These Terms of Service (the "Terms") form a legally binding agreement between you and Ansuz Ltd ("Ansuz", "SpeakLegends", "we", "us" or "our"), a company registered in England and Wales, governing your access to and use of the SpeakLegends mobile application (the "App"), the website at speaklegends.com (the "Site"), and all related features, content and services we provide (together, the "Service").
Please read these Terms carefully. They include important provisions that limit our liability and, where permitted by law, require certain disputes to be resolved by binding arbitration on an individual basis. Your use of the Service is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.
1. Acceptance of These Terms
By downloading, installing, accessing or using the App or Site, by creating a SpeakLegends account, or by clicking "I agree" where that option is presented, you confirm that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, you must not download, access or use the Service.
If you are entering into these Terms on behalf of an organisation, you represent that you have authority to bind that organisation, and "you" refers to that organisation. The Service is intended for personal, non-commercial use.
2. Eligibility & Age Requirements
You must be at least 13 years old to create an account or use the Service. If you are between 13 and the age of majority in your jurisdiction (or the relevant age of digital consent under applicable law, which may be 16 in parts of the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom), you may use the Service only with the involvement and consent of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by these Terms on your behalf.
The Service is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly permit them to create accounts. By using the Service you represent and warrant that you meet these eligibility requirements and that you have the legal capacity to enter into a binding contract with us.
3. The Service
SpeakLegends is a gamified language-learning application that delivers bite-sized lessons, quizzes, speaking and listening exercises, streaks, experience points (XP), achievements, leaderboards and a guided learning path, themed around an RPG adventure with our dragon companion.
The Service is provided for general educational and entertainment purposes. While we design our curriculum using established language-learning methods, we do not guarantee any particular learning outcome, level of fluency, examination result, or result of any kind. Your progress depends on many factors outside our control, including your effort, frequency of practice and prior experience. Lesson content, language availability, features and game mechanics may change, expand or be discontinued over time.
4. Licence to Use the App
Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable and revocable licence to download and install one copy of the App on an Apple-branded device that you own or control, and to use the App and Site for your own personal, non-commercial language learning.
This is a licence, not a sale. We and our licensors retain all right, title and interest in and to the Service. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved. You may not, and may not permit anyone else to:
- copy, modify, adapt, translate or create derivative works of the Service except as expressly permitted by these Terms or applicable law;
- reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to derive the source code, underlying ideas or algorithms of the Service, except to the limited extent applicable law expressly permits despite this restriction;
- rent, lease, lend, sell, redistribute, sublicense or commercially exploit the Service or any part of it;
- remove, obscure or alter any proprietary notices, branding or labels in the Service.
5. Your Account
To use most features you must create an account. You may register with an email address, or sign in with Sign in with Apple or Google Sign-In. You agree to provide accurate and complete information and to keep it up to date.
You are responsible for safeguarding your account credentials and any device used to access the Service, and for all activity that occurs under your account. You must keep your login details confidential, must not share your account, and should maintain only one account per person. Notify us promptly at legal@speaklegends.com if you suspect any unauthorised use of your account. We are not liable for any loss arising from unauthorised use of your account that results from your failure to keep your credentials secure.
6. Acceptable Use
You agree that you will not, and will not attempt to or assist others to:
- use the Service for any unlawful, fraudulent, infringing or harmful purpose, or in violation of any applicable law or regulation;
- cheat, manipulate, exploit or artificially inflate XP, streaks, scores, achievements or leaderboard rankings, or use bots, scripts, automation or modified clients to interact with the Service;
- access, scrape, harvest, crawl or index the Service or its content by automated means, or attempt to gain unauthorised access to any account, system, server or network connected to the Service;
- introduce malware, interfere with, disrupt, overload, or circumvent any security, rate-limiting or access-control feature of the Service;
- harass, abuse, threaten, defame or harm other users or our staff, or post or transmit content that is unlawful, hateful, obscene or otherwise objectionable;
- impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity;
- use the Service to develop a competing product, or copy any feature, function or content of the Service for that purpose.
We may investigate suspected violations and may suspend or terminate access for conduct we reasonably believe breaches these Terms or harms the Service, other users or third parties.
7. Subscriptions, Billing & Refunds
SpeakLegends is free to download and offers an optional paid subscription ("SpeakLegends Super") that unlocks additional features. Subscriptions are sold as auto-renewing in-app purchases through Apple's App Store.
Apple is the merchant of record. When you purchase a subscription, payment is charged to your Apple ID account, and the transaction is processed and managed by Apple, not by us. The price, billing period and any introductory or free-trial terms applicable to your subscription are presented to you in the App at the point of purchase and are confirmed by Apple.
