Terms of Use

This English version is provided for convenience. The German version is legally binding.

1. Scope and provider

These terms of use apply to the use of the nocardio app and website ("nocardio"). The provider and responsible party is the operator named in the imprint.

2. Service

nocardio is a free, ad-free tool for planning, recording and analyzing strength training. There is no entitlement to constant availability. We may further develop, restrict or discontinue the service.

3. Account

An account (sign-in via Google) is required to use the service. You are responsible for keeping your login credentials confidential. You can delete your account at any time in your profile, which removes your data.

4. Health notice

nocardio serves information and organization purposes only and does not constitute medical, health-related or sports-science advice. Training content and templates do not replace advice from a doctor or qualified professional. You train on your own responsibility and at your own risk. When in doubt, seek medical advice – in particular in the case of pre-existing conditions, complaints, during pregnancy, or before starting a new training program.

5. User obligations

You undertake not to misuse nocardio, not to upload unlawful content and not to impair the security and functionality of the service.

6. Your own and shared content

You can share training plans you have created via a link or QR code. The plan data is contained in the link; you are responsible for the content you share.

7. Voluntary support and its benefits

nocardio remains completely free and ad-free for all users – even without any payment. You can support the project voluntarily, as a one-off or as a recurring contribution (subscription), via the payment service Stripe.

What support gets you. Once we receive a payment of at least €2, you count as a "Supporter" for 30 days from the payment date. Every further payment of at least €2 extends this period by another 30 days; if it lapses without a new qualifying payment, Supporter status ends automatically. As a Supporter you get a higher quota of AI analyses: 10 instead of 1 analysis per analysis type (plan or statistics analysis) within a rolling 30-day period.

What support does not get you. There is no "Pro" version and no paywall. All other features of nocardio – training planning, logging, statistics, all themes, the AI plan importer, plan sharing, and every other feature besides the AI quota mentioned above – are available to every account in full, regardless of Supporter status.

We may adjust the scope of this benefit within reasonable limits, for example if the cost of AI analysis changes. We will announce material changes on this page.

Website only. The native app (iOS/Android) offers no payment option and no reference to one – support is only available via the website. Supporter status already acquired via the website also takes effect when you sign in to the app.

You can end recurring contributions at any time, effective from the end of the current billing period – via your Stripe management or by email to info@nocardio.fit. Amounts already paid will not be refunded, to the extent permitted by law and to the extent the right of withdrawal in section 8 does not apply to you.

8. Right of withdrawal for voluntary support

Note, not legally reviewed: This section is a draft and must be reviewed by a lawyer before publication. Whether and to what extent a statutory right of withdrawal applies to voluntary support depends on the legal classification of this payment (a gift with no consideration, or a paid service with the consideration being a "higher AI quota") and has not been conclusively clarified for this draft.

To the extent a statutory right of withdrawal applies to you as a consumer: You have the right to withdraw from this contract within fourteen days without giving any reason. The withdrawal period is fourteen days from the day the contract was concluded. To exercise your right of withdrawal, you must inform us ([operator name], [address], [email address]) of your decision to withdraw from this contract by an unambiguous statement (e.g. by email to info@nocardio.fit).

If you have expressly agreed that we begin unlocking the higher AI quota before the withdrawal period has expired, and you have confirmed that you thereby lose your right of withdrawal once the contract has been fully performed, your right of withdrawal expires at that point.

Open item, technical: As far as we can tell, the current Stripe Checkout payment flow does not separately collect such an express consent. Before this section is published it should be clarified whether (a) checkout is extended to collect this consent, or (b) we instead plan for a full 14-day right of withdrawal including a refund obligation for payments made during that period.

9. Liability

nocardio is provided with due care, but without warranty of constant availability, freedom from errors or fitness for a particular purpose. We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence as well as for injury to life, body or health. In the case of slight negligence, we are only liable for the breach of essential contractual obligations (obligations whose fulfillment makes proper use possible in the first place and on whose compliance you regularly rely), and limited in amount to the foreseeable, contract-typical damage. Liability under the Product Liability Act remains unaffected.

10. Data and offline use

For offline use, data is also stored locally on your device – in the browser and, if you use the app, additionally in your device's internal storage. We accept no liability for data loss, for example due to device or browser problems. Please back up important data yourself.

11. Data protection

Information on the processing of personal data can be found in the privacy policy.

12. Changes to these terms

We may adjust these terms of use, for example in the event of changes to the app or the legal situation. The current version published here applies.

13. Applicable law

The law of the Federal Republic of Germany applies. Mandatory consumer protection provisions of your country of residence remain unaffected.