Revised 18 September 2026. Two sections changed materially: §2, which no longer requires you to be 18 — that condition existed because of an AI service Bubbly no longer uses — and §10, which now sets out what Bubbly+ costs, how it renews, and how to cancel.
Last updated: 18 September 2026 Who these terms are with: Yehuda Green, operating Bubbly Thoughts as an individual (no company or LLC), based in Miami, Florida, United States. Contact: mindorb.app@gmail.com
Bubbly is an app for speaking or typing what is on your mind. It uses artificial intelligence to turn your speech into words, to work out what a thought is about, and to answer questions about what you have saved.
All of that happens on your own phone. Your speech becomes words on your phone, and the recording never leaves it. Where a thought belongs, what date it carries, what it is called and the answer to a question you ask are all decided on your phone too, by Apple's own model. Until 18 September 2026 your words were also sent to Google in the background; they are not any more, and §3 and the Privacy Policy set out what does still leave your phone.
Some of the rest of what Bubbly does also happens on your own phone rather than on our servers. A thought you gave an actual time to can be handed to your phone's own calendar app: Bubbly opens the phone's new-event screen with the details filled in, and you decide whether to save it and where. Bubbly does not have calendar access and never adds anything by itself.
Bubbly is not a reminder service, and you should not rely on it as the only thing standing between you and something that matters. A time can be misheard and a thought can be understood as something it is not, so check what is filled in before you save it, and check anything that matters. See §9 for how responsibility for that is allocated.
You agree to these terms when you first open the app, by ticking the box that says so — before anything is captured. If you do not agree, do not use Bubbly. If these terms change materially, you will be asked again.
You need to be old enough to enter a binding agreement where you live, and to have an Apple Account that can install the app. There is no separate age wall.
There used to be one. Until 18 September 2026 this section said you had to be 18 or over, and you confirmed it on first launch. That was never a content rating — there is nothing in Bubbly unsuitable for a younger person — and the section said so. The reason was that the AI service Bubbly depended on prohibited being made available to people under 18.
Bubbly no longer depends on that service. The thinking happens on your phone now, so the condition has gone with the dependency, and the confirmation step has gone from first launch.
Everything you put into Bubbly belongs to you. We claim no ownership of it and no licence to it beyond the one thing we need: permission to store it, transmit it, and pass it to the services described in the Privacy Policy, so that the app can do the things you asked it to do. Stop using Bubbly and that permission ends.
We do not sell your content, use it for advertising, or use it to train our own models.
About the AI. Bubbly's AI runs on your phone, using Apple's own on-device model. Your content is not sent to Google, or to any other AI company, for it.
Until 18 September 2026 it was. This section said your content went to the free tier of Google's Gemini API, where Google's own terms permit it to be used to improve and train their models and to be read by their staff. That is no longer true of anything you put into Bubbly, and the app is built so it cannot become true again without a deliberate change that the release process refuses.
The one thing that still leaves your phone, and only when you press it: tapping Directions or Call on a bubble sends a search made from that bubble's words — and, for Call, your approximate location — to Apple's Maps service, under Apple's own privacy terms, to look the place up. Apple processes that search; it is not done offline on your phone. The Privacy Policy, §2, sets out exactly what that means.
The AI is wrong sometimes. It is built into the app that you can correct it, because you will need to.
Do not rely on Bubbly as your only record of anything that matters. It is a place to think, not a system of record. Check anything important, and keep your own copy of anything you cannot afford to lose — Settings › Your Data › Export Your Data exists for that.
This is the most important clause here.
Bubbly is not a medical device, a therapy service, a counselling service, a diagnostic tool, or a crisis service. It provides no medical or mental-health advice and nothing in it should be treated as any.
About the helplines. If you say something that Bubbly recognises as being about wanting to die or about hurting yourself, it shows you some phone numbers. Please understand exactly what that is and is not:
If you are in danger, or someone else is, call your emergency services. In the UK dial 999 or 111. In the US and Canada dial 988 or 911. Do not wait on an app.
You may use Bubbly without an account. If you make one:
We may suspend or remove an account that is being used to abuse the service, to break these terms, or to break the law.
Treat the link as the key: anyone who has it can read that bubble and everything filed inside it, in a browser, with no account and no app required. Saving it into your own galaxy in the app does require signing in.
Links expire after 30 days, and you can revoke one at any time. Revoking deletes the shared copy from our server.
You are responsible for what you share, including anything in it about another person. Do not share content you have no right to share.
A Shared Bubble is an ongoing space, not a one-time copy: everyone in it can add to it and see what others add, for as long as it exists. Joining always requires signing in to Bubbly — there is no sign-in-free way to add to one, unlike reading a link above.
Bubbly is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We do not promise that Bubbly will always be available, uninterrupted, secure, accurate, or free of errors, or that content will never be lost or corrupted. Features may change, be suspended, or be removed. The AI services and other third-party services Bubbly depends on are operated by other companies and may fail, become unavailable, or change without notice.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits any warranty or other right that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.
We are responsible for loss we cause to the extent the law does not allow us to exclude or limit that responsibility. Nothing in these Terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, willful misconduct, or any other liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, revenue, business, opportunity, goodwill, or anticipated savings, or for loss or corruption of content or data, arising out of or relating to Bubbly or these Terms, even if we were advised that such damages were possible.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, our total aggregate liability to you for all claims arising out of or relating to Bubbly or these Terms will not exceed the greater of:
1. the amount you paid to us for Bubbly during the twelve months immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim; or 2. $100.
