ppuaengppuaeng 한국어 ← Home

ppuaeng Terms of Service

Note on this translation — This English text is provided for your convenience. The Korean version of these Terms is the official, legally binding text; in the event of any discrepancy, the Korean version prevails.

Chapter 1. General Provisions

Article 1 (Purpose)

These Terms set out the rights, obligations, and responsibilities of Partadam (파르타담, the "Operator") and its members, and other necessary matters, in connection with the use of "ppuaeng" (뿌애앵, the "Service"), a baby care logging service provided by the Operator.

Article 2 (Definitions)

  1. Service: the iOS app "ppuaeng" and its accompanying features (widgets, Lock Screen controls, Live Activities, push notifications, web pages, and the like).
  2. Member: a person who agrees to these Terms, creates an account, and uses the Service.
  3. Account: the unit of member identification created by linking an Apple or Google account.
  4. Family: a group of members who view a baby's records together, created by a member or joined via an invite code.
  5. Record: a care record that a member saves to the Service by voice, manual entry, or data import (feeding, diapers, sleep, weight, temperature, medication, hospital visits, baths, and the like), together with its accompanying notes and summaries.
  6. Paid Service: a subscription product provided by the Operator for a fee (such as "ppuaeng Pro").

Article 3 (Posting and Amendment of These Terms)

  1. The Operator posts these Terms at all times on the settings screen within the Service and on its web pages.
  2. The Operator may amend these Terms to the extent that doing so does not violate applicable laws, including the Act on the Regulation of Terms and Conditions and the Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce.
  3. When these Terms are amended, the effective date and the reasons for the amendment will be announced from 7 days before the effective date; changes unfavorable to members will be announced from 30 days before the effective date and notified individually, such as by in-app notification.
  4. A member who does not agree to the amended Terms may withdraw (delete their account) before the effective date. Notwithstanding such announcement and notice, a member who continues to use the Service after the effective date is deemed to have agreed to the amended Terms.

Article 4 (Rules Outside These Terms)

Matters not provided for in these Terms are governed by applicable laws and general commercial practice. The processing of personal information is governed by the separately published Privacy Policy.

Chapter 2. Service Agreement and Accounts

Article 5 (Formation of the Service Agreement)

  1. The service agreement is formed when an applicant agrees to these Terms, logs in with an Apple or Google account, and completes sign-up.
  2. Only persons aged 14 or older may sign up for the Service. Persons under 14 may not sign up.
  3. The Operator may decline sign-up, or terminate the service agreement afterwards, in the following cases:
    • where the applicant has misappropriated another person's information or entered false information;
    • where the applicant's use has previously been restricted for breach of these Terms;
    • where the application is otherwise unlawful or made for an improper purpose.

Article 6 (Account Management)

  1. An account must be used only by the member themselves and may not be transferred or lent to another person.
  2. The member is responsible for managing the linked Apple/Google account, and the Operator is not liable for any disadvantage arising from the member's failure to manage it, absent intent or negligence on the Operator's part.

Article 7 (Withdrawal of Membership and Deletion of Data)

  1. A member may terminate the service agreement (withdraw) at any time using Settings → Account → Delete account in the app.
  2. Upon withdrawal, the member's account information and records are deleted in accordance with the Privacy Policy. However, information that must be retained under applicable laws is stored separately for the relevant period.
  3. Where other members remain in the family, the baby's records may be retained for the remaining members as the family's joint records. If you wish to delete a family's records in full, you may request this from the Operator.
  4. A member with an active paid subscription must cancel the subscription directly in the App Store before withdrawing. Withdrawal alone does not stop subscription billing.

Chapter 3. Use of the Service

Article 8 (Contents of the Service)

  1. The Operator provides the following features:
    • creation and storage of care records through voice or manual entry;
    • structuring and summarizing of what is said using AI (a large language model);
    • provision of record-based information such as the timeline, statistics, patterns, and insights;
    • record sharing between family members and push notifications;
    • iOS supplementary features such as widgets, Lock Screen controls, and Live Activities;
    • supplementary features such as importing data from third-party apps.
  2. The specific composition of features is as displayed on the app's screens, and the Operator may add to or change features to improve quality.

