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WhatToCook Terms of Use

Last updated: 9 September 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 Yuliia Mykytiuk, an individual established in Portugal.
Postal address: Praçeta dos Navegantes 11, Colares, 2705-293, Portugal.
Contact: 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, daily food tips, 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 permanently delete your account and related server data from Settings → Delete account, or by contacting support@what-to-cook-app.com. Deleting the app or your account does not cancel an App Store / Google Play subscription; cancel billing in your store account settings.

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

- Nutrition values (including calories) are approximate estimates, not laboratory analysis.
- Ingredient lists, steps, tips, curated catalog content, and AI-generated suggestions may be incomplete, outdated, or incorrect.
- The Service is not medical, dietetic, nutritional, or allergy advice and does not replace advice from a qualified professional.
- The Service may use your stated diet and allergy preferences to filter or guide suggestions, but it does not guarantee that any meal is allergen-free, meets your dietary requirements, or is safe for you. Filtering is a convenience feature only.
- 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, label, and cross-contact risk yourself.

4. Daily facts
The Service may show a short daily food or kitchen tip (“fact of the day”) for general inspiration.

- Facts are written by us in plain language and are not copied verbatim from third-party materials.
- A source organization name may be shown for general attribution (for example public health or nutrition guidance). That does not mean the organization endorses WhatToCook or reviewed the text.
- Daily facts are not medical, dietetic, or nutritional advice.
- Do not rely on daily facts for diagnosis, treatment, or dietary decisions.

5. 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.

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

- Current standard offer (subject to store configuration, local pricing, and taxes): Pro Monthly at approximately €6.99 per month and Pro Yearly at approximately €69.99 per year. Both plans may include a 7-day free trial as shown at purchase.
- Prices shown in the app follow store display formatting; the charge is made by Apple or Google in accordance with their terms and your store account country.
- If a free trial is offered, payment is charged to your store account when the trial ends unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the trial expires.
- If no trial applies, payment is charged at confirmation of purchase.
- Subscriptions renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period in your Apple or Google subscription settings.
- Manage, change, or cancel your subscription in your store account 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.

7. 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.

8. AI outputs and automated features
Pro features use automated systems, including AI, to suggest meals and detect ingredients in photos. You acknowledge and agree that:

AI-generated meals
- AI outputs are probabilistic suggestions, not verified recipes.
- They may hallucinate ingredients, omit allergens, suggest unsafe methods, or conflict with your diet or allergy settings despite instructions to the model.
- AI-generated content is labeled in the app where applicable; you must review it yourself before cooking or eating.

Photo ingredient detection
- Detection is a beta convenience feature and may misidentify, miss, or invent items.
- Do not rely on detection for allergen safety, shopping, or medical decisions.
- By using photo detection after the in-app notice, you instruct us to process the image through our servers and Google’s paid Gemini API to return suggestions.

Allergens, diet, and nutrition
- Curated catalog filtering and AI instructions based on your preferences do not guarantee compliance with any diet or absence of allergens.
- Calorie and nutrition figures are estimates only.
- You remain solely responsible for what you buy, cook, and eat.

9. 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.

10. 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, allergen-safe, nutritionally accurate, 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.

11. 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.

Without limiting the foregoing, and to the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for harm, illness, allergic reactions, injury, or other losses arising from or related to:

- AI-generated meals, steps, or ingredient lists
- Photo ingredient detection results
- Reliance on calorie, nutrition, or serving-size estimates
- Reliance on diet or allergy filtering in the app
- Daily facts or other inspirational content
- Your failure to verify ingredients, labels, allergens, or food safety

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.

12. 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.

13. 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).

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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.

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