Terms of Use
Contents
01.Acceptance of these terms
These Terms of Use ("Terms") are an agreement between you and Minine ("we", "us") governing your use of the Minine Aloud application for iOS and iPadOS (the "App") and its associated services. By downloading or using the App you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the App.
Apple's standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement also applies; where these Terms are stricter, these Terms control between you and us.
02.The service
The App converts text you provide — pasted text, shared text, and imported TXT, Markdown, PDF, and EPUB files — into synthesized speech, using an on-device engine or, for Pro subscribers, cloud engines. It also offers optional AI features (summaries, outlines, highlights, and document chat), listening statistics, spaced review, and optional iCloud sync.
03.License to use the app
We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the App on Apple devices you own or control, for personal, non-commercial listening. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, lease, reverse-engineer, or attempt to extract the source code of the App or its backend, except to the extent applicable law permits despite this restriction.
04.Your content and copyright
You retain all rights to the documents and text you bring into the App. You grant us a limited license to process that text — transmit it to our speech and AI providers and return the result — solely to operate the features you invoke. We claim no ownership of your content and do not use it to train AI models.
You are responsible for having the right to use the content you import. Listening to material you own or have lawful access to for personal use is what the App is for. You must not use the App to reproduce, distribute, or publicly communicate copyrighted works — including distributing synthesized audio of copyrighted texts — in ways that infringe the rights of others. Synthesized audio of third-party voices/text may not be used to create audiobooks or other commercial derivative products without the necessary rights.
05.Acceptable use
You agree not to:
- use the App or its cloud services for unlawful purposes, or to process content that is illegal in your jurisdiction;
- attempt to bypass subscription gating, quotas, device attestation, or other technical protections;
- probe, overload, or disrupt our backend, or access it other than through the App;
- resell, share, or programmatically farm cloud synthesis or AI capacity;
- use AI outputs to generate or spread misinformation presented as fact, or use synthesized speech to impersonate a real person deceptively.
06.Accounts
An account is optional. If you create one (via Sign in with Apple or email verification code), you are responsible for activity under it and for keeping access to your sign-in method. You may delete your account at any time in Settings → Account → Delete Account; deletion is permanent and removes server-side data as described in the Privacy Policy.
07.Subscriptions and billing
Pro features are offered as auto-renewing subscriptions purchased through Apple:
| Plan | Price (US) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly | $4.99 / week | — |
| Monthly | $16.99 / month | — |
| Annual | $69.99 / year | Includes a 7-day free trial |
- Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Prices vary by region; the in-app purchase sheet always shows the binding price.
- Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in iOS Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions.
- Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription.
- Refunds are handled by Apple, not by us — request them at reportaproblem.apple.com. Statutory consumer rights remain unaffected.
- Use Restore Purchases in the App to re-activate an existing subscription on a new device.
08.Fair use and quotas
Cloud synthesis and AI features are subject to daily fair-use quotas (currently 2,000 characters/day of cloud synthesis on the free tier and 200,000 characters/day plus 50,000 AI tokens/day on Pro). Quotas exist to keep the service sustainable and may be adjusted; the current values are always visible in the App. The on-device Apple engine is never metered.
09.AI-generated content
Summaries, outlines, highlights, and chat answers are generated by machine-learning models and may be inaccurate, incomplete, or misleading. They are provided for convenience, not as professional advice of any kind (legal, medical, financial, or otherwise). Verify important information against the source text. You are responsible for how you use AI outputs.
10.Availability and changes
Cloud voices and AI features depend on third-party providers and network connectivity, and may be modified, throttled, or discontinued (including via remote feature flags) for operational, legal, or security reasons. We may update the App and these Terms; material changes to the Terms will be announced in the App or on this page. On-device features continue to work without connectivity.
11.Disclaimers
The App is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that synthesis will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that any voice will accurately pronounce every text.
12.Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, we shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or loss of data, profits, or goodwill, arising from your use of the App. Our aggregate liability for all claims relating to the App shall not exceed the greater of (a) the amount you paid us in the 12 months preceding the claim and (b) US $50. Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot be excluded by law.
13.Termination
You may stop using the App at any time; deleting the App removes local data. We may suspend or terminate access to cloud services if you materially breach these Terms (e.g., quota circumvention or abuse), where feasible with notice. Sections 4, 9, 11, 12, and 14 survive termination.
14.General
- Entire agreement. These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the App.
- Severability. If any provision is held unenforceable, the remainder stays in effect.
- No waiver. Failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it.
- Assignment. You may not assign these Terms; we may assign them in connection with a merger or sale.
- Governing law. These Terms are governed by the laws of your country of habitual residence to the extent mandatory consumer law applies; otherwise by the laws of the jurisdiction in which we operate, excluding conflict-of-law rules.
15.Contact
Questions about these Terms:
[email protected]