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Terms and Conditions

Welcome to KinderStories!
Below you will find the full, legally binding Terms and Conditions for the use of the KinderStories app.

1. Introduction and Overview

These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern the use of the "KinderStories" app as well as the conclusion and handling of subscriptions and other paid services within the app. The provider is:

S3P Studios UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Egartenweg 4
72336 Balingen
Germany
Represented by: Savo Asanin and Sascha Zimmermann
Email: hello@kinderstories.app

By using the app, you accept these Terms. Please read them carefully before using the app or purchasing a subscription.

2. Definitions

3. Scope and Contracting Party

These Terms apply to any use of the app, whether the app is used free of charge or as part of a subscription.

3.1 Use by Adults and Parental Supervision

The contracting party within the meaning of these Terms is exclusively an adult. Children may only use the app under the supervision and responsibility of an adult. Setting up an account and all related declarations are made by the adult.

3.2 Prohibition on Using Children's Real Personal Data for Personalization

When personalizing stories, no real names or other real personal data of children may be used. We explicitly recommend using freely invented names.

4. Terms of Use

4.1 Access Requirements

The app and the service are available exclusively to consumers who are of legal age under the law applicable to them. Minors may only use the app under the supervision of an adult. Use is further permitted only if you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. government embargo or designated by the U.S. government as a "terrorist supporting" country, and only if you are not listed on any relevant U.S. government sanctions or denial list.

4.2 Permitted and Prohibited Use

The app may only be used for private, non-commercial purposes within the scope of its intended function. In particular, the following are prohibited:

4.3 Prohibition of Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

Creating, uploading, or distributing content that supports the sexual exploitation or abuse of children is expressly prohibited. This includes, in particular, any depiction of child sexual abuse.

4.4 Account Obligations

You are required to keep your login credentials confidential and to notify us of any misuse of your account. You are liable for activity carried out using your login credentials if you are responsible for their disclosure or loss. Registering an account using bots or other automated means is prohibited. Only one account may be created per person; sharing your account with third parties is not permitted.

4.5 Suspension and Deletion of User Accounts

We reserve the right to suspend or delete user accounts if a user violates these Terms, if use violates applicable law, if harm to the provider, other users, or third parties is threatened, or if there is an official order to do so. Any payment obligations already incurred remain unaffected. You can delete your account yourself at any time using the corresponding function in the app.

4.6 Software License (Max. 5 Devices)

We grant you a simple, non-transferable right to use the app on up to five of your own devices. Sharing your login credentials with third parties, or use beyond the stated number of devices, is not permitted; simultaneous use on multiple devices may be limited. Continued use of the app may require installing provided updates. The devices used and their operating systems must meet common and current market and technology standards.

4.7 Privacy Notice

For further information on the processing of personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.

5. AI-Generated Content

5.1 Possible Types of Errors

Stories and images created in the app are generated using artificial intelligence. This may occasionally result in inappropriate content, factual errors, incomplete stories, unexpected image elements, language errors, or cultural inaccuracies.

5.2 Disclaimer / No Warranty

We provide no warranty regarding the factual accuracy, educational suitability, alignment with values, or technical error-free nature of AI-generated content.

5.3 Parental Responsibility and Duty to Review

Legal guardians are required to review generated content before it is used by a child and to independently decide on its suitability. Supervision of children's use of the content rests solely with the legal guardians.

5.4 Reporting Email for Problematic Content

If you notice problematic content, you can report it to us at any time at hello@kinderstories.app.

5.5 No Commercial Use of Generated Content

The stories, images, and other content created in the app are intended exclusively for private, non-commercial use. Reproducing, publishing, or reselling this content — for example as a printed book, digital product, or in any other form to third parties — is not permitted without our prior express consent.

6. Rights to Uploaded Images

If you upload an image to personalize stories, you confirm that you hold the necessary usage rights. You are responsible for ensuring that the upload does not infringe any third-party rights. Parents or legal guardians additionally confirm that they are authorized to use images of their children.

By uploading, you grant us a simple right, limited to the purpose of providing the service, to store, process, and transmit the respective image to the service providers used for content creation, to the extent necessary to create the desired avatar or personalized content. This right ends once the respective processing purpose no longer applies; details on the storage of avatar photos are set out in our Privacy Policy.

