Terms of Use – Gabbies

Last updated: November 12, 2026

This is a translation for your convenience. In case of doubt or discrepancies, the German version prevails.

1. Scope and provider

These terms of use apply to the “Gabbies” app (iOS and Android) and to this website. The provider is Patrick Wiesenthal, Doerpfeldstrasse 3a, 33739 Bielefeld, Germany, email: patrickwiesenthal@gmx.de (hereinafter “we”). By creating an account or using the app, you accept these terms.

Purchases through the Apple App Store or Google Play are additionally subject to the terms of the respective store.

2. What Gabbies offers

Gabbies is an app for learning languages: texts at your level, conversations in role-plays with AI, cards for reviewing, and characters to collect. We keep developing the app and may change, add, or discontinue features and content, provided this is reasonable for you and the essential scope of a paid subscription is maintained during the current period.

We cannot promise any particular learning outcome, any particular language level, or that you will pass an exam.

3. Account

You need an account to use the app (sign-in with an email address and password).
You must be at least 16 years old. If you are not yet of legal age, you need the consent of your parents or legal guardians.
Keep your login details secret and use the account only yourself. Let us know if you suspect any misuse.
You can remove your account at any time in the app under “Profile → Delete account.”

4. Free plan and subscriptions

4.1 Plans

You can use Gabbies free of charge with a limited scope for as long as you like. The “Plus” and “Pro” subscriptions extend the scope, for example with more texts, additional languages to learn, and more conversation time. The app shows you which features and limits apply in each case before you buy. Conversation minutes are time-limited allowances; unused minutes expire at the end of the respective period.

4.2 Term, price, and payment

Plus and Pro are each available with a monthly or yearly term. You will see the price before you buy in the app and in the store in your local currency, including statutory taxes. Payment is charged to your Apple or Google account when you confirm the purchase.

4.3 Free trial

Where the store offers a free trial, the paid subscription begins immediately after it ends unless you cancel at least 24 hours beforehand. A trial can be used only once per account.

4.4 Automatic renewal and cancellation

Subscriptions renew automatically for the chosen term unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. The renewal is charged to your store account within 24 hours before the period ends.

You can manage and cancel your subscription at any time in your store account settings: on iPhone under Settings → your name → Subscriptions, on Android in Google Play under Payments & subscriptions. After you cancel, your subscription stays active until the end of the paid period; after that, the free plan applies again. Deleting the app or your account does not end a subscription.

4.5 Price changes

We may change the prices for future billing periods. You will be informed in good time beforehand in accordance with the store’s rules. Depending on the store, you must agree to the change, or you can cancel before it takes effect; without the required consent, the subscription ends at the end of the current period.

4.6 Refunds

Purchases are handled by Apple and Google. Refunds are governed by the rules of the respective store and must be requested there. Your statutory rights remain unaffected.

5. Right of withdrawal for consumers

If you are a consumer and have your habitual residence in the European Union, you generally have a statutory right of withdrawal of 14 days from the conclusion of the contract for paid subscriptions. Since the purchase is handled through the Apple App Store or Google Play, you exercise your right of withdrawal through the respective store – using its feature for reporting a problem or requesting a refund. The repayment is also arranged there. If you have any questions, we are happy to help.

6. AI-generated content

Conversation answers, corrections, word explanations, translations, pronunciation scores, and some of the reading texts are generated by AI systems. Such content may contain errors, inaccuracies, or unsuitable wording. It is meant for practicing a language and is not professional advice – in particular, it is not medical, legal, tax, or financial information, even if a role-play is set in such a context (for example “At the doctor’s”). Do not rely on this content for important decisions.

7. Acceptable use

You may use the app for your personal, non-commercial learning. In particular, you may not:

enter unlawful, insulting, hateful, sexualized, or violence-glorifying content, or get the AI to produce such content;
import texts to which you do not hold the necessary rights, or which contain personal data of third parties;
circumvent the limits of the plans, or share or resell your account;
query the app by automated means, scrape it, decompile it, or circumvent its protective measures, unless the law expressly permits this;
use the app in a way that impairs its operation or other users.

8. Rights to content

The app, its texts, characters, graphics, and software are protected by law. For as long as you use the app, you receive a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use it for your own purposes. Your own content (for example imported texts and messages) remains yours. You grant us the right to store and process it to the extent necessary to provide you with the app’s features.

9. Availability

We strive to keep the app running smoothly but cannot promise uninterrupted availability. Maintenance, technical faults, or outages of the services we use may temporarily restrict use. Your statutory warranty rights for paid subscriptions remain unaffected.

10. Termination and suspension

You can stop using the app and delete your account at any time. We may temporarily suspend an account or terminate it for good cause if you seriously or repeatedly violate these terms – in particular Section 7. Where reasonable, we will point out the violation to you beforehand. We may discontinue the free plan with reasonable notice.

11. Liability

We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence, for injury to life, body, or health, and under the German Product Liability Act. In cases of slight negligence, we are liable only if an essential contractual obligation has been breached – that is, an obligation whose fulfillment makes the performance of the contract possible in the first place and on whose observance you may regularly rely. In that case, liability is limited to the foreseeable damage typical for this type of contract. Otherwise, liability is excluded.

12. Changes to these terms

We may adjust these terms if the app, the legal situation, or the stores’ requirements change. We will inform you about significant changes in good time beforehand in the app or by email. If you do not agree with a change, you can stop using the app and delete your account; you cancel an active subscription in the store.

13. Applicable law and dispute resolution

The law of the Federal Republic of Germany applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. If you are a consumer, the mandatory protective provisions of the country in which you have your habitual residence remain applicable.

We are neither willing nor obliged to take part in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

Should any provision of these terms be invalid, the remaining provisions remain in effect.

14. Contact

We answer questions about these terms or your subscription at patrickwiesenthal@gmx.de. You will find further help on the Support page.