TravelBuddy Terms of Service
Last updated 27 September 2026
These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) form a binding legal agreement between you and Alper Kaplan (“we”, “us” or “our”), the developer and provider of the TravelBuddy application (“TravelBuddy” or the “App”). By downloading, installing or using the App, you confirm that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not download, install or use the App. Sections 14 (Disclaimer of Warranties), 15 (Limitation of Liability) and 16 (Indemnification) limit our liability and allocate risk to you — please read them carefully.
1. Definitions
1.1 “App” or “TravelBuddy” means the TravelBuddy application, together with its updates, content and documentation.
1.2 “We”, “us” and “our” mean Alper Kaplan.
1.3 “You” and “your” mean the individual or entity using the App.
1.4 “Apple” means Apple Inc. and its subsidiaries.
1.5 “Content” means the trips, notes, photos, documents and other materials you create or store in the App.
1.6 “AI Features” means those optional features of the App that use artificial-intelligence models provided by Apple, including the feature known as Import with AI.
2. Eligibility and acceptance
You may use the App only if you can form a binding contract with us and are not barred from doing so under applicable law. If you are under the age of majority in your place of residence, you may use the App only with the involvement and consent of a parent or legal guardian. By using the App you represent that you meet these requirements and that you will comply with the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions.
3. Licence
Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable and revocable licence to install and use one copy of the App for your own personal, non-commercial purposes on an Apple device that you own or control, as permitted by the Usage Rules in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions and Apple’s standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement (the “Standard EULA”).
4. Licence restrictions
Except to the extent applicable law prohibits these restrictions, you will not, and will not permit anyone else to:
4.1 copy, modify, adapt, translate or create derivative works of the App;
4.2 reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or attempt to derive the source code of the App;
4.3 rent, lease, lend, sell, sublicense, distribute or otherwise transfer the App;
4.4 remove, obscure or alter any proprietary notices in the App;
4.5 use the App for any unlawful, infringing or harmful purpose, or in violation of these Terms; or
4.6 interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the App.
5. Subscriptions, purchases and billing
The App offers optional paid plans, which are sold and processed by Apple through the App Store: auto-renewable subscriptions (billed monthly or annually) and a one-time, non-consumable lifetime purchase. Current prices are displayed in the App before purchase.
5.1 Payment is charged to your Apple Account upon confirmation of purchase.
5.2 Auto-renewable subscriptions renew automatically for successive periods unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple Account is charged for renewal within the 24 hours before the current period ends, at the then-current price for the selected plan.
5.3 If a plan includes a free trial, any unused portion of the trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription to that plan.
5.4 You can manage or cancel your subscription, and disable auto-renewal, at any time in your Apple Account settings (Settings › your name › Subscriptions). Deleting the App does not cancel a subscription.
5.5 The lifetime purchase is a one-time, non-consumable in-app purchase granting continued access to the App’s paid features as they exist from time to time. It is not a commitment that any particular feature will always be present: features may be added, changed, replaced, suspended or withdrawn in accordance with Section 18, and this applies to AI Features as it does to any other. The lifetime purchase also does not include any separate product, subscription or service that we may offer in the future. Your mandatory rights as a consumer are unaffected.
5.6 Prices, plans and features may change from time to time; any price change to an existing auto-renewable subscription will be handled in accordance with Apple’s policies, and where required you will be asked to consent to the new price.
5.7 All purchases are final and billing is handled by Apple. Refunds, where available, are provided by Apple in accordance with Apple’s policies; we are not able to process payments or grant refunds directly.
6. Your Content and responsibility
As between you and us, you retain all rights in your Content, and you are solely responsible for it, for its legality, and for having the rights necessary to store it. The App stores your Content on your device and, if enabled, in your personal iCloud. THE APP IS A PERSONAL ORGANISER AND IS NOT A BACKUP, ARCHIVING OR STORAGE SERVICE; YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING YOUR OWN BACKUPS OF ANY CONTENT THAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU. We are not responsible for any loss, corruption or unavailability of your Content.