7. Terms of Sale

7.1 Prices and Payment Processing via App Stores

The current prices for subscriptions and other paid services are shown to you before conclusion of the contract in the respective app store. Payment processing takes place exclusively through the app store through which you obtained the app.

7.2 Story Coins – Virtual Currency

Story Coins are a virtual unit with no monetary value. They can only be redeemed within the app, are not transferable, not tradable, and cannot be paid out. With an active premium subscription, you are credited monthly, on the calendar day on which the subscription was concluded, with a fixed number of Story Coins.

7.3 Subscriptions and Automatic Renewal

Subscriptions renew automatically for the respective booked period unless canceled before the end of the current period. The renewal fee is charged via your account with the respective app store.

7.4 Trial Period (3 Days, Annual Subscription Only)

When you purchase an annual subscription, a three-day free trial period is available to you. If the subscription is not canceled within this trial period, it automatically converts into a paid annual subscription.

7.5 Cancellation

You can cancel a subscription at any time via your account in the respective app store. Cancellation becomes effective at the end of the current billing period. Story Coins already credited do not expire upon cancellation and remain usable for as long as the user account exists.

7.6 Reservation of Ownership and Usage Rights

You acquire usage rights to paid products only upon full receipt of payment by the provider.

7.7 Precedence of App Store Terms

Purchases made through an app store are additionally subject to the terms of the respective provider (e.g., Apple App Store, Google Play Store). In the event of conflict, these take precedence over these Terms.

8. Withdrawal and Cancellation Rights

8.1 Right of Withdrawal for Users in the EU

Consumers within the EU generally have a right of withdrawal of 14 days after conclusion of the contract. For digital content, this right expires early if you have expressly agreed to immediate performance of the contract and have simultaneously confirmed that you thereby lose your right of withdrawal.

8.2 User Rights for UK Users

Users with consumer status in the United Kingdom generally have a statutory right of withdrawal of 14 days after conclusion of the contract. This is exercised by a clear statement to the provider before the deadline expires. For digital content not supplied on a tangible medium, the right of withdrawal ends early if the user has expressly agreed to immediate performance and has acknowledged that they thereby lose their right of withdrawal. In the event of a valid withdrawal, payments already made will be refunded without undue delay, and no later than within 14 days.

8.3 Right of Withdrawal for Users in Brazil (Direito de arrependimento)

Users with consumer status in Brazil have, under Brazilian consumer protection law (Código de Defesa do Consumidor), a right of withdrawal of 7 days after conclusion of the contract or receipt of the service, which may be exercised without giving reasons using the contact details listed in Section 1. For digital content, this right ceases to apply only if provision began within the 7-day period and the content has already been delivered to and integrated on the user's device, in each case with the user's prior express consent and confirmation of the loss of the right of withdrawal. In the event of a valid withdrawal, the refund will be issued no later than within 14 days.

8.4 Model Withdrawal Form

To exercise your right of withdrawal, you may use the following model form. Its use is not mandatory; a clear statement in any form is sufficient.

To: S3P Studios UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Egartenweg 4, 72336 Balingen, Germany; hello@kinderstories.app

I/We hereby give notice that I/we withdraw from my/our contract for the supply of the following service/digital content:

_______________________________________________

Ordered on: ___________   Name of consumer(s): ___________

Address of consumer(s): ___________

Date: ___________   (Signature only if notified on paper)

9. Guarantees and Warranty

9.1 Warranty for Digital Products (EU)

Within the EU, a statutory warranty period of two years applies to digital products.

9.2 Warranty for Goods (Brazil)

Under Brazilian law, a warranty period of 30 or 90 days applies to goods, depending on the type of service.

9.3 Cancellation Notice Period for Apple Subscriptions

For subscriptions purchased through the Apple App Store, the subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current term. Any refunds are processed by Apple in accordance with Apple's applicable policies.

9.4 Apple App Store–Specific Provisions

Warranty refunds for services purchased through the Apple App Store are handled exclusively by Apple. For claims by third parties relating to infringement in connection with the app, S3P Studios UG alone is responsible, not Apple. The respective terms of use of the app store through which you obtained the app additionally apply. When using the app, you must also comply with all applicable third-party terms, including any agreement governing your mobile data service.

