Terms of Use

Effective date: [launch date]

These terms cover Textbound on the web. The iPhone app, when it launches, is also licensed under Apple's Standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement; where they conflict, these terms apply to the extent the law allows.

1. Who can use Textbound

• You must be 18 or older and in the United States.
• One account per person. Don't use Textbound for anyone else, or let a minor use your device to access it.

2. It's fiction, with an AI character

• Vantar and every other character are fictional AI characters. They aren't people and don't speak for us.
• AI can be wrong or unexpected. Don't rely on a character for advice about health, money, legal matters or safety.
• Textbound isn't therapy or a crisis service. If you need help, see the resources on our Safety page.

3. How you'll use it

Please don't:

• try to make characters produce sexual content, content involving minors, or content that promotes self-harm or violence against real people;
• use Textbound to harass, threaten or impersonate anyone;
• scrape, reverse-engineer, overload or resell the service;
• share account access or work around the age check.

We may pause or close an account that breaks these rules or that we believe belongs to a minor.

4. Your account and your messages

• You sign in with a one-time code sent to your email. Keep access to that inbox secure.
• You keep whatever rights you have in what you write. You let us use it to run your story, keep it safe, and improve Textbound, as described in our Privacy Policy.
• The story, characters, art and website are ours. Your conversations are for your personal, non-commercial enjoyment. Shared "his line" cards may be posted anywhere with credit to Textbound.

5. Price

• Textbound is free during early access: night one with no account, nights 2–7 with a free account.
• If we add paid plans later, we'll show the price and terms before you buy anything, and nothing you've already read will be taken away.

6. Changes and availability

Stories, characters and features may change. A season may end; that's how stories work. We'll tell you in the app about material changes to these terms.

7. Disclaimers and limits

Textbound is provided "as is". To the extent the law allows, we aren't liable for indirect or consequential losses, and our total liability is limited to what you paid us in the 12 months before the claim. [Governing law, venue, and any arbitration clause: pending lawyer review.]

8. Contact

[developer name] · support@textbound.app