Terms & Conditions

Last updated: 22 June 2026

These Terms of Use (“Terms”) are an agreement between you and busy beer (“we”, “us”) governing your use of the busy beer application (“the app”). By downloading or using the app, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the app.

1. Eligibility & age

You must be of legal drinking age in your country or region of residence (and at least 18) to use the app. By using it, you confirm that you meet this requirement and that you are using the app for your own personal, non-commercial purposes. We may restrict or end your access if we believe you do not meet this requirement.

2. Nature of the app

busy beer is a personal taste-tracking and discovery tool. It helps you record drinks you’ve tried, builds an AI estimate of your palate, predicts how much you might like other drinks, and reads drink menus to rank options for you. It is provided for general informational and entertainment purposes only.

The app does not provide medical, dietary, nutritional, or other professional advice, and it does not promote excessive or irresponsible consumption of alcohol. Information about a drink — including its category, ingredients, alcohol content, or allergens — may be incomplete or wrong; always verify with the venue or producer before relying on it, especially if you have an allergy or medical condition.

3. AI-generated content

Taste profiles, predicted scores, “beyond beer” translations, menu rankings, and the taste story are generated by third-party AI models from your ratings and the photos you submit. AI output is an estimate and can be inaccurate, incomplete, or inappropriate. Predicted scores are opinions about taste, not statements of fact about a drink. You are responsible for evaluating any output before relying on it.

4. Your account

busy beer uses Sign in with Apple to create your account; we do not collect or store a password. You are responsible for maintaining the security of the Apple ID used to sign in and for activity that happens under your account. Choose a display name and @handle that you have the right to use and that are not offensive or misleading.

5. Your content

You retain your rights to the content you create in the app — your ratings, notes, display name, and the photos of menus you submit. You grant us a limited license to host, process, and display that content solely to operate the app for you (for example, syncing your ratings across your devices, generating your taste profile, and showing community averages and your activity to friends you’ve added).

Community averages and aggregate statistics derived from many users’ ratings are owned by us and may be shown to other users. You are responsible for the content you submit and must not upload anything unlawful or that infringes someone else’s rights.

6. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• use the app for any unlawful purpose or in violation of these Terms or any provider’s terms;
• attempt to circumvent rate limits, abuse-prevention measures, or app attestation, or otherwise interfere with the backend service;
• submit photos or content you do not have the right to submit, or that are illegal, harmful, or infringing;
• reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the app except to the extent permitted by law;
• use the app to harass other users or to scrape, resell, or redistribute the drink catalog or other users’ data.

7. Third-party services

The app relies on third-party services to function: Apple (Sign in with Apple and the App Store), Google Firebase (authentication, database, and cloud functions), and Google Gemini (the AI models used for taste profiles and menu scanning, accessed through our secured server). Your use of the app is also subject to the relevant provider’s terms. We are not responsible for third-party services we do not control.

8. Service availability & limits

The app is offered “as is” and “as available.” To control costs and prevent abuse, the backend applies per-user daily limits and an overall capacity cap on AI requests; you may occasionally see a message that a feature is temporarily unavailable. We may change, suspend, or discontinue the app or backend at any time, with or without notice.

9. Intellectual property

The app, including its software, design, and branding, is owned by us and protected by intellectual-property laws. Subject to these Terms, we grant you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the app on Apple-branded devices you own or control. Except for that license, no rights are transferred to you.

10. Disclaimers

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the app is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the app will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure, or that any score, profile, or menu ranking will be accurate or suited to you. You use the app at your own risk.

11. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, in no event will we be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, goodwill, or profits, arising out of or related to your use of (or inability to use) the app — even if advised of the possibility. To the extent any liability cannot be excluded, our total aggregate liability is limited to the greater of the amount you paid for the app in the twelve months before the claim, or USD $10. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of these may not apply to you. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law.

12. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from claims, damages, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your misuse of the app or your violation of these Terms or applicable law.

13. Termination

You may stop using the app and delete it at any time, and you can delete your account and data from within the app. We may suspend or terminate your access if you violate these Terms or to protect the service. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including disclaimers, limitation of liability, and indemnification) will survive.

14. Apple App Store terms

These Terms are between you and us, not Apple, and Apple is not responsible for the app or its content. Your use of the app must comply with the Apple Media Services Terms and the standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement (EULA); where these Terms and that EULA conflict, the stricter consumer-protective term applies. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them. Apple has no obligation to provide support or maintenance for the app.

15. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the developer resides, without regard to conflict-of-law rules, except where mandatory consumer-protection laws of your country of residence apply.

16. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. The “last updated” date above reflects the current version. Continued use after a change means you accept the revised Terms.

17. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Email support@busybeer.app.