Terms of Use

About DrinkBuddy and These Terms

These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the DrinkBuddy mobile application and its related features, content and services (collectively, the "Service"). The Service is owned and operated by AI Saarthi Labs LLP, having its registered office at 93, First Floor, DDA SFS Flats, Hauz Khas Apartments, New Delhi 110016, India ("AI Saarthi Labs", "DrinkBuddy", "we", "us" or "our").

By creating an account, selecting the acceptance checkbox or using the Service, you confirm that you have read and agree to these Terms and the DrinkBuddy Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

If applicable law gives you rights that cannot validly be waived by contract, these Terms do not limit those rights.

Age and Legal Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old and legally capable of entering into a binding contract to create or use a DrinkBuddy account. The registration process requests your date of birth, and the Service is designed to reject a date of birth showing that you are under 18. This is an age-screening measure, not identity or government-ID verification.

Before you first start a drinking session or log a drink, you must separately confirm that you:

• are at least 18 years old;
• have reached the legal age to consume alcohol; and
• are legally permitted to consume alcohol in the place where you are physically located.

The declaration is not pre-selected. We record its wording version and server timestamp and may ask you to confirm it again if the wording changes. If you decline, you cannot start a drinking session or log drinks, but non-drinking features may remain available.

Alcohol laws differ between countries, states, union territories and local areas. DrinkBuddy does not collect your location to verify eligibility, does not use your phone number's country to decide eligibility and does not authorise conduct prohibited by law. You are responsible for knowing and following the law where you are physically located.

You must not provide a false date of birth or declaration, allow an ineligible person to use your account, or use DrinkBuddy to facilitate underage or unlawful drinking.

Account and Security

You register using a mobile number and one-time password (OTP). You agree to provide accurate and current information and maintain control of the mobile number and device associated with your account.

You must not share an OTP, impersonate another person, create an account for another person without authority, or use another person's mobile number without permission. You are responsible for activity through your account except to the extent caused by our breach of applicable law.

Notify us promptly at saathi@aisaarthilabs.com if you believe your account, phone number or device has been compromised. We may require proportionate verification before changing account details, restoring access or acting on a rights request.

What DrinkBuddy is

DrinkBuddy is an adult self-tracking, entertainment and AI-companion service. Depending on availability, it may let you:

• record drinks, water, mood, setting, company and other session details;
• set optional targets, reminders or personal "bewares";
• chat with AI personas;
• use alarms, safety checklists and a recreational "Sharp Check";
• receive recaps and next-day check-ins;
• use solo games; and
• create or join multiplayer game rooms.

DrinkBuddy does not sell, deliver or supply alcohol. It does not prescribe a safe quantity, encourage anyone to drink, or treat alcohol consumption as a competition. A user-selected target is a tracking reference, not advice or a safe limit.

DrinkBuddy cannot verify what you consumed, determine your blood-alcohol concentration or sobriety, control your conduct, arrange emergency help, or guarantee that you get home safely.

Alcohol and Safety Warning

Alcohol can impair judgement, coordination, reaction time and health. Self-reported drink counts and timestamps do not establish sobriety or fitness to drive. Alcohol affects people differently, and DrinkBuddy cannot reliably know serving size, alcohol concentration, food intake, medication, health, metabolism or whether entries are complete and accurate.

Never drive, operate machinery, swim, engage in risky activity, make an important decision, or care for another person based on anything shown or said by DrinkBuddy. If you have consumed alcohol, use a sober driver, licensed transport or another safe alternative.

If you or another person may be in immediate danger, is difficult to wake, has trouble breathing, is vomiting repeatedly, has a seizure, is severely confused, has suffered an injury, or shows another serious or worsening symptom, stop using the app and contact the emergency service for your current location and a sober person nearby. Do not wait for the AI companion to respond.

No reminder, checklist, test, notification or AI message guarantees safety.

No Medical, Mental-Health, Legal or Emergency Service

DrinkBuddy is not a doctor, therapist, counsellor, addiction-treatment provider, toxicology service, breathalyser, lawyer, emergency dispatcher or crisis-response service. Nothing in the Service is medical, mental-health, legal or other professional advice, diagnosis or treatment.

