Kara Tarot Terms of Use

Effective date: 14 October 2026
Version française : karatarot.com/fr/terms

Summary

This summary is for convenience. The full Terms below apply.

Kara Tarot is for entertainment and self-reflection. Readings don't predict the future and aren't professional advice.
AI and a synthetic voice. Personal interpretations are written by AI, and Kara's voice is synthetic. Kara is a fictional character.
If you're in crisis, contact a person right away. In the US, call or text 988. In Canada, call or text 9-8-8. In an emergency, call 911.
Premium costs US$24.99 per month. Eligible new subscribers start with a 3-day free trial. It renews automatically until you cancel in your Apple Account settings. It includes 10 voiced readings in each monthly billing period, and unused ones don't roll over.
Apple handles all payments and refunds.
You must be 18 or older to use the app.

1. Who we are and what these Terms cover

1.1 The Kara Tarot app for iPhone and its Home Screen widget (the "app") are provided by Yaroslav Salimov, an individual developer based in Ukraine ("we", "us", "our"). Our contact details are in section 22.

1.2 Your agreement with us consists of:

(a) Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement (the "Standard EULA"): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/. It applies to your license to the app downloaded from the App Store.
(b) these Terms of Use, which supplement the Standard EULA and cover the features and services in the app;
(c) our Privacy Policy at karatarot.com/privacy, which explains how we handle personal information.

1.3 If these Terms conflict with the Standard EULA, the Standard EULA controls for your license to use the app as obtained from the App Store. These Terms control for everything else, such as readings, Premium, allowances and acceptable use.

1.4 You accept these Terms by tapping Continue or Agree where the app shows them, or by using the app.

2. Who can use Kara Tarot

2.1 You must be at least 18 years old and able to enter into a binding contract.

2.2 The app is offered through the App Store in the United States and Canada. It is for your personal, non-commercial use. You are responsible for following the laws that apply where you use it.

3. Entertainment and self-reflection only

3.1 Kara Tarot is offered solely for entertainment, amusement and self-reflection.

3.2 We don't claim that tarot cards, Kara or the app have supernatural, occult or psychic powers. We don't claim that they can predict the future or reveal hidden facts about you or anyone else. The cards in a reading are drawn through your choices in the app and the app's random shuffle.

3.3 Treat a reading as a prompt for your own reflection. You alone are responsible for your decisions. Please don't make important decisions based only on a reading.

3.4 You may not present readings from the app to other people as genuine fortune-telling or psychic services, or charge anyone for them.

4. AI-generated readings and Kara's synthetic voice

4.1 Personal interpretations are generated by artificial intelligence (Claude, made by Anthropic), based on your question, the topic you chose and the cards you drew. No person writes or reviews them, and we can't see them.

4.2 Kara is a fictional character, and her voice is synthetic. The voice is generated with ElevenLabs technology. It is not a recording of a real person reading your cards, and it doesn't represent any real person. The pre-recorded audio in the app, such as the card of the day and the card descriptions, uses the same synthetic voice.

4.3 The general card meanings and other texts in the app were written with the help of AI and edited by us.

4.4 AI has limits. AI output can be inaccurate, incomplete, repetitive, inconsistent or unsuitable for your situation. It may state things as facts that are wrong. Don't rely on any factual statement in an interpretation without checking it independently. Different users may receive similar readings.

4.5 If a reading seems inappropriate or harmful, please tell us at support@karatarot.com.

5. Not professional advice

5.1 Nothing in the app is medical, mental health, psychological, legal, financial, investment, tax or other professional advice. Nothing in it replaces such advice, diagnosis or treatment.

5.2 Always seek help from a qualified professional about your health, legal matters or money. Never ignore professional advice, or delay seeking it, because of something in the app.

5.3 Readings that touch on these topics are meant only as prompts for reflection, not as instructions.

6. If you're in crisis

6.1 Kara Tarot is not a crisis or emergency service, and no person monitors it. If you are thinking about suicide or self-harm, or you are in crisis, please reach out now:

United States: call or text 988 (988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), or chat at 988lifeline.org.
Canada: call or text 9-8-8 (9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline), 988.ca.
If you or someone else is in immediate danger: call 911.

6.2 If your question shows signs of crisis, the app may show a supportive message and these resources instead of a reading. When that happens, no personal reading or voiced reading is used.

