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Terms of Use
Last Updated: October 5, 2026
Effective Date: October 5, 2026
1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
These Terms of Use are a binding agreement between you and Yuliia Mykytiuk, a Ukrainian sole proprietor (fizychna osoba-pidpryiemets, FOP), taxpayer registration number 3598708400. In these Terms, WhatToCook, we, and us refer to Yuliia Mykytiuk. You and user refer to the person using the Service.
WhatToCook is established at vul. Oleksandra Kushniruka 15/1, Khmelnytskyi, 29009, Ukraine, and can be reached at support@what-to-cook-app.com.
These Terms govern your access to and use of the WhatToCook mobile application and the WhatToCook website, together the Service.
By downloading, accessing, or using the Service, you accept these Terms. If you do not accept these Terms, do not use the Service.
WhatToCook may update these Terms as described in Section 21, Changes to These Terms.
2. DEFINITIONS
The following terms have the meaning given below wherever they appear in these Terms.
Terms means this Terms of Use document, including any future updates made in accordance with Section 21, Changes to These Terms.
Service means the WhatToCook mobile application for iOS and Android and the official WhatToCook website, together with the Content and features made available through them.
WhatToCook, we, and us mean Yuliia Mykytiuk, a Ukrainian sole proprietor (fizychna osoba-pidpryiemets, FOP), taxpayer registration number 3598708400.
You and user mean the individual who accesses or uses the Service.
Account means the registered profile you create with an email address and password, or through Google or Apple sign in, to access features of the Service that require identification.
Stores means the Apple App Store and Google Play. Store means either of them.
Free means the features of the Service available to you without a Pro subscription, including the on device curated meal catalog, onboarding and Preferences, Favorites, My Meals, and the Daily Fact.
Pro means the paid subscription described in Section 7, Subscriptions and Payments, and the features made available through it, including AI recipe generation and photo ingredient recognition.
Pro Entitlement means the record WhatToCook maintains on its servers confirming that your Account currently has an active Pro subscription, based on purchase and renewal information received from a Store.
Preferences means the diet, allergy, cuisine, liked and disliked ingredient, household size, and similar settings you provide to personalize the Service.
Favorites means catalog meals or AI Generated recipes you mark as favorites. If you are signed in to an Account, Favorites sync to our servers. If you are not signed in, Favorites are stored only on your device.
Daily Fact means the short food or kitchen tip shown on the main screen of the Service.
Content means recipes, cooking instructions, nutritional estimates, the Daily Fact, and other informational material WhatToCook makes available through the Service. Content does not include User Content.
User Content means content you create and submit through the Service, including custom meals you save under My Meals, together with any ingredients, steps, calorie estimates, and photos you attach to them.
AI Generated Content means recipes, meal suggestions, and ingredient lists produced by the AI features described in Section 9, AI Features, using inputs you provide.
3. THE SERVICE
The Service helps you discover meal ideas based on ingredients and Preferences you provide. The Service is intended for cooking inspiration and convenience.
The Service consists of the WhatToCook mobile application and the WhatToCook website. The website provides information about the Service, contact and waitlist forms, and supports account functions such as password reset.
Free gives you access to the on device curated meal catalog, onboarding and Preferences, Favorites, My Meals, and the Daily Fact.
Pro adds AI recipe generation and photo ingredient recognition, described in Section 9, AI Features, together with access to additional catalog Content.
We may change, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Service, including catalog Content and app features, with reasonable notice where practicable. We are not obligated to maintain any specific feature indefinitely.
4. ELIGIBILITY
You must be at least 13 years old and able to form a binding contract under the law that applies to you to use the Service. By using the Service, you represent that you meet these requirements. If you do not meet them, do not use the Service.
If we learn that a user does not meet these requirements, we may suspend or terminate the related Account as described in Section 18, Termination.
5. ACCOUNTS
Most Free features are available without an Account. An Account is required for Pro Entitlement and for syncing Favorites to our servers, as described in the Privacy Policy.
