Terms of Service

Acceptance of these terms

These Terms of Service ("Terms") are an agreement between you and Derive LLC, the developer of Personal Assistant ("the app," "we," "us"). By downloading, installing, or using the app, you agree to these Terms. If you don't agree to them, don't use the app.

What the app is

Personal Assistant is an iOS app that helps with mail, calendar, reminders, shopping, food inventory, fitness, nutrition, and budgeting. Most of what it does happens directly on your device or through services you've connected yourself, like your Google Account. A paid membership is required to use it — see Subscriptions & billing — and running that membership does involve a backend the developer operates, described in full in the Privacy Policy.

Eligibility

The app is intended for a general adult audience and is not directed at children under 13. By using the app, you represent that you're at least 13 years old (or the minimum age of digital consent in your country, if higher) and that you're legally able to enter into this agreement.

Accounts

If you sign up through the website, you create a Personal Assistant account (email and password) used to manage your membership. You're responsible for keeping that password confidential and for all activity under your account — tell us right away at caitlinmanske@gmail.com if you suspect unauthorized access. If you subscribe entirely through Apple In-App Purchase instead, no separate account is created — your access is tied to your Apple ID.

Separately, some features (Mail, Google Calendar sync) require signing in with your own Google Account through Google's own Sign-In flow, and you're responsible for anything that happens through your connected Google Account while it's linked to the app. You're also responsible for keeping your device itself secure, since the app's local data isn't protected by a separate password of its own.

Your license to use it

We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to install and use the app on devices you own or control, for your own personal, non-commercial use. This license doesn't give you any ownership in the app — just permission to use it under these Terms.

You may not: sell, rent, lease, or sublicense the app; reverse-engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract its source code except where a law directly prohibits that restriction; remove or alter any proprietary notices; or use the app to build a competing product.

Acceptable use

Use the app the way it's meant to be used. Don't:

• Use it for anything illegal, or in a way that violates another person's rights.
• Try to gain unauthorized access to any part of the app, the accounts it connects to, or the third-party services it talks to.
• Interfere with the app's operation — automating it in ways it's not designed for, overwhelming a connected API with requests, or attempting to bypass any limits it has.
• Use the app's connection to your Google Account, or any other connected service, in a way that violates that service's own terms.
• Misrepresent your identity or impersonate someone else while using the app's Mail or Calendar features.

AI-generated content

Recipes, meal plans, and workout plans in the app are generated by an AI model (Google's Gemini) based on what you tell it. This content is provided for general informational and planning purposes only — it is not medical, nutritional, dietary, or fitness advice from a licensed professional, and it is not a substitute for one.

The app does its best to respect dietary restrictions you specify, but AI-generated content can contain mistakes, including about ingredients or nutrition. If you have a food allergy, a medical condition, or any other reason accuracy is critical, verify the details yourself before relying on them, and consult a doctor, registered dietitian, or other qualified professional as appropriate. You use AI-generated content in the app at your own risk.

Third-party services

The app connects to services it doesn't operate — Google (Sign-In, Gmail, Calendar, Gemini), Firebase (account and subscription storage), Stripe, Apple (payment processing and In-App Purchase), Spoonacular, Pexels, Apple's frameworks (Maps, HealthKit, Speech, EventKit), and links out to Amazon, Instacart, and Costco for shopping. Your use of each of those is also governed by that service's own terms and policies. We don't control, and aren't responsible for, the availability, accuracy, or content of any third-party service, or for any transaction you complete on one.

Subscriptions & billing

The base membership and optional Managed AI add-on plans are billed monthly and renew automatically until cancelled. Depending on how you subscribed, billing is handled by Stripe (website signup) or Apple (In-App Purchase) — we never see or store your full card number either way.

Cancelling

Cancel anytime from Settings in the app. A Stripe subscription is cancelled immediately through our system; an Apple subscription must be cancelled through your Apple ID under iPhone Settings → Subscriptions — Apple does not allow us to cancel it on your behalf. Cancelling stops future renewals; we don't provide partial-month refunds for time already paid for, except where required by law or by Apple's or Stripe's own refund policies.

Price changes

If we change a plan's price, we'll give notice before it applies to your next renewal. Continuing your subscription after that point means you accept the new price.

Usage limits

Managed AI add-on plans include a monthly and daily request cap, enforced automatically. Requests beyond the cap simply aren't served until the cap resets — there's no automatic overage billing.

Shopping links

Outside of the membership itself, the app doesn't process payments or complete purchases on your behalf. Shopping features only link out to a retailer's own website or app — you review and complete any purchase yourself, directly with that retailer, under their terms. We have no responsibility for orders you place through a link the app opened.

Ownership

The app itself — its design, code, and branding — belongs to its developer. Data you create or add in the app (shopping lists, food inventory, saved recipes and workouts, budget entries, meal plans) is yours; using the app doesn't transfer any ownership of your own data to us, and most of it never leaves your device in the first place (see the Privacy Policy).

Availability & changes

We may update, change, suspend, or discontinue the app or any feature of it at any time, with or without notice — including features that depend on a third-party API continuing to be available on the terms it's available on today. We're not liable for any unavailability or change, though we'll try to avoid surprises where reasonably possible.

We may also update these Terms from time to time. If we make a material change, we'll update the "Last updated" date above. Continuing to use the app after a change means you accept the updated Terms.

No warranty

The app is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including — to the extent allowed by law — any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We don't warrant that the app will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or that any AI-generated or third-party-sourced content will be accurate or complete.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the developer of Personal Assistant won't be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of data, profits, or goodwill, arising from your use of — or inability to use — the app, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Where liability can't be fully excluded, it's limited to the greater of what you've paid for the app in the past 12 months (if anything) or $50.

Some jurisdictions don't allow certain of these limitations, so some of the above may not apply to you.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the developer of Personal Assistant from any claim, loss, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your misuse of the app, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any third party's rights.

Termination

You can stop using the app anytime by deleting it from your device. We may suspend or terminate your access to the app if you materially violate these Terms. Sections that by their nature should survive termination — ownership, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification — continue to apply after your use of the app ends.

Apple App Store terms

If you downloaded the app through Apple's App Store, the following additional terms apply, as required by Apple:

• This agreement is between you and the developer only — Apple is not a party to it and has no obligation to provide any maintenance or support for the app.
• Apple has no warranty obligation for the app beyond, if applicable, refunding the purchase price under Apple's own terms.
• The developer, not Apple, is responsible for addressing any claims relating to the app or your use of it, including product liability claims, claims that the app fails to meet applicable legal or regulatory requirements, and consumer protection claims.
• Apple is not responsible for investigating, defending, settling, or discharging any third-party claim that the app or your possession/use of it infringes that party's intellectual property rights.
• You represent that you're not located in a country subject to a U.S. government embargo or on any U.S. government restricted-party list.
• Apple, and Apple's subsidiaries, are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms, and upon your acceptance, Apple has the right to enforce these Terms against you as a third-party beneficiary.
• You must also comply with any applicable third-party terms when using the app (for example, your wireless carrier's data agreement).

Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Washington, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-law principles, except where applicable consumer-protection law in your own location requires otherwise.

General

If any part of these Terms is found unenforceable, the rest remains in effect. Our failure to enforce any part of these Terms isn't a waiver of it. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and the developer regarding the app.

Contact

Questions about these Terms — caitlinmanske@gmail.com.