Terms of Use (EULA)

1. Introduction

Welcome to Forkplate. These Terms of Use, which also serve as the End-User License Agreement ("EULA") for the Forkplate mobile application (collectively, "Terms"), govern your access to and use of the Forkplate mobile application (the "App") and any related services. By downloading, installing, creating an account, or using the App, you agree to be bound by these Terms.

Forkplate is operated by MB Local Ghost (hereinafter referred to as the "Operator" or "Forkplate"). The Operator is a legal entity registered in Lithuania (European Union) which develops and maintains the App. All references to "we", "our", or "us" in these Terms refer to the Operator.

If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use the App.

2. License Grant

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, Forkplate grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to download, install, and use the App on any device that you own or control, solely for your personal, non-commercial purposes.

This license does not allow you to distribute, sublicense, or make the App available over a network where it could be used by multiple devices at the same time, unless authorised by a paid tier that includes multi-device sync. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved by Forkplate.

For iOS devices, use of the App is also subject to Apple's Standard End-User License Agreement, available at Apple's Standard End-User License Agreement.

3. Account Registration

To use Forkplate, you must sign in using a supported authentication method (Google or Apple). By signing in, you confirm that:

You are at least 13 years of age
The information you provide during registration is accurate and complete
You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account credentials
You accept responsibility for all activity that occurs under your account

4. Plans

Forkplate comes in three plans: Free, Lifetime (a one-time purchase) and Premium (a monthly subscription). Lifetime and Premium were previously sold as Solo and Solo Cloud; existing purchases carry over. The App shows what each plan includes, and the stores show its price in your currency.

Free

Your content — recipes, meal plans, ratings, labels and photos — is stored locally on your device only. It is not backed up or synced: if you uninstall the App or lose your device, it is permanently lost
The App contacts our servers to sign you in, for the optional features described in Section 6 (AI scanning and the community product database) and for the usage statistics described in our Privacy Policy
Up to 50 recipes
Plan and log as many meals as you like, and rate every meal
Statistics and plan history for the last 7 days
20 AI scans in total, which do not refill (photos and links share one allowance, and a scan counts only when it finds a recipe)

Lifetime (one-time purchase)

Paid once; it never renews
Backup and sync of your content to our servers and across the devices you sign in on
Unlimited recipes, subject to the fair-use limits in Section 5
Every week of statistics and plan history, rating averages and best-rated dishes
100 AI scans per calendar month, refilled on the 1st

Premium (monthly subscription)

Everything in Lifetime
30 AI scans per day, refilled at midnight UTC
Renews every month until you cancel it in your store's subscription settings
You may hold both: while Premium is active its scan allowance applies, and when it ends you keep Lifetime if you own it, or return to Free

5. Feature Availability & Plan Modifications

Forkplate reserves the right to modify, add, or remove features associated with any service tier. This includes, but is not limited to, adjusting usage limits, changing which features are available at each tier, and introducing new tiers or retiring existing ones.

Where a modification materially reduces the functionality available to you under a paid tier during an active subscription period, we will provide reasonable advance notice (at least 30 days where practicable) via the App or email. In such cases, you may cancel your subscription before the change takes effect and receive a pro-rata refund for the remaining subscription period through the applicable app store.

Modifications to the Free tier may be made at any time without prior notice, as no payment obligation exists.

Fair Use & Operational Safeguards

To ensure service stability and prevent abuse, the App applies reasonable operational limits on certain actions (for example, how many ingredients or photos a recipe can hold, or how many recipes and meals can be synced in a month). These safeguards are designed to be well above normal usage and should not affect ordinary day-to-day use. The specific thresholds may be adjusted at any time without notice.

6. Data Handling & Storage

Mandatory Authentication

All users are required to sign in (via Google or Apple) to use the App. Authentication is used primarily to identify your account and determine whether you have an active paid subscription. On all tiers, including Free, basic account data (such as your authentication identifier, display name, and subscription status) is stored on our servers.

