Terms of Use

In short: Verdicord is your private plant journal. Your content belongs to you. You can cancel the Premium subscription at any time in the App Store or on Google Play, and cancelling never deletes any of your data.

1. Scope and provider

These terms of use apply to the mobile app Verdicord (iOS and Android), including its account and cloud features. The provider is:
Georgios Minassidis
Welserstraße 3
87463 Dietmannsried, Germany
Email: info@verdicord.com

If you obtain the app through the Apple App Store or Google Play, the respective store's terms apply in addition. For purchases through the Apple App Store, Apple's Standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement (EULA) also applies, insofar as these terms do not provide otherwise.

2. Service

Verdicord is a journal for your plants: care entries, photos, notes, a plant encyclopedia, and optional reminders you set yourself. The core features are free.

• Without an account (guest mode): all data stays exclusively local on your device.
• With an account: your content is additionally backed up in the cloud and synchronized across your devices.
• The free version limits the number of photos; the app shows you the current quota. All other features are unrestricted.

3. Verdicord Premium (subscription)

• Premium removes the photo limit: unlimited photos, backed up in the cloud.
• You purchase the subscription as an auto-renewing subscription (monthly or yearly) through the Apple App Store or Google Play. The price is shown to you in the store before purchase.
• The subscription automatically renews for the chosen term until you cancel it. You can cancel at any time in your store's subscription settings (Apple ID or Google account), at the latest 24 hours before the end of the current period.
• Payment, withdrawal, and refunds are handled by the respective store according to its own rules.
• If your Premium ends, you lose nothing: all existing content and photos remain preserved and backed up. Only new photo uploads beyond the free quota are no longer possible.

4. Your content

Your photos, notes, and journal entries remain yours. You only grant us the simple, technical right of use to store, resize, and transmit them to the extent necessary to operate the app (backup, synchronization, display). We do not use your content for advertising and do not analyze it for other purposes. You are responsible for ensuring your content does not infringe the rights of third parties.

5. Prohibited content

Verdicord is a private store for plant photos and garden notes. It is prohibited to upload unlawful content, in particular depictions of sexual abuse, content glorifying violence, or content that infringes the rights of third parties. If we become aware of such content, we may remove it, suspend the affected account, and, where legally required, inform the competent authorities. You can report such content at any time to info@verdicord.com.

6. Plant information is not advice

The care and encyclopedia information in the app is carefully curated but is general information provided without guarantee in individual cases. It does not replace medical, veterinary, or toxicological advice. If you suspect poisoning in a person or animal, contact a doctor, veterinarian, or poison control immediately and do not rely solely on information from the app.

7. Availability and further development

We continuously develop Verdicord further; features may change as a result. We strive for reliable operation of the cloud features, but there is no entitlement to uninterrupted availability. Local use of the app works independently of the cloud services. Should we ever discontinue the cloud service, we will announce this with reasonable notice; your local data remains unaffected on your device.

8. Liability

We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence, as well as for damages resulting from injury to life, body, or health. In cases of simple negligence, we are liable only for the breach of material contractual obligations, i.e. obligations whose fulfillment makes the proper performance of the contract possible in the first place and on whose compliance you may regularly rely; in this case, liability is limited to the foreseeable damage typical for this type of contract. Liability under the Product Liability Act remains unaffected.

9. Termination and account deletion

You can stop using the app at any time and delete your account directly in the app; instructions are available at Delete account. Upon deletion, we remove your account and all synchronized content, including photos. An ongoing subscription is managed by the respective store; cancel it there, as account deletion does not automatically end the subscription. In the event of a serious violation of section 5, we may suspend your account.

10. Changes to these terms

We may adjust these terms if the app, the legal situation, or store requirements change. We will inform you of material changes in the app or by email. The version published here, with the date noted above, applies.

11. Final provisions

German law applies. If you are a consumer, the mandatory consumer protection provisions of the state in which you have your habitual residence remain unaffected. We are neither obliged nor willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board. Should any provision of these terms be invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions remains unaffected.