Last updated: 6 August 2026
These Terms form a binding agreement between you and the operator of f*rk (“f*rk”, “we”, “us”). By creating an account, accepting responsibility for a child or pupil account, purchasing a subscription or using f*rk, you accept these Terms. Please read them together with our Privacy Policy.
f*rk is a food-diversity tracking app. It helps users log plants and fermented foods, track weekly goals, participate in challenges and discover recipes.
Some functions may be free, while others may require a paid subscription.
We may add, change, restrict or remove functions over time. Section 14 explains when and how we may make material changes or discontinue the service.
f*rk is a general wellness and educational tool. It does not provide medical, nutritional or dietary advice, diagnosis or treatment and is not a medical device.
Information, classifications, recipes, recognition results and automated suggestions may be incomplete, inaccurate or unsuitable for you.
Consult a qualified healthcare professional before making significant dietary changes, particularly if you are pregnant, have allergies, an eating disorder or another medical condition, or take medication.
You remain responsible for checking ingredients, allergens, food safety and whether a food or recipe is appropriate for you.
3.1 Independent accounts. You must be at least 16 years old to create and manage an independent account. Where applicable law requires you to be older to enter into these Terms without the involvement of a parent or legal guardian, that higher age applies.
3.2 Parent-managed accounts. A parent or legal guardian may create or accept responsibility for an account used by a child under the applicable independent-account age. The parent or guardian is the contracting party and accepts these Terms on the child’s behalf. The child may use privacy settings to hide detailed food records and eating information from the parent or guardian. The parent or guardian may still administer or delete the account and access information that is not hidden by the selected privacy settings.
3.3 School and class accounts. A teacher or authorised school representative may create a class account and enter the names of participating pupils. Each pupil selects their name and creates a personal passcode. A pupil does not need an email address to use a school account. The teacher or school is the contracting party for the class account and is responsible for:
The teacher creates and manages the class account. Each pupil has an individual user account within that class. If a pupil leaves the class, the teacher may remove the pupil’s account from the class. At the end of a school programme or trial, pupil accounts will be deleted unless they have first been converted into private accounts as described below.
School-specific commercial, privacy and data-processing terms may be agreed separately with a participating school. Where those terms conflict with these Terms in relation to the school’s use of f*rk, the school-specific terms will prevail.
3.4 Converting a school account into a private account. A pupil may request to keep their account, history and streak by adding an email address before the school account is deleted. Where the pupil is below the independent-account age, conversion is completed only after a parent or legal guardian:
Once conversion is complete:
Privacy mode may continue to prevent the parent or guardian from seeing the child’s detailed food records or eating behaviour. The conversion process and Privacy Policy will explain which information is transferred, which information remains visible and which information is deleted.
3.5 Account security. You must provide accurate information and keep it reasonably up to date. You are responsible for keeping your password, passcode and other credentials confidential. Tell us promptly if you suspect unauthorised access. Do not attempt to access another person’s account or ask a child to disclose their private passcode.
Family and school features allow an authorised account holder, parent, teacher or school to see limited account or progress information. Detailed food records may be hidden where privacy mode is available and enabled.
Information submitted through ordinary food logs, private notes and requests is not publicly visible. It may be visible only:
Before joining a challenge, the app explains what information will be visible and to whom. Only invite or enrol people where you have the authority and any permission required to do so.
f*rk may offer a free tier and paid Premium plans, including individual, family or teacher plans. The applicable price, billing period, renewal terms and included features are shown before purchase. Consumer prices shown in the EU or EEA include applicable VAT unless clearly stated otherwise.
Web purchases are processed by Stripe. Purchases made through Apple are processed by Apple and are also subject to Apple’s applicable terms and payment rules. We do not receive or store full payment-card details.
Subscriptions renew automatically for the same billing period unless cancelled before the end of the current period. You can cancel:
Cancellation stops future renewals. You retain access to the paid functions until the end of the period already paid for, unless the subscription is refunded, the service is discontinued or your access is lawfully terminated.
Except where these Terms or applicable law provide otherwise, subscription fees are not refunded on a pro-rata basis merely because you stop using the service before the end of a billing period.
We may change subscription prices for future billing periods by giving at least 30 days’ advance notice. A price change will not affect a billing period already paid for. If you do not accept a future price, you may cancel before it takes effect.
If you are an EU or EEA consumer, you generally have 14 days from the conclusion of a paid subscription contract to withdraw without giving a reason.
For web subscriptions purchased directly from f*rk, you may exercise this right by sending a clear withdrawal statement to the postal or email address stated in these Terms.
Where you validly withdraw within the 14-day period, we will refund the subscription payment without undue delay and no later than 14 days after receiving the withdrawal notice. The refund will normally be made using the original payment method. As a consumer-friendly policy, f*rk will not deduct an amount for use of a directly purchased web subscription during the withdrawal period.
