Terms & conditions

1. Acceptance of These Terms

These Terms & Conditions ("Terms") are a legally binding agreement between you ("you", "the user") and Aljoša K. ("we", "us", "My Wild Patch") governing your use of the My Wild Patch mobile application ("the App").

By downloading, installing, purchasing, or using the App you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree with these Terms, you are not permitted to download, install, purchase, or use the App, and you must uninstall it and cease all use.

If you are under the age required to accept these Terms in your country, you may only use the App with the consent of a parent or legal guardian.

2. What the App Is — and Is Not

My Wild Patch is a personal logging and mapping tool for outdoor foraging. It lets you mark locations, record paths, keep a harvest log, and view weather information.

The App is not:

a plant, mushroom, or species identification or food-safety service;
an official or certified navigation service;
an official or certified weather service;
a source of legal advice on foraging regulations.

The disclaimers in Sections 10–14 follow from this and are an essential part of these Terms.

3. License to Use the App

We grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to install and use the App on devices you own or control, for your own private, non-commercial use, in accordance with these Terms and the rules of the app store from which you obtained the App.

4. Restrictions

You must not, and must not allow anyone else to:

copy, distribute, sell, rent, lease, sublicense, or otherwise transfer the App or any part of it;
decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, or decrypt the App, or attempt to derive its source code, except to the extent such a restriction is prohibited by applicable law;
modify, adapt, translate, or create derivative works of the App in any form, or remove or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices;
bypass, disable, or interfere with any security or technical limitation of the App;
use the App to develop a competing product or service;
use any automated means to access or extract data from the App;
use the App in any way that violates applicable law (see Section 9).

5. Accounts, Purchases, and Subscriptions

Parts of the App may be offered against one-time payment or subscription. The App has no user accounts: an entitlement is tied to the store account you purchased with, not to a profile you create with us.

Purchases and subscriptions are personal to you. You must not share your subscription, license, or any access credentials with other people or make them available to third parties.
Payments are processed by Google Play, and your purchase status is managed for us by RevenueCat. The store's own payment and refund terms apply in addition to these Terms. We never receive your card or billing details.
Subscriptions renew automatically at the then-current price until you cancel. You can view, manage, or cancel a subscription at any time in the Google Play Store (Payments & subscriptions → Subscriptions). Cancelling stops future renewals and normally leaves access running until the end of the period already paid for.
Free trials. Some plans may include a free trial. Where one is offered, its length and the price that follows it are shown on the purchase screen before you confirm. A trial converts into a paid subscription automatically when it ends, and the first payment is taken at that point, unless you cancel before then. To avoid being charged, cancel in the Google Play Store (Payments & subscriptions → Subscriptions) before the trial period is over; you keep access for the rest of the trial. Eligibility for a trial is determined by Google Play and is normally limited to one per store account per subscription. We may change or withdraw a trial offer at any time; doing so does not affect a trial you have already started.
Refunds are handled under Google Play's refund policy. Your statutory consumer rights — including any right of withdrawal you have under EU law — are not affected by this section.
Prices and the scope of paid features may change; changes apply from the next billing period, and where required we will notify you in advance.
If you reinstall the App or change device, you can restore an existing purchase through the store account used to buy it.

6. Intellectual Property

The App — including its source code, design, graphics, icons, logos, texts, and the "My Wild Patch" name — is our intellectual property and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws. These Terms give you no ownership rights in the App. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved by us.

Content you create in the App (your notes, photos, marked locations, harvest records) remains yours. You are solely responsible for that content, including making sure your photos do not infringe the rights of others.

7. Third-Party Software, Services, and Content

The App includes third-party software and open-source libraries, and relies on third-party services and content, including without limitation:

Google Maps / Google Play services — map display and location services;
WeatherAPI.com — current conditions and forecasts;
Google Firebase (Analytics and Crashlytics) — usage statistics and crash reports, collected only if you switch them on (see Section 8);
RevenueCat and Google Play Billing — processing and management of purchases and subscriptions (see Section 5);
open-source libraries — listed in the App under About → Licenses.

The terms and conditions and privacy policies of these third parties apply in addition to these Terms when you use the corresponding parts of the App. By using the App you also accept those third-party terms, including the Google Maps/Google Earth Additional Terms of Service and Google's Privacy Policy. We do not control third-party services and are not responsible for their availability, accuracy, or content.

8. Location Data and Privacy

To provide maps, path recording, and local weather, the App processes your device's location. Your location may be shared with third-party services that the App relies on — specifically Google Maps / Google Play services and WeatherAPI.com — to the extent needed to provide those features.

Your marked locations, recorded paths, harvest records, and photos are stored on your device and are not uploaded to us.

Analytics and crash reporting are switched off unless you turn them on. The App asks once, and you can change the answer at any time under Settings → Privacy. They never receive your saved locations, paths, harvest records, or photos.

How we handle your personal data is described in our Privacy Policy, which forms part of these Terms. Where these Terms and the Privacy Policy overlap regarding personal data, the Privacy Policy prevails.

