Terms of Service

IMPORTANT - READ CAREFULLY: These Terms of Service (the "Terms") are a legally binding agreement between you and CookEase ("CookEase," "we," "us," or "our") governing your access to and use of the CookEase website at cookeaseapp.com, the CookEase mobile application, and all related features and services (collectively, the "Service"). The Service is a recipe organizer and cooking assistant that lets you save and organize recipes, import recipes from other sources, generate recipes and related content with artificial intelligence ("AI") features, use hands-free voice cooking assistance, build grocery lists, and optionally send lists to third-party grocery services.

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT SECTION 18 (DISPUTE RESOLUTION) CONTAINS PROVISIONS GOVERNING HOW DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND US ARE RESOLVED. AMONG OTHER THINGS, IT INCLUDES AN AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE WHICH REQUIRES, WITH LIMITED EXCEPTIONS, THAT DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND US BE RESOLVED BY BINDING AND FINAL ARBITRATION ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. IT ALSO CONTAINS A CLASS ACTION WAIVER AND A JURY TRIAL WAIVER. PLEASE READ SECTION 18 CAREFULLY.

1. Acceptance of These Terms

By creating an account, accessing, or using the Service, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the Service. If you use the Service on behalf of another person or entity, you represent that you are authorized to bind that person or entity to these Terms.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old (or at least 16 years old if you reside in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom) to use the Service. If you are under the age of majority where you live, you may use the Service only with the involvement and consent of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by these Terms on your behalf. By using the Service, you represent and warrant that you meet these requirements and that you have not previously been suspended or removed from the Service.

3. Accounts and Account Security

Account Creation: To use most features of the Service you must register for an account, either with an email address and password or through a supported third-party sign-in provider (such as Google or Apple). You represent and warrant that all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate and that you will keep it up to date.

Account Responsibility: You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account, whether or not authorized by you. You agree to notify us immediately at info@cookeaseapp.com of any unauthorized use or suspected unauthorized use of your account. We are not liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to protect your credentials.

4. License to Use the Service; Restrictions

License: Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to access and use the Service for your own personal, non-commercial use.

Restrictions: Except as expressly permitted by these Terms, you shall not: (a) license, sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, distribute, host, or otherwise commercially exploit the Service; (b) modify, make derivative works of, disassemble, decompile, or reverse engineer any part of the Service; (c) access the Service in order to build a similar or competitive product or service; (d) use any robot, spider, crawler, scraper, or other automated means to access the Service, extract data from the Service, or bulk-download content from the Service; (e) frame or mirror any part of the Service; or (f) copy, reproduce, distribute, republish, download, display, post, or transmit any part of the Service in any form except as generated for you through the Service's intended features. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved by us and our licensors.

5. User Content

"User Content" means any and all content that you submit to, save into, create with, or otherwise use with the Service, including recipes, recipe photos, notes, comments, cookbooks, shopping lists, profile information, and prompts or inputs you provide to AI features. As between you and us, you retain any ownership rights you hold in your User Content.

License to Us: You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid, sublicensable (to our service providers) license to host, store, reproduce, process, adapt, modify (for example, to format or resize), publish, transmit, display, and distribute your User Content solely as needed to operate, provide, secure, and improve the Service. For User Content that you choose to make public or share by link (see Section 6), this license additionally includes the right to display and distribute that content to other users and to the recipients of your share links, and to permit them to view and, where the feature allows, save a copy of it to their own account. This license continues for as long as your User Content remains on the Service and terminates when the content is deleted, except that (a) copies other users have already saved to their own accounts are not affected, and (b) we may retain residual copies in backups for a limited period.

Your Representations: You represent and warrant that you own your User Content or have all rights, licenses, and permissions necessary to use it with the Service and to grant the license above, and that your User Content, and our use of it as permitted by these Terms, does not and will not infringe, misappropriate, or violate any third-party right, including intellectual property, privacy, and publicity rights, or violate any applicable law. You are solely responsible for your User Content and assume all risks associated with it.

Feedback: If you provide us with any feedback or suggestions regarding the Service ("Feedback"), you hereby assign to us all rights in such Feedback and agree that we may use it in any manner without restriction or compensation. We will treat Feedback as non-confidential and non-proprietary.

