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Use Buddie as a wellness companion.

Buddie provides general education, estimates, journaling, and habit support. It is not a medical device, clinician, diagnosis, treatment plan, or emergency service.

When to seek care

Do not use Buddie to make urgent or high-risk medical decisions. Contact local emergency services for an emergency. Talk with a qualified clinician before changing food, fasting, exercise, or weight goals if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, under 18, have diabetes or another medical condition, take medication that affects appetite or weight, or have current or past disordered eating. Stop an activity and seek appropriate care for severe pain, fainting, chest pain, trouble breathing, or other concerning symptoms.

Meal and nutrition estimates

AI and food-database results can be incomplete or wrong. A description or photo cannot reliably identify exact portions, oil, sauce, allergens, preparation, or every recipe ingredient. Review the matched food and portion for every item, add missing items, and correct the estimate before saving. Do not use Buddie for insulin dosing, allergy protection, kidney-disease limits, eating-disorder treatment, or any situation that requires exact nutrient values. Confirm important information with labels, measurements, and a qualified professional.

Weight-neutral protections

For people under 18, during pregnancy or breastfeeding, or in active or recent eating-disorder recovery, Buddie shifts away from weight-centered guidance. Weight loss, calorie restriction, skipped meals, fasting duration, sleep duration, exercise volume, and scale changes do not earn tokens. Fasting is optional tracking, is not rewarded, and is unavailable for protected profiles.

Movement and Apple Health

Imported steps, sleep, workouts, and heart-rate summaries are a convenience for reflection, not clinical measurements or a health assessment. Permission denial can look like no data, and devices and source apps can miss, overlap, or duplicate records. Buddie combines overlapping records where possible, but summaries can still be incomplete. Choose movement that fits your ability and environment. Rest and adaptive movement count; Buddie does not require increasing duration or intensity.

Rewards and play

Tokens celebrate selected care actions and are bounded each day. Missing a day does not remove progress or access. Tokens have no cash value, cannot be purchased or wagered, and should not override rest, hunger, pain, medical advice, or personal limits.

AI privacy

Meal AI is optional and requires explicit opt-in. Buddie remembers that choice for this profile on this device until you turn off AI meal assistance in Your settings → Profile. Do not submit faces, names, addresses, medical records, or other details unnecessary for a meal estimate. Read the Privacy Policy for the exact data flow.

Updated September 17, 2026

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