Terms of Service

1. About These Terms

These Terms of Service apply to the Daily Hoots mobile app, website, and related services. By creating an account, purchasing a subscription, or using Daily Hoots, you agree to these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the service.

Daily Hoots is designed for families. A parent or guardian is responsible for creating and managing the family account, supervising children's use, and deciding which features and content are suitable for each child.

2. The Daily Hoots Service

Daily Hoots provides child-friendly news, reading tools, quizzes, parent-managed child profiles called Hootlings, progress features, Adventure Gems, badges, comics, audio, and related family features. Available features and content may differ by platform, location, subscription, app version, age setting, or configuration.

3. Accounts and Hootlings

• A parent or guardian must manage the family account and Hootling profiles.
• You must provide accurate account information and keep sign-in details secure.
• You are responsible for activity performed through your account and devices.
• Children must not create or manage an independent parent account without appropriate adult permission.

Please contact us promptly if you believe an account has been used without permission.

4. Learning Progress and Children's Privacy

Parents may choose whether Daily Hoots saves reading activity, quiz results, Adventure Gems, badges, and other learning progress for a Hootling. Daily Hoots does not allow children to post publicly, chat with strangers, or share user-generated content. Details about the information we collect and the choices available to parents are in our Privacy Policy.

5. News and Educational Content

Daily Hoots selects and adapts news from third-party sources and may use automated or AI-assisted tools to create child-friendly versions, summaries, images, audio, and quizzes. We aim for age-appropriate and accurate content, but content may contain mistakes, omissions, or delays. Third-party sources remain responsible for their original reporting.

Daily Hoots content is provided for general educational and informational purposes. It is not medical, legal, financial, safety, or other professional advice. Parents should use their own judgement and consult a qualified professional when appropriate.

6. Adventure Gems, Badges, and Rewards

Adventure Gems and badges are in-app progress features. They are not money, cannot be purchased, sold, transferred, redeemed for cash, or used outside Daily Hoots. They may unlock access to eligible in-app content according to the rules shown in the app.

We may correct errors, prevent abuse, and adjust reward rules, thresholds, eligible activities, or available content. We will try to avoid unfairly removing legitimately earned progress, but no particular reward, comic, or feature is guaranteed to remain available forever.

7. Subscriptions and Purchases

Daily Hoots Family subscriptions are purchased and billed through the Apple App Store or Google Play. Prices, billing periods, taxes, trials, renewals, cancellations, and refunds are governed by the terms of the store through which you purchased the subscription.

• Subscriptions may renew automatically unless cancelled through the applicable store.
• Deleting the app or a Daily Hoots account does not by itself cancel a store subscription.
• You can manage or cancel a subscription in your Apple or Google account settings.
• Paid access normally continues until the end of the current paid period after cancellation.
• Refund requests must be made through the store that processed the purchase.

If subscription status is temporarily unavailable, use the refresh or restore purchase option in the app or contact support.

8. Comics, Audio, and Intellectual Property

Daily Hoots and its original text, characters, illustrations, comics, audio, design, trademarks, and software are owned by or licensed to Daily Hoots and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws. We grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the service for private family and educational use.

You must not:

• copy, republish, sell, distribute, or commercially exploit Daily Hoots content;
• remove watermarks, copyright notices, or other rights information;
• bypass access controls or attempt to unlock restricted content improperly;
• reverse engineer, scrape, or interfere with the app, website, servers, or security; or
• use Daily Hoots content or systems in a way that violates law or another person's rights.

9. Third-Party Services and Links

Daily Hoots relies on services provided by Apple, Google, hosting and email providers, news publishers, and other suppliers. Their own terms and privacy policies may apply. Links to third-party websites are provided for convenience, and Daily Hoots is not responsible for their content or availability.

10. Availability and Changes

We may add, change, suspend, or remove features or content, including countries, news sources, reward rules, comics, and audio. We may also require an app update for security, compatibility, or continued access. We do not promise that the service will always be uninterrupted or error-free.

11. Suspension or Termination

We may restrict or end access when reasonably necessary to protect children, users, Daily Hoots, or third parties; comply with law; address fraud or abuse; or respond to a serious breach of these Terms. Parents may stop using Daily Hoots and may delete their account using the in-app controls. See our Account Deletion page for details.

12. Disclaimers and Responsibility

To the extent permitted by law, Daily Hoots is provided "as is" and "as available." We are not responsible for indirect or consequential loss arising from use of the service, third-party content, service interruptions, or reliance on educational content. Nothing in these Terms excludes rights or remedies that cannot lawfully be excluded, including applicable consumer rights.

13. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms as Daily Hoots changes or when legal or store requirements change. The updated date will appear at the top of this page. If a change is material, we may also provide notice in the app or by another appropriate method. Continued use after the updated Terms take effect means you accept them.

14. Contact

Questions about these Terms may be sent to dailyhoot.app@gmail.com. You can also visit our FAQ & Support page.