Your garden data stays on your devices

Effective July 6, 2026.

Dibble is local-first and private by design. Your gardens, plantings, journal, and photos live on your device and sync only through your own iCloud account. We do not run a server that stores your garden data, we do not require an account, we do not show ads, we do not track you across apps or websites, and we never sell or share your personal information. The short version: there is almost nothing for us to collect, because your data stays with you.

Dibble is provided by Handler Labs LLC ("Handler Labs," "we," "us"). Questions or requests: support@handlerlabs.app.

What Dibble stores, and where

Everything you create in Dibble (your gardens, ZIP or postal code and hardiness zone, beds and layouts, plantings, journal notes and photos, harvests, seed inventory, perennials, houseplants, and reminders) is stored on your device in the app's local database. If you are signed in to iCloud, this data also syncs through your own private iCloud account (Apple's CloudKit private database) so it is available on your other devices and backed up. It is keyed to your Apple ID and lives in your iCloud. Handler Labs has no access to it and operates no server that receives or stores it. If you are not signed in to iCloud, Dibble simply keeps everything on your device.

Plant identification and plant-disease diagnosis run entirely on your device using a built-in model. Your photos are analyzed on your device and are never uploaded, and we never see them. Features like "what can I plant now" are computed on your device from bundled data; no query is sent to any server.

Location and weather

Location is used only if you turn on live weather alerts, and only to fetch a local forecast so Dibble can warn you about frost or heavy rain. Forecasts come from Apple Weather (WeatherKit): when you enable weather alerts, your approximate ("when in use") location is sent to Apple to return the forecast and is handled under Apple's privacy policy. Dibble requests location only when you enable the feature, and you can turn it off at any time in iOS Settings. Without it, you can use everything else by entering your ZIP or postal code.

Apple services, and no one else

The only companies involved are Apple services that make the app work: iCloud (Apple CloudKit) syncs and backs up your data in your own private iCloud; Apple Weather (WeatherKit) returns forecasts, only if you enable weather alerts; and the App Store (Apple) processes purchases. When you buy Premium, Apple handles the payment and tells Dibble only whether you have an active plan; we never receive your payment details or a stored payment identifier. Each of these is governed by Apple's privacy policy. We do not use analytics, advertising, or crash-reporting SDKs. We do not share your data with any other third party, and we never sell it.

Your privacy rights (United States)

We do not sell or share your personal information, and we do not use it for cross-context behavioral advertising, as those terms are defined under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA) and comparable state laws. We do not use sensitive personal information to infer characteristics about you.

Depending on your state (for example California, Colorado, Connecticut, Texas, Virginia, Oregon, Montana, and other states with comprehensive privacy laws), you may have the right to know, access, correct, delete, or port your personal information, to opt out of its sale or sharing, to limit the use of sensitive personal information, and not to be discriminated against for exercising these rights. Because Dibble has no account and we operate no server that stores your data, we do not hold personal information about you to disclose, correct, or delete; your data is on your own device and in your own iCloud, under your control. You can export your full garden as JSON or CSV, and delete it, entirely within the app (see below). To ask a question or make a request, email support@handlerlabs.app; we do not use financial incentives and we will not discriminate against you for contacting us.

Canada, Australia & New Zealand

Handler Labs is accountable for handling personal information in line with the privacy laws of the markets Dibble serves, including Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), Australia's Privacy Act 1988, and New Zealand's Privacy Act 2020. Because Dibble stores your data on your device and in your own iCloud and we operate no server that receives it, we collect essentially no personal information about you ourselves. You can access, correct, export, and delete your data directly in the app at any time. If you have a question, an access or correction request, or a privacy complaint, contact support@handlerlabs.app. You may also contact your local privacy regulator: the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (priv.gc.ca), the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (oaic.gov.au), or the New Zealand Office of the Privacy Commissioner (privacy.org.nz).

Keeping and deleting your data

Your data stays until you remove it. You can delete a garden, along with its plantings, journal, and reminders, from Settings, and you can delete everything by removing the app. If you use iCloud, deleting in the app removes the data from your iCloud too; you can also manage or delete Dibble's iCloud data in iOS Settings under your name, then iCloud. Because there is no account, there is nothing for us to delete on a server. You can export your full garden as JSON or CSV from Settings at any time.

Children

Dibble is a general-audience gardening app. It is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Changes and contact

If we change this policy, we will update the effective date above and post the new version here; we will highlight material changes in the app. This policy is effective July 6, 2026. Questions? Email support@handlerlabs.app.