Koto Map

Terms of Service

These Terms are shared across Koto Map language-learning apps
and this website.

About these Terms

These Terms of Service (the "Terms") are the brand-wide terms that apply to your use of the language-learning apps provided by Koto Map ("Koto Map") and of this website (koto-map.com, including the free Learn study articles).

The Terms cover the apps available today as well as apps released by Koto Map in the future, unless a specific app expressly provides its own separate terms.

By using an app or this website you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please stop using them.

Scope and related conditions

Where an individual app shows its own notices, store listing details, or in-app explanations, those apply together with these Terms. If a specific condition conflicts with these Terms, the specific condition prevails.

Your use of an app is also subject to the terms of the platform that distributes it (such as Google Play, or the Apple App Store where applicable).

How personal information and usage data are handled is governed separately by our Privacy Policy.

What the service provides

Koto Map apps offer features such as foreign-language vocabulary and phrase practice, study audio, and learning progress kept on your device. This website provides free Learn study articles you can read in your browser. These descriptions are illustrative — features differ by app, version, and region, and not every app offers the same features.

The content is provided for educational purposes. It is not guaranteed to be perfectly accurate or complete, does not promise any particular level of language proficiency, and is not certified by native speakers or any public body.

License and intellectual property

Copyright and other intellectual property rights in the text, illustrations, code, and prepackaged study audio of the apps and this website belong to Koto Map or to licensors with legitimate rights.

We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable permission to use the apps and this website in the normal way, for your personal learning only. Exceptions recognized by law (such as private use or quotation) apply separately from this permission.

Koto Map does not claim rights over vocabulary or facts of the languages themselves, nor over third-party service names or trademarks.

Acceptable use

You must not:

  • resell, redistribute, or commercially exploit the apps or their content;
  • carry out large-scale automated collection (scraping) or reproduction;
  • circumvent technical protections, modify, or reverse-engineer an app, except where the law allows;
  • infringe the rights of others or use the service for unlawful purposes;
  • impersonate others or interfere with the operation of the service.

Free and paid features

Each app includes a range of features you can use for free, and some apps offer paid features through the store. The purchase type (such as a recurring subscription or a one-time unlock) differs by app — not every app offers every purchase type.

The actual products, prices, currency, taxes, duration, and eligibility are those shown in each app's store at the time of purchase. This page does not guarantee globally uniform pricing or offer conditions.

  • Subscriptions renew automatically and are billed through the store for each period you select. You can stop auto-renewal (cancel) in your store account settings. After the paid period ends, paid features become unavailable in accordance with the store's rules.
  • One-time purchases give you access to the features shown at purchase, subject to the store's rules.
  • Restoring purchases is available through the relevant app's or store's restore mechanism where provided, subject to conditions such as using the same store account and a compatible environment.

Refunds and consumer rights

Whether a refund is available, and how to request one, follows the policies of the store you purchased from (Google Play, or the Apple App Store where applicable).

Nothing in these Terms limits or waives mandatory consumer rights under the law of your country or region of residence, including any withdrawal or refund rights that cannot be contractually waived.

Learning data and accounts

The covered apps require no account creation or sign-in. Learning data (progress, history, favorites, and the like) is stored on your device.

Automatic OS-level backup and, where an app provides it, user-operated backup and restore work as described in the Privacy Policy. If the app or device is deleted, lost, or reset, you may lose learning data unless a backup exists.

Purchase status is managed by your store. For details on how personal information is handled, please see the Privacy Policy.

Changes, interruptions, and end of service

We may change the content of the service, or suspend or end its provision temporarily or permanently, to add or improve features, for maintenance, or for operational reasons. Where a change is material, we will give reasonable notice on this website or elsewhere when feasible.

The rights and conditions attached to a purchase you have already completed are assessed under the conditions shown at the time of purchase, the rules of your store, and consumer-protection laws that cannot be excluded by contract. A change, interruption, or end of service does not remove remedies or consumer rights that cannot legally be excluded; it does not, however, guarantee continued availability or future operation of paid features in every case. If you run into a problem or have a question, please contact us via the Support page.

Warranty and limitation of liability

The service is offered with due care, but occasional inaccuracies, temporary interruptions, or constraints of your environment may arise. The content is not legal, financial, medical, or other professional advice.

Koto Map may limit its liability to the extent permitted by law; these Terms do not restrict rights or remedies you cannot waive under the law of your place of residence.

Third-party services and external links

To provide the service we rely on third parties, including the stores that distribute the apps and process purchases, Cloudflare for delivering this website and processing the contact form, and a speech synthesis service (Microsoft Azure) used to produce the study audio. Study audio is prepackaged inside the apps — your input is not sent to the synthesis service when you play it (see the Privacy Policy for details).

Where the apps or this website link to third-party sites, the content and safety of those sites are the responsibility of their operators.

Age and legal capacity

Age and consent requirements appropriate for use differ under the laws of your country or region and the rules of each store. If you are a minor, please use the service with the consent of a parent or guardian, and together with them where appropriate. Purchases of paid features are subject to the age and payment conditions set by each store.

Changes to these Terms, governing law, and contact

We may revise these Terms as needed. Material changes will be announced on this page together with the last-revised date. If you continue to use the service after a revision, you are deemed to have agreed to the revised Terms. The rights and conditions attached to a purchase already completed remain governed by the conditions shown at the time of purchase, your store's rules, and consumer-protection laws that cannot be excluded; a revision of these Terms does not remove rights you hold under law.

Disputes relating to these Terms are handled in good faith in accordance with applicable law, and the mandatory consumer-protection rules of your place of residence prevail.

For questions about these Terms, please use the Support page contact form or email support@koto-map.com.