Terms of Use

1. Scope and provider

These Terms of Use apply to the Rootinez app in its web version and as an app for iOS and Android. The provider is Crytech Berlin UG (haftungsbeschränkt), c/o TUECHTIG, Haus 06, Aufgang D, Etage 1, Oudenarder Str. 16, 13347 Berlin, Germany (hereinafter "we").

2. What Rootinez offers

With Rootinez you log foods and meals, see your supply of macro- and micronutrients in relation to reference values, plan intakes (intake plan), use recipes and find products including dietary supplements. The range of functions may evolve.

The basic functions are free of charge. If we offer paid additional features, you will see the price and scope before purchase (see section 6).

3. No medical advice

Rootinez is for information purposes only. The app is not a medical device and does not replace medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Nutritional values come from public food databases and manufacturer information, reference values from recognised recommendations (for example D-A-CH, EFSA); both are average and guideline values, and we do not guarantee their accuracy in individual cases.

Plans, notes and evaluations — including those created with artificial intelligence — are non-binding suggestions. Discuss dietary supplements, changes to your diet and the assessment of blood values with a doctor, especially during pregnancy and breastfeeding, if you have an illness and if you take medication. Dietary supplements are not a substitute for a varied diet.

4. Use without an account and optional account

You can use Rootinez without an account. Your data is then stored on your device only; you are responsible for backing it up yourself — use the backup file in the settings for this. We cannot restore lost device data. You must be at least 16 years old and provide truthful information — the calculations of the app are based on it.

An account is optional. Keep your login details secret. You can delete your account at any time in the settings. We may suspend or terminate an account if it is misused or violates these terms; ordinary termination by us is subject to a notice period of four weeks. The data on your device is not affected by this.

5. Permitted use

You use Rootinez only for your own private purposes. In particular, the following are not permitted: automated queries or mass extraction of content, interference with the technology of the app, circumventing access restrictions and entering unlawful content.

6. Paid features

If you buy a paid feature in the apps, you complete the purchase via Apple's App Store or Google Play; their terms additionally apply to payment, renewal and cancellation. Subscriptions renew unless you cancel them before they expire in the settings of your app store account. In the web version, purchases are made via our payment service provider; the term and cancellation are shown to you before purchase.

As a consumer you have a statutory right of withdrawal of 14 days. For digital content and services it expires when we begin performance after you have expressly agreed and confirmed that you thereby lose your right of withdrawal. Details are given in the withdrawal policy at the time of purchase.

7. Product links and advertising

For some products we link to the websites of manufacturers or retailers. Such links may be affiliate links for which we receive a commission on a purchase; this does not change the price for you. The operators of these websites are solely responsible for their offers, content and services.

8. Availability

We strive for the app to be usable with as few interruptions as possible, but do not owe this. Maintenance, disruptions and events beyond our control may temporarily restrict use.

9. Liability

We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence, for injury to life, body or health and under the German Product Liability Act (Produkthaftungsgesetz). In the case of slight negligence, we are only liable for the breach of essential contractual obligations (whose fulfilment makes use possible in the first place and on which you may rely), limited to the foreseeable, typical damage. Otherwise, liability is excluded.

10. Changes to these terms

If we change these terms, we will inform you in the app at least four weeks before they take effect. If you do not object within this period, the changes are deemed accepted; we will point out this consequence in the notification. If you object, either party may terminate the user relationship.

11. Final provisions

German law applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. If you are a consumer, the mandatory consumer protection provisions of the country in which you have your habitual residence remain unaffected. We are neither willing nor obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board. Should any provision be invalid, the remaining provisions remain valid.