Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using Inkroost ("the Service"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree to these terms, do not use the Service.

2. Description of Service

Inkroost is a web application provided by Inkroost. The specific features and functionality are described on our website.

3. User Accounts

• You must provide accurate and complete information when creating an account.
• You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account credentials.
• You must notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to your account.
• You must be at least 16 years old to create an account.

4. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

• Use the Service for any unlawful purpose
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the Service
• Interfere with or disrupt the Service or its infrastructure
• Upload malicious code, viruses, or harmful content
• Scrape, crawl, or data-mine the Service without permission
• Impersonate any person or entity
• Use the Service to send spam or unsolicited communications
• Publish explicit pornographic content, or any content prohibited by the Content Policy

All content published on Inkroost must comply with our Content Policy, which forms part of these Terms. The Content Policy sets out what is allowed, what requires a mature rating, and what is never permitted. We may remove content or suspend accounts that breach it.

5. Payments & Subscriptions

If the Service includes paid features:

• Payments are processed securely by Stripe.
• Subscription fees are billed in advance on a recurring basis (monthly or annually).
• You can cancel your subscription at any time. Access continues until the end of the current billing period.
• Refunds are handled on a case-by-case basis. Contact us for refund requests.
• We reserve the right to change pricing with 30 days' notice.

Inkroost Credits

• Inkroost Credits are prepaid platform credits for creator tools only — such as AI page and cover generation and other Inkroost services.
• Credits are not money, have no cash value, and cannot be transferred to another user or withdrawn or redeemed for cash.
• Credits are not used to purchase manga and are not paid to creators. Reading on Inkroost does not require credits.
• Some chapters may be supporter-only. Supporter access is provided through the creator's own third-party platform (for example, Patreon). Any subscription or payment for supporter access is between you and that third-party provider — not Inkroost — and access may depend on your status with that provider.
• Inkroost does not operate a marketplace for manga and does not pay creators a share of credit purchases.
• Credits you buy are valid for 6 months from purchase. Free credits last a shorter time: welcome credits for 7 days, and coupons, referral and feedback rewards for 3 months. Credits you already had on September 29, 2026 never expire.
• The credits that expire soonest are always used first, and your account shows how many credits expire and when.
• Credits returned for work that could not be completed keep the expiry date of the credits they came from.
• Expired credits are removed from your balance. Unused credits are not refunded when they expire.

Plans

• Plans (Light, Creator and Studio) are billed in advance every month, or every year where a yearly price is offered, until you cancel. Creator and Studio add credits to your balance at the start of every plan month, including on a yearly plan.
• Plan credits reset every month: what is left expires when the next month's credits arrive, and nothing carries over. Cancel any time; the plan runs to the end of the period you paid for.
• Plan credits are always used before any other credits. Credit packs can still be bought on top of a plan.
• Every plan includes continuity checks for up to 300 uploaded pages a month and exports without the Inkroost mark. Pages checked beyond that are charged at the usual price.
• You can cancel at any time under Manage plan. The plan runs to the end of the period you paid for; after that its credits expire, and continuity checks and watermark-free exports go back to their per-use prices. Cancelling does not refund the current period; refund requests are handled as described above.
• Upgrading starts a new billing period straight away, with a credit for the unused part of your current plan. Moving to a smaller plan takes effect at your next renewal.
• If a renewal payment fails, no new plan credits are added and the plan's features pause until the payment goes through.
• If a plan payment is refunded or disputed, the plan credits it paid for are taken back, from that month's unspent plan credits first.

Animated episodes

• You can ask us to turn chapters of your own series into animated episodes. Only make episodes of work you own or have the right to adapt.
• To make an episode we send the chosen chapter's pages and text to the AI providers that plan, draw, voice and animate it. They use them only to make that episode.
• You see the price in credits before anything is spent, and we never charge more than the price you approved. The plan-and-preview step is charged once it is delivered; steps that fail on our side, or that a provider refuses, are not charged.
• Episodes are made by AI, and we can't fully control how each scene comes out: a scene may not match your pages exactly, a character can look slightly different from shot to shot, and a scene a provider refuses is left out with its lines kept as narration. The approved price covers the episode as it comes out, at any length; longer episodes carry more of this, so check the plan and preview before you approve.
• Episodes are made with AI. Keep them labelled as AI-generated wherever you publish them.
• Inkroost staff can watch every episode, published or not, to check its quality, keep the Service safe and help you.
• You keep ownership of your series; the licence in section 6 covers making and showing your episodes.

Publishing to YouTube

• Publishing to YouTube uses YouTube API Services. By connecting your YouTube channel to Inkroost you agree to be bound by the YouTube Terms of Service.
• Inkroost uploads only the episodes you choose, with the title, description and audience you set, and never reads or changes anything else on your channel.
• You answer for what you publish on YouTube under YouTube's rules, including saying whether a video is made for kids. Inkroost marks every upload as altered or synthetic content.
• You can disconnect your channel at any time; videos already published stay on YouTube until you remove them there.

6. Intellectual Property

• The Service, including its design, code, and content, is owned by Inkroost.
• You retain ownership of any content you upload to the Service.
• By uploading content, you grant us a license to store, display, and process it as needed to provide the Service.

7. Data & Privacy

Your use of the Service is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which describes how we collect, use, and protect your personal data.

8. Availability & Warranties

• We aim to provide the Service 24/7, but do not guarantee uninterrupted availability.
• The Service is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind, express or implied.
• We do not warrant that the Service will be error-free or meet your specific requirements.

9. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Inkroost shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the Service. Our total liability shall not exceed the amount you paid us in the 12 months preceding the claim.

10. Termination

• You may delete your account at any time from your account settings.
• We may suspend or terminate your account if you violate these terms.
• Upon termination, your right to use the Service ceases immediately.
• We will delete your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

11. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes by email or by displaying a notice in the application. Continued use of the Service after changes constitutes acceptance.

12. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Netherlands. Any disputes shall be resolved in the courts of the Netherlands.

13. Contact

For questions about these Terms, contact us at hello@inkroost.com.