Terms
What applies when you use Talkuma. In plain words.
As of 21 October 2026
Who makes Talkuma
I am Olivier Dahinden and I make Talkuma. I am a private person, not a company.
Counting how you use Talkuma
Talkuma asks if it may count what you tap and how long you stay. Only people aged 16 or older may say yes. If you are younger, please say no. Talkuma works the same with no.
Free and Plus
Free costs nothing and needs no card.
Plus also has a limit for the AI. It is far more than anyone uses in a month. If you reach it, I will tell you. Everything you made keeps working.
Plus costs CHF 4.90 a month or CHF 39.– a year.
Free read-aloud
If everyone together hears enough new sentences in a month, every Free account has at least a few free the next month. How many is on the plans page in the app.
I can change the goal and the number, but only for months that have not started yet.
New accounts get 3 sentences read aloud for free to start, once. These 3 stay until you use them.
If you still have some of the 3 when a month begins, they count toward that month's free ones. Together it is then at most 3, unless the month alone gives more. If this number changes, that only counts from the next month.
If the number changes, that only counts for new accounts.
How you pay
Plus is a subscription. It renews by itself, every month or every year, until you stop it.
If you buy Plus on the website, you pay through Stripe.
If you buy Plus in the Android app, you pay through Google Play.
If you buy Plus in the iPhone app, Apple sells it to you for me. Then Apple's rules apply too.
Stopping Plus
You can stop Plus at any time. Plus stays until the end of the time you paid for. Then you are on Free again. Nothing is deleted.
Bought on the website: you stop Plus in your settings.
Bought on Google Play: you stop Plus on Google Play.
Bought at Apple: you stop Plus at Apple, in the app under "Manage subscription" or in your iPhone's settings.
Deleting your account
If you delete your account, Plus ends right away. Money you already paid does not come back.
Do you want to use the time you paid for? Then stop Plus first. Delete your account when Plus is over.
Bought at Apple? Then the subscription at Apple keeps running, even if you delete your account. Stop it at Apple first. For money back, Apple's rules apply.
If the price changes
The price can change. If it does, I will email you first. The new price counts 30 days after that email.
Don't want the new price? Then stop Plus before that day. It ends before the new price counts, and you get back the money for the time that is left.
Bought at Apple: Apple writes to you before the price changes. Don't want the new price? Then stop Plus at Apple before that.
If I close your account
If you break these terms or the law, I can close your account. I will tell you why.
Did you already pay for Plus? Then you get back the money for the time that is left.
Bought at Apple? Then I pay you back the money for the time that is left myself. I will ask you where to send it.
The AI
The AI makes cards and conversations. The AI can be wrong. If something looks wrong to you, write to me.
Your data
What happens to your data is on its own page.
Where the sentences come from
The ready-made sentences are written by helpers at Tatoeba. Anyone may use them if they name Tatoeba.
Any questions?
Write to me: hallo@talkuma.app