Article 9 (Change and Suspension of the Service)

  1. The Operator may change all or part of the Service as required for operational or technical reasons, and will give advance notice of material changes.
  2. Provision of the Service may be temporarily suspended in the following cases:
    • system inspection, replacement, or failure, or loss of communications;
    • natural disaster, power outage, or comparable force majeure;
    • failure of third-party services such as Apple, Google, or cloud providers.
  3. If the Operator discontinues the Service, notice will be given at least 30 days before the discontinuation date, and the Operator will endeavor to provide a period during which members can review and organize their records.

Article 10 (Service Hours)

The Service is in principle provided 24 hours a day, year-round. It may nonetheless be temporarily suspended for operational reasons such as maintenance; scheduled maintenance will be announced in advance.

Chapter 4. Paid Services

Article 11 (Contents and Display of Paid Services)

  1. The Operator may provide some features of the Service as a paid subscription ("ppuaeng Pro").
  2. The contents, price, subscription period, auto-renewal status, and free trial conditions of Paid Services are displayed on the purchase screen and in the App Store, and members can review them before payment.
  3. Where a free trial is offered, unless it is cancelled before the trial period ends, a paid subscription begins at the displayed price. Any remaining free trial period is forfeited upon purchase of a paid subscription.

Article 12 (Payment and Auto-Renewal)

  1. Payment for Paid Services is processed through Apple App Store in-app purchase, and the fee is charged to the member's Apple account upon confirmation of purchase.
  2. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period, and the renewal fee is charged within the 24 hours before the period ends.
  3. Subscriptions can be managed and cancelled in the device's Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions (or in the App Store app → profile → Subscriptions). Deleting the app alone does not cancel a subscription.
  4. Where the price changes, advance notice will be given in accordance with Apple's policies, and the subscription will not renew unless the member agrees.

Article 13 (Withdrawal of Subscription and Refunds)

  1. Cancellation of and refunds for purchases made through the App Store are handled in accordance with the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions and Apple's refund policy; members may apply through Apple's refund request page (reportaproblem.apple.com).
  2. As the Operator is not a party to the payment, it cannot process refunds directly, but will provide necessary cooperation, such as guidance on the refund procedure, upon a member's request.
  3. This Article does not limit the rights afforded to members under applicable laws, such as the right of withdrawal under the Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce.
  4. Where a Paid Service could not be provided for reasons attributable to the Operator, the Operator will provide compensation, such as a refund, in accordance with applicable laws.

Article 14 (Payments by Minors)

Where a minor member under the age of 19 makes a payment without the consent of their legal representative, the minor or their legal representative may cancel that payment in accordance with applicable laws.

Chapter 5. Records and Data

Article 15 (Rights in and Use of Records)

  1. Rights in the records created by a member belong to that member.
  2. The Operator processes records only to the extent necessary to provide the Service (storage, backup, display to family members, generation of statistics and insights, and sending of push notifications), and does not use them for any other purpose.
  3. Members' records and input are not used to train AI models.
  4. Members may edit or delete the records they have created at any time.

Article 16 (Family Sharing)

  1. A member may create an invite code to invite others into their family. Members who join a family can view and create that family's baby information and records (including the author's display name).
  2. An invite code expires 24 hours after it is created. Members must share invite codes only with people they trust, and must notify the Operator without delay if a code is leaked and an unintended person joins.
  3. Disputes arising from the creation, editing, or deletion of records among family members must be resolved between those members; the Operator does not intervene in or bear responsibility for such disputes, absent intent or gross negligence.

Article 17 (Entry of Children's Information)

  1. As a rule, a baby's (infant's) information is entered and managed directly by the member who is the child's legal representative.
  2. The member warrants that they are the legal representative of the baby they register, or a guardian who has obtained the legal representative's consent.
  3. Members must understand that a baby's records are shared with other members through family invitations, and decide accordingly whether to invite them.

Article 18 (Data Storage and Backup)

  1. The Operator performs backups at a reasonable level to preserve records.
  2. The Operator is not liable for the loss of records arising from causes not attributable to it, such as failure or loss of the member's device, network failures, or deletion by the member. Keeping a separate copy of important records is recommended.