- Auto-renewal. Your subscription automatically renews for successive periods of the same length unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple ID account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, at the then-current price.
- Managing and cancelling. You can manage or cancel your subscription, and turn off auto-renewal, at any time in your Apple ID account settings on your device (Settings → your name → Subscriptions). Deleting the App does not cancel your subscription. We cannot cancel a subscription on your behalf or change Apple's billing.
- Refunds. All purchases are processed by Apple and refunds are handled by Apple in accordance with the App Store terms and applicable law. We do not control and generally cannot issue refunds for App Store purchases; refund requests must be made to Apple. This does not affect any non-excludable statutory rights you may have under consumer protection law.
- Price changes. We may change subscription prices. Where required, price changes that affect your renewal will be notified to you in advance through Apple and/or the App, and will not take effect until your next renewal; you may cancel before the change takes effect.
8. User Content & Feedback
You may submit content such as a display name, support messages, survey responses, or suggestions and feedback ("User Content"). You are solely responsible for your User Content and represent that you have the necessary rights to submit it and that it does not violate these Terms or any third-party rights or applicable law.
You retain ownership of your User Content. By submitting it, you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable licence to use, host, store, reproduce, modify and display it solely as needed to operate, provide, secure and improve the Service. If you send us ideas, suggestions or feedback about the Service, you agree we may use them without restriction or obligation to you, and you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free licence to do so. We may remove User Content that we reasonably believe violates these Terms.
9. Intellectual Property
The Service and all of its contents — including the App and Site software, source code, design, user interface, text, lessons, curriculum, audio, graphics, animations, illustrations, the "SpeakLegends" name and logo, and the SpeakLegends dragon mascot and character — are owned by Ansuz Ltd or its licensors and are protected by copyright, trade mark, database and other intellectual property laws in the United Kingdom and worldwide.
"SpeakLegends", the SpeakLegends logo and the dragon mascot are our trade marks and brand assets. You may not use, copy, reproduce, republish or display them, or any other SpeakLegends branding, without our prior written permission, except as expressly allowed by these Terms. Nothing in these Terms transfers any ownership or grants any licence to our intellectual property except the limited usage licence in Section 4.
10. Third-Party Services
The Service relies on and integrates with services provided by third parties, including Apple (the App Store, in-app purchases and Sign in with Apple), Google (Google Sign-In) and Cloudflare (hosting and infrastructure). Your use of those third-party services is governed by their own terms and privacy policies, and we are not responsible for them or for any third-party websites, products or services that may be linked from the Service. Our handling of personal data, and the role of these providers, is described in our Privacy Policy.
11. Service Availability & Changes
We work to keep the Service available and reliable, but we provide it on an "as available" basis and do not guarantee that it will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or available at any particular time or location. The Service may be unavailable during maintenance, updates, or due to factors outside our reasonable control.
We may add, modify, suspend or discontinue all or part of the Service — including features, content, supported languages or game mechanics — at any time, with or without notice, and we may impose limits on certain features. We will not be liable to you or any third party for any such change, suspension or discontinuation, except as required by applicable law.
12. Disclaimers
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Service is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties or conditions of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory, including any implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy and non-infringement.
We do not warrant that the Service will meet your requirements, that any learning outcome or level of fluency will be achieved, or that defects will be corrected. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or conditions, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you, and nothing in these Terms excludes or limits any rights you have that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law, including consumer protection law.
13. Limitation of Liability
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.
Subject to the paragraph above, to the maximum extent permitted by law:
- we will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, goodwill, learning progress or other intangible losses, arising out of or relating to your use of, or inability to use, the Service;
- our total aggregate liability for all claims arising out of or relating to the Service or these Terms will not exceed the greater of (a) the total amount you paid to access the Service through your subscription in the twelve (12) months immediately before the event giving rise to the liability, or (b) twenty pounds sterling (GBP £20).
These limitations apply even if a remedy fails of its essential purpose and regardless of the legal theory on which the claim is based. If you are a consumer, this section does not affect your statutory rights that cannot be waived.
14. Indemnification
To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Ansuz Ltd and its officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in any way connected with: (a) your misuse of the Service; (b) your violation of these Terms or of any applicable law; (c) your User Content; or (d) your violation of any rights of a third party. This obligation does not apply where the claim arises from our own breach, negligence or wilful misconduct.
15. Termination
You may stop using the Service at any time and may delete your account at any time through the in-app account settings (Settings → Account → Delete Account) or by contacting us at legal@speaklegends.com. Deleting your account is described further in our Privacy Policy. Cancelling your subscription is done through Apple as described in Section 7.
