MiniglotTerms of Use
Last updated: October 14, 2026
These terms govern your use of the Miniglot iOS app and this website (together, the "Service"), operated by the Miniglot team ("we", "us"). By using the Service you accept them. If you do not, please do not use the Service.
The Service
Miniglot is a vocabulary-learning app for Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, French and German. It presents words in a feed, schedules reviews with a spaced-repetition algorithm, and can optionally limit access to other apps until your daily reviews are done. The app is free to download and use; some features are offered through the optional paid plans described below.
Paid plans
Miniglot offers two optional paid plans, bought inside the app:
- Glot Plus, an auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly. It includes every book and chapter, new stories whenever you want them, unlimited word explanations, unlimited YouTube videos with their words explained, and the dictionary offline.
- Glot Essentials, a one-time purchase. It includes unlimited word explanations, unlimited YouTube videos with their words explained, and the dictionary offline. Books beyond their first chapter and unlimited new stories remain part of Glot Plus.
Without a paid plan, the app stays free with limits: a number of word explanations a day, one new story and one new video a week after a few to try, and the first chapter of each book. Your learning itself (reviews, decks, practice, streaks, reminders) is never limited.
Payment, renewal and cancellation
- Purchases are made through your Apple ID and processed by Apple. The price, in your currency, is shown before you confirm. We never see your payment details.
- A subscription renews automatically at the end of each period, at the same price, unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the period ends. Your Apple ID is charged within the 24 hours before the renewal.
- You can manage or cancel a subscription at any time in your Apple ID settings (Settings > your name > Subscriptions). Cancelling stops the next renewal; you keep access until the end of the period already paid.
- When a free trial is offered, you are charged at its end unless you cancel at least 24 hours before. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription.
- Glot Essentials is paid once and kept for good. Use "Restore" in the app to recover a purchase on a new device or after reinstalling.
- Refunds are handled by Apple under its own policies; you can request one at reportaproblem.apple.com. This does not limit any right you have under the consumer law of your country.
- We may change prices or what each plan includes. A price change for a subscription applies from a later renewal, and Apple informs you before it does when the law or its rules require it.
No account required
The Service works without registration. Your progress lives on your device; if you delete the app without a backup, that progress is gone. We cannot restore it, because we never held it.
Acceptable use
You agree not to:
- misuse the report or suggestion endpoints (spam, automated abuse, injection attempts);
- reverse engineer the Service except where the law allows it regardless;
- republish or resell the vocabulary decks or any part of the Service;
- use the Service in a way that breaks applicable law.
Focus mode
Focus mode is optional and off by default. It uses Apple's Family Controls and Screen Time frameworks: you choose which apps to shield, iOS applies and removes the shields, and Miniglot itself is never blocked. Shielding depends on Apple's frameworks and your device settings; we are not responsible for behavior controlled by iOS, including cases where a shield cannot be applied or is removed outside Miniglot.
Educational content
The decks are prepared with care but may contain errors or omissions. Translations, readings, and example sentences are learning aids, not authoritative references, and the Service does not guarantee any level of language proficiency. If you spot a mistake, please use the in-app report button.
Intellectual property
The Service, its design, and its vocabulary content are our property or used with permission. We grant you a personal, non-transferable, non-exclusive license to use the app on your own devices. No other rights are granted.
Third-party services
Miniglot relies on Apple technologies (Family Controls, notifications, text-to-speech, widgets, in-app purchases). Your use of those is governed by Apple's own terms and privacy policy. Purchases are verified through RevenueCat, and videos are played from YouTube under the YouTube Terms of Service.
If you downloaded Miniglot from the App Store, Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement also applies, alongside these terms; where the two differ, these terms prevail to the extent the law allows.
Warranties and liability
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. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, or for any loss of data, profits, or goodwill arising from your use of the Service. Where liability cannot be excluded, it is limited to the amount you paid for the Service in the twelve months before the claim.
Changes
We may update these terms as the Service evolves. The date at the top shows the current version; continuing to use the Service after a change means you accept the new terms.
Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of France. Any dispute relating to the Service falls under the jurisdiction of the French courts, without prejudice to the mandatory consumer protections of your country of residence.
Contact
Questions about these terms: support@miniglot.app.