Terms of Use

Effective: February 8, 2026

Welcome to MealHuddle. By accessing or using MealHuddle ("the Service"), you agree to these Terms of Use ("Terms"). If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By creating an account or using MealHuddle, you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. These Terms apply to all users of the Service, including household owners and members.

2. Account & Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to create a MealHuddle account. You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account credentials (email and password). You agree to provide accurate information when creating your account and to keep it up to date.

Family members (such as children) may be added to a household by the account holder. Family members do not have their own login credentials and are managed entirely by the household owner or admin.

3. Household Data

MealHuddle is built around shared households. When you create or join a household, all members of that household can view and interact with the household's data, including:

  • Recipes and ingredients
  • Meal plans and meal cycles
  • Grocery lists and items
  • Family member profiles

By adding content to a household, you understand that other household members will have access to that content. Household owners and admins can manage membership and remove members at any time.

4. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

  • Use AI features to generate harmful, illegal, abusive, or misleading content
  • Attempt to circumvent rate limits or subscription restrictions
  • Scrape, crawl, or programmatically extract data from the Service (except through our documented Home Assistant integration API)
  • Use the Service to infringe on any third party's intellectual property rights
  • Share your account credentials or API keys with unauthorized parties
  • Interfere with or disrupt the Service or its infrastructure

5. AI-Generated Content

MealHuddle offers AI-powered features including recipe import (from photos, PDFs, and URLs), receipt scanning, and image generation. These features are powered by OpenAI.

  • AI-generated content (including recipe data and images) is provided for convenience and may not be fully accurate. You should review all AI-generated content before relying on it.
  • MealHuddle is not liable for errors, omissions, or inaccuracies in AI-generated content, including nutritional information, ingredient lists, or food safety guidance.
  • AI features are subject to OpenAI's usage policies. Content that violates those policies may be removed.
  • We reserve the right to review and remove AI-generated content that violates these Terms or OpenAI's policies.

6. Subscriptions & Billing

MealHuddle offers the following plans:

  • Free: Core meal planning, grocery lists, recipes, and collaboration features at no cost.
  • Pro ($4.99/month): All Free features plus AI-powered recipe import, receipt scanning, and image generation.

New users may be eligible for a 14-day free trial of the Pro plan. No credit card is required for the trial. Each household may use the trial once. Subscriptions are billed monthly through Stripe. The household owner or admin is responsible for payment.

You may cancel your subscription at any time through the account settings or Stripe customer portal. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. No refunds are provided for partial billing periods.

7. Intellectual Property

You retain ownership of the content you create on MealHuddle, including your recipes, ingredients, and meal plans. By using the Service, you grant MealHuddle a limited license to store, display, and process your content as needed to provide the Service.

MealHuddle retains all rights to the platform, its design, branding, and underlying technology. AI-generated images created through the Service are licensed to you for personal use within MealHuddle and are subject to OpenAI's content policies.

8. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your account if you violate these Terms, including misuse of AI features, circumventing subscription restrictions, or engaging in abusive behavior. We will make reasonable efforts to notify you before or at the time of termination.

You may delete your account at any time. Upon deletion, your personal data will be removed in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Household data shared with other members may persist for those members.

9. Disclaimers & Limitation of Liability

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.

MealHuddle is a meal planning tool, not a source of medical, dietary, or nutritional advice. We are not liable for any health outcomes, allergic reactions, or dietary issues arising from recipes, ingredients, or AI-generated content on the platform. Always verify ingredients and nutritional information independently, especially if you have food allergies or dietary restrictions.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, MealHuddle and its operators shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the Service.

10. Changes to Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we make material changes, we will update the effective date at the top of this page. Your continued use of the Service after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

11. Contact

If you have questions about these Terms, contact us at hello@mealhuddle.com.