7. Acceptable use
You agree to use the App lawfully and responsibly. You will not use the App:
7.1 in violation of any applicable law or regulation;
7.2 to infringe the intellectual-property, privacy or other rights of any person;
7.3 to store or transmit any unlawful, harmful or objectionable material; or
7.4 in any manner that could damage, disable or impair the App or interfere with any other party’s use of it.
8. Travel information and assumption of risk
The App may present reference information — such as destination summaries, maps, points of interest and currency conversions — obtained from third-party sources. THIS INFORMATION IS PROVIDED FOR GENERAL CONVENIENCE ONLY, MAY BE INACCURATE, INCOMPLETE OR OUT OF DATE, AND IS NOT PROFESSIONAL TRAVEL, FINANCIAL, LEGAL, MEDICAL OR SAFETY ADVICE. You are solely responsible for your travel decisions. Before relying on any information, independently verify important details — including visa and entry requirements, health and safety conditions, bookings, schedules and exchange rates — with official and authoritative sources. You assume all risks associated with your travel and your use of the information in the App.
9. AI Features
9.1 Optional and separate. AI Features are optional. They are off until you turn them on, you are asked to agree before they run for the first time, and you may turn them off at any time in Settings › Preferences. Your access to and use of the App, including any paid plan, does not depend on AI Features, and everything the App does can be done by entering information yourself.
9.2 Output must be checked. AI Features read documents you choose and propose entries for your trip. What is produced is a draft, shown to you for checking before anything is saved. AI OUTPUT MAY BE INCOMPLETE, INACCURATE OR SIMPLY WRONG, INCLUDING DATES, TIMES, PLACES, BOOKING REFERENCES AND AMOUNTS. You are responsible for reviewing it before you rely on it, and Section 8 applies to it in full.
9.3 Dependence on Apple. AI Features depend on models, services and device capabilities provided by Apple, including Apple Intelligence and Private Cloud Compute. We do not control them. They require a supported device with Apple Intelligence enabled, may be subject to availability limits, quotas or rate limits set by Apple, and may be changed, limited, suspended or withdrawn by Apple at any time. If that happens, AI Features may stop working in whole or in part, and Section 18 applies.
9.4 Acceptable use of AI Features. You must not use AI Features in any manner prohibited by applicable law or by Apple’s Acceptable Use Requirements for the Foundation Models Framework, including to generate unlawful or harmful material, to attempt to identify individuals or infer sensitive characteristics about them, or to make automated decisions with legal or similarly significant effects.
9.5 No reliance on continued availability. You should not purchase, renew or continue any paid plan in reliance on the present or future availability of any particular AI Feature. We may add, change, replace or withdraw AI Features in accordance with Section 18.
9.6 Privacy. What is sent when you use AI Features, where it goes and what happens to it is described in Section 9 of our Privacy Policy.
10. Third-party services and content
The App relies on and may link to services and content operated by third parties, including Apple, the reference services described in our Privacy Policy, and the advertising-measurement partners (Meta and TikTok) described in our Privacy Policy. We do not control and are not responsible for third-party services or content, which are governed by the third parties’ own terms and policies, and your use of them is at your own risk. Advertising measurement is optional: where your consent is required (see our Privacy Policy), it is asked inside the App, you can turn it on or off at any time in Settings › Privacy & Security › Ad Measurement, and your access to and use of the App do not depend on it.
11. Intellectual property
The App, and all software, design, text, graphics, names, logos and other materials it contains (excluding your Content), are owned by us or our licensors and are protected by intellectual-property and other laws. Except for the licence expressly granted in these Terms, no rights are granted to you, and we reserve all rights.
12. Feedback
If you send us suggestions, ideas or other feedback about the App, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use and incorporate that feedback for any purpose, without any obligation or compensation to you.
13. Privacy
Your use of the App is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.
