Terms of Service

Last updated: August 24, 2026

These Terms of Service ("Terms") are an agreement between you and KDN Works LLC, a California limited liability company ("KDN Works," "we," "us"). They govern your use of Riffed — the Riffed mobile app, the riffedapp.com website, and any related services we operate, including AI features and API integrations (together, the "Service").

By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you don't agree, don't use the Service.

These Terms contain an arbitration agreement and class action waiver (Section 18). It affects how disputes between us are resolved. You can opt out within 30 days — Section 18 explains how.

1. Eligibility

Riffed is about cocktails. You may only use the Service if you are of legal drinking age in the place where you live (21 in the United States) — and in every case at least 18 years old. The Service is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly allow anyone under 18 to create an account. If we learn that an account belongs to someone under the legal drinking age, we will close it.

2. Your account

You need an account for most features (creating recipes, saving drinks, logging pours, friends). You agree to provide accurate information, keep your credentials secure, and accept responsibility for activity that happens under your account. One account per person. Tell us at hello@kdnworks.com if you believe your account has been compromised.

You can sign in with email and password, or through Apple or Google sign-in. Those providers have their own terms for their sign-in services.

3. The service

Riffed lets you discover cocktail recipes, create and publish your own drinks and variations ("riffs"), track your home bar, log pours at venues or at home, connect with friends, and use AI-assisted features (chat, generated descriptions, generated artwork, photo scanning). We are constantly changing and improving the Service; features may be added, changed, or removed at any time.

Parts of the Service are pre-release. Section 13 covers beta builds.

4. Your content

4.1 You own what you make

Recipes, riffs, descriptions, notes, pours, comments, photos, and other material you submit ("Your Content") remain yours. We claim no ownership.

4.2 The license you give us

So we can run the Service, you grant KDN Works a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, adapt, modify (for technical and display purposes — for example, resizing photos, computing flavor profiles, generating previews), publish, publicly display, and distribute Your Content, and to sublicense those rights to the service providers who help us operate (hosting, content moderation, AI processing — they are listed in the Privacy Policy). For content you make public or unlisted, this includes displaying it on riffedapp.com and in link previews and share cards. We may also use Your Content to operate, improve, and promote the Service — for example, showing a public recipe in the app's discovery feeds.

This license lasts as long as Your Content is on the Service, plus a reasonable period for backups. Section 14 explains what happens to Your Content when you delete it or your account — some of it can survive in anonymized form, and this license continues for content that survives.

4.3 The license you give other users

Riffed is built around riffing. When you make content public or unlisted, you grant other users a non-exclusive license to view it, save it, log pours against it, and create riffs — derivative recipes — from it within the Service, with attribution handled by the app's lineage features. Cocktail specs themselves (ingredient lists and proportions) are generally not protected by copyright; your prose (descriptions, notes) is, and other users' riffs don't copy your prose unless you published it as part of a recipe they legitimately built on. If you delete content, existing riffs of it survive (Section 14).

4.4 Visibility

You control visibility per recipe: private (you only), unlisted (anyone with the link), or public (everyone — including on the web, in search, and in discovery feeds). Pours and comments are visible to other signed-in users per the app's social features. Photos you upload are served from public URLs (protected by the link being hard to guess, not by a sign-in) — treat anything you attach to a shared surface as potentially public. Details are in the Privacy Policy.

4.5 Your responsibility

You are responsible for Your Content — that you have the rights to post it, that it's not unlawful, and that it doesn't violate Section 6. We don't endorse or verify user content. Recipes contributed by users are not tested by us; see the Disclaimer before you mix anything.

4.6 Feedback

If you send us ideas or suggestions about the Service, we can use them without obligation to you.

5. Venues

Venue pages describe real-world bars and businesses. Venue information comes from users and from third-party data (Google), and we don't verify it. Claiming a venue or acting as a venue moderator represents that you are authorized to manage that venue's presence. If you believe a venue listing or claim is wrong, use the in-app report ("Report claim") or email us. We may reassign, correct, or remove venue listings and moderator roles at our discretion. Venues on Riffed are not partners or affiliates of KDN Works unless we say so explicitly.

6. Acceptable use

Don't misuse the Service. In particular, don't:

post content that is unlawful, infringing, defamatory, harassing, hateful, sexually exploitative, or that doxxes or threatens anyone;
impersonate any person or misrepresent your affiliation with anyone (including venues);
post spam, scams, or content advertising unrelated products or services;
upload malware or content designed to break the Service or other users' devices;
probe, scrape, bulk-extract, or access the Service by automated means beyond the interfaces we provide (the app, the website, and the documented API/MCP endpoints);
attempt to bypass rate limits, moderation, age gating, or access controls, or to access other users' private data;
misuse AI features, including attempting to make them produce content that violates these Terms or using them to generate content you then present as factual without verification;
use the Service to encourage dangerous alcohol consumption, or direct alcohol-related content at people under the legal drinking age;
file knowingly false abuse or copyright reports.