6. Public Sharing and Discover

Your recipes are private by default. The Service lets you optionally (a) make a recipe public, which may cause it to appear in the public Discover feed where any user can view it, like it, comment on it, or save a copy of it, and (b) generate a share link that lets anyone with the link view the recipe and save a copy of it. Do not share content publicly or by link unless you are comfortable with it being viewed, copied, and redistributed by others. We do not pre-screen shared content, and we may remove or restrict any shared content at any time at our discretion, including content reported to us as infringing or otherwise objectionable.

7. Saving Recipes from Third-Party Sources

The Service allows you to save recipes into your personal collection from sources you choose, such as web pages, social media links, photos, PDFs, and pasted text. These save tools are provided for your personal recipe organization, similar to keeping a personal recipe box. You, not CookEase, choose what to save, and you are solely responsible for ensuring that you have the right to access, save, and use any content you save, and for how you use it. You must not save content in violation of applicable law or make saved third-party content public or share it in a way that infringes the rights of its owner. We do not control third-party sources, do not claim ownership of content residing on them, and are not responsible for their content, accuracy, or availability. Please note that facts and ideas, including ingredient lists and basic cooking methods, are treated differently under copyright law than creative expression such as photographs and descriptive text; if in doubt about your rights in specific content, seek your own advice.

8. Copyright Policy (DMCA)

We respect intellectual property rights and expect users to do the same. These Terms prohibit the posting or public sharing of infringing content. It is our policy to respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA").

Repeat infringers. We record every copyright complaint we act on against the account that posted the material. An account that accumulates repeated complaints will have its sharing privileges restricted and, in appropriate circumstances, will be terminated. We apply this policy in all cases, including to paying subscribers, and terminating an account for repeat infringement does not entitle you to a refund.

Designated agent. Notices of claimed infringement should be sent to CookEase Copyright Agent, info@cookeaseapp.com. Notices sent anywhere else may not reach us as quickly.

Takedown Notices

If you believe that content available on the Service infringes your copyright, please send a notice to our designated copyright contact at info@cookeaseapp.com (subject line: "DMCA Notice") that includes: (a) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed; (b) identification of the material claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to locate it on the Service (such as the share link or Discover recipe URL); (c) your name, address, telephone number, and email address; (d) a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; (e) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf; and (f) your physical or electronic signature. Upon receipt of a compliant notice, we will act expeditiously to remove or disable access to the identified material and will take reasonable steps to notify the user who posted it.

Counter-Notices

If material you posted was removed and you believe the removal was a mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to the same address that includes: (a) identification of the material that was removed and its location before removal; (b) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification; (c) your name, address, telephone number, and email address; (d) a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or, if outside the United States, any judicial district in which we may be found) and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notice or their agent; and (e) your physical or electronic signature. If we receive a compliant counter-notice, we may restore the removed material in accordance with the DMCA unless the original complainant notifies us that it has filed a court action seeking to restrain the alleged infringement.

Please be aware that under the DMCA you may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees, if you knowingly materially misrepresent that material is infringing or was removed by mistake.

9. Acceptable Use

You agree not to use the Service to upload, post, share, or distribute any content that: (i) infringes or violates any third-party right, including copyright, trademark, trade secret, privacy, or publicity rights; (ii) is unlawful, harassing, abusive, threatening, defamatory, deceptive, obscene, or otherwise objectionable; (iii) exploits or harms minors; or (iv) violates any applicable law or regulation.

In addition, you agree not to: (i) upload or transmit viruses, malware, or other harmful code; (ii) send spam or other unsolicited communications through the Service; (iii) harvest or collect information about other users without their consent; (iv) interfere with, disrupt, or place an undue burden on the Service or its infrastructure; (v) attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service, other accounts, or our systems; (vi) circumvent, probe, or abuse any usage limits, rate limits, or security measures, including by creating multiple accounts or automating requests; (vii) abuse the AI features, including by attempting to generate unlawful or harmful content, attempting to extract underlying models or prompts, or using AI outputs to develop competing products or services; or (viii) misrepresent AI-generated content as authoritative professional advice when sharing it with others.

Reporting and Blocking

Anything shared publicly on the Service can be reported. Public recipes, creator pages, and comments each carry a report control, and you can also write to us at info@cookeaseapp.com. We review every report and aim to act within 24 hours, removing content that breaches this section and, where warranted, suspending or terminating the account behind it. You can also block another user, which hides their public recipes and comments from you and prevents them from commenting on yours. We do not tolerate content that harms minors, and we report it to the appropriate authorities where the law requires. Reporting a piece of content is not the same as a copyright complaint; for those, follow Section 8.