6.3 This check is automated and imperfect. It may miss signs of crisis, or show resources when they aren't needed.

7. Free features and your gift reading

7.1 Free features currently include:

the card of the day with Kara's voice, and the widget;
classic spreads (Yes/No, Advice, and Past–Present–Future) with pre-written interpretations, up to 3 readings per day;
the card encyclopedia (text);
the journal, including replaying the voiced readings saved in it;
sharing a reading.

7.2 Gift reading. Each iPhone can receive one free personal reading. It includes the written interpretation and a short summary in Kara's voice.

You must first agree on the AI consent screen.
The gift is available once per device. It doesn't come back if you reinstall the app, delete your data or use another Apple Account on the same device.
It has no cash value and can't be transferred or exchanged.
We may change or end the gift-reading offer for new users at any time. This doesn't affect a gift reading you have already received.

7.3 We may add, change or remove free features.

8. Kara Tarot Premium

8.1 What's included. Premium includes the features described on the subscription screen when you subscribe. These currently are:

10 voiced personal readings per monthly billing period (section 9);
personal AI interpretations, up to 5 per day;
unlimited classic readings;
extended spreads (Situation–Obstacle–Advice, Relationship, Choice Between Two Paths, Horseshoe, Celtic Cross and The Month Ahead);
a clarifying card;
the card encyclopedia in Kara's voice;
journal statistics;
the audio archive, which lists all your voiced readings in one place;
a morning reminder.

8.2 Price. US$24.99 per month in the United States. In Canada, the App Store shows the local price before you buy. Apple may add sales taxes where they apply.

8.3 Free trial. Eligible new subscribers get a 3-day free trial. Apple decides eligibility; generally, each Apple Account can use one introductory offer.

During the trial you have all Premium features, but you can use only 3 voiced readings in total.
Unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends, the trial automatically turns into a paid monthly subscription. Your Apple Account is then charged US$24.99 (or the local price) when the trial ends.
If you cancel during the trial, you keep Premium until the trial ends.
Unused trial voiced readings don't carry over.

8.4 Automatic renewal.

Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm your purchase or, with a free trial, when the trial ends.
The subscription renews automatically every month at the then-current price, unless you turn off auto-renewal at least 24 hours before the current period ends.
Your account is charged for the renewal within the 24 hours before the current period ends.

8.5 How to cancel. You can cancel at any time in iPhone Settings › [your name] › Subscriptions, or in your App Store account settings.

Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period, and you keep Premium until then.
Deleting the app or using "Delete my data" doesn't cancel your subscription.

8.6 Price changes. If the price of Premium changes, Apple will tell you in advance. Where Apple's rules or the law require it, Apple will ask for your consent before the new price applies.

8.7 Refunds. Apple processes all purchases. We cannot issue refunds or see your payment details. To ask for a refund, go to reportaproblem.apple.com. Refunds follow Apple's policies. Nothing in these Terms limits any refund rights you have under applicable law.

8.8 Your devices. Premium works on all your devices that run the app and are signed in to the same Apple Account. Use Restore Purchases to restore Premium on a new device.

8.9 Family Sharing. Premium isn't available through Family Sharing. Each person needs their own subscription.

8.10 When Premium ends,

Premium features stop;
morning reminders turn off;
your journal, readings and saved audio stay on your device and in your iCloud;
you can still play the audio saved with each journal entry. Only the audio archive, which lists all your audio in one place, requires Premium;
unused pack readings stay on your balance for when you subscribe again (section 10).

9. Voiced readings: how the allowance works

9.1 A voiced reading is one personal interpretation turned into audio in Kara's voice, up to about 2 minutes long.

9.2 Premium includes 10 voiced readings per monthly billing period. A billing period starts on the day your paid subscription starts or renews, not on the first day of a calendar month. The allowance refreshes at the start of each billing period. Unused voiced readings from your monthly allowance don't roll over.

9.3 A Celtic Cross reading (10 cards) uses 2 voiced readings. The app shows how many will be used before you tap.

9.4 Replaying a voiced reading saved in your journal is always free, including after your Premium ends.

9.5 If the voice can't be created, the voiced reading is returned to you. If the download is interrupted, you can voice that reading again once for free.

9.6 Voice may sometimes be unavailable, for example during a provider outage or high demand. You will still get the written interpretation, and no voiced reading is used. Please try again later.