We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service, in whole or in part, at any time, with or without notice, if we reasonably believe you have breached these Terms or applicable law, if your conduct may harm the Service or others, or if we are required to do so by law. Upon termination, your licence to use the Service ends. Sections that by their nature should survive termination — including those on intellectual property, User Content licences, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, governing law and dispute resolution — will survive.
16. Governing Law
These Terms, and any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with them, their subject matter or formation, are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.
Subject to the dispute-resolution provisions in Section 17, the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction. Nothing in this section deprives you of any protection afforded to you by mandatory provisions of the consumer protection law of your country of residence, or of your right to bring proceedings in the courts of that country where applicable law gives you that right.
17. Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Informal resolution first. If you have a dispute with us, please contact us at legal@speaklegends.com so we can try to resolve it informally. We will attempt in good faith to resolve any dispute within sixty (60) days of being notified.
If a dispute is not resolved informally, then to the extent permitted by applicable law, you and we agree that the dispute will be finally resolved by binding arbitration administered in London, United Kingdom under the Arbitration Rules of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) by a single arbitrator, with the proceedings conducted in English. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
To the extent permitted by law, disputes will be resolved on an individual basis only, and you and we waive any right to bring or participate in a class, collective or representative action. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by emailing us at legal@speaklegends.com within 30 days of first accepting these Terms.
If you are a consumer, nothing in this section prevents you from bringing a claim in the courts of your country of residence where mandatory law gives you that right, from pursuing a remedy through any small-claims process available to you, or from using any independent dispute-resolution or online dispute-resolution scheme available under applicable law. Any right you have that cannot lawfully be waived is unaffected.
18. Apple Licensed Application End User Licence Agreement
The following additional terms apply because you obtained the App through Apple's App Store, and supplement Apple's standard Licensed Application End User Licence Agreement. In the event of a conflict between these Terms and Apple's minimum terms for a licensed application, Apple's minimum terms govern solely with respect to your use of the App on an Apple device.
- These Terms are between you and Ansuz Ltd only, and not with Apple. Apple is not a party to these Terms, and Ansuz Ltd, not Apple, is solely responsible for the App and its content.
- Scope of licence. The licence granted to you for the App is a non-transferable licence to use the App on any Apple-branded products that you own or control, as permitted by the Usage Rules in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions.
- Maintenance and support. Ansuz Ltd is solely responsible for providing any maintenance and support services for the App. Apple has no obligation to furnish any maintenance and support services with respect to the App.
- Warranty. Ansuz Ltd is solely responsible for any product warranties, whether express or implied by law, to the extent not effectively disclaimed. If the App fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple may refund the purchase price (if any) for the App; to the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the App.
- Product claims. Ansuz Ltd, not Apple, is responsible for addressing any claims relating to the App or your possession and/or use of it, including product liability claims, any claim that the App fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement, and claims arising under consumer protection, privacy or similar legislation.
- Intellectual property claims. In the event of any third-party claim that the App or your possession and use of it infringes that third party's intellectual property rights, Ansuz Ltd, not Apple, will be solely responsible for the investigation, defence, settlement and discharge of any such claim.
- Legal compliance. You represent and warrant that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated as a "terrorist supporting" country, and that you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
- Apple as third-party beneficiary. You acknowledge and agree that Apple and Apple's subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms, and that, upon your acceptance of these Terms, Apple will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these Terms against you as a third-party beneficiary.
19. General Terms
- Entire agreement. These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service and supersede any prior agreements on this subject.
- Severability. If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, that provision will be limited or removed to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.
- No waiver. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of our right to do so later.
- Assignment. You may not assign or transfer these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganisation or sale of assets, or by operation of law.
- No third-party rights. Except for Apple's rights described in Section 18, these Terms do not give rise to any rights enforceable by any third party under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise.
- Force majeure. We are not liable for any failure or delay in performance caused by events beyond our reasonable control.
20. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time to reflect changes to the Service, legal or regulatory requirements, or our business. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, provide additional notice within the App or by other reasonable means.
Changes are effective when posted. Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree to the revised Terms, you must stop using the Service and may delete your account.
21. How to Contact Us
If you have questions about these Terms or the Service, please contact our legal team:
- Email: legal@speaklegends.com
- Company: Ansuz Ltd (registered in England and Wales)
- For help, account or subscription questions, see our Support page.
These Terms are provided in English. Any translation is for convenience only, and the English version prevails in the event of any conflict.