Terms of Service

Welcome to ReadersGuild. These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your use of the ReadersGuild mobile application and website (the “Service”), provided by EchoForge (“we,” “us,” or “our”).

By accessing or using our Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the Service.

1. Eligibility and Accounts

You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service. The Service is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly permit them to create accounts. If you are under 18, you represent that you have your parent or guardian's permission to use the Service. If we learn that we hold an account belonging to a child under 13, we will delete it and its associated data.

You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and for all activities that occur under your account. You must notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account.

2. Subscriptions and Payments

Premium Features: Certain features of the Service require a paid subscription (“Premium”). We use RevenueCat to manage subscriptions, and payments are processed through the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.

Billing: By subscribing, you agree to the pricing and payment terms of the respective App Store. Subscriptions generally renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.

Refunds: Refund requests are handled by the respective App Store and are subject to their refund policies.

3. The Guild System (Referrals & Caps)

Book Cap: Free accounts have a soft limit of 10 tracked books.

Referral System: You may increase your book cap by inviting friends to the Service. Both the referrer and the referee receive +3 book capacity upon successful sign-up and initial activity.

Fair Use: We reserve the right to revoke referral bonuses or suspend accounts found to be gaming or exploiting the referral system (e.g., creating fake accounts).

4. User Content and Conduct

You retain ownership of the content you post (captions, notes, photos). However, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, display, and distribute your content within the Service.

Prohibited Conduct: You agree not to:

• Post illegal, offensive, or harassing content.
• Impersonate others or provide false information.
• Use the Service for unauthorized commercial purposes.
• Interfere with the operation of the Service or attempt to bypass any security measures.

No tolerance for objectionable content or abusive users: We have zero tolerance for objectionable content and for abusive behavior toward other members. You can report any post or account, and block any user, directly in the app. We review reports and remove violating content and the users who post it, which may include permanently ending their access to the Service.

5. Intellectual Property

The Service, including its design, logos, and original code, is the property of EchoForge and is protected by copyright and intellectual property laws. You may not copy, modify, or distribute any part of the Service without our written permission.

6. Copyright Complaints

We respect copyright and expect the same of our members. If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright, send a notice to our designated agent at support@echoforge.to including: your contact details, identification of the work you say is infringed, identification of the material you want removed and where it appears, a statement that you believe in good faith the use is unauthorized, a statement that the information is accurate and that you are authorized to act for the copyright owner, and your signature.

We remove or disable material that is the subject of a valid notice, and we terminate the accounts of members who repeatedly infringe. If your content was removed and you believe that was a mistake, you may send a counter-notice to the same address.

7. Third-Party Services and Advertising

The Service relies on third parties to work: infrastructure and databases, subscription management, product analytics, email delivery, referral and reward processing, and book metadata from public catalogs. They process data on our behalf under their own terms, and the ones that handle personal information are named in our Privacy Policy.

We do not sell advertising space inside the Service and we do not show you third-party ads. We do advertise ReadersGuild elsewhere, and we use a mobile measurement partner to understand which campaigns brought readers to us. That involves device and installation identifiers, described in the Privacy Policy, and on iOS it only involves tracking identifiers if you allow it when asked.

8. App Store Terms

If you obtained the app from the Apple App Store, the following applies. This agreement is between you and EchoForge only, not Apple, and Apple is not responsible for the app or its content. Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support. If the app fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple and Apple will refund your purchase price; to the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation. Apple is not responsible for addressing any claim relating to the app, including product liability, regulatory compliance, or consumer protection claims, or for any third-party claim that the app infringes intellectual property rights. You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated as terrorist-supporting, and that you are not on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you.

If you obtained the app from Google Play, your use is also subject to the Google Play Terms of Service, and Google is not a party to these Terms.

9. Modifications and Interruptions

We may change, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Service at any time. We may also impose limits on certain features or restrict access without notice or liability. We will make a reasonable effort to give notice of significant changes, and where a paid subscription is affected we will handle it in line with the refund rules of the store you purchased through.

We do not guarantee the Service will be available without interruption. Maintenance, third-party outages, and errors happen.

10. Termination

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account at our discretion, without notice, for conduct that we believe violates these Terms or is harmful to other users or our business interests.

Upon termination, your right to use the Service will immediately cease. You may delete your account at any time within the app settings.

11. Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

The Service is provided “as is” without warranties of any kind. EchoForge does not guarantee that the Service will be error-free or uninterrupted.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, EchoForge shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from your use of the Service.

12. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless EchoForge and its officers, employees, and agents from any claim, loss, liability, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of your use of the Service, your content, your breach of these Terms, or your violation of the rights of another.

13. Dispute Resolution

If you have a problem with the Service, contact us first at support@echoforge.to. Most things are resolved that way, and we would rather fix it than argue about it.

If we cannot resolve a dispute informally within sixty days, it will be resolved under the governing law and in the courts identified below, unless applicable consumer protection law in your country of residence gives you the right to bring proceedings elsewhere. Nothing in these Terms limits any non-waivable statutory rights you have as a consumer.

14. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which EchoForge is registered, without regard to its conflict of law principles.

15. Changes and Notices

We may update these Terms. When we make a material change we will update the date at the top of this page and, where the change meaningfully affects your rights, tell you in the app or by email. Continuing to use the Service after a change means you accept the updated Terms.

You agree that we may communicate with you electronically, including by email, push notification, and in-app message, and that electronic communications satisfy any legal requirement that a communication be in writing.