Terms of Service — Cookonut

Effective date: June 3, 2026
Last updated: April 24, 2026

These Terms of Service govern the use of the Cookonut mobile application and the cookonut.com website, provided by KOLM Michał Kołnierzak. These Terms constitute a standard-form agreement under applicable Polish law and are made available to Users in accordance with binding legal requirements.

The Privacy Policy available at cookonut.com/privacy/ forms an integral part of these Terms.

§ 1. General provisions

1. The Service Provider is:

KOLM Michał Kołnierzak
ul. Milenijna 43/2
03-130 Warsaw, Poland
VAT ID: PL5361929091
Contact email: [email protected]

2. These Terms set out the rules for using the Cookonut mobile application (iOS / Android) and the cookonut.com website, together with all related features.

3. All communication with the Service Provider, including complaints, claims, and questions regarding user or consumer rights, is handled electronically at: [email protected].

§ 2. Definitions

For the purposes of these Terms, the following definitions apply:

Service Provider — KOLM Michał Kołnierzak, identified in § 1.
Application or Cookonut — the Cookonut mobile application available for iOS and Android.
Website — the online service available at cookonut.com.
Service — the Application, the Website, and all functionalities provided electronically by the Service Provider.
User — a natural person using the Service who is at least 13 years old or any higher age required by the law of the User’s place of residence.
Consumer — a User qualifying as a consumer under applicable law, including Article 22¹ of the Polish Civil Code and the mandatory consumer laws of the User’s habitual residence.
Account — an individual user record created in the Service after registration with an email address and password or through a third-party login provider.
Guest Account — a local anonymous account created without registration and operating only on the User’s device, with limited functionality.
Free Plan — the Service tier offered without recurring fees, subject to the limits described in these Terms.
Premium Plan — the paid Service tier offering expanded features.
Subscription — the arrangement for using the Premium Plan concluded and billed through the relevant Store.
Trial Period — a free or promotional Premium access period offered on the terms shown to the User before purchase.
Credits — internal accounting units used to limit certain AI-related operations, including AI import and nutrition calculations.
Recipe — culinary data entered or imported by the User into their private collection, including title, ingredients, steps, timings, photos, and notes.
AI Import — the automated extraction or structuring of a Recipe from a link, image, text, or voice recording using recognition tools and AI models.
User Content — any content added by the User to the Service, including Recipes, photos, notes, meal plans, shopping lists, and cookbooks.
Store — Apple App Store or Google Play.
Privacy Policy — the document available at cookonut.com/privacy/, forming an integral part of these Terms.

§ 3. Acceptance of the Terms and eligibility

1. By using the Service, including by installing the Application, registering an Account, using a Guest Account, or browsing the Website, the User accepts these Terms and the Privacy Policy.

2. The Service may be used only by persons who are at least 13 years old. If the law of the User’s place of residence requires a higher age for independent use of digital services or for valid consent to personal-data processing, the User represents that they meet that requirement or, where permitted by applicable law, use the Service with the consent of a parent or legal guardian.

3. These Terms are made available free of charge on the Website and from within the Application. The User may download, save, and print them.

§ 4. Nature of the Service

1. Cookonut is primarily a personal tool for organizing culinary recipes and is intended for the User’s private, non-commercial use.

2. Cookonut is not a social platform and is not a public publishing platform. The Service does not include a public recipe library, public feed, or public content-posting feature. Recipes saved by a User are private by default and visible only to that User, unless the User chooses to use 1:1 sharing.

3. Use of the Service for commercial purposes, on behalf of third parties, in an agency, editorial, white-label, or team context requires the Service Provider’s prior written consent.

4. Cookonut does not claim rights in Recipes saved or created by the User to the extent such rights belong to the User.

5. AI Import is a technical operation performed solely at the User’s initiative and on the User’s instruction. Cookonut does not engage in automatic bulk scraping of websites or bulk collection of recipes without a deliberate action by the User.

