Effective date: 2026-06-27 · Version 1.0
The Gustopicks mobile application (the "App" or "Service") is provided and operated by Gustopicks ("we," "us," or "our"). These Terms govern your use of the App.
Contact: Gustopicks — Email: [email protected] · Website: https://gustopicks.com · App Store distribution: Apple App Store · Bundle ID: com.gustotr.app
Legal-review notice: This document is a thorough draft prepared for legal review. It is not final legal advice and should be reviewed and approved by a qualified attorney against current law before publication.
1.1 Agreement. These Terms of Service, including the End User License Agreement set out below (collectively, the "Terms"), form a binding legal agreement between you ("you," "your," or the "User") and Gustopicks governing your access to and use of the Service. By downloading, installing, accessing, registering for, or using the App, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated by reference. If you do not agree, do not download, access, or use the App.
1.2 Minimum age. You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service. Where the law of your country, state, or region sets a higher minimum age for the use of online services or for consent to the processing of personal data (for example, 16 in certain EEA member states), you must meet that higher age. In Türkiye, where applicable, Users under the age of 18 may use the Service only with the involvement and, where required, the consent of a parent or legal guardian. The Service is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from them. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child below the applicable minimum age, we will delete it.
1.3 Capacity. You represent that you have the legal capacity to enter into these Terms and that, if you are using the Service on behalf of another person or an organization, you have the authority to bind that person or organization to these Terms.
1.4 Compliance. You agree to use the Service in compliance with these Terms and all applicable laws and regulations.
2.1 What Gustopicks is. Gustopicks is a social restaurant-ranking and trusted-discovery application for iOS. The Service lets you, among other things:
2.2 No paid or promoted rankings. Rankings are derived from your own comparisons and are a personal, contextual opinion — not an objective truth. Restaurants cannot buy, sponsor, or otherwise influence placement, and there are no paid or promoted rankings.
2.3 No purchases. The Service does not currently include in-app purchases, subscriptions, advertising, or payment processing. If we introduce paid features in the future, additional terms (including pre-contract disclosures and any consumer withdrawal-right information required by applicable law) will be presented before purchase.
2.4 Availability and changes. The Service is offered on an evolving basis. We may add, modify, suspend, or discontinue features at any time, in whole or in part, and we will use reasonable efforts to give notice of material changes.
3.1 Registration and sign-in methods. To use most features you must create an account. We support the following authentication methods:
When you use Sign in with Apple, Apple may provide a private-relay email address; we accept it the same as any other email.
3.2 Account security. You are responsible for safeguarding your credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. You agree to keep your password and any access tokens confidential and to notify us promptly at [email protected] of any unauthorized use or suspected breach of your account.
3.3 Accuracy of information. You agree to provide and maintain accurate, current, and complete information (including your display name, username, and email, where collected) and not to impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation with anyone.
3.4 One account per person. Unless we agree otherwise, you may hold only one account, and you may not transfer, sell, or share your account with others.
4.1 Grant. Subject to your continuing compliance with these Terms, Gustopicks grants you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, and revocable license to download and use one copy of the App on Apple-branded devices that you own or control, solely for your personal, non-commercial use, and in accordance with the Apple App Store Usage Rules (see Section 15).
4.2 Reservation of rights. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved by Gustopicks and its licensors. This license does not transfer to you any ownership interest in the App or any intellectual property rights.
4.3 Restrictions. Except as permitted by applicable law that cannot be excluded by agreement, you may not: (a) copy, modify, or create derivative works of the App; (b) reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the App, or attempt to derive its source code; (c) rent, lease, lend, sell, sublicense, or otherwise distribute the App; (d) remove or alter any proprietary notices; or (e) circumvent, disable, or interfere with security-related features.
4.4 Revocation. This license terminates automatically if you breach these Terms and may be revoked by us as described in Section 10.
"User Content" means anything you create, upload, post, transmit, or share through the Service, including restaurant logs and visits, duels and personal rankings, lists, notes and tips, comments, reactions, want-to-go saves, reports, profile information, photos (profile avatars and restaurant photos), and messages. As between you and Gustopicks, you retain all ownership rights in your User Content.
