Legal

Terms of Service

Effective: April 20, 2026 ยท Last updated: April 20, 2026
Plain language summary: Use the app for your family. Don't do illegal stuff. Pay for your subscription if you have one. If something goes wrong, our liability is limited. Disputes go through arbitration in California.

Contents

  1. Acceptance
  2. Eligibility
  3. Accounts
  4. Subscriptions & billing
  5. Acceptable use
  6. Your content
  7. Intellectual property
  8. Third-party services
  9. Termination
  10. Disclaimers
  11. Limitation of liability
  12. Indemnification
  13. Disputes & arbitration
  14. Miscellaneous
  15. Contact

1. Acceptance

These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a binding agreement between you and Chore Bear, LLC ("Chore Bear," "we," "us"). By downloading, installing, or using the Chore Bear app or the chorebear.com website (the "Service"), you agree to these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you don't agree, don't use the Service.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old (or the age of majority in your jurisdiction) to create a parent account. Children under 13 may use Chore Bear only through a supervised profile created and managed by a parent or legal guardian who accepts these Terms on their behalf.

3. Accounts

You're responsible for keeping your account credentials secure and for all activity under your account. Notify us at support@chorebear.com if you suspect unauthorized use.

You agree to provide accurate information and to update it as needed. We may suspend or terminate accounts that appear to violate these Terms.

4. Subscriptions & billing

Chore Bear offers a free tier and paid subscription plans. Paid plans are billed through the Apple App Store (or, where offered, another processor disclosed at checkout).

  • Auto-renewal: subscriptions automatically renew at the end of each billing period unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
  • Managing your subscription: for App Store purchases, manage or cancel in Settings โ†’ Apple ID โ†’ Subscriptions.
  • Free trials: if you start a free trial, you will be charged when the trial ends unless you cancel before then.
  • Refunds: refunds are handled by Apple under their App Store policies. Contact Apple directly to request one. Where required by law, additional refund rights apply.
  • Price changes: we may change subscription prices with reasonable advance notice. Changes take effect in the next billing period.

5. Acceptable use

Don't misuse the Service. In particular, don't:

  • Use it for anything illegal, harmful, or deceptive.
  • Upload content that infringes someone else's rights or that is obscene, hateful, or threatening.
  • Try to access accounts or data that aren't yours.
  • Reverse engineer, decompile, or scrape the Service except where law permits.
  • Use the Service to harass, exploit, or endanger a child.
  • Interfere with or disrupt the Service or its infrastructure.

6. Your content

You keep ownership of the content you create in Chore Bear (chores, rewards, photos, notes). By using the Service, you grant us a limited, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, transmit, and display your content solely for the purpose of operating the Service for you and your family.

You are responsible for your content and confirm you have the rights needed to upload it. We may remove content that violates these Terms or applicable law.

7. Intellectual property

The Service, including the Chore Bear name, logo, bear mark, app interface, graphics, and underlying software, is owned by Chore Bear, LLC and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. You receive a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Service for personal, non-commercial family use.

8. Third-party services

The Service may integrate with third-party services (such as Apple's App Store and push notification service). Your use of those services is governed by their own terms. We aren't responsible for third-party services.

9. Termination

You may stop using the Service and delete your account at any time via the account deletion page or in-app settings. We may suspend or terminate your access if you materially violate these Terms, if required by law, or to protect the Service or its users. Sections that by their nature should survive termination will do so.

10. Disclaimers

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or completely secure.

11. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Chore Bear and its officers, employees, and affiliates will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits, revenues, data, or goodwill, arising out of or related to your use of the Service.

Our total liability for any claim arising out of or relating to the Service is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you paid us for the Service in the 12 months before the claim or (b) US$50.

Some jurisdictions don't allow certain limitations of liability; in those places, these limits apply to the fullest extent permitted.

12. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Chore Bear from any claims, damages, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of your use of the Service, your content, or your violation of these Terms.

13. Disputes & arbitration

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles.

Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by JAMS in California, except that either party may bring a claim in small-claims court. You and Chore Bear waive the right to a jury trial and to participate in a class action. If arbitration is held unenforceable, exclusive jurisdiction lies with the state and federal courts in San Francisco County, California.

14. Miscellaneous

  • Entire agreement: these Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and us about the Service.
  • Severability: if any provision is unenforceable, the rest stays in effect.
  • No waiver: our failure to enforce a provision isn't a waiver of it.
  • Assignment: you may not assign these Terms without our consent. We may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or similar transaction.
  • Changes: we may update these Terms. Material changes will be announced in the app or by email. Continued use after changes means you accept them.

15. Contact

Chore Bear, LLC
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California, USA
Email: legal@chorebear.com