To create an Account, you provide an email address and password, or sign in through Google or Apple where available. You must provide accurate information, keep it up to date, and keep your credentials confidential. Your Account is for your personal use only and may not be shared, so that Preferences, including allergy settings, remain accurate to the person using them. You are responsible for activity under your Account and must notify us at support@what-to-cook-app.com if you suspect unauthorized access.
We may use your Account email for essential communications, including password reset links, security notices, and notices under Section 21, Changes to These Terms.
If you forget your password, you can reset it through the link sent to your email, which directs you to the website and then back to the app to set a new password.
We may suspend or terminate your Account as described in Section 18, Termination, including to protect your Account or the Service, or for a breach of these Terms.
To delete your Account, see Section 6, Account Deletion.
6. ACCOUNT DELETION
You can delete your account at any time from within the App, under Settings. Deleting your account removes your data from our servers, deletes your authentication record, and clears the data stored on your device.
Deleting your account does not cancel an active Pro subscription. To stop being charged, you need to cancel your subscription directly through the Store, as described in Section 17, App Store and Google Play.
Some information may be retained after deletion where required by law or as described in Section 9, Data Retention, of the Privacy Policy.
7. SUBSCRIPTIONS AND PAYMENTS
Pro is an auto renewing subscription offered through a Store. Current pricing, subject to Store configuration, local pricing, and taxes, is approximately €6.99 per month for Pro Monthly and approximately €69.99 per year for Pro Yearly. Both plans may include a 7 day free trial, shown at the time of purchase.
If a free trial is offered, payment is charged to your Store account when the trial ends unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends. If no trial applies, payment is charged when you confirm the purchase.
Your subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. If you cancel, you keep Pro access until the end of the period you already paid for. You manage, change, cancel, and restore your subscription in your Apple or Google account settings. Deleting the app does not cancel your subscription.
If we change Pro pricing, we will give you reasonable notice before a new price applies to your subscription. If you do not agree to the new price, you may cancel before it takes effect as described above.
If your subscription ends without renewal, access to Pro only catalog Content ends. Favorites you saved while subscribed remain available to you.
Refunds for a purchase you consider defective or not as described are handled by Apple or Google under their policies, except where mandatory consumer law gives you a separate right, distinct from the right of withdrawal described in Section 7.1 below.
7.1 Right of Withdrawal
If you are a consumer entitled to a right of withdrawal for distance contracts under the law of your country of residence, including under Ukrainian consumer protection law or the law of an European Union member state, you have the right to withdraw from your Pro subscription within fourteen days of subscribing, without giving any reason, unless you have expressly agreed to immediate access as described below.
Pro is a continuously supplied service, not a one time digital product. Because access to Pro features begins immediately when your trial or subscription starts, the confirmation screen shown before your trial starts requires you to expressly agree to immediate performance and acknowledge that you lose your right of withdrawal once that performance begins.
To withdraw before Pro features have been accessed, contact us as described in Section 22, Contact.
8. NOT MEDICAL OR DIETARY ADVICE
The Service provides cooking inspiration and convenience, not medical, dietary, nutritional, or allergological advice, and does not replace advice from a qualified professional.
You may enter diet and allergy Preferences. For catalog Content, the Service hard excludes meals matching the allergens you list. This filtering does not apply to AI Generated Content, described in Section 9, AI Features, or to User Content you create yourself, such as My Meals, where you enter ingredients without any automated filtering.
This filtering is a convenience feature and does not guarantee that any meal is allergen free, safe for you, or compliant with your dietary needs. It depends on the accuracy and completeness of the Preferences you provide and of catalog Content. You are solely responsible for verifying ingredients, allergens, cooking temperatures, and food safety yourself, including for meat, seafood, eggs, pregnancy, and medical dietary needs. If you have allergies or intolerances, treat every suggestion as unverified until you have checked every ingredient, label, and cross contact risk yourself.
