Terms of Use

Bookmode (iPhone app) · Last updated: November 5, 2026

1. Agreement

By downloading, installing or using the Bookmode mobile application ("App"), you agree to these Terms of Use ("Terms"). They are a legally binding agreement between you and Viksva, MB, a company registered in Vilnius, Lithuania ("Company", "we", "our", "us"). If you do not agree, do not use the App. Our Privacy Policy explains how data is handled.

Age. You must be at least 16 years old (or the age of digital consent in your country, if lower) to use the App. If you are under 18, you confirm that a parent or guardian has reviewed and agreed to these Terms for you. Subscriptions may only be bought by adults, or with a parent's or guardian's consent.

2. What Bookmode is

Bookmode is a reading app. It lets you keep a library, track reading sessions, keep notes, voice notes and quotes, optionally block distracting apps while you read, and see statistics about your reading. It is provided for personal, non-commercial use.

3. Free and Pro

Most of Bookmode is free, and stays free: an unlimited library, reading sessions, voice notes, on-device Ask, app blocking during sessions, iCloud backup, and import and export.

Bookmode Pro is an optional subscription. At the time of writing, Pro includes:

• Reading Trends;
• unlimited scanned quotes (free readers can save 2 scanned quotes a day);
• picture backgrounds, and your own photo as a background;
• more cloud AI asks (free readers get 5 a month).

We may add to, change, rebalance or remove what is in Pro, and change the free allowances, going forward. We will describe what Pro includes on the screen where you subscribe, and that description applies to what you buy at that time.

Daily and monthly allowances are counted by the App on your iPhone, by your iPhone's calendar.

4. Subscriptions and billing

4.1 Plans

Pro is sold as a yearly or a monthly subscription. The price, in your local currency, is shown in the App and in Apple's purchase sheet before you confirm. It is not repeated here, because it differs by country and can change.

4.2 Free trial

A free trial may be offered on the monthly plan, where the App shows it. Whether you are eligible is decided by Apple, and the trial length is shown before you subscribe. If you do not cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends, your subscription starts and you are charged.

4.3 Automatic renewal

Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase (or when a free trial ends). Subscriptions renew automatically for the same period at the then-current price unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends.

4.4 Cancelling

Manage or cancel any time in your iPhone's Settings → your name → Subscriptions, or from Manage subscription in the App's Settings → Bookmode Pro. Cancelling stops the next renewal; you keep Pro until the end of the period you paid for. Deleting the App does not cancel a subscription.

4.5 Refunds

Payments are handled by Apple, not by us, and we cannot issue refunds. To request one, go to reportaproblem.apple.com or contact Apple Support. Nothing here limits any right of withdrawal or refund you have under mandatory law or Apple's policies.

4.6 Restoring

If you changed iPhones or reinstalled, use Restore purchases (on the paywall, or in Settings → Bookmode Pro) while signed in to the Apple Account used to buy. We use RevenueCat to check subscription status; see the Privacy Policy.

4.7 If Pro ends

If your subscription ends or lapses, nothing you have saved is deleted: your books, sessions, notes, voice notes, quotes and backups stay yours. A background you already chose stays. Other Pro features lock again until you resubscribe, and the free allowances apply.

5. Your content and your data

Your library, notes, recordings and quotes are yours. They are stored on your iPhone and, if you leave iCloud backup on, in your own iCloud. We do not store them on our servers. Keeping your own copies is your responsibility: iCloud backup can fail (for example when your iCloud storage is full), and you can export your library any time from Settings. You grant us no licence to your content except what is technically needed to process it when you use an optional cloud feature, as described in the Privacy Policy.

Only save and share content you have the right to use, such as quotes in line with copyright law. You are responsible for what you scan, record and share.

6. Things to know about what the App does

6.1 AI and recognition can be wrong

Transcripts, recaps, wrap-ups, answers from "Ask your notes", and text read from a photographed page are generated by software, on your iPhone or, if you opt in, with Google's Gemini. They can be incomplete, misheard, misread or simply wrong. Check them against your source before relying on them. Do not use them for anything where an error could cause harm.

