Terms of Service — BookInspire

Effective date: 12 May 2026 Version: 1.0 Applies to: the BookInspire mobile application (iOS, and Android upon release).

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of BookInspire. By creating an account or using the app, you agree to these Terms. Please read them carefully — they include important provisions about subscriptions, AI-generated content, and limitation of liability.

If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use the app.

1. Who you are entering into a contract with

These Terms are a contract between you and:

Aliaksandr Lutsevich, sole proprietor (jednoosobowa działalność gospodarcza) registered in Poland. NIP: 7252319957 REGON: 522127937 Registered address: ul. Skierniewicka 34A/24, 01-230 Warszawa, Poland Contact: support@bookinspire.app

In these Terms, "we", "us", and "our" refer to the entity named above. "You" refers to the user of BookInspire.

How we handle your personal data is described in our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

2. What BookInspire is

BookInspire is a mobile application that provides personalised book recommendations based on your reading taste, using artificial intelligence (currently Anthropic's Claude API). The Service includes:

A free tier and a paid BookInspire+ subscription are available, with different feature sets and usage allowances.

3. Eligibility — age 13+

You must be at least 13 years old to create an account or otherwise use the Service. This minimum age matches the App Store content rating (13+) and satisfies US COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act). By creating an account you confirm that you meet this requirement.

Users aged 13–17. If you are between 13 and 17, you confirm that you have permission from a parent or guardian to use the Service. Our lawful basis for processing personal data is performance of the contract under Article 6(1)(b) GDPR (for users in Ukraine — Art. 11(2)(2) of Law No. 2297-VI; for users in Belarus — Art. 6(2)(6) of Law of the Republic of Belarus No. 99-Z) — see Privacy Policy section 3. Because we rely on contract, not consent, the special rule of Article 8 GDPR — on the consent age for information-society services offered to children — does not apply to us; permission from a legal representative is required as a matter of contractual capacity under your national law (see "Subscription purchases by minors" below).

Subscription purchases by minors. If you are 13–17 and resident in a jurisdiction where minors have limited contractual capacity, you may only purchase a BookInspire+ subscription with the consent of your legal representative:

Refunds are processed through Apple's App Store (Apple decides on user requests submitted via reportaproblem.apple.com) or Google Play's refund mechanism — we do not oppose refund requests submitted by your legal representative, and where the platform permits us to initiate a refund directly we will do so on request.

We process data of users aged 13–17 in accordance with applicable child-protection laws, including the UK Age Appropriate Design Code (Children's Code). See Privacy Policy section 9 for the specific commitments we make to younger users.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe a child under 13 has signed up, write to privacy@bookinspire.app and we will delete the account and associated data promptly.

4. Your account

To use BookInspire you create an account using Sign in with Apple, Sign in with Google, or email + password.

You are responsible for:

If we have reason to believe an account is being used in violation of these Terms or applicable law, we may suspend or terminate access (see section 11).

5. BookInspire+ subscription

5.1 What you get

BookInspire+ unlocks additional features beyond the free tier — at present this includes more recommendation cycles per month, access to "Hidden" and "Kindred" pick categories, and deeper monthly taste-evolution insights. The exact features and quotas of BookInspire+ are shown in the app at the time of purchase and may evolve over time.

5.2 Pricing and billing

Prices are displayed in the app before you purchase, in the currency configured on your device by the App Store or Google Play. Payments are processed by Apple App Store or Google Play, not by us. We never see your card or bank-account details.

Indicative monthly prices on the policy effective date: US $5.99; UK approximately £4.99; EU €5.99 (Polish consumers: 19,99 zł — see Polish version §5.2 for full Polish pricing detail); Belarus: amount and currency as displayed by Apple on the Belarus storefront purchase sheet (Apple acts as merchant of record and controls display currency); Ukraine approximately $2.99 USD. Australia: AU$9.99 monthly, AU$49.99 six-monthly, AU$89.99 annually (inclusive of GST collected by Apple as merchant of record). Final billed amounts shown on the App Store / Google Play purchase sheet before charge are authoritative.

