do not sell or rent your personal information.

Location

Location is optional and per-entry. Pour only accesses your location when you choose to add a place to a drink. We do not track your location in the background. You can deny or revoke location access at any time in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services. When you share a pour, its coordinates are coarsened first — rounded to roughly block level (about 110 m), enough to show the brewery or neighborhood but not your house. Private pours stay on your device and aren't sent to our backend. One exception applies to weather: whenever you add a place to a drink, Pour looks up the current conditions, which sends approximate coordinates (coarsened to ~110 m, with no account or identity attached) to a weather provider — Apple WeatherKit, or Open-Meteo as a fallback.

AI-powered features

Some Pour features use AI to turn your pours into something readable or shareable:

• AI recaps — a written recap of a week, a month, a year, or a theme you type (like “beers on the beach”). The relevant entries from your journal are sent to generate the recap text returned to you.
• Shareable map images — when you design a shareable image of your map, the relevant pours (places, drinks, and dates) are sent to write the map's titles and labels, and a draft image of the map is sent so the AI can check and tidy the layout. (Browsing your own map doesn't involve AI.)

In both cases the data is sent to our backend and to our AI provider, Anthropic, solely to produce the result you asked for. Under our agreement with our AI provider, this data is not used to train their models. These features only run when you choose to use them.

How information is shared

We share information only as needed to run Pour:

• Service providers (subprocessors) who host or process data on our behalf — currently our backend/storage provider (Supabase), our AI provider (Anthropic), and a weather provider (Apple WeatherKit, with Open-Meteo as a fallback) that receives approximate, identity-free coordinates to return current conditions for an entry. We keep this list current as our providers change.
• Apple, for sign-in and payments.
• Other users, only for content you explicitly choose to share via any social feature.
• Legal: if required by law or to protect rights and safety.

We do not sell personal information.

Payments

Pour is free to download. Credits — used for AI recaps, PDF export, and shareable map images — are optional, one-time in-app purchases processed entirely by Apple through the App Store. We receive confirmation that a purchase occurred so we can add the credits to your account, but we never receive or store your card or payment details.

Data retention & deletion

Local journal data remains on your device until you delete it or remove the app. For data stored on our backend, you may request deletion of your account and associated data at any time. You can delete your account and its data from within the app (Profile → Settings → Delete Account) or by emailing us, and we remove backend data promptly after a deletion request.

Age requirement

Pour is intended for adults of legal drinking age. It is not directed to anyone under 21, and we do not knowingly collect information from anyone under that age. Pour asks for your date of birth at first launch and blocks anyone under 21.

Your choices & rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, export, or delete your personal information. You can exercise these by contacting us at noah.mehrle2@gmail.com. If you are in the EU, the UK, or California, you may have additional rights under local law (such as GDPR or CCPA); contact us to exercise them.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. When we do, we'll revise the "Last updated" date above and, for material changes, provide a more prominent notice. For material changes, we will also notify you in the app.

Contact us

Questions about privacy? Email noah.mehrle2@gmail.com, operated by Noah Mehrle.