DrinkBuddy does not continuously monitor messages, provide human review of conversations, or guarantee that it will recognise an emergency or crisis. If you are concerned about alcohol use, withdrawal, medication interaction, self-harm or mental health, seek help from a qualified professional or an appropriate local service. In immediate danger, contact local emergency services and someone you trust nearby.

AI Companion, Fireworks and OpenAI

DrinkBuddy uses generative artificial intelligence to provide companion-style conversation, observations, reminders and recaps. Personas may be humorous, sarcastic, cheeky, direct or understated. AI output can be inaccurate, incomplete, inappropriate, repetitive, offensive, biased, delayed or inconsistent.

The AI knows only the information provided to it. It cannot see or hear you, observe your surroundings, know your actual intoxication level, verify that another person is present or determine what is legal where you are. It may underreact or overreact.

AI output is provided for entertainment, reflection and general information. It is not a factual determination, safety clearance, professional advice or instruction to drink. You remain responsible for your decisions and actions.

Fireworks AI is the primary AI inference provider and hosts the open-weight DeepSeek model used by DrinkBuddy. If Fireworks is unavailable, fails or times out, DrinkBuddy may automatically send the relevant request to OpenAI as a fallback. AI providers and models may change without changing the essential nature of the Service. The Privacy Policy explains what is sent and how the providers handle it.

Fireworks or OpenAI may apply automated safety or abuse screening. AI Saarthi Labs does not promise that such screening will identify, report or respond appropriately to every harmful message. Do not use DrinkBuddy as an emergency-reporting channel.

When the AI detects a possible drink in chat, it shows a proposed log entry. The drink is not added to your tracker unless you choose the confirmation action. You should check the drink type and quantity before confirming it.

Do not include another person's private or sensitive information unless you have permission and it is genuinely necessary for the feature you request.

Sharp Check, Targets, Insights and Recaps

The "Sharp Check" and similar quizzes or games are recreational. They are not scientifically validated sobriety tests, cognitive assessments or breathalysers. Performing well does not mean you are unimpaired or fit to drive, continue drinking or perform a risky activity.

Drink totals, targets, patterns, observations and next-day recaps depend on user-provided and AI-interpreted information. They may be incomplete or wrong, are not medical records, and must not be used to diagnose a condition, calculate blood-alcohol concentration or establish a legally reliable account of events.

Alarms, Reminders and Notifications

Alarms, water nudges, safety reminders, background messages, recaps and next-day check-ins are delivered on a best-effort basis. They can be late, duplicated or missing because of device settings, battery optimisation, network conditions, operating-system restrictions, permissions, server availability or provider failures.

DrinkBuddy does not request Android exact-alarm permission for ordinary alarms. An alarm described as occurring "around" a time may drift.

Never rely on DrinkBuddy for medication, emergencies, transport, wake-up, safety-critical or legally time-sensitive reminders. Maintain an independent alarm or reminder where timing matters.

Recap and next-day push notifications use generic wording. The recap itself is available inside the app. Notifications may be relayed through Expo and the relevant platform service, including Google Firebase Cloud Messaging or Apple Push Notification service.

User Content

"User Content" means information or material you submit, select or make available through the Service, including profile details, messages, drinking and water logs, targets, moods, session settings, safety reminders, game-room names, answers, clues, votes and feedback.

You retain any rights you hold in User Content. You grant AI Saarthi Labs a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, copy, transmit, process, adapt for technical formatting, display and otherwise use User Content only as reasonably necessary to provide, personalise, secure, maintain and support the Service, operate AI and multiplayer features, comply with law and enforce these Terms.

This licence ends when the relevant content is deleted from our active systems, subject to temporary backups, security records, legal obligations and information lawfully retained in de-identified or aggregated form.

You represent that you have the rights and lawful authority needed to provide User Content and that it does not violate law, contract, confidentiality, intellectual-property, privacy or other rights.

Multiplayer Games

DrinkBuddy may offer multiplayer games such as Mafia, Chameleon, Who Am I? and Taboo. Users join using a room code. Other participants may see your selected display name, avatar, room status, answers, clues, votes, scores and role-dependent actions.

A room code is an access mechanism, not a guarantee of confidentiality. Share it only with intended participants. Players may remember, screenshot or separately record information visible to them.