Chapter 6. Speech Recognition and AI

Article 19 (Speech Recognition)

  1. Voice input is converted to text by on-device speech recognition within the member's device; the original audio is neither stored nor transmitted externally.
  2. The accuracy of speech recognition may vary depending on ambient noise, pronunciation, device condition, and other factors.

Article 20 (Limits of AI Processing)

  1. The Service uses AI to structure what is said into records. AI interpretation may be inaccurate or incomplete.
  2. The Operator provides safeguards to reduce errors, such as flagging records with low interpretation confidence as "needs review," but does not warrant the complete accuracy of AI interpretation results.
  3. Members are responsible for reviewing saved records — particularly health-related records such as medication and temperature — and correcting them where necessary.

Chapter 7. Medical Notice

Article 21 (Medical Disclaimer)

  1. The Service is a tool that helps with creating, storing, and analyzing care records. It is not a medical device and does not provide medical practice or medical advice such as diagnosis, treatment, or prevention.
  2. All information provided by the Service — records, statistics, patterns, insights, growth percentiles, and the like — is for reference only and cannot serve as a basis for medical judgment.
  3. If you suspect a problem with your baby's health, please consult a doctor or other medical professional. In an emergency, call emergency services immediately (119 in Korea).
  4. The Operator is not liable for outcomes arising from a member's use of information from the Service for medical judgment.

Chapter 8. Rights and Obligations

Article 22 (Obligations of the Operator)

  1. The Operator complies with applicable laws and these Terms, and does its best to provide the Service continuously and reliably.
  2. The Operator publishes and complies with its Privacy Policy in order to protect personal information.
  3. Where the Operator recognizes a member's opinion or complaint as justified, it handles it promptly, and where handling takes time, it informs the member of the reasons and the schedule.

Article 23 (Obligations of Members)

Members must not engage in the following conduct:

  1. misappropriating another person's account or personal information, or registering false information;
  2. registering a child's information without authority or without the consent of the child's legal representative;
  3. unauthorized access to the Service's source code or servers, reverse engineering, crawling, or abnormal use by automated means;
  4. interfering with the operation of the Service or with other members' use of it;
  5. infringing the intellectual property rights, reputation, or personal information of the Operator or third parties;
  6. using the Service for commercial purposes without authorization, or reselling it;
  7. any other conduct that violates applicable laws or public order and morals.

Article 24 (Restrictions on Use)

  1. Where a member breaches Article 23, the Operator may restrict use of the Service or terminate the service agreement after prior notice. Where there is an urgent risk, however, the Operator may act first and give notice afterwards.
  2. A member who objects to a restriction on use may raise an objection with the Operator, and where the objection is recognized as justified, the Operator will restore use immediately.

Chapter 9. Liability

Article 25 (Limitation of Liability)

  1. The Operator is not liable, absent intent or gross negligence, for damage caused by natural disaster, force majeure, causes attributable to the member, or failures of third-party services such as Apple, Google, or cloud providers.
  2. The Operator is not liable in connection with the use of features provided free of charge, unless applicable laws specifically provide otherwise.
  3. The Operator is not responsible for the accuracy or reliability of information that members record in the Service; the contents of a record are the responsibility of the member who created it.

Article 26 (Damages)

Where the Operator or a member causes damage to the other party by breaching these Terms, the party at fault is liable to compensate for that damage in accordance with applicable laws.

Chapter 10. Miscellaneous

Article 27 (Ownership of Rights)

Intellectual property rights in the Service itself (the app, design, trademarks, software, and the like) belong to the Operator. Members are granted only a non-exclusive right to use the Service, and these Terms do not transfer to the Operator members' rights in their records under Article 15.

Article 28 (Dispute Resolution, Governing Law, and Jurisdiction)

  1. The Operator and members will first endeavor to resolve any dispute through mutual consultation.
  2. For dispute resolution, members may apply for mediation to bodies such as the Consumer Dispute Mediation Committee (1372 with no area code, www.kca.go.kr) or the Content Dispute Resolution Committee (www.kcdrc.kr).
  3. These Terms and the use of the Service are governed by the laws of the Republic of Korea, and jurisdiction over litigation concerning disputes is determined in accordance with the Civil Procedure Act.

Supplementary Provisions

These Terms take effect on June 15, 2026.

Service provider information