Tally Terms of Use

Version 2026-11-11

Tally writes bedtime stories with artificial intelligence (AI). Stories are new every time and aren't checked by a person before you see them, so please read them with your child. By tapping "I agree" you accept these terms.

1. About these terms

These terms are an agreement between you and the provider of Tally, Yaron Ogen, Humboldtstr. 12, 06114 Halle (Saale), Germany ("we", "us"). They apply whenever you use the Tally app.

Tally is meant for parents and other adults who read stories to children. You must be at least 18 years old (or the age of majority where you live) to use it. Children can listen and join in, but an adult sets up and manages the app.

2. Stories are created by artificial intelligence

Every story, question, answer choice, title and ending in Tally is generated by AI language models provided by third parties (currently OpenAI). They are written automatically for your request and are not written or checked by a person before you read them.

We instruct the AI to write warm, calm and age-appropriate stories, and we check every story automatically for language, length and safety rules. Even so, AI can make mistakes: a story may contain errors, odd or repetitive passages, facts that aren't true, or, rarely, something you find unsuitable for your child.

Please read or listen to each story yourself, and use your own judgement before or while sharing it with your child. You can stop, skip or delete any story at any time.

Premium plans add a picture to every story. Pictures are also created by AI (an image model from OpenAI) in Tally's own illustration style, without your child's name or any personal details, and are checked automatically for safety.

Stories are for entertainment only. They are not educational, medical, psychological or other professional advice. Any similarity to existing books, characters or real people is unintended.

3. Information you give us

To personalise stories you can give us your child's first name and age, and whether stories should call your child a girl or a boy. Only give information you are allowed to share.

Your child's name is never sent to the AI: stories are written with a placeholder, and the name is added on our servers. Names are stored encrypted.

If you describe a main character of your own, that description is sent to the AI to write the story. Don't include real names or personal details of anyone in it.

When you rate a story, the score is stored together with how the story was made (for example its language, length and themes) so we can improve Tally. These statistics are anonymous and are never shown to other users.

Our Privacy Policy (https://tallyapi-production-1103.up.railway.app/privacy, also linked in the app under Settings) explains in detail what we collect, why, how long we keep it, and your rights.

4. Using Tally fairly

Please don't try to make the AI produce harmful, hateful, sexual or violent content, don't enter other people's personal information, don't try to get around usage limits, and don't copy, resell or attack the app or its servers.

We may limit or close accounts that break these rules.

5. Subscriptions

Without a subscription you can read Tally's sample stories. Creating stories needs a subscription: Premium or Premium Plus, monthly plans with 30 or 60 stories a month (a Choose what happens story counts as 2), pictures, choices, Books and PDFs, as described in the app at the time you subscribe. If your subscription ends, you can still read the stories you already made, but you can't create new ones until you subscribe again.

Subscriptions are sold by Apple (App Store) or Google (Google Play) and renew automatically until you cancel. You can cancel in your store account settings at least 24 hours before the renewal date. Payments, refunds and cancellations are handled by the store under its terms. Deleting your account doesn't cancel a store subscription.

Monthly story allowances don't carry over to the next month.

6. Your stories

You may read, print, save and share the stories created for you with family and friends, for personal, non-commercial use. As far as the law allows, we don't claim ownership of your stories, but please be aware that AI-generated text may not be protected by copyright.

The Tally app, its design, illustrations and name remain ours.

7. Availability and changes

We work to keep Tally running smoothly but can't promise that it will always be available or error-free. We may change, add or remove features.

You can delete your account at any time in Settings. This deletes your children's profiles and stories.

If we change these terms in an important way, we'll ask you to agree again in the app.

8. Responsibility

We are liable without limitation for damage we cause intentionally or through gross negligence, for injury to life, body or health, and wherever mandatory law (such as the German Product Liability Act) provides for it.

For slight negligence, we are liable only if we breach an obligation that is essential for using Tally as agreed, and then only for the typical damage that could be foreseen. Otherwise we are not liable for slight negligence.

Stories and pictures are written and drawn by AI and are not checked by a person (section 2). Please read each story yourself before or while sharing it with your child, and report any story that seems wrong (the report option is under every story).

Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under consumer-protection law that can't be excluded.

9. Contact

Tally is provided by Yaron Ogen, Humboldtstr. 12, 06114 Halle (Saale), Germany. Email: deneb.algedi2026@gmail.com. Legal notice: https://tallyapi-production-1103.up.railway.app/imprint.

These terms are governed by the laws of Germany. If you are a consumer, you also keep the protection of the mandatory laws of the country where you live.

We are neither obliged nor willing to take part in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.