Stella Terms of Service

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of Stella ("the app", "Stella", "we", "us"), a meal-planning assistant operated by Seth Baker (d/b/a Baker Software Solutions). By creating an account or using the app, you agree to these Terms. If you don't agree, don't use Stella.

Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use Stella. If you're between 13 and the age of majority in your jurisdiction, you confirm that a parent or legal guardian has reviewed and accepted these Terms on your behalf.

Your account

• You're responsible for keeping your login credentials private and for everything that happens under your account.
• Provide accurate information and keep it current.
• Tell us promptly if you suspect unauthorized access (benjibakerassistant@gmail.com).
• We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms or that we reasonably believe are being misused.

Subscriptions and billing

• Stella offers a free tier and one or more paid subscription tiers ("Plus"). Pricing, features, and trial length are shown inside the app before you subscribe.
• Subscriptions are billed by Apple (App Store) or Google (Play Store), not by us. Manage, cancel, or change them through your platform account: Apple subscription management / Google subscription management.
• Auto-renewal: subscriptions renew at the end of each period at the then-current price unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the renewal.
• Free trials convert into a paid subscription at the end of the trial unless you cancel before it ends. Each Apple/Google account is eligible for at most one trial per product, enforced by the stores.
• Refunds are handled by Apple and Google under their respective policies. We don't process refunds directly.
• Subscription tier changes (upgrade, downgrade) take effect according to Apple/Google's policy for proration and billing cycles.

Acceptable use

Don't use Stella to:

• Break the law, infringe someone else's rights, or harass anyone.
• Upload content that isn't yours to upload, or that contains illegal, sexually explicit, hateful, or violent material.
• Attempt to reverse-engineer, scrape, or overwhelm the service (rate limits apply).
• Use Stella to generate content that violates OpenAI's usage policies (which apply transitively, since Stella uses OpenAI for recipe extraction and chat).
• Share, resell, or sublicense your access.

We may remove content, throttle access, or terminate accounts that violate these rules.

Your content

You retain ownership of the recipes, meal plans, photos, and chat messages you create or upload ("Your Content"). You grant Stella a worldwide, royalty-free license to store, process, and display Your Content solely to operate the app on your behalf (e.g. saving a recipe, generating a grocery list from your meal plan, sending a photo to OpenAI for extraction).

This license ends when you delete the content or your account, except where retention is necessary to comply with law or to resolve disputes.

AI-generated content

Nutrition and allergen information — important

Third-party services

Stella relies on third-party services — Apple, Google, Supabase, OpenAI, Spoonacular, Open Food Facts, RevenueCat, Sentry — to operate. Your use of the app is also subject to those services' terms where they apply. See the Privacy Policy for the full list and what data we share with each.

Intellectual property

Stella, the Stella name, logo, app design, and the application software itself are owned by Baker Software Solutions. These Terms don't grant you any rights to those marks or to the source code beyond the right to use the app as intended.

Third-party recipes shown via the recipe search (Spoonacular) belong to their respective publishers and are subject to those publishers' licenses.

Termination

• You can stop at any time: delete your account in-app (Profile → Delete account). Subscription cancellation is separate and must be done through Apple/Google.
• We can terminate or suspend your account if you violate these Terms, fail to pay for a subscription, or if continued service becomes impractical (e.g. a third-party provider we depend on is shut down).
• Sections of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination (intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, governing law) survive.

Disclaimers

Stella is provided "as is" and "as available." We make no warranties — express, implied, or statutory — about the app, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, or non-infringement. We don't warrant that the app will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that defects will be corrected.

You use Stella at your own risk. We are not responsible for your dietary, health, or food-safety decisions; for the accuracy of nutrition or allergen estimates; for the AI-generated content; or for third-party services going down.

Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent allowed by law, Baker Software Solutions and Seth Baker will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenues, data, or use, arising out of or related to your use of Stella, even if we've been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Our total liability to you for any claim related to the app is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you paid to Apple or Google for Stella subscriptions in the 12 months preceding the claim or (b) US$50.

Some jurisdictions don't allow these limits — in those places, our liability is limited to the smallest extent permitted by law.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold Baker Software Solutions and Seth Baker harmless from claims, damages, or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from your misuse of Stella, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any third party's rights.

Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Disputes will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in San Francisco County, California, and you consent to personal jurisdiction there. Nothing in this section prevents either party from seeking injunctive relief in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. We'll update the "Last updated" date at the top, and if changes are material, we'll notify you in the app before they take effect. Continued use of Stella after the effective date means you accept the new Terms.

Contact

Seth Baker / Baker Software Solutions — benjibakerassistant@gmail.com