Terms of Use

Last updated: 17 May 2026 Effective date: 17 May 2026

Table of Contents

  1. Agreement to terms
  2. Eligibility and age requirements
  3. License grant and restrictions
  4. Apple Licensed Application End User License Agreement
  5. Subscriptions, billing, and cancellation
  6. EU consumer right of withdrawal and immediate-performance waiver
  7. User conduct and prohibited uses
  8. Intellectual property rights
  9. Disclaimers of warranties
  10. Limitation of liability
  11. Indemnification
  12. Termination
  13. Governing law and dispute resolution
  14. Changes to these terms
  15. Miscellaneous
  16. Contact information

1. Agreement to terms

By using Gossipy you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the App. These Terms also incorporate Apple's standard end-user-license terms by reference, they are reproduced in Section 4 for convenience.

These Terms of Use (the "Terms") form a binding agreement between you ("you", "your", "User") and Charly Klopfenstein, an individual sole proprietor based in France (the "Developer", "we", "us", "our"), in relation to your use of the mobile application Gossipy (the "App"), published on the Apple App Store with an age rating of 17+. Gossipy is published and operated by the Developer acting as a natural person; it is not operated by, and shall not be confused with, any company.

The App is a narrative investigation game in which you explore fictional, in-game representations of mobile phones to solve scripted scenarios. By downloading, installing, accessing, or using the App, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by these Terms and by the Privacy Policy, which forms an integral part of these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not download, install, or use the App.

These Terms also incorporate by reference the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions to the extent they apply to the App Store transaction through which you obtained the App. Where these Terms and the Apple Media Services Terms address the same subject matter and conflict, the more specific provision applicable to the Developer's relationship with you shall prevail; in case of irresolvable conflict, the Apple Media Services Terms shall prevail for matters concerning Apple's role as App Store operator.

2. Eligibility and age requirements

You must be at least 17 years old to use the App. The content is intended for adults, it features investigations of fictional infidelity scenarios with suggestive themes.

The App is rated 17+ on the Apple App Store due to mature thematic content, including the depiction of fictional infidelity investigations, suggestive language, and simulated private communications. By accepting these Terms, you represent and warrant that:

If you are under the age of 17, or under the age of majority in your jurisdiction, you must not use the App. If a minor uses the App despite this restriction, a parent or legal guardian must read, accept, and supervise compliance with these Terms on the minor's behalf, and is responsible for the minor's use of the App and for any charges incurred. The Developer reserves the right to terminate access to the App if it has reason to believe a user does not meet these eligibility requirements.

3. License grant and restrictions

We grant you a personal, limited licence to use the App on devices you own or control. You don't own the App, you have permission to use it.

Subject to your compliance with these Terms (including, where applicable, the payment of the subscription fees set out in Section 5), the Developer grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable, personal, and non-commercial licence to download, install, and use the App for your own personal, non-commercial entertainment on Apple-branded products that you own or control and as permitted by the Usage Rules set out in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions.

This licence does not grant you any right of ownership in the App or in any underlying intellectual property. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved by the Developer. You may not:

4. Apple Licensed Application End User License Agreement

Apple has a standard set of clauses they require for any iOS app subscription EULA. The substance is reproduced below. The agreement is still between you and the Developer, not Apple, but Apple is named as a third-party beneficiary so they can enforce these clauses if needed.

The provisions of this Section 4 apply in addition to, and where required take precedence over, the other provisions of these Terms, in order to satisfy Apple's "Licensed Application End User License Agreement" requirements. References to "Licensed Application" mean the App, and references to "Application Provider" mean the Developer.

4.1 Acknowledgement that the agreement is between the user and the Developer only, not Apple

You acknowledge that these Terms are concluded between you and the Developer only, and not with Apple Inc. or any of its subsidiaries (collectively, "Apple"). The Developer, and not Apple, is solely responsible for the App and the content thereof. These Terms may not provide for usage rules for the App that conflict with the latest Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions as of the date of these Terms; in the event of such conflict, the Apple Media Services Terms control.

4.2 Scope of the licence

The licence granted to you in Section 3 is further limited to a non-transferable licence to use the App on any Apple-branded products that you own or control and as permitted by the Usage Rules set forth in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions, except that the App may be accessed and used by other accounts associated with you via Family Sharing or volume purchasing, where permitted by Apple.

4.3 Maintenance and support

The Developer is solely responsible for providing any maintenance and support services with respect to the App, as required under applicable law. The Developer and you acknowledge that Apple has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance or support services with respect to the App. Support requests should be directed to contact@gossipyapp.com.

4.4 Warranty

The Developer is solely responsible for any product warranties applicable to the App, whether express or implied by law, to the extent not effectively disclaimed in these Terms. In the event of any failure of the App to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price (if any) for the App to you; and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the App, and any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, or expenses attributable to any failure to conform to any warranty will be the Developer's sole responsibility.

