Terms of Service

Study Buddy is operated by Xander van Blokland ("we", "us", "our"), based in the Province of Quebec, Canada. These Terms are an agreement between you and Xander van Blokland. You can reach us at StudyBuddySupportTeam01@gmail.com.

By ticking the acceptance box at signup, creating an account, or continuing to use Study Buddy, you agree to these Terms, our Privacy Notice, and our Refund Policy. If you don't agree, please don't use the service.

You must be at least 13 years old to hold an account. If you are under 18, you confirm that a parent or legal guardian has reviewed and agreed to these Terms on your behalf. If you're signing up on behalf of a school or organization, you confirm you have authority to bind it.

We may update these Terms. If a change is material, we'll let you know in the app or by email before it takes effect, and continued use after that means you accept the update.

Study Buddy uses artificial intelligence to turn material you provide — photos of workbook pages, uploaded documents, essays, and typed questions — into study notes, quizzes, flashcards, writing feedback, tutoring conversations, and study plans. It's a study aid, not a substitute for your own work, your teacher, or professional advice.

To use Study Buddy you create an account with a username, email address, and password. We ask you to verify your email before full access is granted. By creating an account you agree that:

• You give accurate information at signup and keep it up to date.
• Your username is unique to you and must not impersonate another person or be offensive.
• You keep your password confidential. You're responsible for all activity under your account, whether or not you authorised it.
• You tell us promptly at the contact address above if you think someone else has accessed your account.
• You don't share, sell, or transfer your account to anyone else, and you don't create multiple accounts to get around usage limits or promotions.
• One account per person — Pro benefits, promo codes, and daily allowances are tied to a single account and can't be pooled or transferred.

You agree not to:

• Use the service for anything unlawful, or to commit fraud, spam, or harassment.
• Upload material you don't have the right to use, or that infringes someone else's intellectual property or privacy.
• Upload or generate illegal content, sexual content involving minors, hate speech, malware, or content designed to impersonate or deceive a real person (including deepfakes).
• Attempt to jailbreak, prompt-inject, or otherwise bypass the AI's safety limits or our usage limits.
• Interfere with the security or integrity of the service — probing, scraping, reverse engineering, or overwhelming our systems.
• Resell, redistribute, or make the service available to people outside your own account.
• Use the service to cheat where your school forbids it. Following your school's academic-integrity rules is your responsibility.

• You keep ownership of the material you upload. You grant us a limited licence to host, process, and transmit it solely to provide the service to you.
• You confirm you have the rights needed to upload each piece of material.
• You're responsible for what you ask the AI and for how you use what it produces.
• AI outputs can be wrong, incomplete, or out of date. Always check them against your source material before relying on them. Outputs are not professional, medical, legal, or financial advice.
• We may remove content, filter or refuse outputs, and suspend accounts to enforce these Terms or the law.
• If you believe content on Study Buddy infringes your rights, email us at StudyBuddySupportTeam01@gmail.com with details and we'll review it. Repeat infringers lose access.

We own Study Buddy — the software, design, branding, mascot, and documentation. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the service under your current plan. Nothing here transfers our intellectual property to you.

Study Buddy offers a free tier with usage limits and a paid Pro subscription billed monthly or yearly. Payments are processed by Stripe; for eligible purchases Stripe (through its Link service) acts as reseller, handling tax, fraud prevention, and transaction-level support. Your bank statement may show "LINK.COM* STUDY BUDDY".

Subscriptions renew automatically each billing period until cancelled, and you can cancel at any time from your settings — your Pro access continues to the end of the paid period and does not renew. Our own refund window is 30 days; see our Refund Policy.

When you buy Pro, you also agree that:

• The price shown at checkout (including any introductory or back-to-school offer) applies to your first billing period; after that, the then-current monthly price applies unless we tell you about a change in advance.
• Pro features are provided under a fair-use policy: generous daily allowances for AI features (tutor messages, realistic voice, doodle images, gradings, summaries, translations) that reset each day. The current allowances are listed on the Pro page. We may adjust them to keep the service fast and affordable for everyone.
• Promo codes are single-use per account, can't be combined, transferred, or exchanged for cash, and expire as stated. Pro time granted by a promo code ends automatically when it runs out — it never converts into a paid subscription on its own.
• If a payment fails, Stripe may retry it and we pause Pro access until payment succeeds.
• Prices are shown before applicable taxes; Stripe calculates and collects applicable tax at checkout.

We work hard to keep Study Buddy running, but we don't guarantee uninterrupted or error-free performance. Features may change, and we may pause the service for maintenance, or because a third-party AI provider is unavailable.

We may suspend or terminate your access if you materially breach these Terms, don't pay for a paid plan, create a security or fraud risk, or repeatedly or seriously violate our acceptable-use rules. Where it's reasonable to do so, we'll warn you first.

You can close your account at any time from your settings. After closure we'll delete or anonymise your study material in line with our Privacy Notice. Export anything you want to keep before you close your account.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the service is provided "as is" and we disclaim all implied warranties, including merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

We are not liable for indirect, consequential, or special damages, including lost profits, lost data, lost grades or academic outcomes, or loss of goodwill. Our total aggregate liability is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim. Nothing here excludes liability for fraud, death, or personal injury, or any liability that cannot be excluded under applicable law — including your rights under Quebec consumer protection legislation.

You agree to indemnify us against claims, losses, and reasonable costs arising from material you upload, your unlawful use of the service, or your breach of these Terms.

• These Terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Quebec, Canada, and the courts of that jurisdiction have exclusive jurisdiction over disputes, unless applicable consumer law gives you the right to bring a claim elsewhere.
• You may not assign these Terms without our consent. We may assign them as part of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
• Neither party is liable for delays caused by events beyond their reasonable control.
• If any provision is found unenforceable, the rest stays in force.
• The parties have requested that these Terms and all related documents be drawn up in English. Les parties ont demandé que ces conditions et tous les documents connexes soient rédigés en anglais.

Questions about these Terms? Email StudyBuddySupportTeam01@gmail.com. For billing, invoices, or refunds, contact us and we'll help, together with Stripe.