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WhatToCook Terms of Use

Last updated: 7 August 2026

These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the WhatToCook mobile application and related official websites (the “Service”). By downloading, accessing, or using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

Publisher
WhatToCook is published by the Portugal-based publisher identified on the Apple App Store and Google Play listings for WhatToCook, contactable at support@what-to-cook-app.com.

1. The Service
WhatToCook helps you discover meal ideas from ingredients and preferences you provide.

- Free features include browsing and matching against the on-device curated meal catalog and related free functionality described in the app.
- Pro features (subscription) may include live AI meal customization, photo ingredient detection when enabled, and other features labeled Pro in the app.

We may change, suspend, or discontinue features with reasonable notice where practicable. We may update catalog content, facts, and app software over time.

2. Eligibility and accounts
You must be able to form a binding contract under applicable law. If you create an account, you must provide accurate information and keep your credentials secure. You are responsible for activity under your account.

Some features require an account so subscriptions and cloud-synced data can be linked to you. You may delete your account by contacting support@what-to-cook-app.com.

3. Not medical, dietetic, or allergen advice
The Service provides cooking inspiration and estimates only.

- Nutrition values (including calories) are approximate.
- Ingredient lists, steps, tips, and AI-generated suggestions may be incomplete or incorrect.
- The Service is not medical, dietetic, nutritional, or allergy advice and does not replace advice from a qualified professional.
- Always verify ingredients, allergens, cooking temperatures, and food safety yourself, especially for meat, seafood, eggs, pregnancy, and medical dietary needs.
- If you have allergies or intolerances, treat all suggestions as unsafe until you have verified every ingredient and cross-contact risk yourself.

4. Acceptable use
You agree not to:

- Abuse, overload, or probe AI or other server endpoints
- Attempt to bypass subscription, security, or access controls
- Scrape, bulk-export, or republish catalog or generated content in a competing service
- Upload unlawful, harmful, or infringing content (including photos you are not allowed to use)
- Reverse engineer the Service except where mandatory law allows
- Use the Service for automated commercial extraction without our prior written consent

We may rate-limit, suspend, or terminate access for abuse or violation of these Terms.

5. Subscriptions and payments
Pro is offered as an auto-renewing subscription through the Apple App Store or Google Play.

- Prices shown in the app include applicable store display formatting; the charge is made by Apple or Google in accordance with their terms and your store account country.
- Current standard offer (subject to store configuration and local pricing/taxes): monthly and yearly Pro plans; both may include a free trial as shown at purchase.
- Payment is charged to your store account at confirmation of purchase (or at the end of a trial if you do not cancel in time).
- Subscriptions renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period in your store account settings.
- Manage or cancel in your Apple or Google subscription settings. Deleting the app does not cancel a subscription.
- Refunds are handled by Apple or Google under their respective policies, except where mandatory consumer law requires otherwise.

Restore Purchases is available in Settings so you can restore an existing subscription on a device after reinstall or sign-in.

6. Intellectual property
The Service, including branding, UI design, curated recipes we publish, facts, and software, is owned by us or our licensors and protected by intellectual property laws.

You may use the Service for personal, non-commercial cooking purposes. You may not copy, redistribute, or exploit catalog content at scale without permission.

If you submit custom meals or other content, you retain ownership of your content. You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive license to host, store, and display that content as needed to operate the Service for you. If a future feature lets you contribute content to a shared catalog, additional license terms will be shown before you contribute.

7. AI outputs
AI-generated meals and ingredient detections are probabilistic suggestions. They may hallucinate ingredients, omit allergens, or suggest unsafe methods. You remain solely responsible for what you cook and eat.

8. Third-party services
The Service relies on third parties including Supabase, Google Gemini (for Pro AI), and Apple/Google for distribution and payments. Their terms and privacy policies apply to their services. We are not responsible for third-party outages beyond our reasonable control.

9. Disclaimer of warranties
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Service is provided “as is” and “as available.” We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that meal ideas will meet your dietary needs.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits mandatory consumer rights under Portuguese or EU law that cannot be waived.

10. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for loss of data, profits, or goodwill, arising from your use of the Service.

Our total liability for claims arising out of the Service is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you paid us for Pro via the stores in the 12 months before the claim, or (b) fifty euros (€50), except where mandatory law provides otherwise.

We do not exclude liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, or other liability that cannot be limited under applicable law.

11. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from claims arising out of your misuse of the Service, your content, or your violation of these Terms, to the extent permitted by law.

12. App Store and Google Play
You acknowledge that these Terms are between you and the publisher of WhatToCook, not Apple Inc. or Google LLC. Apple and Google have no obligation to provide maintenance or support for the Service. In the event of any failure of the iOS app to conform to an applicable warranty, you may notify Apple and Apple may refund the purchase price of the app (if any); to the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation. Apple and Google are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms for the purpose of enforcing them against you regarding the apps distributed through their stores, where applicable under those stores’ terms.

You must also comply with applicable third-party terms when using the Service (including your wireless data agreement).

13. Termination
You may stop using the Service at any time and cancel subscriptions via your store account. We may suspend or terminate access if you violate these Terms or if we discontinue the Service. Provisions that by nature should survive (including intellectual property, disclaimers, liability limits, and governing law) will survive termination.

14. Governing law and disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of Portugal, without prejudice to mandatory consumer protections in your country of residence within the European Union / European Economic Area.

Courts of Portugal have jurisdiction, except that EU consumers may bring proceedings in the courts of their place of residence, and we may bring proceedings against consumers only in those courts where required by law.

15. Changes
We may update these Terms. The “Last updated” date will change when we do. For material changes, we will provide notice in the app or on the website where appropriate. If you continue to use the Service after the effective date, you accept the updated Terms where permitted by law. If you do not agree, stop using the Service and cancel any subscription.

16. Contact
support@what-to-cook-app.com