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1. Scope and acceptance

These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the Pekoe mobile application, its related website, and the support service (together, the “Service”). “Pekoe,” “we,” “us,” and “our” mean the application provider identified as the seller or developer on the applicable App Store product page.

By downloading, installing, accessing, or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms and the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

2. App Store licence

Pekoe is licensed, not sold. Subject to these Terms and Apple’s Usage Rules, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable licence to use Pekoe on Apple-branded devices that you own or control.

The Apple Standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement (“Standard EULA”) also applies to your App Store download unless a custom end-user licence is made available with the app. If these Terms and the Standard EULA conflict, the provision that gives you the greater protection required by applicable law controls.

3. Permitted and prohibited use

You may use the Service for your personal, non-commercial tea practice. You agree not to copy, rent, lease, sell, redistribute, sublicense, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, modify, interfere with, or create derivative works from the Service, except to the extent a restriction is prohibited by applicable law or an open-source licence requires otherwise.

You must not use the Service to violate law, infringe another person’s rights, introduce malicious code, interfere with its operation, or misuse Apple or third-party services accessible from it.

4. Your content and local data

You retain all rights in the teas, brew records, recipes, tasting notes, and journal entries you create (“Your Content”). The current Pekoe release stores Your Content locally on your device and does not transmit it to a Pekoe server. Accordingly, we do not claim a licence to Your Content in order to operate the current release.

You are responsible for maintaining any backup you require. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we cannot restore local content that has been removed, lost, or made inaccessible on your device.

5. Tea information and wellbeing notice

Tea descriptions, brewing suggestions, flavour notes, origin information, and timer guidance are provided for general informational and enjoyment purposes only. They are not medical, nutritional, dietary, allergy, safety, or professional advice, and are not a substitute for reading product labels or consulting an appropriately qualified professional.

Ingredients, caffeine, allergens, preparation requirements, and individual reactions vary. You remain responsible for checking the tea product you consume and making decisions appropriate to your circumstances.

6. Intellectual property

Except for Your Content, the Service, including its software, design, branding, text, illustrations, and compilation, is protected by intellectual-property laws and remains the property of Pekoe or its licensors. No right is granted except the limited licence expressly set out in these Terms.

7. Apple and external services

Pekoe may rely on Apple platform services, including local notifications and MapKit. Those services are operated by Apple or the applicable provider, may change or become unavailable, and are subject to their own terms and privacy practices. We are not responsible for third-party services, content, availability, or accuracy.

Apple is not a party to these Terms except where the Standard EULA or mandatory law says otherwise. Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for Pekoe and, to the maximum extent permitted by law, is not responsible for claims relating to the app.

8. Current free release and future Pro features

The current Pekoe release does not offer a subscription, payment, in-app purchase, or Pekoe Pro feature. References to Pekoe Pro describe work in development only; they do not constitute an offer, a pre-order, a promise of availability, or a guarantee of price, feature set, or release date.

If paid digital features are introduced later, they will be presented clearly before purchase and, where required, made available through Apple’s in-app purchase system. Separate terms or disclosures may apply at that time.

9. Updates, changes, and suspension

We may update, modify, suspend, or discontinue all or part of the Service to maintain security, improve quality, comply with law, or evolve the product. We will not remove rights that mandatory consumer law protects. If a material change to these Terms is required, we will publish an updated version with a revised date.

We may suspend or terminate your licence if you materially breach these Terms or use the Service unlawfully. You may end your use at any time by deleting the app.

10. Disclaimers and limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Service is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. We do not warrant that it will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, available at every time or place, or suitable for a particular purpose.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including mandatory consumer protections, fraud, or liability for death or personal injury where the law does not permit a limitation. Subject to that reservation, Pekoe will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive losses, or for loss of data, profits, goodwill, or business opportunity arising from use of, or inability to use, the Service.

11. Governing law and severability

These Terms are governed by the law that applies under mandatory consumer-protection rules. Where a choice of law is permitted, the law of the jurisdiction in which the App Store seller is established applies, without depriving you of protections that cannot be waived under the law of your usual residence.

If a provision is held unlawful, invalid, or unenforceable, it will be enforced to the greatest extent permitted and the remaining provisions will continue in effect. A failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it.

12. Contact

For questions about these Terms, please use the Pekoe Support form or email hello@pekoe.app.