TastePad terms of use

Last updated: 7 November 2026

These terms are the agreement between you and us for using the TastePad iOS app (“TastePad”, “the app”). Please read them. By creating an account or using the app, you agree to them. If you don’t agree, please don’t use TastePad.

TastePad is made by Nils Anton Viktor Larsson, Malmö, Sweden (“we”, “us”). You can reach us at info@navl.dev.

How we handle your personal data is described separately in our Privacy Policy, which forms part of these terms.

1. What TastePad is

TastePad lets you save recipes, import them from links, plan meals, keep shopping and pantry lists, cook along step by step with timers, and rate the meals you cook on taste, texture and feeling. You can use it alone or share a kitchen (household) with other people.

TastePad is currently free to use. It contains no ads and no in-app purchases. If we ever introduce paid features, we will tell you the price and terms before you pay anything, and anything you already use for free will not be taken away without notice.

2. Who can use TastePad

You must be at least 13 years old to use TastePad.
If you are under 18, or under the age of majority where you live, you may only use TastePad with the permission of a parent or guardian, who also accepts these terms on your behalf.
You may not use TastePad if you are barred from doing so under the laws that apply to you.

3. Your account

You sign in with Apple, with Google, or with a link or code sent to your email. You need an account to use the app.
Keep access to your sign-in method secure. You are responsible for what happens under your account, unless it was caused by our own failure.
Keep your email address up to date, so that sign-in links and important notices reach you.
One account is for one person. Don’t sign in as someone else or create accounts to get around a suspension or our limits.
You can delete your account at any time in Settings → You → Delete account. The Privacy Policy explains what is deleted and what stays with the other members of a shared kitchen.

4. Kitchens (households)

When you sign up, you get a kitchen of your own. You can invite others with an invite code, or join someone else’s kitchen with theirs.
Everything in a kitchen is shared with its members. Every member can see, edit and delete the recipes, photos, plans, shopping and pantry lists in it, and can see the other members’ names, avatar emoji, ratings and notes. Only add people you trust.
Invite codes work like keys. Anyone with your code can join. Share it only with the people you want in your kitchen, and make a new code in Settings if it reaches someone else.
When you join another kitchen, the recipes, plans and lists of any kitchen where you were the only member move into the kitchen you join.
Kitchen owners can rename the kitchen, make new invite codes and remove members. If the last owner leaves, ownership passes to the longest-standing member.
When you leave a kitchen or are removed from it, what you added stays with the remaining members. When leaving, you can choose to take copies of the recipes you added.
Disagreements between members of a kitchen are for the members to settle. We may step in if our rules in section 6 are broken, but we are not responsible for how members use shared content.

5. Your content

“Your content” means anything you add to TastePad: recipes, ingredients and steps, photos, ratings, notes, plans, list items, names and kitchen names.

You keep ownership of your content. We don’t claim any rights in it beyond what we need to run the app.
You give us permission to store, copy, resize, back up, process and display your content, and to show it to the members of the kitchens you share it with, only to provide and secure TastePad. This permission is worldwide, free of charge and non-exclusive. It ends when your content is deleted, apart from copies that stay with the other members of a shared kitchen and short-lived backups, as described in the Privacy Policy.
We don’t sell your content, use it for advertising, or publish it outside your kitchens.
You are responsible for your content. Only add content that you have the right to use and share, and that follows these terms.
Photos are checked automatically for sexual content, violence and offensive symbols when they are uploaded. Photos that fail the check are removed automatically. Write to us if you think a photo was removed by mistake.
Limits. To keep TastePad from being used as general file storage, a recipe can hold up to 20 photos and an account can upload up to 60 photos a day. We may adjust reasonable limits like these.
Keep your own copies. You can export your recipes and all your data at any time in Settings → Export. We take care of your data, but we can’t promise it will never be lost.