§ 5. Features and scope of the Service

1. The Service may include, in particular, the following features:

import from a link,
import from images with text recognition (OCR),
pasted text import,
voice recording with transcription,
an in-app browser with a save function,
manual Recipe entry,
cookbooks,
a meal planner,
a shopping list,
cooking mode,
estimated nutrition information,
1:1 Recipe sharing,
synchronization across devices and selected offline features.

2. Feature availability may vary depending on the selected plan, platform, country, app version, active offer, or technical limitations.

3. The Free Plan and the Premium Plan may differ in particular as regards Credit limits, access to premium features, number of available shares, and the scope of planner and AI functions.

4. The current scope of features, limits, pricing, and promotional offers is presented to the User before the relevant feature is used or before a Subscription is purchased.

5. A failed import attempt may not consume a Credit if the system classifies it as a failed technical operation. The details of that classification depend on the current system logic and may change.

§ 6. Registration and Account

1. Full use of the Service may require creating an Account. Registration may be available:

by email address and password,
through a third-party login provider such as Apple Sign-In or Google Sign-In, where available.

2. The User may use selected features of the Service in Guest Account mode. In such case, data may be stored only locally on the device and may be lost if the Application is deleted, the device is reset, lost, or damaged.

3. The User undertakes to:

provide true and up-to-date information,
keep login credentials confidential,
notify the Service Provider without undue delay if unauthorized access to the Account is suspected,
refrain from creating multiple Accounts to circumvent limits, promotional offers, or Service safeguards.

4. The User may delete the Account at any time from within the Application settings or contact the Service Provider for assistance. The consequences of deleting an Account are described in the Privacy Policy.

§ 7. Technical requirements

1. Use of the Service requires, in particular:

a compatible mobile device or compatible web browser,
a currently supported operating system or software version,
internet access for features that require network connectivity,
where relevant, permission to access the camera, photo library, microphone, or notifications.

2. Some features may be unavailable offline, in certain countries, on certain devices, or under certain system configurations.

§ 8. Recipe import and use of AI

1. The User is responsible for the source material imported into Cookonut. The User represents that they are entitled to import the material into their private personal collection and that any further use of that material will not infringe third-party rights or applicable law.

2. AI Import and other AI-enabled features use probabilistic tools provided by third parties. Results may contain errors, be incomplete, or differ for the same input.

3. The Service Provider does not guarantee any specific level of accuracy in import, OCR, transcription, translation, ingredient recognition, step ordering, or Recipe structuring. Any quality or performance statements presented in marketing materials are indicative only and do not constitute guarantees.

4. The User must always verify any imported Recipe before relying on it, in particular as regards ingredients, quantities, steps, timings, allergens, and fitness for the User’s expectations or needs.

5. The Free Plan may be subject to Credit limits and fair-use restrictions. Once the applicable limits are reached, a function may be temporarily restricted until the limit refreshes or the User upgrades to the Premium Plan.

§ 9. Nutrition information

1. Nutrition values displayed in the Service are estimates only. They may be calculated based on databases, system rules, and AI models.

2. The actual nutritional value of a prepared dish depends on many factors beyond the Service Provider’s control, including the specific product, brand, preparation method, cooking process, accuracy of measurement, and ingredient substitutions.

3. The nutrition information available in the Service does not constitute medical, dietary, or therapeutic advice and must not be treated as the sole basis for therapeutic diets, allergies, intolerances, or any condition requiring specialist supervision.

4. A User with allergies, medical conditions, intolerances, or special dietary needs should independently verify every ingredient and, where appropriate, consult a physician or qualified dietitian.

§ 10. User Content, licence, and sharing

1. The User retains rights in User Content to the extent such rights vest in the User.

2. In order to provide the Service, the User grants the Service Provider a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free, revocable, and non-transferable licence to use User Content solely to the extent necessary to:

store and display it to the User,
synchronize it across the User’s devices,
create backups,
carry out technical processing on the User’s instruction, including through entities acting on behalf of the Service Provider, such as hosting, infrastructure, AI, OCR, transcription, or technical analytics providers, solely to the extent necessary to provide the Service.

3. Cookonut does not use User Content to train its own AI models, sell data to third parties, or for purposes beyond providing the Service to the User, except where expressly described in the Privacy Policy or required by law.