For a purchase processed by Apple, withdrawal and refund requests may need to be submitted to Apple in accordance with Apple’s procedures. This does not remove any mandatory rights you have under applicable law.
Model withdrawal statement. I hereby withdraw from my contract for the f*rk subscription purchased on [date]. The account email or purchase reference is [details]. My name is [name]. Date: [date].
Nothing in this section limits any more favourable mandatory consumer right.
Free accounts may see messages promoting f*rk Premium, including prompts or short promotional displays used to explain or unlock Premium functions.
f*rk does not display third-party advertising.
We do not use a child’s personal data or food records for targeted advertising. Premium promotions are based on the functions available in the app and not on behavioural advertising profiles.
Premium may remove or reduce promotional messages about Premium, as described at the time of purchase.
8.1 f*rk’s materials. The f*rk app, including its software, design, branding, original text, illustrations, icons and the selection and arrangement of its food database, belongs to f*rk or its licensors and is protected by applicable intellectual property laws. Subject to these Terms, we give you a limited, personal, revocable, non-exclusive and non-transferable right to use f*rk for its intended purposes. This does not transfer ownership of f*rk or any of its components to you.
8.2 Your private account information. Your food logs, private notes, streak information and similar account information remain associated with your account. We may host, process, reproduce and display that information only as reasonably necessary to:
Except for the limited sharing described in section 4, this information is not made visible to other users.
8.3 Requests and corrections. You may use the request feature to suggest a new plant or fermented food, report an error, request a correction or propose a change to f*rk. Submitting a request does not give you ownership of the plant, food, fact, correction, idea, feature or resulting change. We may review, assess, modify, combine, reject or implement requests and feedback without payment, attribution or an obligation to implement them.
You retain any intellectual property rights you may have in original material that you submit. To the extent necessary, you give us a non-exclusive, worldwide and royalty-free licence to store, review and use that material for evaluating and implementing your request and improving the relevant part of f*rk. Do not include confidential information, another person’s personal data or material that you do not have the right to submit.
You must use f*rk and its request feature for their intended purposes. You must not misuse the service or interfere with its operation. In particular, you must not:
A good-faith report that refers to violent, sexual or other harmful material in order to report a problem does not breach this section merely because it describes that material.
9.1 Immediate suspension. If we reasonably believe that a request or other use of f*rk breaches this section, we may immediately reject or remove the request, restrict access to a feature, suspend the account or take other reasonably necessary protective action. We do not have to issue a warning before suspending an account.
9.2 Adult accounts. Where an adult account is suspended because of an inappropriate request or comparable abuse, we will inform the account holder using the available contact information. The account is suspended for 72 hours. Unless the account holder sends a duly reasoned request by email to have the account restored within those 72 hours after the suspension notice is sent, the account is deleted.
A review request must explain why the decision should be reconsidered. Submitting a request does not guarantee reinstatement. Where a timely review request is submitted, a human will review the available information and decide whether to reinstate the account, maintain the suspension for a specified period, or terminate and delete the account.
We may immediately terminate an account without waiting 72 hours where reasonably necessary to respond to a credible threat, apparently unlawful material, a serious security risk or an urgent risk to a child or another person.
9.3 Child, family and school accounts. Where a child account is suspended, we may inform the responsible parent or guardian for a parent-managed or private child account, and the teacher or authorised school representative for a school account. We may disclose the nature of the incident to the extent reasonably necessary to explain the suspension, protect another person, permit appropriate safeguarding or comply with the law. The responsible parent, guardian, teacher or school may submit a reasoned request for review. We may remove a pupil account from a class, suspend it or delete it where reasonably necessary because of serious or repeated misuse.
9.4 Moderation. Account-moderation and review decisions are made by humans. Automated tools may be used to organise or flag information, but do not make the final decision to suspend or terminate an account. Where required by applicable law, we will provide additional information about the grounds for a restriction and any applicable review or redress mechanism.
Some f*rk functions use automated systems or external technology providers. These functions may include:
Depending on the function, information such as text, an image, audio, barcode information or related technical data may be sent to an external provider for processing.
f*rk currently uses or intends to use Google Gemini models for certain recognition and classification functions. Recipe discovery may use an external web-search or extraction provider. The providers actually used, the categories of data sent to them, the purposes of processing, relevant retention arrangements and available safeguards are described in the Privacy Policy.
Automated results may be incomplete or wrong. You must check them before relying on them, particularly in relation to:
Do not submit images, recordings or other information about another person unless you have the right to do so.
Automated functions do not make legal or similarly significant decisions about users. Account moderation and suspension decisions are made by humans.
We may restrict or disable automated functions for children or other user groups where required by law, provider terms, safety considerations or technical limitations.
f*rk is operated as a limited, non-essential project and may be developed or maintained by individuals in their available time. We aim to provide a useful and reasonably reliable service, but do not guarantee:
Maintenance, software updates, internet failures, third-party outages, security incidents or changes to external services may temporarily or permanently affect availability. You should not rely on f*rk as the only copy of information that is important to you.
