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The rules for using Avoc

Terms of Service

Last updated August 23, 2026

These Terms cover the Avoc app, website, subscriptions, recipe tools, and Recipe Chat. They are written to explain both your rights and the practical limits of the Services. Please read them before using Avoc.

1. Agreement and eligibility

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) are a binding agreement between you and Valid Eats, doing business as Avoc (“Avoc,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). They govern your access to and use of the Avoc mobile application, website, and related services (collectively, the “Services”). By downloading, accessing, or using the Services, you agree to these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Services.

You must be legally able to enter into this agreement. If you are under the age of majority where you live, your parent or legal guardian must review and agree to these Terms and supervise your use of the Services.

2. Services and accounts

Avoc helps you save, organize, import, scan, search, and cook with recipes. Features may include local storage, optional cloud sync, sharing tools, grocery lists, cooking tools, subscriptions, and an AI-powered Recipe Chat.

Some features require an account, compatible device, internet access, platform account, or third-party service. You are responsible for activity through your account, keeping credentials secure, and promptly notifying us of suspected unauthorized use. Account information must be accurate and current.

3. Subscriptions

Some features require a paid Avoc Gold subscription. Available plans, billing periods, prices, and included features are shown before purchase and may vary by country. The app marketplace processes purchases and charges the payment method associated with your account. We do not receive your full payment-card details.

Subscriptions automatically renew for the same period unless you cancel before renewal. You can manage or cancel a subscription in your platform subscription settings. Deleting Avoc does not cancel a subscription. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current paid period. Refunds and billing disputes are handled under the marketplace’s policies and applicable law.

We may change subscription prices or features with notice required by the marketplace or applicable law. A price change applies no earlier than your next renewal and may require your consent.

4. Your content

You retain ownership of recipes, photos, notes, tags, grocery lists, messages, and other content you create or provide (“Your Content”). You represent that you have the rights needed to use Your Content with the Services and that doing so does not violate law or another person’s rights.

You give us a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide license to host, process, reproduce, transmit, and display Your Content only as needed to operate, secure, support, and improve the Services or carry out actions you request. This license ends when Your Content is deleted from systems we control, except for temporary backups, legal retention, or content you shared outside the Services. We do not claim ownership of Your Content.

You are responsible for maintaining appropriate backups. Sync, migration, parsing, and import tools can fail, and we cannot guarantee against loss or corruption of content.

5. Imports and third-party content

Avoc can help you import or link to recipes and material from third-party websites. Those sites and materials are controlled by their owners, not Avoc. Importing content does not give you ownership or permission to publish, sell, or distribute it. You are responsible for respecting copyright, website terms, paywalls, attribution requirements, and other rights.

We do not endorse and are not responsible for the accuracy, safety, availability, or privacy practices of third-party websites or content. Links and search results are provided for convenience.

6. AI features

Recipe Chat uses third-party artificial-intelligence and web-search services. Your prompts, relevant recipe details, tool results, and generated responses may be processed by those providers as described in our Privacy Policy. Do not submit confidential, regulated, or highly sensitive personal information.

AI output can be incomplete, incorrect, outdated, or unsuitable. Review recipes and instructions before relying on them. Verify allergens, ingredient safety, cooking temperatures, storage guidance, dietary restrictions, and nutrition information using reliable sources. AI output is not medical, nutritional, legal, or other professional advice.

You may use AI output for lawful personal purposes, subject to these Terms and rights held by others. We do not promise that output is unique or that intellectual-property rights will attach to it.

7. Acceptable use

You may not use the Services to:

  • violate law, regulations, or another person’s rights;
  • upload harmful code or interfere with the Services or connected systems;
  • probe, bypass, disable, or defeat security, rate limits, access controls, or paywalls;
  • access the Services through unauthorized bots, scrapers, or automated means;
  • reverse engineer source code except where law expressly permits it;
  • impersonate another person, misrepresent affiliation, or submit fraudulent information;
  • harass, threaten, exploit, or harm others; or
  • unreasonably burden or disrupt the Services.