To operate, provide, and improve the Service, you grant Gustopicks a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable (to our service providers acting on our behalf) license to host, store, reproduce, adapt (for formatting and technical display, e.g., image downscaling), publish, and display your User Content — strictly in accordance with the visibility setting you choose for each item (private, friends-only, or public). This license exists only to run the Service and ends when you delete the relevant User Content or your account, except for (a) copies retained in routine backups for a limited period and (b) content we must retain to comply with legal obligations or to maintain moderation records (for example, reports you or others have filed).
You represent and warrant that: (a) you own or have all necessary rights and permissions to your User Content, including any photos you upload; (b) your User Content does not infringe or violate the intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or other rights of any third party; and (c) your User Content complies with these Terms and applicable law. You are solely responsible for your User Content and the consequences of sharing it.
Each restaurant log and your profile have visibility controls. Private content is excluded from feeds, and we ask for your confirmation before exposing private or friends-only content in a share card. Messages are private to the participants of a conversation and are never surfaced in feeds or share cards.
Gustopicks enforces a strict, zero-tolerance policy for objectionable content and abusive behavior. By using the Service, you expressly agree to this EULA, including the following:
5.5.1 Prohibited content. You will not create, upload, post, share, or transmit any content that:
5.5.2 Prohibited conduct. You will not harass, abuse, threaten, defraud, impersonate, or otherwise harm other Users; solicit or exploit minors; or use the Service to facilitate any of the prohibited content above.
5.5.3 In-app reporting and blocking. The App provides, and you may use at any time:
5.5.4 Content filtering. The App applies proactive content filtering that screens text against a blocklist of slurs and abusive language (in Turkish and English) before content is posted, to help prevent objectionable material from being published.
5.5.5 Our moderation commitment. We review reports and take appropriate action — including removing offending content and/or ejecting (suspending or terminating) the responsible User — within 24 hours of becoming aware of an egregious violation. We may also retain moderation records, including reports, even after an account is deleted. This process is designed to satisfy the user-content obligations of Apple App Store Review Guideline 1.2. We make no commitment to monitor all content proactively, and the absence of action in any particular case does not waive these rights.
5.5.6 No tolerance. There is no tolerance for objectionable, abusive, harassing, threatening, pornographic, or otherwise unlawful content or conduct. Violations may result in immediate content removal and permanent account termination, at our sole discretion and without prior notice.
6.1 Friends-only messaging. Direct (1:1) and group messaging is available only between Users who are friends (mutual connections). You may share text and restaurant cards in messages. Messages are visible only to the participants of the conversation.
6.2 Conduct in messages. All content and conduct rules in Section 5 apply equally to messages. You will not use messaging to harass, threaten, spam, or send prohibited content.
6.3 Reporting and blocking in messaging. You may report objectionable messages and block other Users. Blocking removes the friendship and hides content in both directions.
6.4 Privacy of messages. Messages are private to participants and are never surfaced in the feed or in share cards. Note that, for safety and to enforce these Terms, sent messages cannot be edited or deleted by Users on the server, and content you have already shared may have been seen or saved by recipients.
In addition to the content and conduct rules in Section 5, you agree not to:
7.1 access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the Service, our systems, or our service providers' systems without authorization;
7.2 probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system or network, or breach or circumvent any security or authentication measures;
7.3 scrape, crawl, harvest, or collect data from the Service by automated means, or use bots, scripts, or other automated processes, except as expressly permitted;
7.4 reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any part of the Service, except to the extent such restriction is prohibited by applicable law;
7.5 introduce malware, viruses, or any code of a destructive or disruptive nature;
7.6 interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the Service, or impose an unreasonable load on our infrastructure;
7.7 use the Service for any commercial purpose not expressly authorized by us, including unsolicited advertising or solicitation;
7.8 misrepresent your identity or affiliation, or create accounts by automated means or under false pretenses; or
7.9 use the Service in violation of any applicable law, regulation, or third-party right.
We may investigate and take legal or technical action against violations.
8.1 Our rights. The App, the Service, and all associated software, source code, designs, user interfaces, graphics, logos, the "Gustopicks" name and brand, and all other materials we provide (excluding User Content) are owned by Gustopicks or its licensors and are protected by Turkish and international intellectual-property laws, including copyright (FSEK), trademark, and industrial-property (Law No. 6769) law. Except for the limited license in Section 4, no rights are granted to you.
8.2 Trademarks. "Gustopicks" and our logos are trademarks of Gustopicks. You may not use them without our prior written consent.
