Phalanx Terms of Service

Last updated: August 5, 2026

These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a legal agreement between you and Jawad Hossain, operating as an individual ("Phalanx," "we," "us," or "our"), governing your access to and use of the Phalanx mobile application (the "App" or "Service"). By creating an account or otherwise using the App, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy, available in the App. If you do not agree, do not use the App.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By downloading, accessing, or using Phalanx, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. These Terms apply to all users of the App.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use Phalanx. If you are between 13 and the age of majority in your jurisdiction, you represent that a parent or legal guardian has reviewed and agreed to these Terms on your behalf. Phalanx is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly permit use of the App by anyone under that age.

3. Description of Service

Phalanx provides:

Food and nutrition logging, including manual food search and barcode lookup powered by the FatSecret Platform API, with results cached locally on your device for performance.
AI-based food photo recognition: you may photograph a meal, and a third-party AI vision service will attempt to identify foods and estimate calories and macronutrients. You review and can edit every AI-generated estimate before it is saved to your diary.
A workout and exercise reference library, organized by muscle group, with instructional video content embedded from YouTube. This library is a curated static reference, not a personalized or AI-generated training program.
Profile-based nutrition calculations (BMI, BMR, TDEE, and macro targets) derived from information you provide during onboarding (age, weight, height, activity level, and fitness goal).
Subscription-gated access: core features of the App require an active paid subscription. There is no free tier of the Service.

We may add, change, or remove features at any time.

4. Accounts and Registration

Account creation and sign-in are handled by our authentication provider, Clerk, and support email/password sign-in as well as Sign in with Google and Sign in with Apple.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activity under your account.
Your Phalanx profile (demographic and fitness information used to calculate your nutrition targets) is created when you complete onboarding and is tied to your authenticated account. Each account is intended for a single individual's personal use.
You agree to provide accurate information during onboarding and to update it as your circumstances change.

5. Subscriptions and Payment

Phalanx is offered on a subscription basis. Subscription purchases, entitlement status, and renewal are managed through RevenueCat in conjunction with the Apple App Store.
Pricing is set and displayed by the Apple App Store at the time of purchase and is not fixed in these Terms. Prices may vary by region and may change; any change will be presented to you before you are charged.
Auto-renewal: subscriptions automatically renew for the same term unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. Your payment method on file with Apple will be charged at confirmation of purchase and again at each renewal.
Managing or canceling: you can manage or cancel your subscription at any time through your device's App Store account settings, or through the in-app subscription management screen. Canceling stops future renewals but does not refund the current billing period.
Free trials or promotional pricing, if offered, will be disclosed to you at the time of the offer and are subject to the terms presented at that time.
Refunds: all payments are processed by Apple, not by us. We do not independently process refunds. Refund requests must be submitted directly to Apple under its refund policies.
If your payment method fails or a billing issue is detected, we may notify you in-app; a temporary grace period may apply before access is affected, consistent with Apple's billing-retry policies.
We do not currently offer any free tier — access to core features requires an active subscription verified through RevenueCat.

6. User Content

"User Content" means the food photos, diary entries, and profile information you submit to the App.
You retain ownership of your User Content. By submitting it, you grant us a limited, non-exclusive license to store, process, and display it back to you for the purpose of operating the Service (e.g., generating AI food estimates, rendering your diary, calculating your nutrition targets).
Food photos are stored in private cloud storage and are not publicly accessible; they are served back to you only.
Diary entries are automatically and permanently removed from active storage on a rolling basis, generally within approximately five weeks of creation, regardless of whether your account remains active. Associated food photos are removed along with them: because one photo may be attached to several entries from the same meal, a photo is deleted once the last entry referencing it is gone, and an automated daily process clears anything that could not be removed immediately.
You represent that you have the right to submit any content you upload and that it does not infringe any third party's rights or depict unlawful activity.
You may request deletion of your account and associated data at any time by contacting us (see Section 17). We will act on such requests within a reasonable time.

