"We", "us", "Aera" means Björn Schefzyk, Berlin, Germany. Full contact details are in the Imprint.
Aera is a self-reflection and personal-development app. It uses third-party large language models (e.g. Anthropic Claude via OpenRouter.ai) to generate conversational responses based on the information you share with it. The output is generated text — it has no professional credentials, makes no diagnoses, and does not replace any qualified human.
You must be at least 16 years old. By using Aera you confirm that you meet this requirement.
You agree not to: reverse-engineer the app, attempt to access the backend in ways it isn't intended to be used, scrape or bulk-extract data, abuse the AI for content prohibited by the underlying provider's policies (e.g. CSAM, instructions for serious harm), or use the app in a way that imposes an unreasonable load on our infrastructure.
Large language models can produce confident-sounding but inaccurate, biased, or inappropriate output. They can "hallucinate" facts, misremember earlier turns of the conversation, or miss the emotional context of what you said. Always apply your own judgment.
We try to keep Aera available, but we don't promise 100% uptime. The app depends on third-party AI providers and on Apple's services; if any of those have an outage, Aera may be temporarily degraded or unavailable. We may add, change, or remove features at any time.
Aera may offer paid features. Where it does, prices and billing terms are shown in the App Store and managed by Apple under the App Store Terms of Service. Refunds are handled by Apple.
If you are a consumer in the EU and purchase a paid subscription, you have a 14-day right of withdrawal from the date of purchase. By starting to use a digital service immediately after purchase, you expressly agree that we begin performance before the withdrawal period ends and you acknowledge that this means you lose your right of withdrawal once the service has been fully provided. Subscription billing is handled by Apple; refund requests should be made to Apple.
Aera is provided "as is" and "as available". To the extent permitted by law, we do not warrant that the app will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or that the AI output will be accurate, complete, suitable, or fit for any particular purpose.
This does not exclude or limit any warranty rights you have as a consumer under mandatory law in your country of residence.
We are liable without limitation for damages caused by intent or gross negligence, for damages arising from injury to life, body, or health, and under any mandatory product liability law.
For damages caused by simple negligence, we are only liable where we have breached a material contractual obligation — meaning an obligation whose fulfillment is essential to the proper performance of the contract and on whose observance you may reasonably rely. In that case, our liability is limited to damages that were typical and reasonably foreseeable at the time the contract was concluded.
Any further liability for simple negligence is excluded to the extent permitted by applicable law.
We are not liable for the content generated by third-party AI models, beyond making the request to those models on your behalf in line with their terms.
The Aera app, its name, logo, and source code are owned by us and protected by copyright and other laws. You receive a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the app on your Apple devices in line with the Apple App Store terms. AI-generated text in your sessions belongs to you, subject to the terms of the underlying model provider.
We may update these terms to reflect new features, legal requirements, or operational changes. If a change is material, we will notify you in the app and ask you to accept the new version before continuing. Continued use after a non-material update means you accept the change.
You can stop using Aera at any time by deleting the app. We may suspend or terminate your access if you breach these terms in a serious or repeated way.
These terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. If you are a consumer with habitual residence in another country, you also enjoy the protection of mandatory provisions of the law of that country.
If you are not a consumer, the exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes is Berlin, Germany.
The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution at ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. We are not obliged and not willing to participate in dispute-resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.
Questions about these terms? Email bjoern.schefzyk@gmail.com.