10. AI Features and AI Output Disclaimer

The Service uses AI, including third-party AI models, to power features such as recipe extraction from links, photos, PDFs, and text, AI recipe generation, recipe images, the cooking chat assistant, voice commands, and estimated nutrition information. Due to the nature of AI, outputs ("AI Output") may be inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, or misleading, may not correctly reflect the source content you saved, and may occasionally produce results that are wrong in ways that are not obvious. Similar inputs may produce different outputs for different users, and AI Output may not be unique to you.

No Reliance: AI Output is provided for convenience and general information only. It is not professional, medical, nutritional, dietetic, or food-safety advice, and you must not rely on it as such. You are responsible for reviewing and verifying AI Output before relying on it, including checking saved recipes against their original sources and verifying quantities, temperatures, times, and techniques. In particular, any nutrition figures shown in the Service are AI-generated estimates, may differ materially from actual values, and must not be used for medical purposes or for managing any health condition. Always verify nutrition and ingredient information against actual product packaging.

11. Food Safety, Allergy, and Health Disclaimer

Recipes and cooking content on the Service are provided by users, saved from third-party sources, or generated by AI, and are not reviewed or verified by us. We make no representation about the accuracy, quality, safety, or fitness for purpose of any recipe or cooking instruction. Any use of or reliance on recipes or other content from the Service is at your own risk.

Allergies and Dietary Restrictions: You are solely responsible for identifying and managing allergies, intolerances, and dietary or religious restrictions for yourself and anyone you cook for. Ingredient lists and AI-generated dietary or allergen indications may be incomplete or incorrect. Always check actual ingredient labels and packaging.

Safety Precautions: You should (i) verify unusual or novel ingredients and methods against reputable sources; (ii) follow food safety guidance issued by your government or health authorities, including safe cooking temperatures and food handling practices; (iii) not expect the Service to identify or warn about risks in food preparation or consumption; and (iv) if you are an inexperienced cook, seek instruction from an experienced cook or other appropriate authority, particularly regarding health and safety. Nothing in the Service is medical advice; consult a qualified professional for questions about diet and health.

12. Subscriptions, Billing, and Cancellation

Parts of the Service are free, and an optional paid subscription ("CookEase Pro") unlocks additional features and higher usage limits. How you are billed depends on where you purchased:

Automatic renewal: CookEase Pro is a subscription that renews by itself. Unless you cancel before the current period ends, it renews automatically for another period of the same length and your payment method is charged the then-current price for that plan, which is shown to you before you buy. A free trial becomes a paid subscription automatically at the end of the trial unless you cancel before the trial ends. There is no separate reminder before each renewal beyond any notice your payment provider or Apple sends you. Cancelling is always available in one place: the billing section of your account for web subscriptions, or your Apple account's subscription settings for purchases made in the iOS app.

Cancellation and Refunds: You must cancel through the platform where you purchased. Except where required by applicable law or by the policies of Stripe or Apple, all payments are non-refundable and we do not provide refunds or credits for partial billing periods, unused features, or downgrades. Deleting your account does not by itself cancel an Apple-billed subscription; you must cancel it separately with Apple.

Price and Plan Changes: We may change subscription prices or the features included in free and paid plans. For existing subscribers, price changes take effect no earlier than the next billing period after reasonable advance notice, and you can cancel before the change applies.

13. Usage Limits

AI-backed and resource-intensive features (such as recipe saves, AI recipe generation, the chat assistant, and voice features) are subject to daily and other usage limits, which differ between free and Pro plans. Limits exist to prevent abuse and manage the cost of third-party AI and infrastructure services. We may change, add, or remove usage limits at any time without notice, and we may throttle, suspend, or block usage that we reasonably believe is abusive, automated, or in violation of these Terms. A subscription entitles you to higher limits as described in the Service, not to unlimited usage.

14. Third-Party Services and Links

The Service relies on and interoperates with third-party services, including sign-in providers, payment processors, AI model providers, speech services, and content sources, and may contain links to third-party websites. We do not control third-party services and are not responsible for their content, availability, accuracy, pricing, or practices; your use of them is subject to their own terms and privacy policies, and at your own risk.

Instacart: The Service offers an optional integration that sends your shopping list items to Instacart to facilitate grocery ordering. Instacart is a third-party service not under our control; we are not responsible for product availability, item matching, pricing, fees, delivery, or any other aspect of Instacart's services, and any purchase you make is solely between you and Instacart.

