Privacy policy
October 16, 2026
ListFox is an iPhone app for shopping lists and other checklists. This page explains what the app does with your information, in plain terms.
ListFox is made by Brett Nemeroff. If you have a question about any of this, email brett@voicefoxtelephony.com.
The short version
There’s no ListFox account and no ListFox server holding your lists. Your lists live in your iCloud. The app has no ads and no tracking.
| What | Where it’s kept | What leaves your phone |
|---|---|---|
| Your lists, items, aisles, and shopping history | Your iCloud. If you share a list, the people you invited can see it too. | It syncs with Apple through iCloud. Nothing goes to a ListFox server. |
| Barcodes you scan | The code, linked to the name you gave the item | If ListFox doesn’t already know the product, it sends the barcode number to Open Food Facts. |
| Photos of an item | Not kept. The photo is looked at once, on your phone, and then discarded. | Nothing. Recognizing the item and reading its label happen on your phone. |
| Aisle guesses from Apple Intelligence | The chosen aisle is saved with the item, in iCloud like the rest of the list | Worked out on your phone. Nothing goes to ListFox. |
| Location | On your phone, so ListFox can tell when you’re near a store you saved | Handled by Apple’s location services. Nothing goes to ListFox. |
| Siri requests | Whatever Siri adds becomes a normal item on the list | Apple handles what you say. ListFox never gets the audio. |
iCloud and sharing
Your lists sync with the iCloud account on your iPhone. That includes your items, the aisle names and their order, barcodes you’ve linked, and the purchase history ListFox uses to suggest things you buy regularly.
When you share a list, Apple’s iCloud sharing gives the people you invite access to it, and they can add and cross off items. ListFox can notify you when they do, and you can mute that per list. Those notifications are created on your phone from changes that arrive through iCloud. ListFox doesn’t run its own push service.
If you stop sharing, or your Premium ends, other people lose access to the list. Your copy stays on your devices. Deleting a list deletes it from your iCloud. If someone shared a list with you, you can remove it from your phone without deleting their copy.
Camera, barcodes, and photos
The camera is used to read barcodes, and to take a photo of an item when you ask ListFox to identify it. ListFox doesn’t save those photos.
When you take a photo, your iPhone looks for a barcode, reads the large print on the package, and recognizes what the item is. That all happens on the phone using Apple’s built-in tools. If Apple Intelligence is available, the text read from the label can be passed to it, on the phone, to turn it into a cleaner product name. The photo and the text aren’t sent to ListFox or anyone else. If the photo shows a barcode, it’s handled the same way as a scanned one.
If you’ve already linked a barcode to an item, ListFox uses the name you gave it and doesn’t look it up again. Otherwise it sends the barcode number to Open Food Facts to ask for a product name. That service may answer from one of its sister databases (Open Beauty Facts, Open Pet Food Facts, or Open Products Facts) if the barcode belongs there. The request identifies itself as coming from ListFox. It doesn’t include your lists, your Apple ID, or your location. You confirm the name and aisle before a new product goes on your list.
Apple Intelligence
Most items get their aisle from ListFox’s built-in dictionary, or from where you’ve put that item before. ListFox only asks Apple Intelligence when that isn’t enough, and only on iOS 26 or later, on a phone where Apple Intelligence is available.
That request runs on your iPhone. It includes the item name, a brand or product type if a barcode lookup turned one up, the store name, the aisle names on the list, and a few examples of where you’ve put other items. Some Apple Intelligence features can use Apple’s servers, and Apple’s terms cover those. ListFox uses the on-device model and doesn’t send the request to ListFox, Open Food Facts, or anyone else. If Apple Intelligence isn’t available, the item stays wherever the dictionary put it.
Location
Location is optional. If you say no, lists, scanning, and sharing all still work.
When you’re picking a store to save on a list, ListFox uses your location to show where you are. If you save a store, ListFox can also use location in the background to let you know when you arrive. iOS does the watching. ListFox keeps a recent location on your phone so it can decide which saved stores to watch. Those locations are never sent to ListFox.
Siri and Shortcuts
You can ask Siri to add items to a list. Apple turns what you say into text and hands the request to ListFox. ListFox never gets the recording. The items are added just like ones you type, and they sync through iCloud with the rest of the list.
Purchases
Apple sells ListFox Premium. ListFox checks with the App Store whether your Apple ID has Premium. It never sees your card number. Family Sharing is handled by Apple.
This website
listfox.voicefoxtelephony.com is a simple static site with nothing to sign in to. It’s hosted by Cloudflare, which keeps the usual request logs any web host does, like which page was loaded and the IP address it was loaded from.
Children
ListFox isn’t directed at children under 13.
Changes
If this policy changes, the date at the top will change too. The version on this page is always the current one.