5.3 Auto-renewal — affirmative consent and acknowledgement

5.4 Cancellation — simple cancellation mechanism (16 C.F.R. §425.5)

You may cancel your subscription at any time, using the same channel through which you subscribed. We provide an in-app "Cancel subscription" action in Settings → Subscription that opens your Apple/Google subscription management screen directly — this is a one-tap cancellation pathway. You may also cancel directly via:

We do not require you to call, chat, or speak with a representative to cancel; we do not present "save" offers, retention prompts, or any other interstitial that delays or impedes cancellation (16 C.F.R. §425.5(b)). This satisfies the "simple cancellation" requirement of the FTC's Negative Option Rule and analogous state laws. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period — you continue to enjoy BookInspire+ features until then.

5.5 Refunds and right of withdrawal

Refunds are handled primarily by Apple or Google, not by us. To request a refund:

Australian Consumer Law. Australian consumers retain their direct ACL rights against us as supplier under sections 259–263 of Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) for major failures of the consumer guarantees in sections 60–62 (due care and skill; fitness for purpose; reasonable time). Where Apple or Google declines a refund and there is a major failure under the ACL, contact support@bookinspire.app and we will action ACL refund obligations directly.

Right of withdrawal (EU/EEA consumers, Directive 2011/83/EU). Under Directive 2011/83/EU as amended by Directive 2019/770 and the Polish Consumer Rights Act of 30 May 2014 (Dz.U. 2014 poz. 827) Art. 27 and Art. 38 pkt 13, EU/EEA consumers have a 14-day right of withdrawal from distance contracts for digital content. However, this right does not apply where performance has begun with the consumer's express prior consent and acknowledgement that they lose the withdrawal right.

Right of cancellation (UK consumers, Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013). UK consumers have the parallel 14-day cancellation right under regs. 29–38 of the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013. The digital-content waiver under reg. 37(1)(a) applies on the same conditions as the EU rule below.

BookInspire+ is digital content delivered immediately. Before BookInspire+ is activated, you complete the purchase-confirmation flow operated by Apple App Store or Google Play, which shows the subscription price, period, and renewal terms (see section 5.3). By completing that purchase confirmation, you expressly consent to immediate performance of the subscription and acknowledge that you lose the 14-day right of withdrawal/cancellation once performance begins. The order-confirmation email sent to you by Apple or Google, together with these Terms, constitutes the confirmation of the contract on a durable medium for the purposes of: Polish Consumer Rights Act Art. 21; UK CCR 2013 reg. 16; California Auto-Renewal Law (Bus. & Prof. Code §17602) acknowledgement requirement; and any analogous foreign-consumer durable-medium standard.

5.6 Price changes

If we change the subscription price, we will notify active subscribers in-app and by email at least 30 days before the new price takes effect. The new price applies only to renewals after that date. You may cancel at any time if you do not want to renew at the new price.

5.7 Free trials and promotional offers

Where we offer a free trial, immediately adjacent to the "Start trial" control, the BookInspire paywall screen discloses, and a confirmation email repeats (16 C.F.R. §425.4(a)(1)–(6)):

You may cancel at any time during the trial at no charge using the mechanism in section 5.4. Eligibility for trials may be limited (for example, one trial per Apple/Google ID). Unused trial portion is forfeited when you upgrade to the paid subscription before the trial ends. This is an Apple App Store / Google Play requirement and is disclosed at the time of trial offer.

5.8 App Store / Google Play terms (Apple Schedule 2)

You are acquiring the BookInspire app under a licence governed by these Terms and by the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions (iOS) or Google Play Terms of Service (Android). The clauses below are required by Apple's Schedule 2 and apply to iOS users. Google Play does not impose a parallel mandatory clause list, but we make the equivalent commitments to Google Play users where the substance of the clause is platform-independent (e.g. the developer-not-the-platform-is-responsible point).

6. Your content

You may add content to BookInspire — books to your library, ratings, classifications, aspect tags, written comments, and free-text mood input ("Your Content").

6.1 Ownership

You own Your Content. We do not claim ownership.

6.2 Licence to us

To deliver the Service, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable (only to the sub-processors listed in section 4 of the Privacy Policy) licence to use Your Content on the following fields of exploitation (within the meaning of Article 50 of the Polish Copyright Act of 4 February 1994):

This licence is granted solely for the purpose of operating the Service for you. It is limited in duration to the period during which Your Content is stored by us, and terminates automatically when you delete Your Content or delete your account, subject only to the limited backup retention described in section 6 of the Privacy Policy.