15. Modification, Suspension, and Termination

We reserve the right, at any time, to modify, suspend, or discontinue the Service or any part of it, with or without notice. We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service (including your account) at any time, with or without cause, including for any violation of these Terms, suspected fraud or abuse, legal compliance reasons, or extended inactivity. Where practical and lawful, we will try to give you notice and an opportunity to export your content, but we are not obligated to do so. Upon termination, your right to use the Service ends immediately. Sections of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination (including Sections 5, 8, and 16 through 20) will survive.

16. Account Deletion

You may delete your account at any time through the account settings in the Service. Account deletion is permanent and irreversible: your profile, recipes, cookbooks, shopping lists, and other content associated with your account will be deleted, subject to limited retention described in our Privacy Policy (for example, records we are required to keep and residual backup copies). Copies of recipes that other users saved from your public or shared content before deletion remain in their accounts. Deleting your account does not automatically cancel a subscription billed by Apple; cancel it separately in your Apple account settings to avoid further charges.

17. Disclaimers; Limitation of Liability; Indemnification

Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SERVICE, INCLUDING ALL AI OUTPUT AND ALL CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH IT, IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, ACCURACY, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, BE AVAILABLE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE BASIS, OR BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, COMPLETE, OR SAFE.

Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL WE (OR OUR OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, OR LICENSORS) BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, COSTS OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, PERSONAL INJURY, OR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICE OR ANY CONTENT OR AI OUTPUT, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICE, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) FIFTY U.S. DOLLARS ($50) OR (B) THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID US FOR THE SERVICE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM. THE EXISTENCE OF MORE THAN ONE CLAIM WILL NOT ENLARGE THIS LIMIT. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU; IN THAT CASE, OUR LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless CookEase and its officers, employees, and agents from and against any claims, demands, losses, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) made by any third party arising out of or relating to (a) your use or misuse of the Service, (b) your User Content, including content you save, make public, or share, (c) your violation of these Terms, or (d) your violation of any applicable law or any third-party right. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you, in which case you agree to cooperate with our defense.

18. Dispute Resolution; Governing Law

Governing Law: These Terms and any dispute arising out of or relating to them or the Service are governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

Informal Resolution First: Before filing a claim, you agree to first contact us at info@cookeaseapp.com with a description of the dispute and give us thirty (30) days to try to resolve it informally.

Mandatory Arbitration: Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service, or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation, or validity thereof, including the determination of the scope or applicability of this agreement to arbitrate, shall be determined by binding arbitration in New York, New York before one arbitrator, administered by JAMS pursuant to its Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction.

Small Claims Carve-Out: Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may bring an individual claim in small claims court if the claim qualifies for that court and remains there. In addition, either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to protect its intellectual property rights.

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL: YOU AND COOKEASE EACH WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY ISSUE TRIABLE BY A JURY, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THAT ANY SUCH RIGHT NOW OR HEREAFTER EXISTS, WITH REGARD TO THESE TERMS OR ANY CLAIM ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICE.

WAIVER OF CLASS ACTION: YOU AND COOKEASE AGREE THAT EACH PARTY MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT ON A CLASS, REPRESENTATIVE, OR COLLECTIVE BASIS, AND THE PARTIES WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO HAVE ANY DISPUTE BE BROUGHT, HEARD, ADMINISTERED, RESOLVED, OR ARBITRATED ON A CLASS, COLLECTIVE, REPRESENTATIVE, OR MASS ACTION BASIS. If this class action waiver is found unenforceable as to a particular claim, then that claim (and only that claim) must be severed from arbitration and brought in court.

19. Changes to These Terms

We may revise these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will provide reasonable notice, such as by posting the updated Terms on the Service with a new "Last updated" date or by notifying you within the Service or by email. Changes take effect when posted unless the notice states otherwise. Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms; if you do not agree, stop using the Service and, if applicable, cancel your subscription.

20. General

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service and supersede all prior agreements on that subject. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms is not a waiver of that right or provision. You may not assign or transfer these Terms without our prior written consent; we may assign these Terms without restriction, including in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets. The section titles in these Terms are for convenience only. The word "including" means "including without limitation". If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force and effect, and the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed modified so that it is valid and enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by law. Copyright © 2026 CookEase. All rights reserved. All trademarks, logos, and service marks displayed on the Service are our property or the property of third parties, and you may not use them without prior written consent of the applicable owner.

21. Contact

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at: info@cookeaseapp.com

Last updated: August 28, 2026