9. Your Responsibilities and Lawful Use

You are fully and solely responsible for how you use the App. In particular, you are legally responsible for:

any breach of security you commit or enable through your use of the App;
any illegal material you create, store, or possess using the App (including photos);
any infringement of intellectual-property or other rights of third parties;
any violation of applicable laws committed while using the App.

You must not use the App for any illegal activity. You are required to know the laws applicable in your location and to use the App only in accordance with them. If your use of the App breaks the law, that is your responsibility alone, and you will indemnify us against claims by third parties arising from your unlawful use.

The App's map, compass, and path-recording features are provided for general orientation and personal record-keeping only. You must not use the App as a navigation service or rely on it for navigation.

Device sensors (GPS, magnetometer) can be inaccurate, uncalibrated, or unavailable;
map data may be outdated, incomplete, or incorrect;
recorded paths and marked locations are approximate.

Always carry appropriate navigation equipment and know how to use it. If you become lost while using the App, we are not responsible.

11. Weather Information

Weather data in the App comes from a third-party service and may be incorrect, incomplete, or out of date. The App is not an official weather service. Do not base safety-critical decisions on the App's weather information. If you are caught in bad weather while relying on the App, we are not responsible.

12. Foraging — Identification and Safety

The App does not identify plants, mushrooms, or other organisms and does not verify anything you or others record in it. Category names and icons are labels you choose, not identifications.

You must know what you are foraging. Many wild plants and mushrooms have poisonous lookalikes; misidentification can cause serious injury or death. Never eat anything unless you are certain of its identification, confirmed by a qualified expert where appropriate. We are not responsible if you eat something that is not edible.

13. Foraging — Laws and Regulations

Foraging is regulated in many places: harvest quantity limits, protected species, protected areas, seasonal restrictions, and private-property rules. You are required to know and comply with the official regulations that apply where you forage. We are not responsible if you break these regulations — including picking more than the permitted amount or picking protected species — and any fines or legal consequences are yours alone.

14. Assumption of Outdoor Risk

Outdoor activities carry inherent risks: difficult terrain, weather, wildlife, getting lost, and injury. You undertake such activities at your own risk. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we are not responsible if you are injured or die while using the App or during activities you undertake with its assistance.

15. External Links and Advertising

The App displays no advertising and contains no affiliate links. It does contain links that open destinations outside the App — for example its app-store listing and the third-party policies referenced in these Terms. We do not control those destinations and are not responsible for their content.

Should advertising or affiliate links be introduced in a future version, these Terms and the Privacy Policy will be updated first, and the following will then apply: ads and linked content are provided by third parties; we are not responsible for the content of ads shown (including ads you may find inappropriate) or for the sites they link to; and any purchase made through an ad or affiliate link is a transaction between you and that third party, under that third party's terms.

16. Availability, Bugs, and Changes to the App

The App is provided "as is" and "as available". The App may contain bugs or errors, and features may not work on every device. We may at any time and without notice update the App, change or remove features, or discontinue the App entirely. We do not guarantee that the App, or any particular feature, will remain available.

17. No Warranty

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, and non-infringement. There is no warranty that the App will work without interruption or error, and no warranty regarding the accuracy of any data displayed in the App (maps, positions, paths, weather, or your own records).

Nothing in these Terms excludes warranties or rights that consumers have under mandatory provisions of applicable law.

18. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we are not liable for any damages arising out of or in connection with your use of, or inability to use, the App — including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages, loss of data, personal injury, or death — whether based on contract, tort, or any other legal theory, even if we were advised of the possibility of such damages.

Where liability cannot be excluded by law, our total liability is limited to the amount you paid for the App in the twelve months before the claim arose, or, if you paid nothing, to 0 EUR. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited under applicable law (such as liability for intent or gross negligence where mandatory law so provides).

19. Term and Termination

These Terms are effective from the moment you first download, install, or use the App and remain valid until terminated.

You may terminate them at any time by uninstalling the App and ceasing to use it.
We may terminate or suspend your license immediately if you breach these Terms.
Upon termination you must stop using the App and uninstall it. Sections which by their nature should survive termination (including Sections 6, 9, and 12–18) survive.

20. Changes to These Terms

We may amend these Terms from time to time. The current version will be available in the App and at https://mywildpatch.com/terms.html, with the "Last updated" date above. Material changes will be announced in the App where reasonably possible. Your continued use of the App after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the amended Terms; if you do not agree with the changes, you must stop using the App.

21. Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of Slovenia, excluding its conflict-of-law rules. Disputes shall be resolved by the competent courts of Slovenia, unless mandatory consumer-protection law gives you the right to another forum. If you are a consumer in the EU, you retain the protections of the mandatory laws of your country of residence, and you may also use the EU online dispute resolution platform at https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr.

22. Miscellaneous

If any provision of these Terms is found invalid, the remaining provisions remain in effect.
Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it.
You may not assign these Terms; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the App.

23. Contact

Questions about these Terms: naturescoutapp@gmail.com.

Aljoša K.