Terms of use
The rules for using Bonded, kept as short and plain as we can.
1. These terms
These terms are an agreement between you and [PO: legal name and address of the operator] ("we", "us") about using the Bonded app and hellobonded.com. By creating an account you accept them. Our privacy policy explains how we handle your data.
2. What Bonded is
Bonded gives two partners the same question each day. Each of you answers on your own. Your answers stay locked until you have both answered, then they open together and you can talk about them. Bonded is a daily habit for couples. It is not therapy, counselling or medical advice, and it is not a crisis service. If you or someone else is in danger, contact your local emergency number.
3. Who can use Bonded
You must be at least [PO: 18? confirm] years old and able to enter a binding agreement. One account per person. Keep your sign-in secure; you are responsible for what happens in your account.
4. Pairing and your shared space
You can invite one partner with a link or a code. Invite only someone who wants to join you. Either of you can unpair at any time; after unpairing you can both read your shared history for 30 days, then it is deleted.
5. What you write
Your answers, replies, voice answers and photos stay yours. You give us permission to store them, process them and show them to your partner, only so that we can run Bonded for you. This permission ends when the content is deleted. Do not post anything that is unlawful, that harasses, threatens or exposes another person, or that you have no right to share.
6. Fair use
Do not misuse Bonded: no attempts to read other people's data, to break or overload the service, to get around the reveal rule or Premium limits, to reverse engineer the app except where the law allows it, or to use it to send spam. We may suspend or close an account that breaks these terms, and we will tell you why unless the law or someone's safety prevents it.
7. Premium and payments
- Bonded is free to download and use. Premium is an optional subscription that adds extra features. One subscription covers both partners while you are paired.
- Premium is sold and billed by the App Store or Google Play under their terms. The price, currency and any free trial or discount are shown by the store before you buy.
- Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each period unless you cancel at least 24 hours before it ends. A free trial turns into a paid subscription unless you cancel before it ends.
- Cancel in your store account (see how to cancel). Deleting the app or your account does not cancel the subscription. After cancelling, Premium stays on until the end of the period you paid for.
- Refunds are handled by Apple or Google under their rules. Your statutory rights as a consumer are not affected.
- If Premium ends, your answers stay; Premium-only features lock again.
8. Changes to Bonded
We keep improving Bonded and may change or remove features. If a change takes away something you paid for, we will tell you in advance and you can cancel.
9. Ending
You can stop at any time and delete your account in the app (Us → Delete account). What is deleted is described in the privacy policy.
10. Liability
We provide Bonded with care but can't promise it will always be available or free of errors. [PO, with a lawyer: liability clause for your jurisdiction; consumer law in the EU limits how far liability can be excluded]
11. Law and disputes
[PO, with a lawyer: governing law and courts; EU consumers keep the protection of the law of the country where they live]. The European Commission's online dispute resolution platform is no longer available; we are not obliged and not willing to take part in consumer arbitration proceedings [PO: confirm].
12. Changes to these terms
If we change these terms in a way that matters, we will tell you in the app at least 30 days before the change applies. If you don't agree, you can delete your account before then.