Legal
Terms & Conditions
These Terms govern your use of the Shizen iOS app and the website at shizenapp.com (together, “Shizen”). Shizen is provided by Swappfunc LLC (“we”, “us”). These Terms are an agreement between you and Swappfunc LLC.
By downloading, accessing, or using Shizen, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use Shizen.
Questions: [email protected].
The service
Shizen is a Japanese-learning app for iPhone. Features may include listening to dialogues, speaking in Practice, saving vocabulary, and tracking progress. Features may change. Some features may require a paid subscription.
Eligibility
You must be 13 or older to use Shizen. If you are under 18, you may use Shizen only with a parent or guardian’s permission.
Accounts
You can sign in with Apple or Google. You are responsible for activity on your account and for keeping it secure. Provide accurate information and do not share your login.
Subscriptions and in-app purchases
Paid features are sold as in-app purchases through Apple, not through Shizen directly. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you complete the purchase. Plan names and prices are shown in the App Store listing.
- Subscriptions are billed and automatically renew unless you turn off auto-renewal at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
- Your Apple ID account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, at the price shown in the App Store.
- You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your Apple ID account settings. Deleting the app does not cancel a subscription.
- Refunds are handled by Apple under Apple’s refund policies.
Purchases are also subject to Apple’s terms.
Acceptable use
You agree not to:
- Misuse, disrupt, or attempt to break the app or related services
- Copy, reverse engineer, or scrape Shizen except as allowed by law
- Use Shizen to harass anyone or to violate the law
- Share account credentials or impersonate others
- Upload or transmit unlawful content
We may suspend access if you violate these Terms.
Intellectual property
Shizen, including its name, design, lesson content, dialogues, and software, is owned by Swappfunc LLC or licensors. These Terms do not transfer ownership. You may not copy or redistribute content except for your personal use of the app.
Privacy
Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle information.
Disclaimers
Shizen is a learning aid. It does not guarantee fluency or any particular result. Speech recognition, AI-generated explanations, and other features may be inaccurate.
The app and website are provided “as is” and “as available.” To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Swappfunc LLC will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, data, or goodwill, arising from your use of Shizen.
Our total liability for any claim relating to Shizen will not exceed the greater of the amount you paid Swappfunc LLC in the 12 months before the claim, or US $50.
Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limits. In those places, the limits apply to the maximum extent allowed.
Termination
You may stop using Shizen at any time and cancel a subscription in Apple ID settings.
We may suspend or end access if you violate these Terms, if we discontinue the app, or if we are required to by law. Provisions that should survive (including intellectual property, disclaimers, and liability limits) will survive termination.
Changes
We may update these Terms. When we do, we will post the updated version on this page with a new effective date. For material changes, we will also notify you in the app or by email. If you continue using Shizen after changes take effect, you accept the new Terms. If you do not agree, stop using Shizen and cancel any subscription through Apple.
Apple
You acknowledge that these Terms are between you and Swappfunc LLC, not with Apple. Apple is not responsible for the app or its content. Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support. In the event of a failure to conform to an applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple may refund the purchase price; to the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation. Apple is not responsible for addressing claims relating to the app, including product liability, legal or regulatory requirements, or consumer-protection claims, or for claims that the app infringes a third party’s intellectual property. You represent that you are not located in a U.S. embargoed country and are not on a U.S. government prohibited or restricted-party list. Apple and Apple’s subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you.
Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Utah, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. You agree that courts in Salt Lake County, Utah have exclusive jurisdiction over disputes arising from these Terms, except that Swappfunc LLC may seek injunctive relief in any court of competent jurisdiction. If a court finds a part of these Terms unenforceable, the rest remains in effect.
Contact
Swappfunc LLC
[email protected]
shizenapp.com