Privacy Policy
Specialty Plant Tracker · last updated 24 October 2026
Specialty Plant Tracker is published by Bees, Blooms & Bytes LLC. It is a record-keeping tool for growers. It stores the farm records you enter so you can get them back later. This page describes exactly what it keeps, what it does not, and who else can see any of it.
It runs on iPhone, iPad and Android, and in a web browser. On Android you sign in with Google (Sign in with Apple is offered on iPhone, iPad and the website).
What the app stores about you
When you sign in with Google or Apple, the app records only the anonymous account identifier those services provide. It does not store your email address, your name, or your profile picture — those are never written to the database, even though the sign-in provider offers them.
That identifier exists purely to recognise you as the same person next time you sign in, so your farm's records come back to you and not to somebody else.
What you put in
Everything else in the app is data you choose to enter:
- Your farm's name
- Field layout — rows, plant positions, zones
- Plantings, varieties, sources, and costs
- Health checks, drainage observations, and maintenance records
- Bloom, harvest, visitor, and sales logs
- Expenses
- Photos you upload
- GPS coordinates for a plant position, only when you explicitly tap to capture them — the app never tracks your location in the background
Who can see your data
Your farm's records are visible only to accounts belonging to that farm. Every request is checked against the signed-in account's farm before any data is returned. Other farms using this app cannot see your records, and you cannot see theirs.
This separation covers uploaded photos as well. Each photo is stored under a path belonging to the farm that uploaded it, and a request for one is refused unless it comes from that farm.
The 7-day trial and the unlock
Specialty Plant Tracker has a 7-day free trial that you start yourself and a one-time unlock, bought in the iPhone, iPad or Android app through Apple or Google (the trial is a free in-app purchase on iPhone). Until you start the trial, and after it ends, the app is view-only: you can still read and export all your records. We never see your card or payment details; the store handles payment. We keep the date your trial started and whether your account has the unlock, which store it came from, and the store transaction reference, so the unlock follows your account to every device. We do not use purchase information for advertising. Deleting your account deletes these records here; the purchase itself stays with Apple or Google, and Restore brings it back.
Other services involved
| Service | What it receives | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Google (and Apple, if enabled) | Your sign-in, handled entirely on their systems | To verify who you are without this app ever handling your password |
| Cloudflare | All stored data and every request | Hosting, database, and photo storage |
| RevenueCat | A random purchase code for your account, and your store account's purchase record for this app | To confirm and restore the 7-day trial and the one-time unlock. It receives none of your farm records, name or email |
| Weather Underground | A weather station ID | Daily temperature and rainfall for growing-degree-day tracking |
| USDA Soil Data Access | The latitude and longitude of a plant position, when you capture one | To look up the public soil survey for that spot |
No advertising networks, analytics trackers, or third-party cookies are used. The app does not sell or share your data with anyone for marketing.
If you report a problem from inside the app
The report form sends whatever you type, plus the app version and your device type, to a private issue tracker used to fix bugs. Only the developer can read it. Please avoid typing anything sensitive into that box, since it will be stored as a bug report.
Cookies
One cookie is set: a sign-in session token that lasts 30 days. It cannot be read by scripts in your browser, and it exists only to keep you signed in. There are no tracking or advertising cookies.
Technical logs
To stop automated abuse, the app briefly records the IP address a sign-in attempt came from, in order to count attempts. These counters are short-lived and are not used to build any profile of you.
Keeping your data
Your records are kept until you delete them. Both actions live on the Export screen in the app:
- Download a backup — a full copy of everything you have entered, as a file you keep.
- Delete my account — permanently removes your account and, if you own the farm, every record in it including uploaded photos. This is immediate and cannot be undone, so take a backup first if you want to keep anything.
Without the app: if you have uninstalled it, you can still delete your account from a web browser. Specialty Plant Tracker's website is the same app: sign in at lavender-tracker.bloomcal.workers.dev with the same Google or Apple account, then use Delete my account on the Export screen. Step-by-step instructions.
If you would rather have it done for you, or something goes wrong, email the address below.
Children
This is a tool for farm operations and is not directed at children.
Changes
If this policy changes in a way that affects what is collected or who can see it, the date at the top of this page will change.
Contact
Bees, Blooms & Bytes LLC, the publisher of this app. Questions about this policy, or requests to delete your data: rdshad@beesbloomsandbytes.com