4.5 Product claims

The Developer and you acknowledge that the Developer, not Apple, is responsible for addressing any claims by you or any third party relating to the App or your possession and/or use of the App, including but not limited to: (i) product liability claims; (ii) any claim that the App fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and (iii) claims arising under consumer protection, privacy, or similar legislation, including in connection with the App's use of the HealthKit and HomeKit frameworks (not used by the App).

4.6 Intellectual property rights

In the event of any third-party claim that the App or your possession and use of the App infringes that third party's intellectual property rights, the Developer, not Apple, will be solely responsible for the investigation, defence, settlement, and discharge of any such intellectual property infringement claim.

You represent and warrant that (i) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a "terrorist supporting" country; and (ii) you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties, including the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Department of Commerce Denied Persons List or Entity List.

4.8 Developer name and contact information

For any questions, complaints, or claims with respect to the App, you may contact the Developer at:

4.9 Third-party terms of agreement

You must comply with applicable third-party terms of agreement when using the App. In particular, you must comply with the terms of service of RevenueCat, Inc. (revenuecat.com), with respect to the subscription management infrastructure that the App relies on, and with the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions with respect to your App Store transaction.

4.10 Third-party beneficiary

The Developer and you acknowledge and agree that Apple, and Apple's subsidiaries, are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms, and that, upon your acceptance of these Terms, Apple will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these Terms against you as a third-party beneficiary thereof.

5. Subscriptions, billing, and cancellation

Gossipy is sold by subscription through the App Store. Apple charges your Apple ID. We don't see your card, refunds go through Apple, not us.

5.1 Subscription plans and pricing

Access to certain features of the App requires an active paid subscription. The current subscription plans offered are:

Prices may vary by country and are displayed in your local currency on the App Store purchase confirmation screen before you confirm. Equivalent local prices are determined by Apple in accordance with its pricing matrix.

5.2 How subscriptions are charged

Subscriptions are sold through the Apple App Store and charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Payment is collected by Apple, not by the Developer. The Developer does not receive, process, or store your payment card details, your Apple ID password, or any other Apple credential. The Developer learns only the pseudonymous subscription status described in the Privacy Policy via RevenueCat.

5.3 Auto-renewal

Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each billing period at the then-current price for the same subscription duration, unless you cancel at least twenty-four (24) hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple ID will be charged for the renewal within twenty-four (24) hours prior to the end of the current period.

5.4 How to cancel

You can manage and cancel your subscription, including any active free trial, directly in your Apple ID settings:

Cancelling stops the renewal at the end of the current paid period. You retain access to the subscribed features until the end of that period. Deleting the App does not cancel your subscription, you must cancel through Apple as described above.

5.5 Refunds

The Developer does not process payments and therefore cannot issue refunds for purchases made through the App Store. All refund requests must be addressed to Apple via reportaproblem.apple.com and are handled in accordance with Apple's refund policy and applicable consumer law. Where Apple grants a refund, the Developer will not contest it.

5.6 Price changes

The Developer may change subscription prices from time to time. Where applicable law requires advance notice or your express consent (in particular under the EU consumer-rights framework), the new price will not apply to your existing subscription until you have been notified through the App or by Apple and, where required, have given your consent. You may always avoid an increase by cancelling the subscription before the renewal date as described in Section 5.4.

5.7 Free trials

Where a free trial is offered, the trial period begins when you confirm the subscription on the App Store purchase sheet and ends after the duration disclosed in Section 5.1. If you do not cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the trial, your subscription will automatically convert to a paid subscription at the then-current price disclosed at confirmation. Free trials may be limited to one per Apple ID and per "subscription group" as defined by Apple. The Developer reserves the right to determine eligibility for free trials and to modify or discontinue free trials at any time for new subscribers, subject to applicable law.

6. EU consumer right of withdrawal and immediate-performance waiver

EU consumers normally have 14 days to withdraw from an online purchase. Because Gossipy is digital content delivered immediately, you waive that right by starting to use the App right after purchase, this is standard for digital products and is required under Article 16(m) of EU Directive 2011/83/EU.

If you are a consumer habitually resident in the European Union, you have, in principle, a statutory right under Articles 9 to 16 of Directive 2011/83/EU on consumer rights (as transposed into the law of your Member State, including in France under Articles L221-18 et seq. of the Code de la consommation) to withdraw from a distance contract for digital content within fourteen (14) days of the conclusion of the contract, without giving any reason and without incurring any cost other than those provided for in those provisions.