Nothing in this section limits mandatory consumer rights relating to the conformity of paid digital services.
For consumers in the EU or EEA, mandatory statutory rights concerning digital content and digital services, including conformity requirements and available remedies, apply in full. Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability where exclusion or limitation is prohibited by law. In particular, we remain liable without limitation for:
To the extent permitted by applicable law, our liability for slight negligence is limited to breaches of essential contractual obligations and to damage that was reasonably foreseeable and typical for this type of contract. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we are not liable for:
The limitations in this section apply only to the extent they are valid under the law applicable to you.
13.1 Termination by you. You may stop using f*rk at any time. Where account settings permit it, you may delete your account directly. You may also contact us to request deletion. Deleting an account initiates deletion or anonymisation of personal data, subject to legally required retention periods, payment and accounting records, fraud and security records, legal claims, temporary backup retention, and the exceptions explained in the Privacy Policy.
13.2 Termination by us. We may suspend or terminate access as provided in section 9; for a material or repeated breach of these Terms; for unlawful or fraudulent use; to address a security or safeguarding risk; where required by law; where continued operation of an account creates an unreasonable technical or administrative burden; or where the service or relevant account type is discontinued under section 14. Where reasonably possible and appropriate, we will provide notice. We may act immediately in cases involving abuse, threats, security, unlawful material or risks to children or other users.
13.3 Paid subscriptions. If we terminate a paid subscription for reasons unrelated to your breach, we will refund the portion of any prepaid subscription period that cannot be used. If termination results from your breach, refunds are provided only where required by applicable law or the relevant payment platform’s rules.
13.4 Retrieving your information. Before deleting your account, you should use any available export or download function for information you wish to keep. Where required by applicable law, we will allow you to retrieve eligible content that you supplied or created through the service free of charge, without unreasonable hindrance, within a reasonable period, and in a commonly used and machine-readable format where technically appropriate.
This retrieval right does not necessarily apply to content that:
Your ordinary food logs and streak records are primarily personal data and will be handled under the Privacy Policy and applicable data-protection rights.
14.1 Changes to the service. We may modify, replace, restrict or remove functions where reasonably necessary or useful, including because of:
Changes will not increase the price of a billing period already paid for. Where a change materially disadvantages users of an ongoing paid service, we will provide reasonable advance notice on a durable medium where required by law. Where applicable law gives you the right to terminate because a modification materially and negatively affects your access to or use of the service, you may terminate within the applicable legal period without charge.
14.2 Changes to these Terms. We may update these Terms for legal, regulatory, security, technical, operational or business reasons, or to reflect changes to f*rk. We will give reasonable advance notice of material changes by email, in the app or through another appropriate durable medium. A change that affects an already-paid subscription period will not remove mandatory rights or materially reduce the paid service without an available remedy required by law. If you do not accept updated Terms, you may stop using f*rk and cancel your subscription before the updated Terms take effect.
14.3 Discontinuing f*rk. We may discontinue f*rk, a subscription plan or a material part of the service for any reason, including because we no longer wish or are no longer able to operate, finance, support or develop it. Where reasonably possible, we will give at least 30 days’ advance notice before permanently discontinuing the whole service. A shorter notice period or immediate discontinuation may apply where continued operation is prevented or made unreasonable by:
Before permanent discontinuation, we will, where reasonably and technically possible, provide an opportunity to export eligible account information. If a prepaid subscription period extends beyond the discontinuation date, we will refund the unusable portion unless another equivalent remedy is agreed with you.
These Terms are governed by Swiss law. If you are a consumer, this choice does not deprive you of the protection provided by mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which you habitually reside.
A consumer may bring proceedings in any court that has jurisdiction under applicable consumer-protection and private-international-law rules. Nothing in these Terms requires a consumer to bring a claim exclusively in Switzerland where applicable law permits proceedings elsewhere.
Before commencing formal proceedings, you may contact us so that we can attempt to resolve the matter informally. Information about recognised consumer alternative dispute-resolution bodies may be available through the European Commission’s Consumer Redress Portal or the competent consumer authority in your country. Unless applicable law requires otherwise, we are not obliged to participate in a particular alternative dispute-resolution procedure.
Nothing in these Terms restricts your right to contact a consumer-protection, data-protection or other competent authority.
If a provision of these Terms is invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain effective. The invalid provision will be replaced or interpreted only to the minimum extent necessary under applicable law.
Our failure to enforce a provision immediately does not waive our right to enforce it later.
You may not transfer your contractual rights or obligations to another person without our consent, except where mandatory law permits it. We may transfer the operation of f*rk and these Terms to another operator where this does not reduce your mandatory rights. We will notify you of a material transfer.
These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any applicable purchase or school-specific terms, form the agreement governing your use of f*rk.
Questions, complaints, withdrawal notices and account-review requests may be sent to support.banter477@passmail.com. Postal address: the address stated in the operator details above.