Play Together rooms and associated memberships, votes and actions are designed to be deleted approximately 12 hours after the room is created. Daily aggregate counts that do not identify players may be retained. If a host deletes their account, a hosted room may be removed earlier and become unavailable to other players.

Users may enter free text that DrinkBuddy does not pre-approve. We do not endorse player content or guarantee that it will be accurate, appropriate or inoffensive. Hosts and participants are responsible for their conduct.

Game outcomes, roles, scores and timers may be affected by connectivity, device state or software errors and have no monetary value. DrinkBuddy games do not include wagering or real-money prizes unless separately introduced under legally compliant terms.

Acceptable Use

You must not use the Service to create, upload, transmit, store or share content, or engage in conduct, that:

• belongs to another person and which you have no right to use;
• is unlawful, fraudulent, defamatory, obscene, sexually exploitative, harmful to children, invasive of privacy, threatening, harassing, discriminatory or hateful;
• encourages underage drinking, dangerous consumption, drink-driving, violence, self-harm, unlawful drug use or another dangerous or illegal act;
• infringes intellectual-property, confidentiality, publicity or other rights;
• impersonates another person or materially misrepresents its source;
• exposes another person's private or sensitive information without authority;
• contains malware or is designed to disrupt, damage, overload or gain unauthorised access to a system;
• attempts to obtain another person's OTP, credentials, room access or data;
• scrapes, probes, reverse engineers or circumvents security or access controls, except to the limited extent the restriction is prohibited by law;
• uses unauthorised automated means to access the Service; or
• uses the Service or its output to train, benchmark or develop a competing service without our written permission.

We may remove or restrict content, preserve evidence, suspend accounts or report matters to competent authorities where reasonably necessary to comply with law, protect users or systems, investigate abuse or enforce these Terms.

Third-Party Services

The Service depends on third parties for functions such as authentication, SMS delivery, databases, hosting, analytics, push notifications, AI processing and media search. Current providers may include Google Firebase, 2Factor.in, Expo, Fireworks AI, OpenAI, GIPHY and Google Play services.

Fireworks hosts the open-weight DeepSeek model used by DrinkBuddy; AI Saarthi Labs does not use DeepSeek's first-party API for these requests. OpenAI is used automatically as a fallback when the primary AI request cannot be completed.

Third-party services may be governed by their own terms and privacy notices. We do not control their independent acts, availability or content. Nothing in this section limits any responsibility applicable law places directly on AI Saarthi Labs.

GIFs and stickers may be returned by GIPHY or another provider and may occasionally be inappropriate or unavailable. Rights in third-party media remain with their respective owners.

Intellectual Property

Except for User Content and third-party material, the Service, including its software, branding, personas, text, artwork, graphics, interfaces, databases and game design, is owned by or licensed to AI Saarthi Labs and protected by applicable law.

Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, personal, revocable, non-exclusive and non-transferable right to install and use the Service for lawful personal purposes. No other rights are granted.

If you provide suggestions or general feedback, you permit us to use them without restriction or payment, subject to the Privacy Policy and without transferring ownership of your pre-existing intellectual property.

Privacy and Optional Analytics

Our processing of personal data is described in the DrinkBuddy Privacy Policy. Acceptance of these Terms and the Privacy Policy is not consent to optional analytics or future personalised advertising.

Optional analytics remains disabled unless you opt in through the separate analytics choice. You may change that choice in Profile. If personalised advertising is introduced, we will update our disclosures and provide the consent or opt-out mechanism required by applicable law before activating it.

Some features require processing that is necessary to provide the feature you actively request. Where applicable law requires additional consent for particular data or processing, we may request it or restrict that feature in the relevant jurisdiction.

Fees, Subscriptions, Ads and Affiliate Features

DrinkBuddy is currently offered without a subscription fee. We may later introduce paid tiers, subscriptions, in-app purchases, advertisements, sponsored placements, affiliate links or other commercial features.

Before charging you, we will disclose the price, currency, taxes, billing period, included features, material restrictions, renewal terms and cancellation method. Purchases may also be governed by Google Play, the Apple App Store or another payment provider.

Unless applicable law or checkout terms provide otherwise, incurred fees are non-refundable. Statutory consumer, cancellation and refund rights remain unaffected.