6.2 Blocking has limits

App blocking uses Apple's Screen Time features. It depends on you granting Screen Time access and choosing apps, and on iOS behaving as designed. We cannot promise that it will block every app in every situation, or that it cannot be turned off by you or by the system. It is a tool to help you focus, not a guarantee, and not parental control or security software.

6.3 Book information

Book details and covers come from third-party catalogues and can be incomplete or inaccurate. You can edit your books' details.

6.4 Availability

We try to keep the App and its optional online features working, but they depend on services we do not control and may be unavailable, limited or changed at any time.

7. Acceptable use

Use the App lawfully and only for yourself. Do not try to break, overload, reverse engineer or get around limits or security in the App or our backend; do not use the App to infringe others' rights; and do not resell or share your Pro subscription.

8. Intellectual property

The App, its design, text and code are owned by Viksva, MB and protected by copyright and other laws. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the App on Apple devices you own or control, under these Terms and the Apple Media Services Terms and Usage Rules. Third-party components are covered by their own licences.

9. Disclaimer and limit of liability

The App is provided "as is" and "as available". To the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, and we are not liable for indirect, incidental or consequential loss, loss of data, or loss of profit arising from use of the App, including errors in AI output or recognition, or blocking that does not work as expected.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for intent or gross negligence. If you are a consumer in the EU, EEA or UK, your mandatory statutory rights, including those about digital content that is not as described, are not affected.

10. Suspension and ending

You may stop using the App at any time by deleting it. We may suspend or end access to online features for misuse. Sections that by nature should survive, such as liability and governing law, survive ending.

11. Governing law and disputes

• These Terms are governed by the laws of Lithuania.
• Any disputes shall be resolved exclusively in the courts of Lithuania.
• You consent to the jurisdiction of Lithuanian courts.
• If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect.

Consumers in the EU/EEA and elsewhere: nothing in these Terms limits any rights you have under mandatory consumer-protection law that cannot be waived by agreement. If you are a consumer resident in the EU/EEA, you may also bring proceedings in the courts of your country of residence and keep the protection of that country's mandatory rules. The right of withdrawal for digital content is exercised through the app store you bought from.

12. Apple App Store terms

These Terms are between you and Viksva, MB only, not with Apple Inc. ("Apple"). The following applies to the App as downloaded from the Apple App Store, in addition to Apple's standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement:

• The licence we give you is limited to use on Apple-branded products you own or control, as the Usage Rules in the Apple Media Services Terms allow.
• We, not Apple, are responsible for the App and its content. Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for the App.
• If the App fails to meet an applicable warranty, you may tell Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price of the App (if any). To the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation for the App. Subscriptions are handled under section 4.
• We, not Apple, are responsible for addressing any claims relating to the App or your possession and use of it, including product liability claims, claims that the App fails to meet legal requirements, and consumer protection or similar claims.
• If a third party claims that the App infringes its intellectual property rights, we, not Apple, are responsible for the investigation, defence, settlement and discharge of that claim.
• You confirm that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated a "terrorist supporting" country, and that you are not on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
• You must comply with applicable third-party terms, such as your wireless data service agreement, when using the App.
• Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms. On your acceptance, Apple has the right to enforce them against you as a third-party beneficiary.

13. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms, for example when the App or Pro changes. The "Last updated" date above shows the latest version. We will tell you in the App about material changes. Continuing to use the App after a change means you accept it; if you do not, stop using the App and cancel any subscription.

14. Contact

Company: Viksva, MB
Address: Gelažių g. 4C-1, LT-06231 Vilnius, Lithuania
Company code: 306082256
VAT code: LT100020293419
Phone: +370 602 71797
Email: mbviksva@gmail.com (subject line "Terms of Use Inquiry")

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and Viksva, MB about the App.