See Section 10, Daily Facts, for the disclaimer that applies to the Daily Fact, and Section 16, Liability, for how this section limits our responsibility to you.
8.1 Nutritional Information
Calorie and other nutritional figures shown in the Service are approximate estimates, not laboratory analysis, and may be inaccurate or incomplete.
9. AI FEATURES
Pro includes AI recipe generation and photo ingredient recognition. Both use Google Gemini, called through our servers, to produce AI Generated Content based on inputs you provide, including your Preferences and session choices such as mood. Our reliance on Google Gemini is subject to Section 14, Third Party Services.
AI Generated Content is probabilistic and may be inaccurate, hallucinate ingredients, or fail to follow an instruction to exclude your allergens even when that instruction is given to the model. Section 8, Not Medical or Dietary Advice, applies to AI Generated Content, except that its hard exclusion filtering applies only to catalog Content. Review AI Generated Content yourself before cooking or eating.
9.1 Recipe Generation
Before your first use of this feature, the app discloses that your ingredients and Preferences are sent to Google Gemini for processing. If you have allowed us to use your Allergy Data, as described in Section 5, Allergy Data, of the Privacy Policy, it is included in this request. This disclosure does not require separate consent, except as described for Allergy Data. When you request AI recipes, we send your fresh ingredients and relevant Preferences and session choices to Google Gemini, which returns suggested recipes. AI generated recipes are labeled in the app. These suggestions are not verified recipes and carry the AI specific risks described above.
9.2 Photo Ingredient Recognition
Photo ingredient recognition is a beta feature. You submit a photo through the camera or your device photo picker, and we send it to Google Gemini to return a list of ingredients it identifies. Detection may misidentify, miss, or invent items. Review and correct the detected list before using it.
Before your first use of this feature, the app asks you to confirm sending a photo for processing. By tapping to confirm, you agree to our processing of the photo through our servers and Google Gemini to return results. Detected photos are not stored in WhatToCook databases. You can turn this feature off in Settings, which does not affect other Pro features.
10. DAILY FACTS
The Daily Fact is a short food or kitchen tip shown on the main screen for general inspiration. It is written by us in our own words based on general, publicly available guidance, and is not copied verbatim from any source. As Content, it belongs to us as described in Section 13, Intellectual Property. See the Privacy Policy for how the Service handles data in connection with this feature.
The app shows the name of a public organization as the general inspiration for each Daily Fact. This attribution does not mean that organization wrote, endorsed, or reviewed the content.
The Daily Fact is not medical, dietary, or nutritional advice. Do not rely on it for diagnosis, treatment, or dietary decisions. Section 16, Liability, limits our responsibility for the Daily Fact and other inspirational Content.
11. USER CONTENT
You may create User Content, including custom meals under My Meals, with ingredients, steps, and an optional photo from your device. User Content is stored on your device and is visible only to you. It is not published or shared with other users.
Ownership of your User Content is described in Section 13, Intellectual Property.
Deleting your Account or clearing app data or uninstalling the app removes User Content from that device, as described in Section 6, Account Deletion.
Section 8, Not Medical or Dietary Advice, applies to User Content. No automated allergy or dietary filtering applies to it. You are solely responsible for the accuracy and safety of your own recipes.
12. ACCEPTABLE USE
You agree not to:
Use the Service in violation of applicable law
Abuse, overload, or probe the Service, including AI features and other server endpoints
Attempt to bypass subscription, security, or access controls, including by creating multiple Accounts to obtain repeated free trials
Access or attempt to access another user's Account without permission
Scrape, bulk export, republish, or otherwise commercially exploit catalog Content or AI Generated Content without our prior written consent
Upload unlawful, harmful, or infringing content as User Content, including content you are not allowed to use
Submit photos for ingredient recognition that are unlawful, infringe someone else's rights, or are unrelated to identifying ingredients
Reverse engineer the Service, except where mandatory law allows
A violation of this section is grounds for suspension or termination of your Account as described in Section 18, Termination.
13. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Content, including our branding, app design, curated recipes, the Daily Fact, and our software, belongs to us or our licensors. AI Generated Content is Content for purposes of this section, subject to the terms governing Google Gemini described in Section 14, Third Party Services. The WhatToCook name and logo are our trademarks, and you may not use them without our prior written consent.
You may use Content for personal, non-commercial cooking purposes. This license is non-transferable and ends if your Account is terminated under Section 18, Termination, or if you stop using the Service. You may not copy, redistribute, or exploit Content beyond this use, subject to Section 12, Acceptable Use. Except for this license and as stated above regarding our trademarks, we do not grant you any other rights in Content.
You retain full ownership of your User Content. Because User Content stays on your device, we do not require a license to it. If we introduce features that process or store User Content on our servers, we will update these Terms before that use begins.
14. THIRD PARTY SERVICES
The Service relies on third party providers, including Supabase for backend infrastructure, Google Gemini for AI features described in Section 9, AI Features, Hostinger for our website and email delivery, and Stores for distribution, in app purchases, and sign in where you choose to use it, as described in Section 17, App Store and Google Play. Their own terms and privacy policies apply to their services, and you agree to comply with them when you use features that rely on them.
If a provider changes its terms, limits its service, or becomes unavailable, we may adapt, replace, or discontinue the affected feature as described in Section 3, The Service. Our responsibility for interruptions caused by these providers is addressed in Section 20, General Provisions.
You are responsible for your own internet or mobile data connection, including your agreement with your wireless carrier.
15. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Service is provided as is and as available, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted or error free, or that catalog Content, AI Generated Content, or the Daily Fact will be accurate, complete, allergen safe, or nutritionally accurate, as further described in Section 8, Not Medical or Dietary Advice, Section 9, AI Features, and Section 10, Daily Facts. We do not warrant that using the Service or following its suggestions based on your Preferences will achieve any particular dietary, health, or other result.
If you access the Service through the Apple App Store, Section 17, App Store and Google Play, describes an additional, limited warranty remedy available to you through Apple.
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits mandatory consumer rights under Ukrainian or European Union law that cannot be waived, including your rights regarding digital services that do not conform to what was agreed. Section 16, Liability, describes how responsibility is limited where these disclaimers do not fully apply.
16. LIABILITY
16.1 Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, and regardless of the legal theory on which a claim is based, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for loss of data, profits, or goodwill, arising from your use of the Service.
Without limiting the foregoing, we are not liable for harm, illness, allergic reactions, injury, or other losses arising from or related to AI Generated Content, photo ingredient recognition results, reliance on nutritional estimates, reliance on allergy or dietary filtering, the Daily Fact or other Content, or your failure to verify ingredients, labels, allergens, or food safety yourself, as described in Section 8, Not Medical or Dietary Advice, Section 9, AI Features, and Section 10, Daily Facts.
Our total liability for all claims arising out of the Service, in aggregate, is limited to the greater of the amount you paid through a Store for Pro in the 12 months before the claim, or fifty euros.
We do not exclude liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, or any other liability that cannot be limited under applicable law.
16.2 Indemnification
You agree to indemnify us against third party claims arising from your misuse of the Service, your User Content, or your breach of these Terms, to the extent permitted by law. We will notify you of any such claim without undue delay, and you may participate in its defense at your own expense. We will not settle a claim in a way that admits fault on your part without your consent.
17. APP STORE AND GOOGLE PLAY
These Terms are between you and WhatToCook, not Apple Inc. or Google LLC. Apple and Google have no obligation to provide maintenance or support for the Service.
We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to install and run the app on a device you own or control, as permitted by the Usage Rules of the Store through which you obtained it. This license is separate from the Content license in Section 13, Intellectual Property.