We may investigate violations and take action under Section 10.

7. AI features

Some features use artificial intelligence — chat, generated drink descriptions and artwork, photo scanning (recipes and bar shelves), palate summaries, and automated content moderation. For these features, your inputs (messages, photos, recipe data) are processed by the AI providers named in the Privacy Policy.

AI output can be wrong, incomplete, or odd. Never rely on AI output for safety-critical judgments — including whether an ingredient is safe for you, allergen questions, or anything health-related. Verify ingredients and amounts yourself before making or serving a drink. AI-generated content you choose to publish is treated as Your Content under Section 4, and you are responsible for reviewing it first.

AI features have usage limits, which we may change. We may review flagged AI conversations for abuse and safety.

8. Third-party services and API access

The Service uses third-party services — for example, venue search is powered by Google (Google Maps/Places), and by using those features you also agree to Google's Terms of Service and acknowledge Google's Privacy Policy. Links and third-party content in the Service are not endorsements, and we're not responsible for third-party services.

If you connect a third-party AI assistant to Riffed through our API/MCP integration, that assistant accesses the Service on your behalf under scoped tokens you can revoke in Settings → AI Integrations. We are not responsible for what a third-party assistant does with data it accesses for you.

9. Blocking and reporting

You can block other users (their content and interactions stop being visible to you, and yours to them) and report content or users you believe violate these Terms. Reports are reviewed by us. Reports are retained as moderation records. Don't abuse the reporting system — knowingly false reports are a violation of these Terms, and knowingly false copyright notices can create legal liability for you under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).

10. Moderation and enforcement

We want Riffed to stay a good place. To that end:

Automated screening. Text you post (recipes you publish, comments, pour notes, profile details) and images you upload are automatically screened before they become visible to others. Content flagged by screening is not shown publicly.
Human review. We review reported content and screening results. We may hide, restrict, or remove content, and suspend or terminate accounts, where we judge it necessary — including for violations of Section 6, repeated copyright infringement (Section 12.4), or risk to other users.
Mistakes. Automated systems and humans both get things wrong. If your content was hidden or your account suspended and you believe we made a mistake, email hello@kdnworks.com — we review appeals and we restore content and accounts when we got it wrong. Suspensions are reversible.

We may also remove or modify content to comply with law, court order, or the policies of platforms we distribute through (such as Apple's App Store).

11. Beta software

Builds distributed through Apple TestFlight (and any feature marked experimental or "Labs") are pre-release software: they may contain bugs, may change without notice, and data created in them may be modified or reset before public launch. Apple's TestFlight terms also apply to TestFlight builds. Premium features in TestFlight builds may be provided without charge for testing and may be modified or reset; purchases in beta builds, if offered, run through Apple's sandbox environment and are not charged.

12. Copyright (DMCA)

We respect intellectual property and expect the same from users. We respond to notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"), 17 U.S.C. § 512.

12.1 Takedown notices

If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright, send a written notice to our designated agent — contact details are on the DMCA page, and the agent is registered with the U.S. Copyright Office. Your notice must include everything § 512(c)(3) requires:

identification of the copyrighted work you claim is infringed (or a representative list, if multiple works);
identification of the material you claim is infringing, with enough information for us to locate it (a link to the recipe, comment, or photo is ideal);
your name, address, telephone number, and email address;
a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act for the owner; and
your physical or electronic signature.

The in-app "Report → Copyright" flow flags content for our review but is not a formal DMCA notice — it deliberately doesn't collect the sworn statements above. Use the agent address for formal notices.

When we receive a valid notice, we act expeditiously to remove or disable access to the material, notify the user who posted it, and record the action against that user's account.

12.2 Counter-notices

If your content was removed because of a DMCA notice and you believe that was a mistake or misidentification, you may send a written counter-notice to the same designated agent, including:

identification of the material that was removed and where it appeared before removal;
a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification;
your name, address, and telephone number;
a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, if outside the United States, any judicial district in which KDN Works may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who filed the original notice or their agent; and
your physical or electronic signature.

If we receive a valid counter-notice, we will forward it to the original claimant. Unless they notify us within 10 business days that they have filed a court action seeking to restrain the infringement, we may restore the material in 10–14 business days.