4. If a plan includes 1:1 Recipe sharing, sending a Recipe to another User creates a fixed copy of the content as it existed at the time of sending. Once accepted by the recipient, an independent copy is created in the recipient’s collection. Later edits by the sender or recipient generally do not affect each other’s copies.

5. The User represents that:

they hold the necessary rights to User Content or are otherwise authorized to use it within the Service,
they do not upload content infringing third-party rights or applicable law,
they do not use sharing features to publicly distribute third-party content without an appropriate legal basis.

§ 11. Prohibited conduct

The User agrees not to:

circumvent limits, promotional offers, trial mechanisms, or anti-abuse safeguards,
use bots, scrapers, or other tools to automate bulk use of the Service,
decompile, reverse-engineer, disassemble, or modify the Application except to the extent permitted by mandatory law,
use the Service for commercial purposes without the Service Provider’s consent,
infringe copyright, trademarks, privacy rights, image rights, or other third-party rights,
upload unlawful, offensive, discriminatory, violent, or safety-threatening content,
interfere with the integrity, performance, or security of the Service,
impersonate another person or entity,
take actions that could violate the rules of Apple, Google, or other providers used by the Service.

In the event of a breach of the above rules, the Service Provider may apply appropriate measures, including a warning, temporary feature restriction, suspension of the Account, or termination in accordance with § 17.

§ 12. Premium Plan, Subscription, payments, and Trial Period

1. The Premium Plan may be offered in monthly, annual, or other variants presented to the User before purchase.

2. Prices, currencies, billing periods, Trial Period availability, promotional terms, and the scope of Premium features are shown to the User before the Subscription is concluded in the relevant Store.

3. The Subscription is billed exclusively through Apple App Store or Google Play. The Service Provider does not store the User’s full payment card details.

4. A Subscription may renew automatically unless the User cancels it before the renewal date in accordance with the rules of the relevant Store.

5. To avoid automatic renewal, the User should cancel the Subscription sufficiently in advance. The binding rules on the latest effective cancellation time are determined by the relevant Store and may vary by platform, country, offer, or subscription type.

6. If the User is using a free or promotional Trial Period and does not want the Subscription to renew on paid terms, the User should cancel it before the end of that period in accordance with the rules of the relevant Store.

7. Refunds, charge complaints, payment issues, and billing disputes are generally handled in accordance with the rules of Apple App Store or Google Play. This does not affect the User’s right to contact the Service Provider regarding access to Premium features, incorrect subscription entitlement, or malfunction of the Service on the Cookonut side.

8. A Trial Period or promotional offer may be available once per User or once per device, in accordance with Store rules or anti-abuse mechanisms used by the Service Provider. To prevent abuse, the Service Provider may apply a waiting period, including one based on a device identifier, in accordance with the Privacy Policy.

9. The Service Provider may change pricing in the future. The User will be informed of pricing changes affecting future billing periods in advance by the Store, by email, or in the Application where required or applicable.

10. The Free Plan is offered on an open-ended basis unless the Service Provider decides otherwise in accordance with § 18. The scope of the Free Plan may change.

11. For Users in the United States, to the extent required by applicable law, including ROSCA, activating a Subscription constitutes affirmative informed consent to recurring charges on the terms disclosed before purchase.

§ 13. Right of withdrawal

1. If the User is a Consumer and applicable law grants a right to withdraw from a distance contract, the User may exercise that right in accordance with such law.

2. For digital services and digital content supplied before the expiry of a statutory withdrawal period, the User may be asked to:

expressly request that performance begin before the withdrawal period expires,
acknowledge the legal consequences of such request,

as required by applicable law and the purchase flow of the relevant Store.

3. To the extent permitted by law, beginning performance before the withdrawal period expires may result in loss of the right of withdrawal in whole or in part, or in an obligation to pay for performance provided before withdrawal. The exact legal consequences depend on applicable law and the Store’s purchase terms.

4. A free Trial Period does not in itself trigger a charge unless the User fails to cancel the Subscription in accordance with the relevant Store’s rules before the free period ends.

