Terms of use
Last updated 21 October 2026.
These terms cover the nihowdy app and this website. By using either, you agree to them.
Who can use nihowdy
You must be 13 or older. If you are under 18, you need a parent or guardian's permission to buy a subscription.
Your account
Keep your sign-in method secure; you are responsible for activity on your account. One account is for one person. You can delete your account at any time in Settings.
Subscriptions
- Pro is sold through the App Store on iOS and through Stripe on the web.
- Prices, periods, and any trial terms are shown on the paywall before you buy.
- Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled, at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
- Manage or cancel in the App Store (iOS) or your account page (web). Deleting the app does not cancel it.
- Refunds are handled by the store that took the payment.
- Fair use applies to "unlimited" features: we may throttle automated or abusive usage that threatens service for everyone.
Your content
You keep ownership of what you write and record. You give us permission to process it to run the service — for example, sending a message to our text provider to generate a reply, or scoring a recording. We do not use your content to train models.
Do not use nihowdy to send unlawful, harassing, or infringing content. We may suspend accounts that do.
Our content
Lessons, audio, the tone analysis, and the app itself belong to us or our licensors. Use them inside the app; do not redistribute or resell them. Dictionary and stroke data carry their own licences, listed in the app's About screen.
AI features
A language model can be wrong. We validate its output — structure, character set, difficulty — and fall back to safe content when it fails, but you should treat explanations as study help, not as an authority. Tone scores are computed by our own signal processing.
Availability
We aim to keep the service running, but we do not promise uninterrupted availability. We may change or retire features; if we remove something you paid for, we will make it right.
Liability
To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, and our total liability is limited to what you paid us in the twelve months before the claim. Nothing here limits rights you have that cannot be waived.
Governing law
The laws of the State of Texas apply, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules.
Contact
the support page linked in the App Store listing