7. AI-Generated Content Disclaimer

Food identification and nutrition estimates generated from photos you submit are produced by a third-party artificial intelligence service and are estimates only. They may be inaccurate, incomplete, or based on a misidentification of the food shown.
You are solely responsible for reviewing, correcting, and confirming any AI-generated estimate before relying on it or saving it to your diary.
AI-generated content, and all nutrition and fitness calculations provided by the App (including BMI, BMR, TDEE, and macro targets), are for informational purposes only and do not constitute medical, dietary, or professional health advice. Consult a qualified physician, dietitian, or other professional before making health, dietary, or medical decisions.
We do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of any AI-generated output.

8. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

Use the App for any unlawful purpose or to submit content that is illegal, infringing, or that depicts anyone other than yourself without consent;
Attempt to circumvent, disable, or abuse rate limits or usage restrictions applied to search, barcode lookup, or AI photo-analysis features;
Reverse-engineer, decompile, scrape, or attempt to extract source code or underlying models from the App or its integrated third-party services;
Interfere with the security or normal operation of the App, or attempt to access another user's account or data;
Use an automated means (bot, script, or similar) to access the App outside of its intended use.

We may apply reasonable rate limits to certain features (including AI-based food photo analysis and food search) to prevent abuse; these limits may change at any time without notice. Violation of this section may result in suspension or termination of your account under Section 14.

9. Third-Party Services

The App integrates the following third-party services, each governed by its own terms and privacy policy:

Service	Purpose
Clerk	Account authentication and session management (including Google and Apple sign-in)
Supabase	Database storage of your profile and diary data, and cloud storage of food photos
RevenueCat	Subscription management and entitlement verification
Apple App Store	Payment processing and subscription billing
FatSecret	Food and nutrition database used for search and barcode lookup
A third-party AI vision provider	Analysis of food photos you submit to generate nutrition estimates
Sentry	Crash and error reporting to help us maintain app stability
Apple HealthKit	Optional, read-only access to step count data if you choose to connect it; you can revoke this at any time in your device's Health app settings
YouTube	Hosting of exercise demonstration videos embedded in the workout library

We do not control these third parties and are not responsible for their acts, omissions, availability, or their own terms of service or privacy practices.

10. Intellectual Property

The App, including its design, branding, curated exercise library, and underlying software, is owned by us or our licensors and is protected by intellectual property laws. These Terms do not grant you any right to our trademarks, branding, or source code.
Exercise demonstration videos are hosted on and embedded from YouTube and remain the property of their respective creators/rights holders, subject to YouTube's own terms.
Subject to Section 6, you retain ownership of your User Content.

11. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE APP IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR THAT THE APP WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR SECURE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OF ANY AI-GENERATED CONTENT, NUTRITION CALCULATION, OR THIRD-PARTY DATA (INCLUDING FOOD DATABASE RESULTS) PROVIDED THROUGH THE APP. THE APP IS NOT A MEDICAL DEVICE AND IS NOT INTENDED TO DIAGNOSE, TREAT, CURE, OR PREVENT ANY DISEASE OR HEALTH CONDITION.

12. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE APP, INCLUDING RELIANCE ON ANY AI-GENERATED OR NUTRITION-CALCULATION OUTPUT. OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE APP WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU ACTUALLY PAID US FOR THE SERVICE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THESE LIMITATIONS, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

13. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from any claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from your use of the App, your User Content, or your violation of these Terms or applicable law.

14. Suspension and Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to the App if you violate these Terms, misuse the Service, or if required to do so by law.
You may stop using the App at any time. To request deletion of your account and associated data, contact us using the details in Section 17; we do not currently offer instant self-service account deletion within the App.
Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including User Content licensing for data already processed, disclaimers, limitation of liability, and indemnification) will survive.

15. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by an updated "Last updated" date above, and where appropriate, we will provide notice within the App. Continued use of the App after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

16. Governing Law and Venue

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute arising from these Terms or the App will be resolved exclusively in the courts located in the Province of Ontario, Canada, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.

17. Contact Us

If you have questions about these Terms, or wish to request account or data deletion, contact us at:

[email protected]
Jawad Hossain