Last updated: May 11, 2026
Total Calories is a personal health tracking app that displays your daily calories burned and step count. The core experience is free. An optional Vitals+ subscription unlocks premium features. Your privacy is fundamental to how this app is built.
Total Calories does not collect, transmit, or share any of your personal data.
Total Calories offers an optional Vitals+ subscription that unlocks premium features (Net Deficit, PDF reports, Deep Trends, and Active vs. Resting calorie breakdown).
All payments are processed exclusively by Apple through StoreKit. Total Calories never receives, stores, or has access to your payment information — including credit card details, billing address, or Apple ID credentials.
To determine whether you have an active Vitals+ subscription, the app stores a subscription-status flag locally on your device. This flag is used solely to show or hide premium features and is never transmitted off your device.
Your purchase history and subscription management (upgrade, downgrade, cancel, or request a refund) are handled entirely by Apple through your Apple ID account. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions on your device.
Following a free trial or paid subscription period, if you cancel, your access to Vitals+ features ends at the close of the current billing period. No data is lost — your health data and preferences remain on your device, and the free tier continues to work as before.
Total Calories requests read-only access to the following HealthKit data types:
This data is read from Apple Health and displayed within the app. Total Calories never writes to or modifies your health records. HealthKit data is processed entirely on your device and is used solely to display your health metrics and track progress toward your goals.
Your health data is never used for advertising, marketing, data mining, or any purpose other than improving your personal health management within the app. Your health data is never shared with third parties.
You can revoke Total Calories' access to your health data at any time by going to Settings > Health > Data Access & Devices > Total Calories and turning off all permissions.
Total Calories stores a local cache of your daily health summaries on your device using SwiftData. This cache enables widgets and complications to display your data. This data never leaves your device.
Your preferences (goals, display settings, appearance) are stored locally in UserDefaults on your device.
Total Calories offers a CSV export feature for your historical data. When you export, the file is generated locally on your device and shared only through the method you choose (AirDrop, email, etc.). Total Calories does not retain a copy of exported files. Exported files contain sensitive health information — please share them securely.
All data remains on your device until you delete the app. Deleting Total Calories removes all locally stored data. No data persists on any external server because no data is ever transmitted externally.
To delete your data, you can either uninstall the app (which removes all stored data) or revoke HealthKit access in Settings to stop all data reading. No additional request is needed since no data exists outside your device.
Total Calories does not knowingly collect information from children under 13. The app does not collect any information from any user.
If this privacy policy is updated, the changes will be reflected on this page with an updated date.
If you have questions about this privacy policy, contact:
jackwallner+tc@gmail.com
For general app support, visit Total Calories Support.