Purchases, refunds, and subscription management are handled by the Store as described in Section 7, Subscriptions and Payments. If you obtained the app through the Apple App Store and it fails to conform to an applicable warranty, you may separately notify Apple, and Apple may refund the purchase price you paid for the app, if any. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation regarding the app.
In their role as a Store, Apple and Google are not responsible for product claims, including claims that the Service fails to meet any legal or regulatory requirement, or claims related to health, safety, or allergens, or for claims that Content infringes a third party's intellectual property rights. You acknowledge that Section 8, Not Medical or Dietary Advice, and Section 16, Liability, govern these matters between you and us, not Apple or Google.
Apple or Google, and their subsidiaries, are third party beneficiaries of these Terms as they relate to your use of the Service through the Store from which you obtained it, and may enforce these Terms against you accordingly.
18. TERMINATION
You may stop using the Service and delete your Account at any time, as described in Section 6, Account Deletion. Canceling a Store subscription is handled separately, as described in Section 7, Subscriptions and Payments.
We may suspend your access temporarily where proportionate, for example to investigate suspected unauthorized access or abuse, or terminate it where the reasons described elsewhere in these Terms are serious or continue after we have raised them with you, including under Section 4, Eligibility, Section 5, Accounts, and Section 12, Acceptable Use, or if we discontinue the Service as described in Section 3, The Service.
If we terminate your access for your breach of these Terms, you are not entitled to a refund for the remaining subscription period, except where mandatory law requires otherwise.
Termination affects your Account and server side data, including Pro Entitlement and synced Favorites. User Content stored on your device is not affected and remains until you delete it yourself, as described in Section 11, User Content.
Sections 13, Intellectual Property, 15, Disclaimer of Warranties, 16, Liability, 19, Governing Law and Disputes, and 20, General Provisions, survive termination, along with any other provision that by its nature should survive.
19. GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTES
These Terms are governed by the laws of Ukraine.
If you are a consumer habitually resident in the European Union, the European Economic Area, or another jurisdiction whose law grants you mandatory consumer protections, nothing in these Terms limits those protections, and you may bring a claim either in Ukraine or in the courts of your own country of residence, as permitted by the law of that country.
Subject to the paragraph above, any dispute arising from these Terms or the Service will be submitted to the competent courts of Ukraine.
20. GENERAL PROVISIONS
If any provision of these Terms is found invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force.
These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, form the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service, and supersede any earlier agreements or understandings on that subject.
Our failure to enforce a provision of these Terms is not a waiver of our right to do so later.
We may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, or transfer of the Service. You may not assign these Terms without our consent.
We are not liable for delay or failure to perform caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable control, including outages or changes affecting the third party providers described in Section 14, Third Party Services.
Where these Terms use the word including, it means including without limitation. Section headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation.
These Terms do not create third party beneficiary rights except as stated in Section 17, App Store and Google Play.
This section survives termination.
21. CHANGES TO THESE TERMS
We may update these Terms from time to time. The Last updated date at the top of these Terms will change when we do.
For material changes, such as changes to Section 16, Liability, Section 19, Governing Law and Disputes, or your rights and obligations under these Terms, we will give you at least 30 days notice by email or in the app before the change takes effect. If you do not agree, you may stop using the Service, but this does not cancel a Store subscription, which you must cancel separately as described in Section 7, Subscriptions and Payments. Pro pricing changes are governed by Section 7, not by this section. For other changes, the updated Terms take effect when posted.
If you continue using the Service after a change takes effect, you accept the updated Terms, where permitted by law.
22. CONTACT
WhatToCook is published by Yuliia Mykytiuk, a Ukrainian sole proprietor (fizychna osoba-pidpryiemets, FOP), taxpayer registration number 3598708400, at vul. Oleksandra Kushniruka 15/1, Khmelnytskyi, 29009, Ukraine.
If you have questions about these Terms, you can contact us at support@what-to-cook-app.com.