AlcoLog is built on a no-account model: there’s no email, no login, no profile. Your data lives on your iPhone. This tutorial walks through the privacy controls in the app: anonymous-data sharing (off by default), exporting your data, and deleting it.
# Step 1. Open Data & Privacy
Tap the Settings tab, then tap Data & Privacy. The screen has three sections: Anonymous Data, Export Data, and Legal.
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# Step 2. Decide on anonymous data
The Share anonymous data toggle is off by default. Switching it on sends AlcoLog a stream of non-identifying statistics: session duration, drink type counts (no brands), cost-by-currency, alert breaches, water intake, whether you logged any medications (yes or no, never which one), platform (iPhone or Watch), and your region (country only).
Tap the What we collect disclosure to read the full list. Each item is presented as a green tick. Below that, What we never collect lists what’s explicitly excluded with red Xs: names, emails, exact dates, locations, medication names, alert thresholds.
There’s also a Your Anonymous ID card showing the random ID assigned to your installation. The ID is never linked to anything personally identifying. Tap Copy if you want to keep a record (handy if you ever want to dispute a stats claim).
# Step 3. Export to CSV (free)
The Export CSV button is free for all users, with one limit: the export covers your last 10 sessions only. Tap it. The iOS share sheet appears so you can save to Files, AirDrop to a Mac, or send to a cloud drive.
The CSV has one row per drink with these columns: session ID, session start, session end, drink time, type, subtype, brand, size (ml), ABV, units, calories, cost, currency, location (if tagged). Open it in Numbers or Excel for further analysis.
# Step 4. Export to PDF (Pro)
Pro users get a full Export PDF option that produces a formatted report covering every session in your history. The report includes a cover page with totals, a session-by-session list, drink details, monthly summaries, sober streaks, top drinks, top venues, and a trend chart.
Same share-sheet flow as CSV: tap, pick a destination, done. The PDF is generated on-device and never uploaded to a server.
# Step 5. Delete your data
There’s no separate Delete all button on this screen because there’s no server-side data to delete. AlcoLog stores everything in iOS’s local app storage. To wipe it, delete the app from your iPhone using the standard iOS gesture: long-press the icon, tap Remove App, tap Delete App.
For partial deletion (a few sessions, a few drinks), use the per-item delete flows in edit or delete a drink or session.
If Apple Health sync is on, drinks already written to Health stay there until you delete them inside the Health app (see Apple Health sync).
That’s the whole privacy surface. No accounts to delete, no cloud backups to wipe, no email lists to unsubscribe from. The only thing AlcoLog ever sends off your device is the optional anonymous-stats stream, and you can turn it off any time.
# What’s next
To support continued development without a subscription, see supporting development with the tip jar. For more on the architectural decisions behind the no-account model, the public Privacy Policy covers the full legal language.