Terms of Service

These terms govern your use of GifChat on the web at gifchat.app and in the GifChat iPhone app. The service is operated by Cezar Drumea (Individual), Romania, [registered address to be added]. Contact: support@gifchat.app.

1. What the service does

GifChat generates short vertical videos of a text-message conversation, with AI-written scripts, GIF reactions, AI voice-over, sound effects and music. You provide a prompt or a script; we produce a video file.

2. Accounts

You must be at least 16 to use GifChat. One person, one account. You are responsible for what happens under your account and for keeping your password secret. The same account works on the web and in the app.

3. Free minutes

New accounts receive 3 free minutes of video generation. This is a one-time allowance. It does not reset monthly and it does not renew. Deleting and re-creating an account does not grant a second allowance.

4. Plans and minutes

• Paid plans are bought in the GifChat iPhone app as App Store subscriptions and are billed by Apple. They are not sold on the website. A plan works on the web as soon as you sign in with the same account.
• Paid plans include a monthly allowance of video minutes. Yearly plans are billed once a year and the minute allowance still refreshes every month.
• Minutes are counted by the length of the finished video, not by processing time. A generation that fails is not charged.
• Unused minutes do not roll over into the next period.
• Upgrades, downgrades and their timing follow Apple's subscription rules and are made in the App Store.

5. Automatic renewal and cancellation

Paid plans renew automatically at the end of each period, at the price shown when you subscribed, until you cancel. You cancel through Apple, on your iPhone under Settings, your name, Subscriptions; the cancel page at gifchat.app/cancel explains how. Cancelling stops the next charge; you keep your minutes until the end of the period you have paid for.

6. Refunds and the EU right of withdrawal

Purchases are made through Apple, so refunds, including the 14-day right of withdrawal for consumers in the EU and the UK, are requested from Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com under Apple's terms. We cannot refund an Apple purchase ourselves. If something on our side went wrong, contact support@gifchat.app as well and we will help.

7. Price changes

We may change prices. If a change affects a plan you are on, we will tell you by email before it takes effect, and you may cancel before the new price applies.

8. Acceptable use

Do not use GifChat to create:

• content that impersonates a real person, or uses someone's name, likeness or voice without permission;
• sexual content involving minors, or content that sexualises anyone under 18;
• harassment, threats, or content that incites violence or hatred;
• fraud, scams, or anything presented as a genuine record when it is not;
• anything illegal where you live or where the video is published.

We may suspend or delete accounts used this way, without refund.

9. Who owns the videos

You own the videos you generate and may use them commercially, including monetised social accounts. You are responsible for what you make and where you publish it. We keep the right to store and process your content only as needed to run the service.

10. AI-generated content

Scripts, voices and reaction choices are produced by AI systems. Output can be wrong, odd or unintentionally similar to something else. Check anything you publish. Videos are fictional and should not be presented as real conversations between real people.

11. One account, app and web

The same account and the same minutes work in the iPhone app and on the web. Plans are bought and managed through Apple in the app; the website shows your plan and minutes but does not sell or change plans.

12. Account deletion

You can delete your account at any time from Account. Deletion removes your personal data and your generated videos. Deleting the account does not cancel an App Store subscription: cancel it through Apple first. Time remaining on a paid plan is forfeited. Records are kept where tax law requires it.

13. Availability and liability

We aim to keep the service running but do not guarantee it will be uninterrupted or error-free. To the extent the law allows, our total liability to you is limited to what you paid us in the twelve months before the claim. Nothing here limits liability that cannot legally be limited, including your statutory consumer rights.

14. Governing law

These terms are governed by the law of Romania. If you are a consumer, you keep the protection of the mandatory rules of the country where you live.

15. Changes

We may update these terms. Material changes will be announced by email or in the app before they take effect.