The limitations in this section apply regardless of the legal theory on which a claim is based, including contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, or otherwise, except to the extent applicable law does not permit a limitation for a particular claim.
For anyone on the free tier, and for most subscribers, the $100 floor is the figure that applies — a year of Bubbly+ is less than that. If you have paid more than $100 in the preceding twelve months, that larger amount is the cap instead.
Nothing in this section limits any rights or remedies that cannot lawfully be limited or waived under applicable law.
Most of Bubbly is free, and capture always is. Saying a thought, having it filed, naming it, searching it, and getting it back are free, with no cap on how many thoughts you may keep. There is one paid tier on top of that.
Bubbly+ costs $4.99 per month, or a yearly price shown on the purchase screen before you buy. The price you are actually charged is always the one Apple shows you at the moment of purchase, in your own currency; if anything here disagrees with that screen, that screen is correct.
What Bubbly+ adds:
Nothing else is behind it, and nothing you have already captured is ever locked away by it. If a subscription lapses, every thought you have stays exactly where it is and capture keeps working.
A new phone gets 30 days of Bubbly+ free, granted once when you finish the opening tour. Two honest details about it:
Apple takes the payment, not us. Purchases are made through your Apple Account under Apple's own terms, and we never see or hold your card.
A subscription renews automatically at the end of each period — monthly or yearly, whichever you bought — unless you cancel at least 24 hours before it renews. Apple charges the renewal within 24 hours of the period ending.
To cancel, open the Settings app on your iPhone, tap your name, then Subscriptions, and cancel Bubbly there. You can also reach it from the App Store. Cancelling stops the next renewal; it does not end the period you have already paid for, and Bubbly+ keeps working until that period runs out. We cannot cancel it for you — Apple does not give us the ability to.
Refunds are Apple's to give, under Apple's refund policy, and are requested from Apple directly (reportaproblem.apple.com). If you think something has gone wrong with a charge, write to us anyway at the address in §14 — we will help you deal with Apple even though we cannot issue the refund ourselves.
If the price changes, Apple will tell you and ask you to agree before charging the new amount. We will not raise the price of a period you have already paid for.
These terms are governed by the law of the State of Florida, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules, and the state and federal courts located there have jurisdiction for anything not sent to arbitration under §12. If you are a consumer, this does not take away the protection of the mandatory consumer-protection laws of the state or country you live in, including any state-specific consumer health data or privacy rights described in the Privacy Policy.
Step one: tell us first. Except where immediate judicial relief is permitted or required by applicable law, before initiating arbitration or litigation concerning a dispute subject to these Terms, you agree to send a written description of the problem to mindorb.app@gmail.com and give us 60 days to try to resolve it directly. This informal-resolution requirement does not prevent either party from seeking emergency, provisional, or injunctive relief when permitted or required by applicable law.
Step two: individual arbitration, not a lawsuit. If the dispute is not resolved through the informal process, any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to Bubbly, these Terms, or your use of the Service will be resolved by binding arbitration on an individual basis, rather than in court, except:
The arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, conducted in English, and decided by a single arbitrator.
For claims or counterclaims of $25,000 or less, the dispute will be handled under the AAA procedures applicable to document-submission proceedings, unless a party requests a hearing or the arbitrator determines that a hearing is necessary. Any hearing, if one is held, may be conducted by telephone, videoconference, or another remote method when permitted by the AAA rules or ordered by the arbitrator.
Fees. You will not be required to pay more in arbitration fees than you would have paid to file the same claim in court, to the extent required by the AAA Consumer Arbitration Rules or applicable law. Bubbly will pay the remaining AAA administrative fees and arbitrator compensation that the AAA rules or applicable law require the business to pay. The applicable AAA fee schedule and rules govern the amount and allocation of fees.
No class actions, collective actions, or representative proceedings. You and Bubbly each agree that any claim subject to arbitration will be brought only in your or Bubbly's individual capacity and not as a plaintiff, class member, or representative in any purported class, collective, or representative proceeding. Unless all parties agree in writing, claims belonging to different people may not be consolidated or arbitrated together.
If a court determines that this class-action waiver is unenforceable as to a particular claim or proceeding, that claim or proceeding will proceed in court to the extent required by that determination rather than in class or representative arbitration. The remaining enforceable portions of this arbitration agreement and waiver will remain in effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.
You can opt out. If you do not want to be bound by this arbitration section, you may opt out by emailing mindorb.app@gmail.com within 30 days after the first time you agree to these Terms. Your email must include your name and a clear statement that you are opting out of the arbitration provision. Opting out does not affect the rest of these Terms and does not cost you anything. If you timely opt out, the arbitration provision will not apply to you, but all other provisions of these Terms will continue to apply.
The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this arbitration section to the extent applicable.
We may change these Terms. If a change is material, including a change that adds or materially changes an arbitration requirement, class-action waiver, limitation of liability, or other important user right, we will notify you and require you to affirmatively accept the updated Terms before the change takes effect for you.
For changes that are not material, we may notify you through the app, post the updated Terms, or otherwise provide notice as appropriate. Your continued use of Bubbly after a non-material change takes effect means you accept the updated Terms.
If you do not accept a material change, you may stop using Bubbly. The version of the Terms you previously accepted will continue to govern to the extent required by applicable law.
Bubbly is distributed through Apple's App Store.
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