Local Data (Free)

Beyond the account data described above, all content you create on the Free plan — recipes, meal plans, ratings, labels, and photos — is stored exclusively on your device in a local database. We do not have access to, nor do we store, any of this content on our servers, other than what you send for an AI scan or contribute to the community product database (see below). You are solely responsible for backing up your device. Uninstalling the App or losing your device will result in permanent, irrecoverable loss of all locally stored data.

Synced Data (Lifetime and Premium)

On Lifetime and Premium, your content is transmitted over encrypted connections and stored on secure, hosted database servers; photos are compressed (WebP) before upload. We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your data, including:

Encryption in transit (TLS/SSL)
Row-level security policies to isolate user data
Authenticated access controls

While we take reasonable precautions to protect your data, no system is entirely immune to security risks. You acknowledge that you provide your data at your own discretion.

If Premium ends and you do not own Lifetime, nothing further is backed up, but the content already on our servers stays there and can still be downloaded to your devices until you delete your account (see Section 7).

AI Recipe Scanning

The App offers an optional AI-powered scanning feature that can create a recipe from a photo or from a link you share (for example a TikTok, Instagram, YouTube or website link), and identify a product from a photo. When you use this feature, the photo you capture or the link you share (and any short text hint you provide) is transmitted to and processed on our servers, where an artificial intelligence model analyzes it to suggest recipe or product details.

Because this processing takes place on our servers, photos and links you submit through the scanning feature are sent to us regardless of your plan — including the Free plan, on which your other content is otherwise stored only on your device. This occurs solely to provide the requested scan. The feature is optional and only runs when you actively initiate a scan; if you do not use it, no photos or links are transmitted for this purpose.

Every plan includes an allowance of AI scans (see Section 4): photos and links share one allowance, and a scan counts only when it finds a recipe. Once the allowance is used up, scanning resumes when it refills or when you move to a plan with a larger one. Allowances may change over time in accordance with Section 5.

Data Deletion

You may delete your data at any time through the App. On every plan, you can delete your account and all associated data directly from within the App (Settings → Account → Delete Account). On the Free plan, uninstalling the App also removes your content, since it exists only on your device. For full instructions, see our account deletion page. You may also request deletion by contacting us at info@forkplate.eu.

7. Purchases, Subscriptions & Payments

Lifetime is a one-time purchase and Premium is a monthly subscription. Both are processed through the Apple App Store or Google Play Store; by buying either, you agree to the respective store's terms of service and payment policies.

Premium renews automatically every month unless cancelled before the end of the current billing period. You may cancel at any time in your device's app store settings; turning renewal off keeps Premium until the end of the period you have paid for
Lifetime is paid once and never renews. It belongs to the store account you bought it with and can be restored on a new device from the App
Refunds are handled according to the policies of the Apple App Store or Google Play Store; a refunded purchase ends the plan it paid for
When Premium ends, you keep Lifetime if you own it; otherwise your account returns to Free. Content already backed up stays on our servers and can still be downloaded to your devices, but changes you make afterwards are no longer backed up. Recipes beyond the Free limit stay, though adding more requires a plan, and the Free scan allowance counts every scan ever made on the account

Pricing Changes

We reserve the right to change the pricing of any paid plan, including subscription fees and one-time purchase prices. For active subscribers, price changes will take effect at the start of your next billing cycle. The Apple App Store and Google Play Store will notify you of any price increase and require your consent before renewing at the new price. If you do not agree to a price change, you may cancel your subscription before it renews.

8. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

Use the App for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable laws
Attempt to gain unauthorized access to our servers, systems, or other users' accounts
Reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any part of the App
Upload content that is harmful, offensive, or infringes on the rights of others
Abuse the service by creating multiple accounts to circumvent tier limitations
Upload to the Community Product Database any content that is not directly related to the food or beverage product being catalogued (see Section 9 for details)

9. Community Product Database

Forkplate includes a community-driven product database (the "Community Product Database") that allows users to contribute product information — including product names, descriptions, nutritional data, ingredient lists, and product images — for the benefit of all users.

