ReadOut Chinese: Terms of Use
ภาษาไทย · Last updated: 18 October 2026
These terms apply when you use ReadOut Chinese (อ่านจีนออก). The app is licensed to you under Apple’s Standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement (https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/). These terms add what is specific to this app; where they differ on app-specific matters, these terms apply.
1. Who the app is for
The app is made for learners aged 12 and over and for parents who read Chinese books with their children. A younger child should use it together with a parent. If you are under the age of majority where you live, please use it with a parent’s or guardian’s consent, especially for purchases. Before any purchase the app asks an adult to confirm, and then Apple’s own purchase sheet appears.
2. VIP and subscriptions
- VIP comes as a monthly or yearly subscription, and for a limited time after launch as a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in the app before you buy. All plans include the same VIP features.
- The yearly plan includes a 7-day free trial (once per Apple ID). Unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the 7 days end, Apple charges the yearly plan and it renews automatically.
- Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase with Apple. Subscriptions renew automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Apple charges the renewal within 24 hours before the period ends.
- Manage or cancel in your Apple ID settings (Settings > your name > Subscriptions), or tap “Manage subscription” in the app. Cancelling stops the next renewal; VIP stays on until the end of the period you paid for.
- If Apple changes a subscription price, Apple tells you and, where required, asks for your consent before charging the new price.
- Refunds follow Apple’s policy (https://reportaproblem.apple.com). We cannot refund you ourselves. When Apple refunds a purchase, the VIP it gave ends.
- Use “Restore purchases” to turn on VIP on another device with the same Apple ID. Family Sharing is not supported.
- The app checks whether you have VIP directly with Apple on your device. We have no user accounts.
- When VIP ends, the app deletes nothing of yours. Your books, scanned pages, saved words, translations you already have and your progress all stay. Only the VIP features turn off.
- Which features are free and which are VIP is listed on the purchase screen. We may change this. If we give VIP members less, it takes effect from your next billing period, not the one you already paid for.
3. Lifetime VIP
- Lifetime VIP is paid once and never renews. It is sold only for a limited time after launch; the purchase screen shows the last day. After that it can no longer be bought, but everyone who bought it keeps it.
- Lifetime VIP gives the VIP features of the app for as long as we offer the app on the App Store and the app runs on your device, including VIP features we add later.
- If you already pay monthly or yearly, buying Lifetime VIP does not cancel that subscription; the app shows you how to cancel it in your Apple ID settings so you are not charged again.
4. Translation and AI
- The app translates text with Apple Translation on your device. The first time, Apple may ask you to download a language file.
- “Ask AI myself” makes a file with your page’s text and opens Apple’s Share sheet, so you can send it to an AI app you choose (for example ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini). You bring the answer back yourself. This does not go through any server of ours, we do not run an AI service, and those services’ own terms apply.
- Translations from Apple, websites and AI can be wrong, incomplete or unsuitable. We do not guarantee they are correct. Use them as a study guide only, not for important decisions.
5. Your content and copyright
- Books, photos and text you add, including what you send to the app with the Share button, stay yours and stay on your device. We receive no copy.
- Use the app with material you have the right to use, for example books you bought or borrowed, for your own study. Do not use the app to copy, translate or share books in a way that breaks copyright. You are responsible for what you add.
- VIP books, the dictionary and the content that comes with the app belong to us or our licensors. Do not copy them for distribution.
- Part of the English dictionary comes from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA licence); the full credits are in the app under Settings.
- If you believe content in the app infringes your rights, contact us at the email below.
6. Learning content
The dictionary follows the HSK syllabus and was checked carefully, but it may still contain mistakes. If you find one, please tap “Report a mistake”. Readings, meanings and examples are study aids. ReadOut Chinese is not an official HSK product.
7. Fair use
Do not modify the app, or use a loophole to get VIP features without buying them.
8. Other services
Apple (App Store, purchases, Apple Translation, voices) and the websites and apps you open from inside the app (web dictionaries, Ask AI) belong to their providers and follow their own terms. We do not control them and are not responsible for them. What is sent to each is described in the Privacy Policy.
9. Our responsibility
We work to keep the app useful and working, but it is provided “as is” and may have faults. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect losses from using the app or its translations. Nothing in these terms limits your rights under consumer laws that cannot be excluded.
10. Changes
We may update these terms. For important changes we will tell you in the app. Continuing to use the app after a change means you accept it.
Email: readoutchinese.support@gmail.com