9.7 Premium includes up to 5 personal interpretations per day.

9.8 Allowances are tied to your Premium subscription. They have no cash value and can't be transferred.

9.9 Changes to allowances. We may change allowances.

We won't reduce the included allowances for a billing period you've already paid for.
Before a reduction applies to your next renewal, we will tell you in the app at least 30 days in advance, so you can cancel first.
We may increase allowances at any time.

10. "+10 Voiced Readings" packs

10.1 A pack is a one-time (consumable) in-app purchase for US$9.99 (or the local price). It adds 10 voiced readings to your balance.

10.2 You can buy and use packs only while you have an active Premium subscription.

10.3 Pack readings are used only after the voiced readings included in your current billing period run out.

10.4 Pack readings don't expire. If your Premium ends, unused pack readings stay on your balance, and you can use them when you subscribe again.

10.5 We keep your pack balance on our server, linked to your Premium subscription, so it isn't lost if you reinstall the app or move to a new iPhone.

Packs are consumable purchases, so Apple's Restore Purchases doesn't restore them by itself. Your balance comes back with your Premium subscription.
"Delete my data" doesn't remove unused pack readings. They stay in a minimal record linked only to your Apple subscription, so readings you paid for aren't lost.

10.6 Apple handles refunds for packs. If Apple refunds a pack, we may remove the matching unused readings from your balance.

11. Your content, and our permission to process it

11.1 Your content means the questions, topics, journal entries and notes you enter. You keep all your rights in your content.

11.2 You allow us, and the service providers acting for us (Google, Anthropic and ElevenLabs), to process your content only as needed to provide the features you ask for, such as writing and voicing your personal readings. This permission is limited, non-exclusive, worldwide and free of charge, and processing follows our Privacy Policy. The permission ends when that processing is complete.

We don't publish or sell your content.
We don't use your content to train AI models. Under their terms and our account settings, our AI providers don't use it to train theirs either (see the Privacy Policy, section 6).

11.3 You are responsible for your content. Only submit content you have the right to share. Don't include other people's personal or confidential information without the right to do so. Leave out sensitive details you don't want processed.

11.4 Your readings. Subject to our rights in section 13, you may use the interpretations and audio created for you for personal, non-commercial purposes, including sharing them with friends or on social media. You may not:

sell them;
use Kara's voice in other products;
use the audio to imitate, clone or train a voice model;
present Kara's voice as the voice of a real person.

11.5 Feedback. If you send us ideas or suggestions, we may use them freely, with no obligation to you.

12. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

use the app for anything illegal, fraudulent or harmful;
use it to harass, threaten, defame or impersonate anyone;
submit content that sexualizes minors, promotes violence or hatred, or infringes anyone's rights;
present readings to others as medical, legal, financial or other professional advice, or as genuine predictions;
try to make Kara's voice say anything other than the interpretations our service creates, or otherwise misuse the voice;
copy, scrape or extract the deck artwork, texts or audio, or reuse them outside the app, except sharing as allowed in sections 11.4 and 13.3;
reverse engineer, decompile, modify or tamper with the app, its security checks (such as App Attest, App Check and DeviceCheck) or our servers;
get around allowances, limits or the one-gift-per-device rule, for example with emulators or modified devices;
use bots, scripts or other automated means to access the app or our servers, or overload them;
use the app or its output to build or train AI models or competing products;
remove, change or hide AI labels, notices, watermarks or other provenance information;
resell the app or its features, or give others access to them;
break the App Store terms or any other third-party terms that apply to you.

13. Our intellectual property

13.1 We or our licensors own the app and everything in it, and copyright, trademark and other laws protect it. This includes:

the 78 card illustrations, the card back, the frames and the numbered medallions;
the Kara character and name;
the pre-written texts (card meanings, "symbolism of this deck" and spreads);
the pre-recorded audio;
the interface design, logos and the @kara.tarot name.

13.2 Kara's voice is a synthetic voice from the ElevenLabs Voice Library, used under license. You may not extract it or use it outside the app.

13.3 Your license. You may use the app and its content only within the app, for personal, non-commercial purposes, subject to the Standard EULA and these Terms. You may share images made with the app's share feature on social media for personal purposes, as long as:

you don't change them;
you keep the @kara.tarot credit;
you don't use them commercially.

