Terms of Use

1. Scope

These Terms apply to the App, its updates, in-app features, displays, notifications, records, backups, synchronization, purchase features, and related services.

When the App is provided through the App Store, Apple’s terms, App Store rules, standard end-user license agreement, and other applicable terms may also apply. If they conflict with these Terms, these Terms apply to the relationship between the App provider and the user to the extent permitted by law.

2. App Purpose

The App is a management support app for recording and reviewing information about aquariums, tropical fish, water quality, maintenance, feeding, growth records, photos, and notes.

Water quality judgments, alerts, notifications, advice, day counts, and other information displayed in the App are reference information based on user-entered information, device settings, general guidelines, or standards configured in the App. The App does not guarantee the condition, health, safety, value, survival, or any specific result for fish, tanks, livestock, equipment, or aquarium care.

3. License

Subject to these Terms, users receive a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and non-sublicensable right to use the App. Rights in the App, its designs, programs, data structures, trademarks, logos, and related works belong to the developer or their lawful owners.

Except where permitted by law, users may not copy, modify, analyze, reverse engineer, decompile, redistribute, sell, rent, provide the App to third parties, gain unauthorized access, search for vulnerabilities, or interfere with the App.

4. User Responsibility

You are responsible for using the App at your own risk, ensuring the accuracy of your entries, verifying records, performing actual water quality tests, checking aquarium conditions, judging the condition of livestock, managing equipment, using medicine, additives, and food, and deciding whether to consult a specialist.

You are responsible for managing important records, photos, backup files, sync settings, devices, Apple ID, iCloud, subscriptions, and notification settings.

5. Prohibited Conduct

You must not:

• Violate laws, public order, these Terms, App Store terms, or third-party service terms
• Enter, store, transmit, or share false, inaccurate, unlawful, or rights-infringing information
• Gain unauthorized access to or interfere with the App, servers, iCloud, RevenueCat, Apple, or other third-party services
• Misuse, tamper with, analyze, automate, or overload the App
• Use the App as the sole basis for professional decisions such as commercial breeding, medical or veterinary care, research, sales decisions, or damage prevention
• Engage in any other conduct that the developer reasonably considers inappropriate

6. Premium Features and Payments

The App may include Premium features, subscriptions, one-time purchases, in-app purchases, and purchase restoration. Prices, periods, renewals, cancellation, refunds, taxes, payment methods, and purchase management are governed by the App Store, Apple ID, or payment provider.

Subscriptions may renew automatically unless canceled. Cancellation, refunds, and purchase-status checks generally follow Apple ID or App Store procedures. The developer is not responsible for payments, refunds, reviews, taxes, exchange rates, or price changes managed by those providers.

7. Data, Backups, and Synchronization

The App may store user-entered information and photos on the device and, when enabled, use iCloud or similar synchronization, backup, export, and import features.

These operations may fail, be delayed, create duplicates or conflicts, omit data, or become impossible to restore because of connectivity, device capacity, iCloud status, operating systems, permissions, damaged files, or service changes. Users should regularly check and separately preserve important information.

8. Notifications, Judgments, and Displays

Notifications, water quality judgments, alerts, day counts, maintenance displays, icons, summaries, CSV files, backup contents, and other displays depend on input data, device settings, OS settings, notification permissions, time zone, locale, and App specifications.

Delayed, failed, duplicated, or incorrect notifications or displays, mismatched judgment standards, entry errors, and device settings may cause loss or damage. Do not rely solely on the App. Use actual measurements, observation, expertise, and specialist advice.

9. Third-Party Services

The App may interact with the App Store, Apple, iCloud, RevenueCat, email applications, camera, photo library, notifications, and other services or device features. Each provider’s terms apply to its privacy practices, fees, outages, changes, termination, and data processing.

The developer is not responsible for the content, accuracy, availability, security, continuity, data or purchase processing, outages, or changes of third-party services.

10. No Warranty

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the App is provided “as is” and “as available.” The developer does not warrant accuracy, completeness, usefulness, timeliness, availability, continuity, fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability, non-infringement, data integrity, absence of errors, or achievement of expected results.

11. Limitation of Liability

To the extent permitted by law, the developer is not liable for damages arising from use of or inability to use the App, reliance on displayed content, incorrect records, data loss, delayed or failed notifications, sync or backup failure, payments or purchase restoration, third-party service outages, death, illness, or loss of livestock, equipment failure, transaction losses, lost profits, indirect damages, special damages, incidental damages, or consequential damages.

Where liability cannot be fully excluded by law, the developer’s liability is limited, except in cases of intentional misconduct or gross negligence, to the greater of the amount you actually paid for the App during the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim or JPY 1,000. This limitation does not exclude rights that cannot be limited under consumer protection laws or other applicable mandatory laws.

12. Changes, Suspension, and Termination

The developer may change, add to, suspend, restrict, or terminate all or part of the App for maintenance, failures, security, legal compliance, third-party service changes, or business or technical reasons. To the extent permitted by law, the developer is not responsible for resulting losses.

13. Minors

Minors must obtain consent from a parent or legal representative before using the App. A minor who uses the App is deemed to have obtained any required consent.

14. Export Controls and Legal Compliance

Users must comply with laws applicable where they reside, use, or obtain the App, including export controls, sanctions, consumer-protection, privacy, and related laws.

15. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms are governed by the laws of Japan, without excluding mandatory consumer rights applicable in the user’s place of residence.

Unless otherwise required by law, disputes concerning the App or these Terms are subject to the exclusive first-instance jurisdiction of the Japanese court having jurisdiction over the developer’s location.

16. Changes to These Terms

The developer may revise these Terms as necessary. Material changes will be announced in the App, in the App Store description, or by another appropriate method. Continued use after a revision constitutes agreement to the revised Terms.

17. Contact

For questions about these Terms, use the contact feature in the App or email support@akotao.com.