We do not sell Your Content. We do not share it with other users. Our AI sub-processor processes the parts of Your Content needed to generate your recommendations and is contractually bound not to use customer data for model training.

6.3 Your responsibility

You are responsible for the accuracy, legality, and appropriateness of Your Content. By submitting it, you confirm that it does not infringe third-party rights and does not contain illegal material.

7. AI-generated content

BookInspire uses artificial intelligence to generate book recommendations, short explanations of why a book might suit you, and monthly taste-evolution insights (together, "AI Content").

You acknowledge and agree:

If you spot a clearly incorrect recommendation (wrong author, non-existent title), the in-app "Replace pick" function refunds your usage. You may also report issues at support@bookinspire.app.

Reports of inaccurate or defamatory content (takedown channel). If you believe AI Content published in the app contains a defamatory imputation about an identifiable person (including an author), is inaccurate about a real person, or is otherwise unlawful, email support@bookinspire.app with the offending text, the date you saw it, and the basis for complaint. We will assess and, where appropriate, suppress or correct the content within 2 business days of a substantiated report (or as required by a concerns notice under the uniform Defamation Acts in Australia, Part 3).

8. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

We may suspend or terminate access for violations of this section.

9. Intellectual property

9.1 Our IP

The BookInspire name, fox mascot, hand-drawn illustrations, interface design, code, the selection and arrangement of recommendations, our prompts and prompt templates, our taste-profile schema, and the layout and combination of features are owned by the data controller named in section 1 or by our licensors and are protected under Polish and EU intellectual-property law (including the Polish Copyright Act of 4 February 1994 and the sui generis database right under the EU Database Directive 96/9/EC).

You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, or commercially exploit any of the above outside the app without our prior written permission.

We do not claim copyright in the underlying AI-generated text produced by our AI sub-processor — copyrightability of purely AI-generated outputs is uncertain in many jurisdictions — but we do claim rights in the human-curated selection, arrangement, and presentation thereof.

9.2 Third-party content

Book covers, titles, author names, ISBNs, and metadata displayed in the app come from public databases (Google Books, Open Library) and retailer APIs. They remain the property of their respective owners.

9.3 Affiliate links

Some "Where to get this book" links may earn us a small commission if you make a purchase. These commissions do not increase the price you pay and do not influence which books we recommend.

10. Service availability and changes

We aim for high availability but do not guarantee that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that any defect will be corrected.

We may, for valid reasons (such as changes in our AI provider, changes in API pricing or availability, security considerations, technical scalability needs, or changes in applicable law):

For paid subscribers, any material change to the feature set of your subscription plan triggers the §15 advance-notice and cancellation right.

We will give reasonable notice of material changes that materially affect paid subscribers.

11. Termination

11.1 By you

You may stop using BookInspire and delete your account at any time via Settings → Delete account. The deletion flow is described in section 6 of the Privacy Policy.

11.2 By us

We may suspend or terminate your account if you materially breach these Terms, engage in unlawful conduct, present a security risk to other users, or if we are required to do so by law. We will give reasonable advance notice unless the breach is severe, immediate action is required, or notice is not legally permitted.

11.3 Effect of termination

On termination you lose access to the Service and Your Content. Outstanding subscription periods are governed by the App Store / Google Play refund rules (see section 5.5) and by mandatory consumer-protection rules in your country of residence — we do not provide separate refunds beyond those rules.

12. Warranties and disclaimers

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available" to the maximum extent permitted by law. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. This disclaimer is intended to satisfy the conspicuousness requirement of UCC §2-316(2) as adopted in your state. Nothing in this section limits your statutory rights as a consumer under applicable mandatory consumer-protection law. For US consumers, this disclaimer does not limit warranties that cannot be disclaimed under your state's law (including the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, 15 U.S.C. §2308, where applicable, and state implied-warranty statutes such as Cal. Civ. Code §1791.1 et seq.).

Nothing in this section limits your statutory rights as a consumer under Polish or EU consumer-protection law. Mandatory protections that cannot be waived continue to apply.

UK consumers — Consumer Rights Act 2015. If you are a consumer in the UK, your rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 are not affected by this section. In particular, the statutory rights provided by sections 34 (satisfactory quality), 35 (fitness for particular purpose), 36 (digital content as described), and 42 (consumer's rights to enforce terms about digital content) of the CRA 2015 cannot be excluded under section 47 of that Act. To the extent any clause in these Terms purports to exclude or restrict those rights, that clause is void as against UK consumers.