The App and any digital content delivered through it (including subscription access) qualify as the supply of digital content not supplied on a tangible medium within the meaning of Article 16(m) of Directive 2011/83/EU. By purchasing a subscription and beginning to use the App (including accessing any premium feature, reading any premium content, or downloading any premium asset), you:

  1. Expressly request the immediate performance of the contract, that is, immediate delivery of the digital content and immediate activation of the paid features; and
  2. Expressly consent to the supply of the digital content before the expiry of the fourteen-day withdrawal period; and
  3. Expressly acknowledge that you will thereby lose your right of withdrawal under Article 16(m) of Directive 2011/83/EU once performance has begun.

By confirming the purchase on the App Store sheet, you provide the consent and acknowledgement described above. This waiver does not affect your statutory rights and remedies for non-conformity of the digital content under Directive (EU) 2019/770, which remain unaffected.

If, despite the above, you consider that you are entitled to withdraw from the contract and to obtain a refund, you must make the request through Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com, as the Developer does not collect the payment and cannot process the refund itself.

7. User conduct and prohibited uses

Use the App for its intended purpose. Don't try to break into our infrastructure, scrape our assets, or resell anything from the App.

You agree to use the App only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. Without limiting the foregoing, you agree not to:

The Developer reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action, including terminating your access to the App, for any breach of this Section 7.

8. Intellectual property rights

All the characters, dialogues, art, audio, and code are owned by the Developer. The story is fiction, any resemblance to real people is coincidental.

8.1 Ownership

All right, title, and interest in and to the App and its content, including without limitation the characters, names, dialogues, scripts, scenarios, in-game phone screens, images, illustrations, photographs, audio recordings, music, sound effects, source code, object code, user interface, design, graphics, and all other materials (the "Content"), are the exclusive property of the Developer or its licensors. The Content is protected by French and international copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws, including the French Intellectual Property Code (Code de la propriété intellectuelle) and the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.

Except for the limited licence granted in Section 3, no licence or right is granted to you in any Content, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise.

8.2 Trademarks

"Gossipy" and any associated logos, taglines, and brand elements used in connection with the App are trademarks of the Developer. You may not use those trademarks without the Developer's prior written consent, except for nominative references that comply with applicable trademark law.

8.3 Fictional disclaimer

The App is a work of fiction. All characters, names, businesses, places, events, communications, dialogues, photographs, and incidents portrayed in the App are either products of the Developer's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, to actual places, businesses, or events, or to actual communications or relationships, is purely coincidental. The investigations depicted in the App are scripted scenarios; they do not refer to, allege, or imply any fact about any identifiable real person. Nothing in the App should be interpreted as an accusation against, or a statement of fact about, any real individual.

8.4 User-generated content

The App does not provide functionality to publish user-generated content to a public audience or to other users. Notes and similar text you write inside the App remain on your device. If you nevertheless transmit any content to the Developer (for example, by sending a feature request by email), you grant the Developer a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable, sublicensable, transferable licence to use, reproduce, modify, and create derivative works of that content, solely for the purpose of operating and improving the App.

9. Disclaimers of warranties

The App is provided as-is. We do our best to keep it working, but we don't promise it will be perfect or always available. This does not affect statutory rights that cannot be excluded, see Section 10 for the consumer carve-out.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the App is provided "as is" and "as available", with all faults and without warranty of any kind. The Developer expressly disclaims all warranties, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise, including without limitation any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, completeness, quiet enjoyment, or course of performance.

Without limiting the foregoing, the Developer does not warrant that:

This Section 9 does not exclude, limit, or modify any warranty, condition, guarantee, or other right that cannot be excluded, limited, or modified under applicable law, including without limitation the legal conformity guarantee under Articles L217-3 et seq. of the French Code de la consommation, the warranty against hidden defects under Articles 1641 et seq. of the French Civil Code, and the consumer-protection guarantees under Directive (EU) 2019/770.

10. Limitation of liability

If something goes wrong and a court finds us liable, our liability is capped, except for things the law says cannot be capped, which we expressly preserve.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall the Developer be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profit, revenue, data, business opportunity, or goodwill, arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the App, whether based on contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability, or any other legal theory, even if the Developer has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

The Developer's total cumulative liability arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the App, regardless of the form of action, shall not exceed the greater of (a) the total amount paid by you to access the App through your subscription during the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the event giving rise to liability, or (b) fifty euros (EUR 50.00).

Consumer carve-out. Nothing in this Section 10, or in any other provision of these Terms, shall exclude or limit the Developer's liability for:

If you reside in a jurisdiction whose mandatory consumer-protection law would otherwise require a higher cap or no cap on the Developer's liability, the higher cap or the absence of cap shall apply to the extent so required.