12.3 Misrepresentation

Under § 512(f), knowingly and materially misrepresenting that content is infringing — or that it was removed by mistake — can make you liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees.

12.4 Repeat infringers

We have adopted, and reasonably implement, a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who are repeat infringers. Copyright removals we action are recorded against the account that posted the material, and repeated recorded infringement leads to suspension or termination of that account.

12.5 A note on recipes

Cocktail specs — bare lists of ingredients and proportions — are generally not copyrightable. Descriptive prose, tasting notes, photographs, and editorial commentary can be. See the DMCA page and Disclaimer.

13. Our content and the Riffed name

The Service itself — the app, website, design, software, flavor-analysis system, and the drink descriptions and artwork we create — belongs to KDN Works or its licensors, and is protected by intellectual property laws. We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the app and Service for personal, non-commercial use in accordance with these Terms. "Riffed" and the Riffed wordmark are trademarks of KDN Works LLC. Canonical recipe pages cite sources where a published reference informed an entry.

14. Termination and account deletion

You can leave any time. You can stop using the Service, or delete your account in the app (Settings → Account → Delete Account). Deletion is permanent. When you delete your account:

your profile, pours, comments, reactions, bar, friendships, palate data, chat history, and drinks nobody else depends on are deleted;
drinks that other users have saved, logged pours of, riffed, or pinned — and drinks on a venue menu — are anonymized instead of deleted: they remain on the Service with no name attached, so other users' collections and riff lineages don't break. The license in Section 4.2 continues for that surviving content;
uploaded photos and stored files associated with the deleted data are removed;
an active Riffed Premium subscription is NOT canceled by deleting your account. Subscriptions belong to your Apple ID and are managed by Apple — cancel in your Apple ID settings (Section 21), or Apple will keep billing a subscription attached to an account that no longer exists.

The Privacy Policy describes deletion in more detail.

We can suspend or terminate your access if you violate these Terms, if required by law, or if we discontinue the Service. Where practical we'll tell you why and give you a chance to appeal (Section 10). Sections that by their nature should survive termination — including 4.2 (for surviving content), 12, and 15–20 — survive.

15. Disclaimers

Alcohol. Riffed is a recipe and discovery tool, not a guide to safe alcohol consumption. Drink responsibly and lawfully. Recipes — ours, users', and AI-assisted — are not verified for safety, accuracy, or suitability for any diet, allergy, or health condition. The Disclaimer has important notices about age, responsible drinking, allergens, and health; it is part of these Terms.

"As is." The Service is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied — including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, and any warranty arising from course of dealing. We don't warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure, or that content (including AI output and venue data) is accurate. Some jurisdictions don't allow certain warranty exclusions, so parts of this section may not apply to you.

16. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law: KDN Works, its members, and its suppliers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or lost profits, data, or goodwill, arising out of or related to the Service or these Terms — regardless of legal theory and even if we've been advised of the possibility. Our total liability for all claims arising out of or relating to the Service or these Terms is limited to the greater of US $50 or the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim arose.

Some jurisdictions don't allow limits on certain liabilities (and nothing here limits liability that can't lawfully be limited, including for gross negligence, willful misconduct, or fraud), so parts of this section may not apply to you.

17. Indemnification

If someone brings a claim against KDN Works arising from Your Content, your use of the Service, or your violation of these Terms or the law, you agree to indemnify and hold KDN Works harmless from the resulting damages, liabilities, and reasonable legal expenses. We may take over the defense of any claim you're indemnifying, in which case you'll cooperate with us.

18. Dispute resolution and arbitration

Please read this section carefully — it affects your rights. It doesn't apply where prohibited by law.

18.1 Talk to us first

Before filing a claim, you agree to email hello@kdnworks.com with a written description of the dispute and give us 30 days to try to resolve it informally. Most disputes are resolved this way. The same applies in reverse — we'll notify you and wait 30 days before filing against you.

18.2 Binding arbitration

If we can't resolve it informally, you and KDN Works agree that any dispute arising out of or relating to the Service or these Terms will be resolved by binding individual arbitration, not in court, administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules. The Federal Arbitration Act governs this section. The arbitration will be conducted by a single arbitrator, in English, and may take place by videoconference, by documents only, or in the county where you live — your choice. Fees are allocated per the AAA Consumer Rules; where those rules assign the bulk of fees to the business, we pay them.

Exceptions: either party may (a) bring an individual claim in small claims court, and (b) seek injunctive or equitable relief in court for infringement or misuse of intellectual property rights or unauthorized access to the Service. And nothing in this section waives your right, if you are a California resident, to seek public injunctive relief in court where that right cannot lawfully be waived.