Australian Consumer Law. If you are a consumer in Australia, our services come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law (Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)). For major failures with the Service you are entitled to: cancel the Service contract and recover a refund for the unused portion or, if the failure is not major, to have the failure remedied within a reasonable time; and to compensation for any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage. Nothing in these Terms purports to exclude, restrict, or modify the application of the Australian Consumer Law to the extent its application cannot be excluded.

13. Limitation of liability

Australian consumers: this section does not limit, exclude or modify the consumer guarantees in Part 3-2 Division 1 of the Australian Consumer Law or your remedies in Part 5-4. For major failures (s 260 ACL) you may cancel and recover a refund; for non-major failures we will repair, replace, or supply again within a reasonable time, and where we do not, you may then cancel. The liability cap below applies only to claims that fall outside the ACL consumer-guarantee regime.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law:

For US consumers, this cap does not apply to (i) claims falling within the carve-outs listed below, (ii) statutory damages claims expressly authorized by state or federal consumer-protection statutes (including but not limited to the CCPA, state UDAP statutes, and the FTC Act), or (iii) claims for which a cap is rendered unenforceable by applicable mandatory consumer law.

This limitation does not apply to:

For UK consumers, where the 12-month-fees cap would not satisfy the fairness test under CRA 2015 s.62 (e.g. for a low-fee subscription) the cap will be increased to the statutory minimum that is fair and reasonable in the circumstances, and any further amount that cannot be excluded under the CRA 2015 will remain recoverable.

For Australian consumers, the November 2023 amendments to ACL Part 2-3 (unfair contract terms) impose civil penalties for inclusion of unfair terms in standard-form contracts; the carve-out above is intended to ensure this limitation clause does not operate as an unfair term against Australian consumers.

14. Governing law and disputes

United States consumers. If you are a consumer resident in the United States, these Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles, except that (i) the mandatory consumer-protection laws of your state of residence (including without limitation the California Consumer Privacy Act/CPRA, state UDAP statutes, the FTC's Negative Option Rule at 16 C.F.R. Part 425, and the California Automatic Renewal Law at Bus. & Prof. Code §17600 et seq.) continue to apply notwithstanding this clause, and (ii) you retain the right to bring an individual action in small-claims court or in the state or federal court located in the county of your residence.

For all other consumers, these Terms are governed by Polish law, subject to the dual-protection rule under Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 (Rome I) — the choice of Polish law does not deprive a consumer of the protection of the mandatory provisions of the country of habitual residence. In particular:

No mandatory arbitration; no class-action waiver. We have chosen not to require pre-dispute arbitration of consumer disputes. You retain the right to bring an individual or representative action in any court of competent jurisdiction, including in small-claims court and including any action under the California Consumer Privacy Act, state UDAP statutes, the federal FTC Act §5, the UK Consumer Rights Act 2015 (consistent with Arbitration Act 1996 s.91 for UK consumers), or any other consumer-protection statute. Nothing in these Terms waives your right to seek public injunctive relief under California Bus. & Prof. Code §17204 or §17535 (the McGill v. Citibank rule), nor your right to participate in a class action.

ADR. We are willing to engage in good-faith mediation through an appropriate alternative dispute-resolution body where one is available in your jurisdiction. EU consumers may use the European Commission's ODR platform at ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr (Art. 14(1) Regulation (EU) 524/2013). We are not, however, required to use any particular ADR scheme.

15. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do:

Changes to the Privacy Policy follow the separate notice procedure in Privacy Policy section 11. Any change that would constitute a "material change" to the privacy notice under CCPA Regulations §7012(g), CPA Regs. Part 4, or other applicable privacy law is treated as material regardless of how it is categorized under this section.

16. Miscellaneous

17. Contact

For questions about these Terms or general inquiries:

Aliaksandr Lutsevich ul. Skierniewicka 34A/24, 01-230 Warszawa, Poland support@bookinspire.app (general inquiries) privacy@bookinspire.app (privacy-related requests)

We will reply within a reasonable time, normally within 30 days.

This is version 1.0 of the BookInspire Terms of Service, effective 12 May 2026.