Terms of use
These terms are an agreement between you and Martas Paplauskas, a sole trader based in England ("Bimsy", "we", "us") for your use of the Bimsy app and website. By using Bimsy you accept these terms. Please read them with our privacy policy.
Bimsy is licensed to you, not sold, under Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement (the "Apple EULA"). These terms add to the Apple EULA. If the two conflict, the Apple EULA wins on anything it covers.
1. Who can use Bimsy
Bimsy is for adults. You must be 18 or over to use it and to subscribe. It is for your personal, household use, not for commercial use.
2. Bimsy Plus subscription
- Plans and price. Bimsy Plus is sold as a yearly subscription or a weekly subscription, at the price shown in the App Store for your country before you confirm (for example in pounds or US dollars), including any VAT or sales tax that applies. From time to time we may offer a discounted first period; the offer price and what you pay afterwards are shown in the App Store before you confirm.
- Free trial. New subscribers to the yearly plan get a free trial, and a longer one when using a friend's or creator's referral code. The length of the trial is shown in the App Store before you confirm. The weekly plan has no free trial. Apple decides who is eligible for a free trial; generally, each Apple ID can use a trial for Bimsy Plus once.
- Payment. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when the free trial ends, or when you confirm the purchase if you have no trial.
- Auto-renewal. Your subscription renews automatically at the end of each period (every year for the yearly plan, every week for the weekly plan) at the same price unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period (including the free trial). Your account is charged for renewal within the 24 hours before the current period ends.
- Cancelling. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your iPhone Settings: tap your name, then Subscriptions, then Bimsy. Deleting the app does not cancel your subscription. If you cancel, you keep Plus until the end of the period you've paid for.
- Unused trial. Any unused part of a free trial ends when you buy a subscription.
- Price changes. If the price changes, Apple will tell you in advance and, where required, ask you to agree before you're charged the new price.
- Refunds. Apple takes payment and handles refunds under its own policies. You can ask Apple for a refund at reportaproblem.apple.com. Nothing in these terms affects your legal rights as a consumer.
Plus can only be unlocked through an App Store purchase or an Apple offer code. New users start Bimsy Plus (a free trial on the yearly plan, or the weekly plan) to use Bimsy after setup. If your subscription ends, you can still see your last plan, shopping list and recipe ingredients.
3. Referral programme
- Every Bimsy user gets a personal code, shown in the app under You. Creators we work with may have their own codes.
- Friends. A new subscriber who uses a friend's or creator's code gets a longer free trial of the yearly plan than the standard one. The trial is still started through the App Store, and the normal subscription terms above apply when it ends.
- Sharers. When someone starts Bimsy Plus with your code (a free trial or a paid plan), you can earn a free week of Plus. Rewards are given as App Store offer codes, which you redeem in the App Store, and are subject to Apple's terms for offer codes. You can earn up to 8 free weeks in total.
- One code per person. You can't use your own code, or use a code on the same device or Apple ID more than once.
- Rewards have no cash value, can't be exchanged or transferred, and may expire if not redeemed by the date shown on the code.
- We may withhold or cancel rewards where we reasonably suspect abuse, such as self-referrals, fake or repeated installs, or posting codes in a misleading way.
- We may change, pause or end the referral programme at any time. Rewards you've already been sent will still be honoured.
4. Food, allergies and nutrition
Please read. Bimsy gives general meal ideas. It is not medical, dietary or nutritional advice, and it is not a substitute for advice from a doctor, dietitian or other health professional.
- Allergies. Bimsy can help filter out recipes that contain allergens you tell it about, but it cannot guarantee a recipe or product is free from any allergen. Recipes, brands and products change. Always check ingredient labels and packaging yourself, and take extra care when cooking for someone with an allergy.
- Kids' plates. Kids' plate suggestions are general ideas. You know your children best: check foods are suitable for their age, and cut food to a safe size for young children.
- Calories. Calorie and nutrition figures, including estimates from photos, are approximate and can be wrong. Don't rely on them for medical purposes.
- Prices and savings. Costs and savings shown in the app are estimates based on typical prices and the figures you enter. Actual prices vary by shop, location and time.
- Food safety. Follow safe food handling, storage and cooking practices, and make sure food is cooked through.
5. Photo features
Snap a meal and the fridge scan use artificial intelligence to analyse photos you choose to send. Results can be inaccurate, so check them before relying on them. Only send photos you have the right to use, and avoid including people or personal information in them. Please don't use these features to send anything unlawful or harmful. We may limit how often the photo features can be used to keep the service working well for everyone.
6. Acceptable use
Don't misuse Bimsy. That includes trying to get around subscriptions or usage limits, reverse engineering the app or our server, interfering with the service, or using it for anything unlawful.
7. Our content
The app, its recipes, artwork, logo and text belong to us or our licensors. You may use them for your own household. Please don't copy, sell or republish them.
8. Changes and availability
We're always improving Bimsy, so features may change. We'll try to keep it running smoothly, but we can't promise it will always be available or free from errors. If we make a significant change to these terms we'll tell you in the app. If you don't agree, you can stop using Bimsy and cancel your subscription.
9. Our liability to you
- Nothing in these terms limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for anything else that can't be limited by law. Your statutory rights as a consumer are not affected.
- We are not responsible for loss or damage that was not foreseeable, for business losses, or for losses caused by you not following the guidance in section 4 (for example, not checking labels for allergens).
- Otherwise, our total liability to you is limited to the amount you paid for Bimsy Plus in the 12 months before the claim.
10. Ending these terms
You can stop using Bimsy at any time. We may suspend or end your access if you seriously or repeatedly break these terms. Cancelling a subscription is done through Apple (see section 2).
11. Law and disputes
These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. You can bring claims in the courts of England and Wales, or, if you live in Scotland or Northern Ireland, in the courts where you live.
If you live in the United States or elsewhere outside the UK, you keep any rights the consumer laws where you live give you that can't be changed by agreement, and you can bring a claim in your local courts where that law allows.
12. Apple
- These terms are between you and us, not Apple. We, not Apple, are responsible for Bimsy and its content.
- Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for Bimsy.
- If Bimsy fails to meet any applicable warranty, you can tell Apple and Apple may refund the purchase price, if any. To the extent allowed by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation for Bimsy.
- Apple is not responsible for any claims about Bimsy, including product liability claims, claims that it fails to meet legal or regulatory requirements, and consumer protection or privacy claims, or for any claim that Bimsy infringes someone else's intellectual property. We are responsible for dealing with those claims.
- You confirm you are not in a country subject to a US government embargo or on a US government list of restricted parties.
- Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and, once you accept them, may enforce them against you.
13. Contact
Questions about these terms: paplauskasmartas@gmail.com.