Hot Flash Kitchen Terms of Use

Effective date: October 1, 2026

These Terms of Use ("terms") cover the Hot Flash Kitchen app ("the app", "we", "us", "our").

How these terms fit with Apple's

The app is licensed to you under Apple's standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement ("Apple's EULA"). These terms don't replace it. They add a few things specific to the app. If these terms and Apple's EULA conflict about your license to use the app, Apple's EULA governs.

By downloading or using the app, you agree to Apple's EULA and to these terms. If you don't agree, please don't use the app.

Who can use the app

The app is intended for adults 18 and over, in the United States. By using it, you confirm that you are at least 18.

What the app is

The app offers food ideas, recipes and suggestions for cooking, ordering in and eating out, and a partner side with ideas for the people who share meals with you. It's for everyday enjoyment and general information.

Not medical advice

Hot Flash Kitchen shares food ideas to enjoy. It isn't medical advice, and it doesn't diagnose or treat anything. Please check with your healthcare provider before changing how you eat, especially if you take any medication or are pregnant. You know your body best, so check ingredients for anything you're allergic to, including cross-contact from shared kitchens and equipment. When you order in or eat out, confirm ingredients with the restaurant or food provider. In an emergency, seek immediate medical help.

No medical relationship

Using the app doesn't create a doctor-patient or any other healthcare relationship between you and us. We aren't healthcare providers, and the app isn't a medical device or a substitute for professional advice. Nothing in the app is meant to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any condition, and no idea in it is promised to have any particular result.

Food, ingredients and allergies

Recipes and ideas are general. Ingredients, brands and restaurant dishes vary, and any kitchen, restaurant or food provider can have cross-contact. You're responsible for checking the ingredients you buy and cook with, for safe food handling and cooking, and for confirming ingredients with any restaurant or food provider you order from or visit. Restaurants, delivery services and other food providers are independent of us, and we aren't responsible for their food or service.

Subscriptions and cancellation

• The app offers auto-renewing subscriptions, sold and billed by Apple:
  • Partner plan (both linked phones): $9.99 per month or $99.99 per year.
  • Just me (one phone): $6.99 per month or $69.99 per year.
• The app is sold in the United States only. Prices are in US dollars. The price shown in the App Store at the time you buy is the price that applies.
• Launch deals: from October 17 through October 19, 2026, ending at 8 PM PT / 11 PM ET on October 19, the plans may be offered through Apple at 50% off the first year on the yearly plans (Partner plan $49.99, Just me $34.99) or 50% off the first month on the monthly plans (Partner plan $4.99, Just me $3.49), if your Apple Account is eligible, one launch deal per household. After the first year or month, the plan renews at its full price unless you cancel (see "To cancel" below).
• Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase.
• A subscription renews automatically at the end of each period unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the period ends. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period.
• To cancel, open Settings on your iPhone, tap your name, then Subscriptions, and choose Hot Flash Kitchen. Deleting the app doesn't cancel a subscription. Canceling stops future renewals; you keep access until the end of the period you've paid for.
• All payments, cancellations and refunds are handled by Apple under Apple's terms and policies. We can't issue refunds ourselves; you can ask Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com.
• A partner plan covers the two phones linked in the app. If the phones are unlinked, the plan stays with the person who bought it.

Your use of the app

Use the app for personal, non-commercial purposes, as Apple's EULA allows. Don't copy, resell, reverse engineer or misuse the app or its content, or use it to harm anyone. Recipes, text and images in the app belong to us or our licensors.

Texts, links and other services

The app can open your Messages app with a text ready for you to send, open your phone's share sheet, and open other services (such as Yelp, Google Maps, Uber Eats, DoorDash or OpenTable). You decide what to send and to whom. Other services are run by other companies under their own terms, and we aren't responsible for them.

Warranty disclaimer

To the fullest extent the law allows, the app and everything in it are provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy and non-infringement. We don't promise that the app will be uninterrupted, error-free or always available, or that any food idea will suit you or have any particular effect.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, we won't be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, arising from or related to the app or these terms, including anything you cook, order or eat, even if we were told such damages were possible. Our total liability for any claim related to the app or these terms is limited to the amount you paid for the app in the 12 months before the claim arose, or $50, whichever is greater.

Some states don't allow some of these exclusions or limits, so they may not all apply to you. Nothing in these terms limits any right you have under law that can't be waived.

Apple

These terms are between you and us, not Apple. Apple isn't responsible for the app or its content, has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for it, and isn't responsible for any claims relating to it, as set out in Apple's EULA. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and may enforce them.

Changes

We may update the app and these terms. If the terms change in a meaningful way, we'll update the date above and let you know in the app before the change takes effect. We may change or stop features.

Governing law

These terms, and any dispute about them or the app, are governed by the laws of the State of Hawaii, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules, except where the law of the state you live in says otherwise.

General

If any part of these terms can't be enforced, the rest still applies. If we don't enforce a part of these terms, we haven't given up the right to. Together with Apple's EULA and our Privacy Policy, these terms are the whole agreement between you and us about the app.

Contact

By email only: hotflashkitchenapp@gmail.com