11. Indemnification

If your misuse of the App causes us to be sued, you agree to cover the resulting costs, but only to the extent allowed for consumers.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and except as otherwise provided by mandatory consumer-protection law in your jurisdiction of residence, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Developer (and Apple as a third-party beneficiary under Section 4.10) from and against any and all claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or in connection with:

The Developer will notify you of any such claim, suit, or proceeding promptly and will provide you with reasonable cooperation, at your expense, in the defence thereof. You shall not settle any such matter in a manner that imposes any obligation or liability on the Developer without the Developer's prior written consent.

This Section 11 does not apply where, and to the extent that, applicable mandatory consumer-protection law prohibits or limits such indemnification by a consumer.

12. Termination

You can stop using the App at any time. We can suspend or end your access if you break these Terms.

12.1 Termination by you

You may terminate this agreement at any time by uninstalling the App and, if applicable, cancelling your subscription as described in Section 5.4. Termination by you does not entitle you to a refund of any unused portion of a paid subscription period, except where required by applicable mandatory consumer law (in which case the refund is processed by Apple under Section 5.5).

12.2 Termination by the Developer

The Developer may suspend or terminate your access to the App, with or without notice, if:

In the event of termination by the Developer for cause, you are not entitled to a refund of any subscription fees already paid for the current billing period, except to the extent applicable consumer-protection law requires such a refund.

12.3 Effect of termination

Upon termination, the licence granted to you in Section 3 ceases immediately, you must stop using the App, and you must delete it from your devices. Sections 4 (to the extent enforceable by Apple), 6 (in relation to past purchases), 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, and 15 survive termination.

13. Governing law and dispute resolution

French law applies, and disputes go to the Paris courts, except that EU consumers keep the right to sue and be sued in their own country.

13.1 Governing law

These Terms and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with them are governed by French law, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. The application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Vienna Convention) is excluded.

If you are a consumer habitually resident in the European Union, you also benefit from the mandatory provisions of the law of your country of habitual residence pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 (Rome I).

13.2 Jurisdiction

Subject to Section 13.3, the courts of Paris, France, shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the App.

13.3 EU consumer carve-out under Brussels I bis

If you are a consumer habitually resident in the European Union, the jurisdictional rules of Sections 17 to 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of 12 December 2012 (Brussels I bis) apply by mandatory law. In particular:

Nothing in these Terms limits your right as a consumer to bring or defend a claim in the forum specified by your mandatory local consumer-protection law.

13.4 Online dispute resolution (EU)

Pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 524/2013 on consumer ODR, the European Commission provides an online dispute resolution platform at ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. The Developer is not currently committed to using a specific consumer-mediation body, but you may first contact the Developer at contact@gossipyapp.com to attempt an amicable resolution.

14. Changes to these terms

If we change these Terms, we will update the "Last updated" date and, for material changes, show you a notice inside the App.

The Developer may revise these Terms from time to time to reflect changes in the App, in legal requirements, or in the Developer's practices. The current version always carries a "Last updated" date at the top of this document.

For material changes, including changes to fees, to the scope of the licence, or to limitation-of-liability provisions, the Developer will provide a reasonable in-App notice at the next App launch following the update and, where required by law, will obtain your express consent before the change takes effect for you. Continued use of the App after the effective date of an updated version constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms. If you do not accept the updated Terms, you must stop using the App and, where applicable, cancel your subscription as described in Section 5.4.

15. Miscellaneous

Standard legal boilerplate: if one clause is invalid, the rest still apply; this is the whole agreement; you can't transfer it without our consent; the English version is the authoritative one.

15.1 Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

15.2 Entire agreement

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any in-App notice expressly incorporated by reference, constitute the entire agreement between you and the Developer concerning the App and supersede all prior or contemporaneous understandings, communications, and proposals, whether oral or written, relating to the same subject matter.

15.3 No waiver

The failure of the Developer to enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of that right or provision. No waiver of any term of these Terms shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of that term or of any other term.

15.4 Assignment

You may not assign or transfer these Terms or any of your rights or obligations under them, by operation of law or otherwise, without the Developer's prior written consent. The Developer may assign or transfer these Terms in whole or in part, including to a successor in interest of its business or assets, without your consent, provided the assignee assumes the Developer's obligations under these Terms and the assignment does not adversely affect your rights.

15.5 Force majeure

Neither party shall be liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under these Terms (other than payment obligations) to the extent caused by events beyond its reasonable control, including acts of God, war, terrorism, civil disturbance, governmental action, industrial action, epidemics, or failures of public infrastructure.

15.6 Language

These Terms are made available in English. The English version is the authoritative version and prevails in case of conflict with any translation. Informal translations may be provided for convenience; they do not have legal effect.

15.7 Relationship of the parties

Nothing in these Terms creates any agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment relationship between you and the Developer.

16. Contact information

Reach the Developer here.

Any notice, question, or communication concerning these Terms shall be addressed to:

The Developer will endeavour to respond to communications promptly. For data-protection requests, please see Section 20 of the Privacy Policy.

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