Storage

Almost everything on Crunchify runs in your browser, and the tools that remember things remember them on your device — not on a server. That is the whole point, but it comes with a catch worth knowing about.

Data stored on this device

Tools like Palette, Timesheet, Meal Planner and Budget keep everything in your browser. That storage is not permanent by default.

Use every tool offline

Once Crunchify is open, any tool works without a connection. To open a tool cold — from a bookmark, with no signal — your browser needs to have saved that tool's page first.

A few tools fetch something large the first time you use them — the Background Remover's model, for one. Those still ask before downloading, inside the tool. Your browser may clear saved pages when it runs short of space; protecting your data above prevents that.

What the browser actually promises

By default, nothing. Browsers treat data a website stores as expendable: when the device runs short of disk space, they are free to delete it to make room, and they will not ask first. On iPhone and iPad, Safari goes further: it clears a site's data after seven days of using Safari without visiting that site. A site added to your Home Screen counts its own days, so in practice it is spared.

Asking for protection changes that. Once granted, your browser will keep this site's data until you delete it yourself. It costs nothing and it does not give the site any new information about you.

What it does not cover

Clearing your browsing data. If you clear site data, or delete your browser profile, it goes — protection only stops the browser from tidying up on its own.
A different device or browser. Local data is local. Nothing you store in Chrome appears in Safari, or on your phone.
Private or incognito windows. Those discard everything when you close them, by design.

If you want a real backup

Protection is not the same thing as a copy somewhere else. For anything you would be upset to lose, use one of these too:

Sync to Google Drive. Recipe Box, Book Box, Todo, Grocery List, Calendar, Notes, Journal and Bookmarks can keep a copy in your own Drive, in a private folder only this site can see. Start from your account page.
Export a file. Some tools can download their data — look for an export button in the tool itself. Keep the file somewhere you back up.

Not every tool offers an export yet. If one you rely on is missing it, say so and it will get one.