14. Disclaimer of warranties
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE APP IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”, WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, ACCURACY AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE APP WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, ERROR-FREE OR FREE OF DATA LOSS, THAT ANY PARTICULAR FEATURE WILL BE AVAILABLE OR REMAIN AVAILABLE, THAT AI FEATURES WILL PRODUCE ACCURATE OR COMPLETE RESULTS, OR THAT THE APP WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
15. Limitation of liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, GOODWILL OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE APP OR THESE TERMS, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER THEORY, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE APP OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE APP IN THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE LIABILITY, OR TEN UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$10). NOTHING IN THESE TERMS EXCLUDES OR LIMITS ANY LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, AND SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN LIMITATIONS, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
16. Indemnification
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Alper Kaplan from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or relating to: (a) your use or misuse of the App; (b) your Content; (c) your violation of these Terms; or (d) your violation of any law or the rights of any third party.
17. Term and termination
These Terms apply while you use the App. You may terminate them at any time by ceasing to use and deleting the App. We may suspend or terminate your licence immediately if you breach these Terms. Sections that by their nature should survive termination — including Sections 6, 11, 12 and 14 to 22 — will survive.
18. Changes to the App, its features and these Terms
18.1 We may add, change, replace, suspend or withdraw features of the App, including AI Features, and may modify, suspend or discontinue the App in whole or in part, where there is a valid reason to do so. Valid reasons include: a change to, or the limitation, withdrawal or unavailability of, a third-party service, model, platform, device capability or operating-system feature on which a feature depends, including any provided by Apple; the need to keep the App secure, compatible or functioning as operating systems and devices change; the need to comply with law, regulation, or the rules and review requirements of the App Store; and the discontinuation of a feature that is little used or that is no longer technically or commercially viable to maintain.
18.2 Any such change will be made at no additional cost to you.
18.3 Where a change materially and adversely affects your access to or use of a paid feature, we will inform you a reasonable time in advance by a notice in the App, on this page, or in the App Store release notes, and you may stop using the App and cancel any subscription through your Apple Account. Where applicable law gives you a right to terminate the contract, or to a price reduction or refund, in those circumstances, that right is unaffected by these Terms.
18.4 We may also revise these Terms from time to time. The date at the top indicates when they were last revised, and material changes will be posted on this page. Your continued use of the App after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
18.5 Nothing in this Section limits your mandatory rights as a consumer, including any right to a remedy where the App does not conform to what was agreed.
19. Governing law and disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws applicable in the place where the developer is established, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, and subject to any mandatory rights you have as a consumer under the laws of your country of residence. Before bringing any formal claim, you agree to contact us through our support page and to attempt in good faith to resolve the matter informally. The courts of the developer’s place of establishment will have jurisdiction, except where applicable law entitles you to bring proceedings in your own country.
20. Apple App Store additional terms
The following terms apply because the App is licensed through the App Store:
20.1 These Terms are between you and us only, and not with Apple. Apple is not responsible for the App or its content.
20.2 The licence granted to you is limited to a non-transferable licence to use the App on any Apple-branded device that you own or control, as permitted by the Usage Rules in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions.
20.3 Apple has no obligation to furnish any maintenance or support services for the App.
20.4 To the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no warranty obligation with respect to the App. If the App fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple may refund the purchase price (if any); Apple has no other warranty obligation.
20.5 Apple is not responsible for addressing any claims by you or any third party relating to the App or your possession or use of it, including product-liability claims, claims that the App fails to conform to any legal or regulatory requirement, and claims arising under consumer-protection or similar legislation.
20.6 Apple is not responsible for the investigation, defence, settlement or discharge of any third-party claim that the App or your use of it infringes that third party’s intellectual-property rights.
20.7 You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated as “terrorist-supporting”, and that you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
20.8 You must comply with applicable third-party terms of agreement when using the App.
20.9 Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and, upon your acceptance, will have the right to enforce these Terms against you.
21. General
21.1 Entire agreement. These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the App and supersede any prior agreements.
21.2 Severability. If any provision is held unenforceable, it will be modified to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will remain in effect.
21.3 No waiver. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of it.
21.4 Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign them in connection with a transfer of the App.
21.5 Force majeure. We are not liable for any failure or delay caused by events beyond our reasonable control.
21.6 Headings. Section headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation.
22. Contact
Questions about these Terms may be sent to us through our support page.