Shared Nature of Contributions

Any product information or images you submit to the Community Product Database will be accessible to all Forkplate users. You should not include any personal, private, or sensitive information in your submissions. By contributing, you understand and accept that your contributions become part of a shared resource available to the entire Forkplate user base.

Content Standards

All contributions to the Community Product Database must relate directly and exclusively to the food or beverage product being catalogued. In particular:

Product images must depict only the product itself, its packaging, nutritional label, or ingredient list
Product descriptions must accurately describe the product and its characteristics (ingredients, nutritional values, brand, etc.)
You must not upload content that is sexually explicit, violent, graphic, promotes weapons or firearms, or is otherwise inappropriate, offensive, or unrelated to food products
You must not upload content that infringes on the intellectual property rights of third parties beyond what is reasonably necessary for product identification (e.g., photographing a product label)
You must not upload spam, advertisements, promotional material, or any content intended to mislead other users

Moderation & Enforcement

We reserve the right to review, remove, or modify any content submitted to the Community Product Database at our sole discretion and without prior notice. Violations of the content standards set out above may result in:

Immediate removal of the offending content
A warning issued to your account
Temporary or permanent suspension of your account, including loss of access to all paid features and synced data

The severity of enforcement action is at our sole discretion and will be proportionate to the nature and frequency of the violation. Uploading content that is sexually explicit, promotes violence, or depicts weapons will result in immediate account suspension without prior warning.

Reporting

If you encounter inappropriate content in the Community Product Database, please report it to info@forkplate.eu. We will investigate reports promptly and take appropriate action.

Third-Party Data Sources

The Community Product Database may include product information sourced from third-party open databases. In particular, Forkplate uses data from Open Food Facts, a free, open, collaborative database of food products from around the world. Open Food Facts data is made available under the Open Database License (ODbL). Individual product data contents are available under the Database Contents License (DbCL). Product images sourced from Open Food Facts are available under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike licence (CC BY-SA).

Third-party sourced data is provided as-is. Forkplate does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of data obtained from external sources. All such data is subject to review and correction by the Forkplate community and moderation team.

10. Intellectual Property

The Forkplate App, including its design, code, branding, and documentation, is the intellectual property of Forkplate. You may not copy, modify, distribute, or create derivative works based on the App without prior written consent.

You retain full ownership of the content you create within the App (recipes, meal plans, ratings, labels, and images). By using a paid tier with data synchronization, you grant us a limited license to store and transmit your content solely for the purpose of providing the service.

By contributing product information or images to the Community Product Database, you grant Forkplate a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to store, display, distribute, and make available your contributions to all Forkplate users. This license survives account deletion — product data you contributed remains in the Community Product Database even after your account is closed, as other users may rely on it. You represent and warrant that you have the right to submit any content you contribute and that such content does not violate any third party's rights.

11. Disclaimer of Warranties

The App is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We make no warranties, expressed or implied, regarding the App's reliability, availability, or fitness for a particular purpose.

We do not guarantee that the App will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of harmful components. You use the App at your own risk.

12. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Forkplate shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to loss of data, loss of profits, or business interruption, arising from your use of or inability to use the App.

In particular, we shall not be liable for any data loss resulting from device failure, App uninstallation, or service interruption on the Free tier where no online backup is provided.

13. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to the App at our discretion if you violate these Terms. Upon termination:

Your access to synced data may be revoked
Local data on your device remains unaffected
Any outstanding subscription fees remain your responsibility

You may terminate your account at any time by contacting us or deleting the App and requesting data removal.

14. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. Any changes will be reflected by updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Continued use of the App after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms.

For significant changes, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you through the App or via email.

15. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the European Union, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) where applicable. Any disputes arising from these Terms shall be resolved in the competent courts of the jurisdiction in which Forkplate operates.

16. Contact Us

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at:

MB Local Ghost (Forkplate)
Email: info@forkplate.eu