6. Rules for using TastePad

TastePad is for keeping and sharing recipes and meals with people you know. We have zero tolerance for objectionable content and abusive users. You agree not to use TastePad to:

upload or share sexual content, nudity, graphic violence or gore;
upload hateful content, or content that harasses, bullies, threatens or demeans anyone;
share content about children that is sexual or exploitative in any way;
upload content that is illegal, or that encourages illegal activity or self-harm;
infringe anyone’s copyright, trademark, privacy or other rights, for example by uploading other people’s photos without permission;
share someone else’s personal information without their consent;
post spam or advertising, or use the app to collect information about other people;
impersonate someone, or misrepresent who you are;
upload viruses or other harmful code;
try to access accounts, kitchens or data that aren’t yours, or probe, scan or test the security of our systems without our written permission;
copy, scrape, reverse engineer or overload the app or our servers, except as the law expressly allows;
use TastePad as storage for files that are not related to recipes and meals;
resell TastePad or use it to build a competing service.

Reporting

If you see something that breaks these rules, report it in the app (you can report photos and people) or email info@navl.dev. We review reports and act on objectionable content within 24 hours, by removing the content and, where needed, suspending or removing the account that posted it. If someone in your kitchen behaves badly, the kitchen’s owner can also remove them, and you can leave the kitchen at any time.

Copyright complaints

If you believe content in TastePad infringes your copyright, email info@navl.dev with:

the work you believe is infringed;
where the content is in TastePad (for example the recipe name, or a screenshot);
your name and contact details;
a statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised, and that the information in your notice is accurate.

We remove infringing content promptly once we are made aware of it, and we tell the user who added it why. We close the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe the rights of others.

7. Recipes from other websites

TastePad can read a recipe from a link you give it. Your phone fetches the page directly from that site, and the app saves a copy of the recipe in your kitchen.
Recipes, texts and photos on other websites belong to their authors and publishers. Import them for your own personal, non-commercial use and that of your kitchen, and don’t republish them. TastePad keeps the link to the original source with each imported recipe, so you can find your way back to it.
Some websites’ own terms don’t allow copying. Respect them. You are responsible for what you choose to import.
Imports are automatic and may be wrong or incomplete (for example amounts, units or steps). Check an imported recipe before you rely on it.
We are not responsible for the content of other websites, and a link to a website doesn’t mean we endorse it.

8. Cooking, food safety and allergies

TastePad is a tool for organising your own cooking. It is not a source of nutritional, medical or food-safety advice.

Check recipes yourself. Recipes in the app are written or imported by users. We don’t check them for accuracy, safety, allergens or nutritional value.
Allergies and dietary needs. Always read the full ingredient list and the packaging of what you use. The app doesn’t warn about allergens, and features such as servings scaling, ingredient matching, pantry suggestions and meal suggestions are approximations that can be wrong.
Cook food safely. Follow proper food hygiene, cook meat, fish, eggs and similar foods thoroughly, and use common sense with knives, heat and appliances.
Don’t rely only on timers. Cook-along timers and notifications can be delayed or not ring at all, for example if notifications are off, the phone is muted or in Focus mode, or the battery runs out. Never leave cooking unattended because you expect a timer.
Suggestions are suggestions. Picks such as “Tonight?”, the turntable and “Help me choose” are for inspiration only.

9. Our intellectual property

TastePad itself, including its design, code, illustrations, name and logo, belongs to us or our licensors and is protected by law. We give you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to download and use TastePad on Apple devices that you own or control, as permitted by the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions (the “Usage Rules”), for your own non-commercial use, in line with these terms. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell or rent the app, or create works based on it, except as the law expressly allows.

Fonts and other open-source components included in the app are used under their own licences, which you can read in Settings → About → Fonts and licences.

If you send us feedback or ideas, we may use them freely and without paying you, though we’ll gladly credit you if you ask.

10. Changes to the app

We keep improving TastePad, so features may change, be added or be removed. We may also release updates that you need to install to keep using the app. If we plan to remove a major feature you rely on, or to shut TastePad down, we will try to tell you in good time, and at least 30 days in advance where we can, so you can export your data.

11. Availability

We work to keep TastePad running and your data safe, but we can’t promise the service will always be available, uninterrupted or free of errors. The app needs an internet connection for most features. We may pause the service briefly for maintenance, security or reasons beyond our control.

