Terms of Use

These Terms are an agreement between you and Oleksandr Bilokur, Poland (“we”, “us”), the operator of the Distalove app and this website. By installing or using Distalove you accept them. If you do not accept them, please do not use the app.

How we handle your data is described separately in our Privacy Policy, which forms part of this agreement.

You must be at least 13 years old, and at least 16 in countries where that is the age of digital consent. By using the app you confirm that you meet that requirement and that you are legally able to enter into this agreement.

An anonymous account is created automatically the first time you open Distalove. You may optionally protect that same account with a verified email address. Distalove uses passwordless email links and never asks you to create a password. This means:

• Until you add an email address, your data is tied to the app identity on that device.
• Once an email address is confirmed, you can sign back into the same account and restore your pair and data on a new device. Keeping access to that mailbox is your responsibility.
• Without an email address, recovering a lost device may require a reconnect code from your partner; if neither device is available, recovery may not be possible.
• Purchases are restored through your Apple ID or Google account, not through us.

Distalove works between two people who each install the app and deliberately connect using an invite code. Both partners must consent — you cannot add someone to a pair without them agreeing. Either partner may pause location sharing or break the pair at any time from Settings, without needing the other’s approval.

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable and revocable licence to download, install and use Distalove on devices you own or control, for your personal, non-commercial use.

You may not sell, rent, lease, sublicense or transfer your rights to use the app, remove or obscure any proprietary notices, or reproduce and distribute the app or derivative works of it.

Distalove is a product for two people who want to feel closer. It is not a surveillance tool. You agree that you will not:

• use the app to monitor, track or locate any person without their knowledge and freely given consent, including by installing it on someone else’s device or by pressuring someone into pairing;
• use it to harass, threaten, stalk, abuse or control another person;
• send content that is illegal, hateful, sexually exploitative of minors, or that infringes someone else’s rights;
• attempt to access data belonging to people outside your own pair, probe or break our security rules, or reverse engineer the app except where that right cannot be excluded by law;
• use automated means to create accounts, invite codes or messages at scale.

We may suspend or terminate access that breaches these rules. If you feel unsafe, break the pair in Settings, revoke the location permission in your device settings, and contact your local support services.

Messages, drawings and dates you enter remain yours. You grant us only the limited, non-exclusive licence needed to store and transmit that content in order to deliver it to your partner and to run the app’s features. We do not use your content for advertising, we do not train models on it, and we do not disclose it to anyone other than your partner, except where the law requires it.

Content in a pair is shared: a message or a drawing you send can be seen and deleted by your partner, and deleting a pair removes its messages for both of you.

Distalove — including its software, design, text, graphics, logos and underlying technology — belongs to the developer and is protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. “Distalove” and the app icon are our marks; you may not use them without our written permission.

Your own content stays yours, as described in section 7. Nothing in these Terms transfers our intellectual property to you beyond the licence in section 5.

The core of Distalove — pairing, distance, widgets, counters and “thinking of you” pings — is free. Some features are limited on the free tier, including the number of chat messages and affections that can be sent per day; the current limits are always shown in the app.

Distalove Premium is an auto-renewing subscription that removes those limits:

• The exact price in your local currency, the billing period and any free trial are shown on the purchase screen before you confirm.
• Payment is charged to your Apple ID or Google account at confirmation of purchase.
• The subscription renews automatically at the end of each period unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends.
• You can manage or cancel the subscription in your App Store or Google Play account settings. Deleting the app does not cancel a subscription.
• Where a free trial is offered, any unused part of it is forfeited if you buy a subscription during the trial.
• When one partner subscribes, Premium applies to both members of that pair while they remain paired. If the pair is broken, Premium stays with the person who paid.

Refunds are handled by Apple or Google under their own policies, not by us.

Distance and direction are calculated from the location your device reports and are affected by GPS accuracy, battery-saving behaviour, network conditions and how recently each phone was able to update. Values shown may be out of date or wrong.

We do our best to keep the service running, but we do not promise uninterrupted availability. We may change, suspend or discontinue features.

To the extent permitted by law, the app is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind. We are not liable for indirect, incidental or consequential damages, for lost data, or for any damage arising from inaccurate distance information or from a delay or failure in delivering notifications. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law. Where liability cannot be excluded, it is limited to the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the event.

Consumers keep all mandatory rights granted by the law of their country of residence.

You may stop using Distalove at any time by deleting your data in Settings and removing the app. We may terminate or restrict access if you materially breach these Terms, or if we discontinue the service.

We welcome ideas and suggestions. If you send us feedback, you agree that we may use it without restriction or compensation, and you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use and incorporate it into the product.

If you obtained Distalove from Apple’s App Store, you acknowledge that these Terms are between you and us, not Apple; that Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for the app; that Apple is not responsible for addressing any claims relating to the app; and that Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you.

If you obtained Distalove from Google Play, you also agree to the Google Play Terms of Service.

These Terms are governed by the laws of Poland, without prejudice to the mandatory consumer protection rules of the country in which you live.

We may update these Terms. The date at the top of this page always shows the current version, and we will notify you in the app before material changes take effect.

Oleksandr Bilokur, Poland
quiz.where@gmail.com