Terms of Use

for the “BabySteps” app · Last updated: 24 September 2026

This is a translation. If there is any difference, the German version prevails.

1. Scope and provider

These terms apply to the use of the BabySteps app. The provider is Gollalei Schokory, Große Seestr. 10, 60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, email: schokorygroup@gmail.com (“we”). The app is offered through the Apple App Store and Google Play. The terms of the respective store also apply to downloads and purchases.

2. What BabySteps is

BabySteps helps you record your pregnancy and your child’s first years. You get general information about development. You can add your own memories, milestones, notes and photos, view them as a timeline, and export them as a PDF or photo book.

Not a medical device: All information about development consists of general averages and is for orientation only. It does not replace medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always contact your doctor or midwife if you have questions or concerns.

3. Who may use BabySteps

BabySteps is intended for adults. You must be of legal age to create an account or buy Premium.

4. Using the app with and without an account

• Without an account: You can use BabySteps without an account. Your data then stays only on your device. We have no access to it and cannot restore it.
• With an account (email, Google or Apple) and your explicit consent: Your data is also backed up. You can then use it on several devices and share it with one invited person.
• Your sign-in details: Keep them secret. Tell us if you think someone else has access to your account.
• Deleting your account: You can do this at any time in the app (“More” → “Delete account”). After a 30-day period, all cloud data is permanently deleted. Details are in the Privacy Policy.

5. Free version

The free version costs nothing and contains ads. It has these limits:

• one of your own children;
• up to 30 photos in total in the app.

These features are reserved for Premium:

• shared access;
• custom colour themes;
• PDF export;
• the photo book.

6. Premium (subscription)

• What you get:
  • no ads;
  • up to 5 of your own children;
  • up to 200 photos per child;
  • shared access with one other person per child;
  • PDF export and photo book;
  • custom colour themes;
  • the further Premium features described in the app.
• Purchase and payment: Premium is available as a monthly or yearly subscription. Purchase, price and payment are handled only through your Apple or Google account. You see the current price in the store before you buy.
• Automatic renewal: The subscription renews automatically for the chosen period unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the current period ends. The exact deadline is set by the store.
• Cancellation: You cancel in your app store’s subscription settings. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the paid period. Deleting the app or your account does not cancel the subscription.
• Changing plans: If you switch between monthly and yearly, the store credits the remaining time according to its own rules.
• Withdrawal and refunds: The store’s rules apply to withdrawal, refunds and chargebacks. Please contact Apple or Google.
• One subscription, one account: A subscription applies to the BabySteps account it is assigned to. It cannot be assigned to several accounts at the same time. After you delete an account, you can assign the subscription to a new account.

7. When Premium ends

Premium can end, for example, because you cancel or a payment fails. Your memories are kept:

• The limits of the free version apply again immediately, and ads return. You can no longer add new photos above the free limit. Existing photos stay.
• For three months (90 days), the cloud backup and export stay unchanged. In this time you can resume Premium or export your memories. The app reminds you several times.
• After that, the cloud backup of photos is reduced to the free level: one of your own children (you can choose which) and up to 30 photos. All photos stay on your device. Texts, dates and milestones remain fully backed up.
• An invited person can still view a shared child, but cannot edit it until Premium is active again.

8. Shared access

• With Premium, you can share a child with one other person, for example the other parent. You decide whether they can only view or also edit.
• Only share a child with people who are entitled to see the child’s data and photos. Give the invitation code only to that one person.
• You can end the access at any time. The invited person can leave at any time. Entries they created stay with the child.
• Only you, as the owner, can delete the child, change the role or end the access.

9. Your content

• Your entries, notes and photos belong to you. We do not analyse, share or sell them.
• To operate the app, you grant us the non-transferable rights we need for that. These are: storing, transferring, resizing, displaying and, if you set it up, sharing with the invited person. These rights end when you delete the content or your account.
• You are responsible for making sure you may add the content. This applies especially to photos that show other people.
• Please also back up important memories yourself, for example with the PDF export (with Premium). Without an account, we have no backup copy.

10. What is not allowed

The following is not allowed:

• unlawful content, in particular content that endangers or sexualises children;
• infringing the rights of others;
• interfering with the app or our servers, for example bypassing limits or access rules, automated access, or modified app versions;
• misusing invitations or purchases.

What happens if these terms are broken:

• For serious or repeated violations, we may suspend the account after a prior warning.
• For serious violations, in particular criminal content, we may suspend it immediately.
• Legal duties, such as reporting criminal content, remain unaffected.

11. Availability and changes to the app

We aim for reliable operation. However, we cannot guarantee uninterrupted availability, for example of the cloud backup. We develop the app further and may change features where this is reasonable for you. The essential features of a running Premium subscription stay available until the end of the paid period.

12. Liability

We are liable without limitation:

• for intent and gross negligence;
• for injury to life, body or health;
• under the German Product Liability Act.

For slight negligence, we are only liable if we breach an essential contractual obligation. That is an obligation that makes using the app possible in the first place and that you may rely on. In that case, liability is limited to the typical, foreseeable damage.

13. Ending the contract

You can stop using the app at any time by deleting your account and removing the app. You must also cancel a running subscription in the store. We may discontinue the app as a whole with reasonable notice of at least three months. We will inform you in the app in good time so that you can export your memories. If you have paid for Premium for a period beyond the end, we will refund the pro-rata amount.

14. Changes to these terms

We may change these terms for good reason, for example when we add new features or the law changes. We will inform you in good time in the app about material changes. For a running subscription, changes to your disadvantage only apply if you agree. If you do not agree, you can cancel the subscription at the end of its term.

15. Governing law and dispute resolution

German law applies. Mandatory consumer protection rules of your country of residence remain unaffected. We are neither obliged nor willing to take part in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board. If you have a question or problem, just write to us. We are happy to find a solution.

16. Additional terms for Apple devices

If you download BabySteps from the Apple App Store, the following also applies:

• These terms are between you and us only, not with Apple. Apple is not responsible for the app or its content.
• Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for the app.
• If the app fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple. Apple may then refund the purchase price. Apple has no other warranty obligation.
• We, not Apple, are responsible for any claims relating to the app, for example product liability, legal non-compliance or consumer protection claims.
• If a third party claims that the app infringes its intellectual property rights, we, not Apple, are responsible for investigating and defending the claim.
• You confirm that you are not located in a country subject to a US embargo and are not on any US government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
• Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and may enforce them against you.

Apple’s Standard End User License Agreement (EULA) also applies where these terms do not provide otherwise.

17. Contact

Gollalei Schokory, Große Seestr. 10, 60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Email: schokorygroup@gmail.com · Contact form