12. Suspension and ending your use

You can stop using TastePad at any time and delete your account in Settings.
We may remove content, or suspend or close an account, if it breaks these terms or the law, if it puts other users or the service at risk, or if we are required to. Where it is reasonable and allowed, we will tell you why and give you a chance to respond or to export your data first. In serious cases, such as illegal or abusive content, we may act immediately.
If your account is closed, sections 5 (the parts about responsibility for content), 8, 9, 13, 14 and 17 to 19 still apply.

13. Warranties

TastePad is provided free of charge, “as is” and “as available”. To the extent the law allows, we make no promises beyond those in these terms, for example that the app will meet your needs or that imported or user-written recipes are correct.

If you are a consumer, you keep all the rights that consumer law gives you, and nothing in these terms limits them.

14. Liability

We are responsible for damage we cause through intent or gross negligence, for personal injury caused by our negligence, and wherever else the law does not allow liability to be limited.
Otherwise, to the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, lost data (please use Export to keep copies), lost profit, or damage caused by recipes, by content added by other users, by other websites, by third-party services (such as Apple, Google or your network), or by events beyond our reasonable control.
In any case, as TastePad is free, our total liability to you is limited to the amount you have paid us for TastePad, if any, or EUR 100, whichever is higher, except where the law requires otherwise.

15. Your responsibility to us

If you break these terms or the law while using TastePad, and someone makes a claim against us because of it, you are responsible for the reasonable costs that this causes us, to the extent the law allows. This does not apply to consumers where local law does not allow it.

16. Apple and the App Store

These terms are between you and us, not Apple.

Apple is not responsible for TastePad or its content. We, not Apple, are solely responsible for the app.
Maintenance and support are our responsibility, as described in these terms. Apple has no obligation to provide any maintenance or support for TastePad. Contact us at info@navl.dev.
Warranty. To the extent any warranty applies and has not been effectively disclaimed, if TastePad fails to conform to it, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price, if any. To the maximum extent the law allows, Apple has no other warranty obligation for the app, and any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses caused by such a failure are our responsibility, as set out in these terms.
Product claims. We, not Apple, are responsible for handling any claims by you or a third party relating to TastePad or your use of it, including product liability claims, claims that the app fails to meet legal or regulatory requirements, and claims under consumer protection, privacy or similar laws.
Intellectual property claims. If a third party claims that TastePad or your use of it infringes their intellectual property rights, we, not Apple, are solely responsible for investigating, defending, settling and discharging that claim.
Legal compliance. You confirm that you are not located in a country that is subject to a US Government embargo or that the US Government has designated as a “terrorist supporting” country, and that you are not on any US Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
Third-party terms. You must also follow the terms of any third-party service you use with TastePad, such as your Apple or Google account and your mobile network.
Third-party beneficiary. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms. Once you accept them, Apple may enforce them against you as a third-party beneficiary.

17. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms when the app, the law or our providers change. The date at the top shows the latest version. If a change materially affects you, we will tell you in the app or by email at least 30 days before it takes effect, unless the change is needed sooner for legal or security reasons. If you don’t accept the new terms, you can delete your account before they take effect. If you keep using TastePad after that, the new terms apply.

18. Law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of Sweden, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules.
If you are a consumer, you also keep the protection of the mandatory laws of the country where you live, and you may bring a claim in the courts there.
Please contact us first at info@navl.dev. Most problems can be solved that way.
Consumers in Sweden can also turn to the National Board for Consumer Disputes (Allmänna reklamationsnämnden, arn.se). Otherwise, disputes are settled by the Swedish courts.

19. General

If a court finds part of these terms invalid, the rest still applies.
If we don’t enforce a part of these terms straight away, we can still enforce it later.
You may not transfer your rights under these terms to anyone else. We may transfer ours if TastePad moves to a new owner, who must then honour these terms and the Privacy Policy; we will tell you if that happens.
These terms and the Privacy Policy are the whole agreement between you and us about TastePad.

20. Contact

Nils Anton Viktor Larsson Malmö, Sweden Email: info@navl.dev

These terms are published at navl.dev/tastepad/terms.