8.3 Third-party intellectual property. The Service may incorporate or display materials owned by third parties (for example, map data and place information supplied through Apple MapKit). Those materials remain the property of their respective owners and may be subject to additional third-party terms.
8.4 Feedback. If you send us suggestions or feedback, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use it without restriction or obligation to you.
8.5 Copyright/IP complaints. If you believe content on the Service infringes your intellectual-property rights, contact us at [email protected] with sufficient detail to identify the content and your rights, and we will respond in accordance with applicable notice-and-takedown procedures.
9.1 Third-party services we rely on. The Service uses certain third-party providers, including:
Because data is hosted in Switzerland, an international data transfer takes place. Under the GDPR, Switzerland benefits from a European Commission adequacy decision, so transfers from the EU/EEA to Switzerland do not strictly require standard contractual clauses. Under Turkish data-protection law (KVKK Art. 9), a transfer abroad (yurt dışı aktarım) occurs; as no adequacy decision (yeterlilik kararı) has yet been announced for the destination, the lawful basis relied on is the data subject's explicit consent (açık rıza) or a Board-approved standard contract (Kurul onaylı standart sözleşme). Full details are set out in the Privacy Policy.
9.2 Third-party content and venue data. Restaurant and venue information (such as location, and open/closed status) may originate from third-party sources, including Apple MapKit, and may be inaccurate, incomplete, or out of date. Verify details (including whether a venue is open) before relying on them. We do not control and are not responsible for third-party content or services.
9.3 Third-party terms. Your use of third-party services through the App may be subject to those third parties' own terms and policies, which you agree to comply with. We are not a party to, and are not responsible for, your agreements with third parties.
10.1 Termination by you — in-app account deletion. You may stop using the Service at any time and may delete your account directly within the App (Profile → Settings → Account → Delete account), consistent with Apple App Store Review Guideline 5.1.1(v). Deleting your account triggers a server-side cascade that removes your personal data (including visits, rankings, duels, lists, relationships, messages, notifications, reports you authored where permitted, device push tokens, privacy settings, and profile) and revokes the Sign in with Apple grant associated with your account. Shared catalog records (such as a restaurant's communal listing) and moderation records relating to reports are not personal to you and may be retained. You may also export a copy of your own data from Settings before deleting your account.
10.2 Termination or suspension by us. We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service, in whole or in part, with or without notice, if: (a) you breach these Terms (including the EULA in Section 5); (b) we are required to do so by law or by Apple; (c) your conduct may harm other Users, third parties, or us; or (d) we discontinue the Service. Where reasonable and lawful, we will give notice.
10.3 Effect of termination. On termination, the license in Section 4 ends and you must stop using the App. Sections that by their nature should survive (including Sections 5.1, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 18) survive termination.
11.1 "As is." To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Service is provided "as is" and "as available," with all faults and without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, accuracy, and non-infringement.
11.2 No guarantee. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or free of harmful components, that defects will be corrected, or that any content, rankings, scores, recommendations, or venue information will be accurate, reliable, or suitable for your needs. Rankings and personalized recommendations reflect your own inputs and contextual signals and are not professional advice.
11.3 Consumer carve-out. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties. To the extent such exclusions are not permitted, the above disclaimers apply to the maximum extent allowed, and nothing in these Terms limits any non-waivable statutory rights you have as a consumer.
12.1 Exclusion of certain damages. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, neither Gustopicks nor its directors, employees, agents, suppliers, or licensors will be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, goodwill, or other intangible losses, arising out of or relating to your use of (or inability to use) the Service.
12.2 Cap. Gustopicks's liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. Because the App is provided free of charge (with no in-app purchases, subscriptions, or other payments), Gustopicks's total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service shall not, in any event, exceed a nominal amount (e.g., USD 50).
12.3 Mandatory rights preserved. Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for any other liability that cannot lawfully be limited — and, for consumers, mandatory consumer-protection rights remain unaffected (see Section 14). Under Turkish law, exclusions of liability for gross fault are not enforceable, and any unfair contract terms against a consumer are void.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Gustopicks and its directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or related to: (a) your User Content; (b) your use or misuse of the Service; (c) your violation of these Terms or of any applicable law; or (d) your violation of any third-party right. This Section does not apply to the extent a claim arises from our own breach or to the extent indemnification is prohibited by applicable law, and it does not affect your mandatory consumer rights.