8. Avoc intellectual property

The Services—including software, design, text, graphics, logos, trademarks, and other Avoc-provided content—are owned by or licensed to us and protected by intellectual-property laws. Subject to these Terms, we grant you a personal, limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Services for their intended purposes.

If you send feedback, you give us permission to use it without restriction or compensation, but you retain ownership of pre-existing intellectual property included in that feedback.

9. Privacy

Our Privacy Policy explains how information is collected, used, stored, and disclosed. It is incorporated into these Terms.

10. Third-party services

The Services depend on or interoperate with third-party platform, cloud, authentication, payment, AI, search, hosting, and support providers. Their services may change, fail, or become unavailable, and their terms may apply to your use. We are not responsible for a third party’s independent acts, services, content, or policies.

11. Food and health safety

Recipes, conversions, timers, nutrition estimates, and cooking guidance are informational. Ingredients, equipment, and conditions vary. You are responsible for food handling, allergies, dietary decisions, appliance safety, and determining whether food is safely prepared. Seek qualified professional advice for medical or dietary concerns.

12. Availability and termination

We may update, add, remove, suspend, or discontinue features. We do not guarantee that the Services will always be available, error-free, compatible with every device, or maintained indefinitely. Software updates may be required for continued use.

You may stop using the Services at any time. We may suspend or terminate access if you materially or repeatedly violate these Terms, create risk or legal exposure, fail to pay applicable fees, or misuse the Services. Where practicable, we will provide notice and an opportunity to cure.

13. Disclaimers

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” WE DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED, AND STATUTORY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, AVAILABILITY, AND SECURITY.

We do not warrant that content will be preserved, imports or conversions will be accurate, AI output will be correct or unique, or the Services will be uninterrupted or error-free. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain disclaimers, so some of these terms may not apply to you.

14. Limitation of liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, AVOC AND ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, LICENSORS, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, REVENUE, GOODWILL, DATA, OR USE, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SERVICES.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total liability for all claims related to the Services will not exceed the greater of the amount you paid Avoc through the app marketplace during the six months before the event giving rise to the claim or US$50. These limits do not apply to liability that cannot lawfully be limited or excluded.

15. Indemnity

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Avoc and its affiliates, officers, employees, and agents from third-party claims, losses, liabilities, and reasonable expenses arising from Your Content, your unlawful or unauthorized use of the Services, or your material breach of these Terms. This does not apply to the extent a claim results from our own unlawful conduct, negligence, or willful misconduct.

16. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, except to the extent the law where you live requires otherwise.

Before filing a formal claim, you and Avoc agree to try to resolve the dispute informally for at least 30 days after written notice. Send notice to support@avocapp.com with “Legal Dispute” in the subject line.

Except for qualifying small-claims matters and claims seeking injunctive relief for misuse of intellectual property or unauthorized access, unresolved disputes will be resolved by individual binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its applicable Consumer Arbitration Rules. You and Avoc waive any right to a jury trial and agree that claims may be brought only in an individual capacity, not as a class or representative action.

You may opt out of arbitration by emailing support@avocapp.com with “Arbitration Opt-Out” in the subject line within 30 days after you first accept these Terms. If you validly opt out, or if a dispute is not subject to arbitration, the state and federal courts in New York County, New York will have exclusive jurisdiction unless applicable consumer law permits otherwise.

17. Additional Apple terms

If you obtained Avoc through Apple’s App Store, these Terms are between you and Avoc, not Apple. Apple is not responsible for the app or its content and has no obligation to provide maintenance or support. If the app fails to conform to an applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple may refund the purchase price, if any, as required by its terms and applicable law.

Apple is not responsible for addressing claims relating to the app. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of this section and may enforce it against you. You must also comply with the App Store terms that apply to you.

18. General terms

These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and Avoc about the Services. If a provision is unenforceable, it will be modified to the minimum extent necessary or severed, and the remaining provisions will continue in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver.

We may update these Terms by posting the revised version and changing the “Last updated” date. If changes are material, we will provide additional notice where required. Changes apply prospectively. Continuing to use the Services after revised Terms take effect means you accept them.

19. Contact us

Avoc is operated by Valid Eats. For questions, complaints, or notices about these Terms, email support@avocapp.com.