18.3 Class action waiver

Disputes will be resolved only on an individual basis. You and KDN Works each waive the right to participate in a class action, class arbitration, or representative proceeding. The arbitrator may not consolidate claims or preside over any form of class proceeding. If this waiver is found unenforceable as to a particular claim, that claim (and only that claim) must proceed in court rather than arbitration.

18.4 Opt-out

You can reject this arbitration agreement without penalty by emailing hello@kdnworks.com within 30 days of first accepting these Terms, with the subject "Arbitration opt-out," your name, and your account handle. If you opt out (or where this section doesn't apply), disputes will be resolved in the courts identified in Section 19.

18.5 Severability and survival

If any part of this Section 18 (other than the class action waiver) is found unenforceable, the rest remains in effect. This section survives termination of these Terms.

19. Governing law and venue

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. Subject to Section 18, any dispute that may be brought in court will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Sacramento County, California, and both parties consent to personal jurisdiction there. If you're a consumer in a jurisdiction whose law gives you mandatory protections or a mandatory forum, those rights aren't displaced by this section.

20. Apple App Store

For the iOS app: these Terms are between you and KDN Works, not Apple. Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for the app and is not responsible for addressing any claims relating to the app (including product liability, legal compliance, consumer protection, or IP claims), which are governed by these Terms. You must comply with the Apple Media Services Terms and the usage rules in Apple's standard End User License Agreement, which applies to your download of the app. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms as they relate to the iOS app and may enforce them against you. You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. government embargo and are not on any U.S. government restricted-party list.

21. Subscriptions and paid features

Riffed Premium. We offer an optional auto-renewing subscription called Riffed Premium. It adds premium features on top of the free Service — currently AI palate insights, higher limits on the AI riff assistant, and more drink-artwork generation. We may add to, change, or remove premium features over time; the features described in the app's purchase screen at the time you buy are what apply to that purchase term. The free tier remains fully usable without it. Premium is currently offered as a monthly plan ($5.99/month) and an annual plan ($39.99/year), each with a 7-day free trial; the exact price and terms shown in the app's purchase screen at the time you buy are what apply.

Automatic renewal. Riffed Premium renews automatically until you cancel. Your Apple ID is charged at confirmation of purchase (or, for a free trial, when the trial ends) and within 24 hours before the start of each new subscription period, at the plan price then in effect. A free trial converts to a paid subscription unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends; any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription.

How to cancel. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID settings: on your device, Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions (or in the App Store app under your account), or from the "Manage subscription" row in Riffed's Settings, which opens the same Apple sheet. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period, and you keep premium access until then. Deleting the Riffed app does not cancel your subscription, and neither does deleting your Riffed account (Section 14) — the subscription belongs to your Apple ID and must be canceled with Apple.

Payments and refunds are handled by Apple. All purchases are processed by Apple under Apple's Media Services terms. We don't collect or store your payment details, and we can't issue refunds directly — refund requests go to Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com. We don't provide pro-rata refunds for cancellation mid-period.

Price and feature changes. If we raise the price of your plan, Apple will notify you in advance and, where required, ask for your consent before the new price applies; you can cancel before the next renewal if you don't accept it. The premium feature set may evolve over time. If we materially reduce what Premium includes during a period you've paid for, we'll take reasonable steps to notify you.

California subscribers. The automatic-renewal disclosures and cancellation method described in this section are provided under California's automatic renewal law (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17600 et seq.). See also Section 23.

22. Changes to these terms

We'll update these Terms as the Service and the law evolve. When we make material changes, we'll take reasonable steps to notify you — for example, a notice in the app or on the website — and update the "Last updated" date above. Changes apply going forward from their effective date; continuing to use the Service after that date means you accept the updated Terms. If you don't accept them, stop using the Service and delete your account.

23. Notice for California users

Under California Civil Code § 1789.3, California users are entitled to know that they may file grievances and complaints with the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs, 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, CA 95834, or by telephone at (800) 952-5210. The Service is provided by KDN Works LLC, 2108 N St, Ste N, Sacramento, CA 95816; hello@kdnworks.com. For California subscribers, the automatic-renewal disclosures and cancellation method for Riffed Premium are in Section 21.

24. General

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, Disclaimer, and DMCA page, are the entire agreement between you and KDN Works about the Service. If a provision is found unenforceable, the rest remains in effect. Our not enforcing a provision isn't a waiver of it. You may not assign these Terms; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, and they bind and benefit successors. You consent to receiving notices from us electronically (in-app, on the website, or by email to your account address).

25. Contact

Questions about these Terms: hello@kdnworks.com. Copyright notices: see the DMCA page.