5. A model withdrawal form is attached as an Annex to these Terms. Use of that form is not mandatory.

§ 14. Complaints and out-of-court dispute resolution

1. The User may submit complaints regarding the Service electronically to: [email protected].

2. Where possible, a complaint should include:

a description of the issue,
the date and circumstances of its occurrence,
technical information helpful for diagnosing the issue,
an email address for reply.

3. The Service Provider reviews complaints within 14 days of receipt, unless mandatory law provides for a different deadline.

4. A Consumer may make use of any available out-of-court dispute resolution and redress mechanisms under the law applicable at their place of residence. In Poland, this may include assistance from a municipal or district consumer ombudsman or proceedings before a competent ADR entity or the Trade Inspection authority.

§ 15. Availability of the Service and feature changes

1. The Service Provider uses reasonable care to ensure that the Service operates properly, but does not guarantee uninterrupted availability or the absence of errors.

2. Planned maintenance, technical interruptions, updates, performance limits, or unplanned outages may occur.

3. The Service Provider may add, remove, and modify Service features, including limits, integrations, and the way AI functions operate, provided that this does not infringe mandatory Consumer rights or amount to a Terms change requiring the separate procedure under § 18.

4. The operation of the Service also depends on third parties, including Apple, Google, hosting, infrastructure, AI, OCR, transcription, and payment providers. The Service Provider is not liable for events resulting solely from causes attributable to such entities, subject to mandatory law.

§ 16. Liability

1. The Service Provider exercises reasonable care in providing the Service but makes no warranty or representation as to:

full accuracy of imported Recipes,
full accuracy of nutrition values,
food safety,
fitness of the Service for any particular diet, medical condition, or professional use,
uninterrupted availability of all features.

2. Subject to paragraphs 4 to 6, the Service Provider is not liable for:

consequences of the User relying on unverified imports or nutrition values,
errors resulting from User-provided input or from the operation of third-party AI tools,
losses caused by the User’s breach of these Terms,
the content or availability of external websites from which the User imports materials,
the actions and decisions of Stores in relation to billing, refunds, and payments, except for matters relating to the operation of the Service on the Cookonut side.

3. For Users who are not Consumers, the Service Provider’s total aggregate liability arising out of the Service, regardless of legal basis, is limited to the total amount actually paid by the relevant User to the Service Provider, or through the Store for access to the Service, during the 6 months preceding the event giving rise to the claim.

4. Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited under mandatory law.

5. In particular, for Consumers, nothing in these Terms excludes or limits:

rights relating to conformity of a digital service or digital content with the contract,
liability for intentional misconduct,
liability for death, personal injury, or damage to health,
liability arising under mandatory product-liability or consumer-protection laws.

6. For Consumers in Australia, New Zealand, and other jurisdictions that provide non-excludable statutory guarantees, those rights remain fully preserved notwithstanding these Terms.

§ 17. Termination

1. The User may stop using the Service and terminate the agreement for electronic services at any time by deleting the Account or discontinuing use of the Service, provided that any active Subscription should also be separately cancelled in the relevant Store to avoid further charges.

2. The Service Provider may terminate the agreement with immediate effect if the User materially breaches these Terms, in particular by engaging in abuse, fraud, conduct threatening the security of the Service, or a serious breach of § 11.

3. Unless urgent immediate action is required for security reasons, the Service Provider should, where feasible, first request that the User cease the breach.

4. Termination results in loss of access to the Account and the Service, subject to the retention and backup rules described in the Privacy Policy.

5. Provisions which by their nature should survive termination remain in force, including provisions on liability, intellectual property, governing law, and jurisdiction.

§ 18. Changes to the Terms

1. The Service Provider may amend these Terms for valid reasons, including:

changes in law,
changes to Service features,
changes to the payment model or billing rules,
changes in technical or security requirements,
organizational or technological changes on the Service Provider’s side or on the side of key providers.

2. The User will be informed of material changes to the Terms at least 14 days in advance, unless mandatory law requires another period or the change must be implemented without delay for legal or security reasons.

3. A User who does not accept the changes may terminate the agreement before the changes take effect. Continued use of the Service after that date constitutes acceptance of the new version of the Terms, subject to any rights available to the Consumer under applicable law.