9.5 Exclusion of Warranty for Consumers in Switzerland

For users with consumer status in Switzerland, the statutory warranty of conformity for digital and physical products is fully excluded, to the extent permitted under Swiss law.

10. Liability and Indemnification

10.1 Limitation of Liability

We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence, as well as for breach of material contractual obligations. Otherwise, our liability is excluded to the extent permitted by law.

10.2 User's Indemnification Obligation

You shall indemnify us against third-party claims arising from your use of the app in breach of contract, to the extent you are responsible for it.

10.3 UK-Specific Section "Conformity to Contract"

Users with consumer status in the United Kingdom have the statutory right to receive a service that conforms to the contractual agreements.

10.4 Brazilian Section "Garantia legal de conformidade"

For users with consumer status in Brazil, a statutory warranty under the Código de Defesa do Consumidor applies of 30 days for non-durable products and 90 days for durable products, each from the date of delivery. The warranty does not apply in cases of improper use, force majeure, or repairs carried out by unauthorized third parties. Defects can be reported using the contact details listed in Section 1.

10.5 Special Provisions for Users in the USA

For users in the USA, the service is provided "as is" and "as available"; to the extent permitted by law, all express or implied warranties are excluded, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement of third-party rights. To the extent permitted by law, the provider's total liability to a user is limited to the amount the user paid to the provider in the preceding twelve months. These exclusions and limitations apply only to the extent permitted under applicable law.

10.6 Users in Australia

Mandatory rights, guarantees, and remedies available to users under the Australian Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), or comparable mandatory provisions, remain unaffected by these Terms. To the extent permitted by law, our liability in such cases is limited, at our discretion, to re-performance of the service or reimbursement of the cost of doing so.

11. References to Third-Party Terms

Where third-party functions are integrated within the app, their terms of use apply in addition, including the Gemini API Terms at https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms. The provider is not liable for damages or losses arising from use of the API or from the use of third-party products or services accessed via the API.

12. Common Provisions

12.1 Right to Amend

We reserve the right to amend these Terms with effect for the future, for example due to changes in legal requirements or new app features. We will inform you of material changes in an appropriate manner.

For consumers in France, the following additionally applies: changes to these Terms will be communicated in writing at least one month before they take effect. If consumers in France do not accept the amended Terms, they may terminate the contract without detriment within four months of the change taking effect.

12.2 Assignment

Transfer of rights and obligations under this contract by you to third parties is excluded without our prior consent.

12.3 Governing Law and Jurisdiction

German law applies at the provider's registered seat. The courts at the provider's registered seat in Balingen, Germany, have jurisdiction over disputes arising from or in connection with these Terms. For users with consumer status in the EU, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, or Iceland, this jurisdiction clause does not apply; such users may also bring claims at their own place of residence, to the extent mandatory consumer protection provisions so provide. Where the law of the user's place of residence provides a higher level of protection, that law shall prevail.

For users in the USA, the following additionally applies: to the extent permitted by law, the parties waive the right to a jury trial; claims under these Terms must be brought individually, and participation in class actions or comparable proceedings is excluded.

12.4 Intellectual Property Rights

All rights to the app and its content — in particular copyright, trademark, patent, and design rights — belong exclusively to the provider or its licensors. Any use beyond the intended use of the service is not permitted without our prior consent.

12.5 No Waiver

If the provider refrains from exercising a right under these Terms or from enforcing a provision, this does not constitute a waiver of that right or provision. Even a single or partial waiver does not establish any further or continuing waiver.

12.6 Service Interruption

We reserve the right to interrupt the service for maintenance, updates, or other changes, and will inform users accordingly in a reasonable manner. The service may also be temporarily unavailable for reasons beyond our control (e.g., force majeure, infrastructure or power outages).

12.7 Severability

Should any provision of these Terms be or become invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions shall remain unaffected.

12.8 Survival

Provisions which, by their nature, are intended to continue beyond the termination of the contractual relationship — in particular provisions on usage rights, liability, indemnification, and warranty exclusions — shall remain in effect after termination or expiry of the contract.

13. Version Date

Effective date of these Terms: June 28, 2026

Last updated: June 28, 2026