14.1 Governing law. These Terms and any dispute arising out of or in connection with them or the Service are governed by the laws of the Republic of Türkiye, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles.
14.2 Jurisdiction. Subject to Section 14.3, the courts and execution offices of İstanbul (Merkez), Türkiye, will have jurisdiction over any dispute.
14.3 Consumer protections. If you are a consumer, mandatory consumer-protection rules and the protections available to you under the law of your place of residence are not affected by these Terms. In particular, in Türkiye, consumer disputes are, depending on the monetary threshold updated annually, handled by the competent Consumer Arbitration Committee (Tüketici Hakem Heyeti) or Consumer Court (Tüketici Mahkemesi), and a consumer may apply to those bodies at their own place of residence. Any jurisdiction or arbitration clause that is unfair to a consumer is void.
These terms apply because the App is distributed through the Apple App Store. They supplement, and where required by Apple prevail over, the rest of these Terms with respect to your relationship with Apple. If we do not use Apple's standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement (LLA), the following minimum terms apply; where Apple's standard LLA applies, it is incorporated by reference and controls as to Apple to the extent of any conflict.
15.1 Acknowledgment. These Terms are concluded between you and Gustopicks only, and not with Apple. Gustopicks, not Apple, is solely responsible for the App and its content.
15.2 Scope of license. The license granted to you for the App is a non-transferable license to use the App on any Apple-branded products that you own or control, and only as permitted by the Usage Rules in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions, except that the App may be accessed and used by other accounts associated with you via Family Sharing or volume purchasing, where applicable.
15.3 Maintenance and support. Gustopicks is solely responsible for providing any maintenance and support services for the App. Apple has no obligation to furnish any maintenance or support services for the App.
15.4 Warranty. Gustopicks is solely responsible for any product warranties, whether express or implied by law, to the extent not effectively disclaimed. If the App fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price (if any) for the App to you; to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the App, and any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, or expenses attributable to any failure to conform to any warranty will be Gustopicks's sole responsibility.
15.5 Product claims. Gustopicks, not Apple, is responsible for addressing any claims by you or any third party relating to the App or your possession and/or use of the App, including: (a) product-liability claims; (b) any claim that the App fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and (c) claims arising under consumer-protection, privacy, or similar legislation, including in connection with the App's use of any HealthKit or HomeKit framework (if applicable).
15.6 Intellectual property rights. In the event of any third-party claim that the App or your possession and use of it infringes that third party's intellectual-property rights, Gustopicks, not Apple, will be solely responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement, and discharge of any such claim.
15.7 Legal compliance. You represent and warrant that: (a) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a "terrorist-supporting" country; and (b) you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
15.8 Provider contact. Questions, complaints, or claims with respect to the App should be directed to Gustopicks at [email protected].
15.9 Third-party terms. You must comply with applicable third-party terms of agreement when using the App (for example, your wireless data-service agreement and any terms applicable to map or place data).
15.10 Third-party beneficiary. You acknowledge and agree that Apple, and Apple's subsidiaries, are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms, and that, upon your acceptance of these Terms, Apple will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these Terms against you as a third-party beneficiary.
We may update these Terms from time to time. We will post the updated version with a new effective date and, for material changes, provide notice in-app and/or on https://gustopicks.com. Changes take effect when posted unless otherwise stated. By continuing to use the Service after changes become effective, you accept the updated Terms. If you do not agree to the updated Terms, you must stop using the Service and may delete your account.
For questions, complaints, or claims regarding these Terms or the Service, contact us at:
We may provide notices to you through the App, by email associated with your account, or by posting on our website.
18.1 Entire agreement. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any additional terms presented for specific features, constitute the entire agreement between you and Gustopicks regarding the Service and supersede any prior agreements.
18.2 Severability. If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.
18.3 No waiver. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of that or any other provision.
18.4 Assignment. You may not assign or transfer these Terms or your account without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets, or by operation of law.
18.5 Relationship. Nothing in these Terms creates any partnership, joint venture, agency, or employment relationship between you and Gustopicks.
18.6 Language. These Terms may be provided in Turkish and English. In the event of a conflict between the two versions, the Turkish version prevails.
18.7 Related policies. Your use of the Service is also subject to our Privacy Policy and any community or content guidelines we publish, each incorporated by reference.
This document is a draft prepared for legal review and does not constitute final legal advice. Have it reviewed and approved by a qualified attorney against current law before publication.