Your intelligent partner for smart budgeting, pantry management, and community support. Save money, reduce waste, and give back effortlessly.
We aim to connect household surplus with community needs. Shop-Mate helps you manage your pantry efficiently, identify surplus items, and make it simple to donate food you don’t need. Shelters and charities then receive these donations through our Food-Mate dashboard, ensuring food reaches people, not landfills.
Shop-Mate operates on a dual-platform model. The consumer-facing Android app is free and ad-supported, offering value at no cost. The Food-Mate web dashboard, designed for shelters and charities, runs on a subscription-based system, providing a reliable stream of high-quality donations. This ecosystem ensures community support is sustainable and seamless.
Shop-Mate is more than a budgeting tool—it’s a bridge between households and local communities. By making pantry management intuitive and donation easy, we empower users to contribute positively, every time they shop and plan their meals.
Privacy Policy for Shopping-MateLast Updated: [Date of Publication] Thank you for choosing Shopping-Mate to be your smart budgeting companion. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use and share it, and your rights regarding your data. By using the Shopping-Mate application ("the App"), you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.1. Information We CollectTo provide and improve our service, we collect the following types of information:a) Information You Provide to Us:•Account Information: When you create an account using email and password, we collect your email address. If you sign in using Google Sign-In, we receive your basic profile information, such as your email address and name, as provided by Google.•User-Generated Content: All the data you create within the App is collected to provide the core functionality. This includes:◦Shopping List names, budget amounts, currencies, and frequencies.◦Products you add to your lists, including their names, prices, and quantities.◦Records of your completed shopping trips for your Diary and Reports.b) Information Collected for Security:•Secure Biometric Login: If you enable "Remember Me" and use fingerprint login, your email address and an encrypted representation of your password are stored securely on your device using Android's EncryptedSharedPreferences system. This information never leaves your device and is used only to re-authenticate you with our services after a successful biometric scan.2. How We Use Your InformationWe use the information we collect for the following purposes:•To Provide Core Functionality: To save, retrieve, and sync your shopping lists, budgets, and trip history across your devices.•To Authenticate and Secure Your Account: To verify your identity when you log in and to prevent unauthorized access.•To Improve the App: To understand how users interact with the App, identify bugs, and plan future features. (Note: This is a standard clause; currently, no specific analytics tools are implemented).•To Communicate with You: To send important information regarding your account, such as password reset emails.3. How We Share Your InformationYour privacy is critical. We do not sell your personal data to third parties. We only share data in the following limited circumstances:•With Service Providers: We use third-party services to operate the App. Specifically:◦Google Firebase: We use Firebase for user authentication (Firebase Authentication) and to store and sync your app data in the cloud (Firestore). Your data is stored on Google's secure servers. You can learn more by reviewing Google's Privacy Policy.•For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.4. Data Storage and SecurityYour data is stored both locally on your device in a private database and securely in the cloud using Google Firebase's Firestore. We take reasonable measures to protect your information, including using trusted, industry-standard services like Firebase.5. Your Rights and ChoicesYou have control over your data within the App.•Access and Edit: You can view and edit your shopping lists and the items within them at any time.•Deletion: You can delete individual shopping lists and diary/trip entries directly within the App. Deleting an item is permanent and will remove it from both your local device and our cloud servers.•Account Deletion: To permanently delete your account and all associated data, please contact us at the email address below.6. Children's PrivacyThe App is not intended for use by anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13.7. Changes to This Privacy PolicyWe may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy within the App or on our Play Store listing. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.8. Contact Us If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:nevhattle@gmail.com