Terms of Service

Welcome to Misenly. These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the Misenly website, apps, and related services (collectively, the "Service"). These Terms are an agreement between you and Misenly LLC, an Illinois limited liability company ("Misenly", "we", "us", "our"). By creating an account or otherwise using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy.

You must be at least 16 years old and capable of forming a binding contract in your jurisdiction to use the Service. If you are accessing the Service on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms.

Keep your sign-in details to yourself and tell us if you think your account has been used without your permission. You are responsible for what happens under your account until you do.

You own the recipes, notes, lists and other content you add to the Service. So that we can run it, you grant Misenly a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, display, process and transmit that content, only as needed to operate and improve the Service for you and the household members you share it with. The license ends when you delete the content or your account, except for the backup window described in the Privacy Policy.

You are responsible for having the right to add what you add. We may remove content that we reasonably believe breaks these Terms or the law.

You agree not to misuse the Service. This includes, without limitation, attempts to reverse engineer, scrape, abuse, or circumvent rate limits; submitting content that violates third-party rights; or using the Service to generate content that is unlawful, harmful, or otherwise prohibited under applicable law.

The Service links to and works with services we do not control: Instacart, which fills the shopping pages you open from your list; Spoonacular, which powers Discover recipe search; Google and Apple, if you sign in with them; and the websites behind the recipe links you paste. Each has its own terms and privacy policy, and your use of it is between you and that service. We are not responsible for the content, prices, item availability, orders or fulfillment of any third-party service.

Misenly may earn a commission when you buy through an Instacart link. The price you pay is not affected, and the commission does not change which items appear on your list.

Product data from Open Food Facts, available under the Open Database License (ODbL).

Recipe details read from text or links you add, and suggested recipe details such as cuisine, meal type and difficulty, are produced with the help of large language models. We do not warrant that AI-generated content is accurate, complete, suitable for your dietary needs, or free of allergens. Always verify ingredient information against authoritative sources before consuming. The allergen signal shown in the app is informational only and not a guarantee. Read the label. Nothing in the Service is medical, nutritional or dietary advice.

We respect the rights of recipe authors. If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright, send a notice of claimed infringement to our designated agent:

Include your physical or electronic signature; the copyrighted work you say is infringed; the material you want removed and enough detail for us to find it; your address, phone number and email; a statement that you believe in good faith the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the notice is accurate and that you are the owner or authorized to act for them. These are the elements a notice under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) contains, and a complete notice lets us act quickly.

If we remove something you added, we will tell you. You may send a counter-notice with the information section 512(g) requires; if we receive one, we forward it to the person who complained and restore the material in 10 to 14 business days unless they tell us they have filed a court action. We terminate the accounts of repeat infringers where appropriate.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Service is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. We do not promise that the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that any recipe, link or list will be accurate or complete.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Misenly will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for lost profits, data or goodwill, arising out of or relating to the Service. Our aggregate liability for all claims relating to the Service is limited to the greater of $100 or the amount you have paid us in the twelve months before the claim. Some jurisdictions do not allow these limits, so some of them may not apply to you.

You agree to defend and indemnify Misenly and its owners and contractors against claims, damages and reasonable legal costs arising from content you add to the Service, your misuse of the Service, or your breach of these Terms or the law.

You may close your account at any time from the Settings page. We may suspend or terminate access to the Service at our discretion if we reasonably believe you have violated these Terms or applicable law. Sections 3, 6 and 8 through 15 survive termination.

We may change or retire features as the Service evolves. If we ever shut the Service down, we will give you as much notice as we reasonably can, and a chance to export everything you have saved before the end.

When we change these Terms we post the new version here with a new date. If a change meaningfully affects your rights, we will tell you by email or in the app at least 14 days before it takes effect. Using the Service after that date means you accept the new Terms; if you do not, close your account before then.

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Before filing a claim, email us and give us 30 days to try to resolve it. Any dispute will be brought in the state or federal courts located in Cook County, Illinois, and you consent to their jurisdiction, except that either of us may bring a qualifying claim in small claims court where you live. To the extent permitted by law, each of us waives the right to a jury trial.

These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and Misenly about the Service. If any part of them is found unenforceable, that part is severed and the rest stays in effect. If we do not enforce a term, that is not a waiver. You may not transfer your rights under these Terms; we may transfer ours to a successor that takes over the Service, and will tell you if we do. We send notices to the email address on your account.

Questions about these Terms? Email [email protected].