Road Beans — Last updated October 2026
Road Beans is a personal coffee journal app. Your privacy matters. Here is exactly what we do and do not do with your data.
Road Beans stores the data you enter: coffee shop visits, drink ratings, photos, tags, and notes. This data lives on your device and, if you are signed in to iCloud, in your private iCloud account.
We do not collect analytics, crash reports, advertising identifiers, or tracking data. We run no servers of our own, and we cannot see your private journal.
If you enable iCloud, your data is synced through Apple's CloudKit infrastructure using your personal iCloud account. Apple's privacy policy governs that storage. We cannot access it.
If you join the Community, Road Beans publishes your ratings to Apple's public CloudKit database with a generated name (for example, "Golden Cold Brew 42"), your taste profile, the Apple Maps name and location of the place, the drink types you rated, and the date. Your notes, tags, photos, typed drink names, and custom place names are never published. Published ratings stay public until you delete them or delete your Community account.
If you report a Community post, the report (the post, its author's Community ID, and the time) is stored in Apple's public CloudKit database so we can review it. We review reports within 24 hours and remove content or members that break the Community rules. Blocking a member hides their posts on your device only.
To delete your Community account, open Community, then Settings, then Delete Community Account. This permanently removes your Community profile, published ratings, and likes. Your private journal is deleted when you delete it in the app or remove the app and its iCloud data. You can also email us to request deletion.
Road Beans requests your location only to help you find nearby coffee shops. Location data is used on-device and is not transmitted anywhere.
Photos you add to visits are stored on your device and in your iCloud account if sync is enabled. They are not shared or uploaded to any third-party service.
Road Beans uses Apple's MapKit for maps and location search. No other third-party SDKs or services are included.
Road Beans does not knowingly collect data from children under 13.
Questions? Email us at nctightend@gmail.com