§ 19. Personal data

1. The rules for processing Users’ personal data are described in the Privacy Policy.

2. The controller of personal data is KOLM Michał Kołnierzak, as identified in § 1.

3. The Privacy Policy forms an integral part of these Terms.

4. Questions relating to personal data may be sent to: [email protected].

§ 20. Apple App Store and Google Play

1. The Application is distributed through Apple App Store and Google Play subject to the rules of those platforms.

2. The agreement for use of the Service is concluded between the User and the Service Provider. Apple and Google are not parties to that agreement except to the extent mandatory Store terms provide otherwise.

3. With respect to the iOS version, the User acknowledges that:

these Terms are concluded solely between the User and the Service Provider, and not with Apple,
the licence to the Application is limited to use on Apple-branded devices that the User owns or controls, in accordance with the applicable App Store usage rules,
the Service Provider, and not Apple, is responsible for maintenance and support of the Application,
to the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no responsibility for the Application or claims relating to it beyond what follows from Apple’s applicable terms,
Apple and its subsidiaries may be third-party beneficiaries of these provisions to the extent required by Apple’s terms.

4. With respect to the Android version, the User acknowledges that use of the Application is also subject to Google Play rules and that Subscription billing is handled through Google Play Billing.

5. Complaints relating solely to charges, refunds, or payment methods should primarily be directed to the relevant Store. Complaints regarding the operation of the Service itself, Premium activation, or access to Cookonut features may be directed to the Service Provider.

§ 21. Governing law, jurisdiction, and final provisions

1. These Terms and the agreement for the provision of the Service are governed by Polish law, provided that this choice of law does not deprive a Consumer of the protection granted by mandatory provisions of the law of the Consumer’s habitual residence.

2. In disputes with Users who are not Consumers, the courts having jurisdiction over the Service Provider’s registered address in Warsaw, Poland shall have exclusive jurisdiction.

3. For Consumers, jurisdiction and procedural matters are determined by mandatory law, including, where applicable, European Union law, United Kingdom law, or other relevant consumer-protection regimes.

4. If any provision of these Terms is found invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in force.

5. These Terms are available in Polish and English. For Consumers habitually resident in Poland, the Polish version prevails. For all other Users, unless mandatory law requires otherwise, the English version prevails.

6. Archived versions of these Terms are available on request at: [email protected].

§ 22. Specific provisions for selected jurisdictions

1. United Kingdom

For Consumers habitually resident in the United Kingdom, the applicable provisions of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 apply. Nothing in these Terms limits rights granted under those laws.

2. United States

To the extent required by applicable U.S. law, including ROSCA, the automatic-renewal terms, billing frequency, cancellation rules, and other material Subscription terms are disclosed before purchase. The User may cancel the Subscription through the relevant Store.

3. Brazil

For Consumers in Brazil, the mandatory provisions of the Consumer Protection Code and applicable LGPD rules regarding personal data apply. Nothing in these Terms limits rights granted under those laws.

4. Australia and New Zealand

The Service may be subject to statutory guarantees that cannot be excluded under Australian Consumer Law or the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993. To that extent, these Terms apply subject to those non-excludable rights.

5. Canada and Quebec

For Users in Canada and Quebec, applicable mandatory consumer and privacy laws apply. Nothing in these Terms limits rights granted under those laws.

6. General safeguard

If the User’s country of habitual residence provides stronger mandatory protection under consumer, digital-service, or similar laws than these Terms, that protection remains unaffected.

Annex — Model withdrawal form

To:
KOLM Michał Kołnierzak
ul. Milenijna 43/2
03-130 Warsaw, Poland
Email: [email protected]

I/We (*) hereby give notice of my/our (*) withdrawal from the contract relating to the following digital service:

Service description: ............................................................
Date of contract conclusion: ............................................................
Name of Consumer(s): ............................................................
Address of Consumer(s): ............................................................
Email linked to the Account: ............................................................
Signature of Consumer(s) (only if this form is submitted on paper): ............................................................
Date: ............................................................

(*) Delete as appropriate.