Advertisements and sponsored content will be identified where required. If you use an affiliate link, AI Saarthi Labs may receive a commission. We do not guarantee third-party products, claims, offers, prices or availability.

DrinkBuddy does not currently sell alcohol or show alcohol advertising. If alcohol-related commerce, advertising or affiliate features are introduced, we will apply the relevant age, location, platform and advertising controls and update these Terms and the Privacy Policy.

Changes and Availability

DrinkBuddy is an evolving service. Features may vary by device, operating system, country, account or release stage. Beta or preview features may be incomplete, change without notice and contain errors.

We may add, modify, suspend or discontinue features where reasonably necessary for security, legal compliance, product improvement, provider availability or business operations. We do not guarantee uninterrupted access, permanent storage, compatibility with every device, delivery of every notification or availability of a particular AI provider, model, persona, GIF or game.

Account Deletion, Suspension and Termination

You may delete your account through Profile or request deletion by emailing saathi@aisaarthilabs.com. In-app deletion uses two confirmation steps and is designed to remove the account, profile, nights, messages, room memberships, private game records, rooms you host, applicable OTP records and the Firebase Authentication record. Deletion cannot be undone.

If deletion is interrupted or cannot be completed, some information may already have been removed. You should retry or contact us so that remaining steps can be completed. Aggregate non-identifying counts, short-lived operational logs, legally required records and data in backups until overwritten may remain as described in the Privacy Policy. Activities in another person's game room may remain only until that room's scheduled deletion.

We do not keep a deleted user's phone number for post-deletion feedback. A separate feedback record may contain a selected reason, optional comment, deletion date and days since signup, but is not stored with the user's phone number or account identifier. Do not include identifying or sensitive information in the optional comment.

We may limit, suspend or terminate access if you materially or repeatedly breach these Terms, falsify eligibility, create a security or legal risk, fail to pay applicable fees, abuse the Service, or if required by a competent authority.

Sections that by their nature should survive termination, including intellectual-property, disclaimers, liability, disputes and accrued payment obligations, will survive.

Disclaimers

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Service is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We do not guarantee that the Service, AI output, safety prompts, drink records, recaps, alarms, notifications, games or third-party content will be accurate, timely, complete, safe, uninterrupted or error-free.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement and any warranty arising from usage or course of dealing. Nothing excludes a warranty or liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.

Limitation of Liability

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability for fraud, wilful misconduct, death or personal injury caused by negligence, breach of a non-excludable statutory duty, or any other liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

Subject to the preceding paragraph and to the maximum extent permitted by law, AI Saarthi Labs and its partners, personnel and licensors will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, punitive or consequential loss, loss of profit, revenue, goodwill, opportunity or data, or loss arising from reliance on AI output, drink calculations, alarms, notifications, third-party content or another user's conduct.

Where liability may lawfully be capped, our aggregate liability arising from the Service or these Terms will not exceed the greater of the amount you paid to AI Saarthi Labs for the Service during the six months preceding the event giving rise to the claim or INR 5,000. This cap does not reduce non-waivable consumer remedies.

Indemnity

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify AI Saarthi Labs against third-party claims, losses and reasonable costs arising from your unlawful use of the Service, your material breach of these Terms, or User Content that infringes another person's rights. This does not apply to the extent a claim results from our own breach, negligence or unlawful conduct.

Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms to reflect legal, security, provider, product or commercial changes. We will post the revised version with a new "Last updated" date. For a material change, we will provide reasonable notice and request renewed acceptance where required. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance where permitted by law.

Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of India, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Subject to mandatory consumer rights and any forum that applicable law allows you to use, the courts at New Delhi, India will have exclusive jurisdiction.

Before filing a claim, please contact saathi@aisaarthilabs.com so we can try to resolve it. This does not prevent either party from seeking urgent interim relief or using a statutory consumer, privacy or grievance process.

Grievance Officer and Contact

Use this contact for complaints, account issues, legal notices and reports of unlawful or privacy-invasive content. Include enough information to identify the issue and requested remedy, but never send an OTP, password or financial PIN.

We aim to acknowledge qualifying grievances within 24 hours and resolve them within seven days, or within a shorter or different period required for the particular complaint by applicable law.