13.4 We reserve all rights that these Terms don't expressly grant.

13.5 If you believe something in the app infringes your copyright, contact us at support@karatarot.com.

14. Third-party services

14.1 The app relies on services from:

Apple: the App Store, payments, iCloud, notifications, App Attest and DeviceCheck;
Anthropic (AI interpretations);
ElevenLabs (voice);
Google (Firebase server, database, website, analytics and crash reports);
Cloudflare (our website's domain and support email forwarding).

Their own terms and privacy policies govern their services. Apple provides iCloud sync under your agreement with Apple.

14.2 We aren't responsible for the availability or content of third-party services.

14.3 When you use the app, you must follow any third-party terms that apply to you, such as Apple's Media Services Terms and your mobile data plan.

15. Availability and changes to the app

15.1 We work to keep Kara Tarot available, but we can't promise it will always work without interruption. Many features need an internet connection and third-party services.

15.2 We may change, suspend or remove features. For example, we may do this to fix security problems, respond to changes by our providers, or switch off a feature temporarily in an emergency.

15.3 If we significantly reduce what Premium includes, we will tell you in advance, and you can cancel. If we stop offering Premium altogether, we will stop renewals, and you can ask Apple for a refund under Apple's policies.

15.4 You may need to install updates to keep using the app.

16. Disclaimers

16.1 To the extent the law allows, we provide the app and all readings "as is" and "as available". We give no warranty that:

readings are accurate, meaningful or suitable for any purpose;
the app is free of errors;
the safety check will detect every crisis.

16.2 Some places don't allow these exclusions. Your legal rights as a consumer are not affected, including in Quebec.

17. Limitation of liability

17.1 To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages. We are also not liable for loss of data or profits, or for decisions you make based on a reading.

17.2 To the extent the law allows, our total liability for all claims relating to the app is limited to the greater of:

the amount you paid for Premium and packs in the 12 months before the claim; or
US$50.

17.3 Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, gross negligence or intentional misconduct. If you are a consumer in Quebec, sections 16 and 17 apply only as far as the Quebec Consumer Protection Act allows.

18. Suspension and termination

18.1 You can stop using the app at any time:

delete the app;
use Delete my data;
cancel your subscription through Apple, which is a separate step.

18.2 We may suspend or limit your access to personal or voiced readings, or end your access to the app, if:

you seriously break these Terms, for example by abuse or by getting around limits;
the law requires it; or
it is needed to protect the service or other users.

Where reasonably possible, we will tell you first.

18.3 Sections 3–6, 11–13, 16, 17, 20 and 21 continue to apply after these Terms end.

19. Changes to these Terms

19.1 We may update these Terms. We will post the new version with a new effective date.

19.2 For a significant change, we will tell you in the app at least 30 days before it takes effect. If you don't agree, you can stop using the app and cancel your subscription before then. If you keep using the app after the change takes effect, you accept the new Terms.

19.3 Changes don't apply to events that happened before they took effect.

20. Governing law and disputes

20.1 If you have a problem, please contact us first at support@karatarot.com. Most issues can be solved quickly.

20.2 If you live in the United States: these Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Apple's Standard EULA uses the same law. You may bring a claim against us in the courts where you live, including small claims court if your claim qualifies. If we have a claim against you, we will bring it in the courts where you live.

20.3 If you live in Canada: these Terms are governed by the laws of your province or territory of residence and the federal laws of Canada that apply there. You may bring claims in the courts of your province or territory, including small claims court.

20.4 Nothing in these Terms takes away rights you have under consumer protection laws that cannot be waived by contract where you live.

21. General

21.1 These Terms, the Standard EULA and our Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and us about the app.

21.2 If a court finds part of these Terms invalid, the rest still applies.

21.3 If we don't enforce a right, we haven't waived it.

21.4 We may transfer our rights and obligations under these Terms as part of a sale or transfer of the app. If we do, we will tell you, and your rights won't be reduced. You may not transfer your rights under these Terms.

21.5 We aren't responsible for delays or failures caused by events beyond our reasonable control. Examples are outages at our service providers and natural disasters.

21.6 Language. These Terms are available in English and in French. The French version is at karatarot.com/fr/terms.

22. Contact

Questions, complaints or claims about the app can be sent to:

Yaroslav Salimov
support@karatarot.com