PeluChef Terms and Conditions of Use

Last updated: November 1, 2026

These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern the use of PeluChef, the cooking assistant app for Android. By creating an account and using the app, you accept these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, you should not use PeluChef.

1. What PeluChef is

PeluChef is a cooking assistant that guides you step by step by voice (with a text chat as an alternative), recommends recipes you already saved, generates new recipes with the help of Artificial Intelligence (Gemini, by Google), gives you tips on each step and lets you edit live what you are cooking. It also lets you star your favorite recipes, plan your weekly menu on a calendar, automatically generate the shopping list and a "Meal Prep" (batch-cooking plan) from your recipes, use timers with alerts, import a recipe from an Instagram or TikTok video, sync everything across your devices, follow other accounts, publish your own recipes for anyone to see, give hearts to other people's recipes and watch the ones other users have published.

2. Your account and profile

To use PeluChef you need to sign in with a valid Google account and choose a unique !Username.
Your !Username and profile (photo, bio, signature, number of recipes/followers) are public within PeluChef: any other account can find you, see them and follow you.
You are responsible for keeping your Google account secure and for all activity that happens on your PeluChef account.
You must be 18 or older to use PeluChef. PeluChef is not directed at children under 18.

3. Plans and subscription

Plans. PeluChef has a Free plan and, once available, a Premium plan. The differences between them (for example, how many times a week you can use the AI to create or import recipes) are shown in the plans section of our home page.
14-day trial. New accounts may receive a 14-day Premium trial without entering a card. When the trial ends, the account moves to the Free plan. No automatic charge is made, because no payment method is requested during the trial.
Billing and renewal. If you subscribe to Premium, the purchase, billing and automatic renewal are handled by Google Play (Google Play Billing). The subscription renews automatically every period until you cancel it.
Prices. The current prices are the ones published on Google Play and on our home page. We may change them; if we do, we will notify you in advance and the new price applies from your next renewal, in line with Google Play's rules.
Cancellation. If you subscribe to Premium, you can cancel the subscription at any time from the subscriptions of your Google Play account; it stays active until the end of the period already paid. If you delete your PeluChef account and have an active Premium subscription, its automatic renewal is also canceled (see section 10).
Refunds. Refunds are governed by Google Play's policies; requests are made through Google Play. Canceling or deleting your account does not by itself generate a refund of the period already paid, except as Google Play provides.
Reasonable use in Premium. Premium includes reasonable use of Artificial Intelligence. We may apply technical caps to protect the service and limit access in case of abusive or automated use.
Free plan. The limits of the Free plan may change over time.

4. Artificial Intelligence generated content: no guarantees

The recipes and tips that PeluChef recommends, generates or edits are suggestions created with the help of an Artificial Intelligence model and may contain errors.
We do not verify or guarantee the nutritional accuracy, food safety or absence of allergens of any recipe, whether generated by the AI or created by another user. Tags (such as "gluten-free" or "vegan") are indicative, not certifications.
It is up to you to check the ingredients, cooking temperatures, times, and any allergy or dietary restriction of yourself or the people you cook for, before following any recipe.
We are not responsible for any harm, illness or damage resulting from following a recipe shown in the app.

5. Other users' content, reports and blocks

Other users' recipes and profiles are the responsibility of whoever created or published them, not ours. We do not review every recipe or profile before it is published, but we do have after-the-fact moderation: you can report an account or a specific recipe you find inappropriate (illegal, offensive or misleading content, or content that violates these Terms) from that account's profile or from the recipe's menu, and you can block any user so you stop seeing them and they stop seeing you (blocking also undoes the follow between the two accounts, in both directions). We review reports and may remove content or suspend the responsible account.

6. Acceptable use

You may not use PeluChef for illegal activities, to harass, discriminate against or threaten other users, or to try to access other people's accounts.
You may not publish as your own content that does not belong to you, or recipes or images that are offensive, misleading or that infringe third-party rights.
You may not try to break, overload or interfere with the service, or use it in an automated way to get around the limits of your plan.

7. Artificial Intelligence and the Gemini API

The Artificial Intelligence assistant runs on Google's Gemini API, through our server and with a key of ours. As a backup option, the app may let you use your own Gemini API key (subject to the terms of use and limits Google imposes on that key). In both cases we are not responsible for the operation, availability or costs of the Gemini API.

When the assistant runs through our server: (a) there is a daily usage limit that depends on your account's plan, and we may change or adjust those limits; (b) we may limit or suspend access to Artificial Intelligence in case of abusive use; and (c) our Privacy Policy also applies as to how Google may treat the content you send, so you should not send sensitive, confidential or personal information to the assistant. Your plan determines the assistant's daily usage limits.

When we build the suggested photos for a recipe, we search among stock images from a third-party service (Pexels); see the Privacy Policy for more detail.

8. Importing recipes from Instagram and TikTok

You can paste the link of an Instagram or TikTok video so PeluChef tries to build a recipe from its audio and description. This feature has a daily usage limit per account.
You decide which videos to import, and you are responsible for having the right to do so (for example, because the content is public and you import it for personal use). We are not responsible for the content of those videos, nor do we guarantee that the import will always work, since it depends on third-party services outside our control.
We have no affiliation with Meta/Instagram or TikTok. Use of this feature is also subject to the terms of the platform you import from.
The recipe that is built is a suggestion from Artificial Intelligence based on that video, with the same caveats as section 4 above.

9. Intellectual property

PeluChef, its name, its logo and its mascot belong to its developer. "Gemini", "Google" and "Google Play" are trademarks of Google LLC, mentioned only to describe the app's technical integration, without implying affiliation, sponsorship or endorsement by Google.
The recipes you create or edit yourself remain yours; you give us the permission needed to store them and show them to you inside the app, to share them with whoever you decide, and to publish them if you choose. If you delete your account, your recipes are deleted with it, as explained in the Privacy Policy.

10. Suspension or closing of an account

We may suspend or close your account if we detect misuse of the app, a violation of these Terms, or based on a well-founded report from another user. You can ask to delete your account at any time, from the app (Settings → "Delete account") or by following the steps in How to delete your account. If you have an active Premium subscription, deleting the account cancels its automatic renewal on Google Play, so you are not charged again; the period already paid is not refunded automatically, except as Google Play provides.

11. No warranties and limitation of liability

PeluChef is provided "as is", without warranties of any kind. To the extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect damages, loss of data, or any other harm arising from the use of the app.

12. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. The date of the last update is shown at the top of this page.

13. Contact

For any question about these Terms, write to us at PeluChef.Gem@gmail.com.