Release date: 01.04.2026

Provider:
    Efficial e.K. ("Efficial", "we", "us", "our")
    Taunusstr. 126
    61381 Friedrichsdorf
    Germany
    HRA 6311 (AG Bad Homburg)
  
Contact: info@buyfromfriends.app

This Supplemental End User License Agreement for iOS ("Supplemental Terms") applies to your use of the Buy From Friends app on Apple devices.

If you download or use the iOS version of the app through Apple's App Store, Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement (Apple's Standard EULA) also applies, unless Apple requires otherwise. Apple's Standard EULA is available at: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

These Supplemental Terms add app-specific rules for Buy From Friends. They are intended to be read together with Apple's Standard EULA. If there is a conflict between these Supplemental Terms and Apple's Standard EULA, then:

1. Apple's Standard EULA controls to the extent required by Apple or applicable law for the iOS app; and
2. otherwise, these Supplemental Terms control for app-specific matters such as Treats, barcode scans, user submissions, acceptable use, and service-specific limitations.

1. What the app does

Buy From Friends is a barcode scanner app. After you scan a barcode, the app may try to:

- identify a product,
- identify the brand,
- research the legal entity that ultimately owns that brand, and
- estimate the country where that entity is headquartered.

The app is intended for private personal use only.

The app is meant to help you make your own shopping decisions. It is not a source of guaranteed facts, official certification, or professional advice.

2. Important reliability notice

The information shown in the app is provided for general informational purposes only.

The app uses third-party data sources and automated systems, including AI-based systems, to generate results. Because of this:

- results may be wrong, incomplete, outdated, ambiguous, or unavailable,
- ownership structures, brand relationships, and headquarters locations can change over time,
- different sources may lead to different conclusions, and
- the app may fail to identify a product or may identify the wrong product.

You must treat the app's output as a helpful indication, not as the only basis for a decision. You remain fully responsible for checking information that matters to you and for making your own final purchasing decision.

You must not rely on the app for legal, regulatory, investment, political, ethical, journalistic, commercial, or due-diligence decisions.

3. Decorative AI-generated elements

Some decorative content or design elements in the app, including the character currently referred to as "Buddy," may be generated or assisted by AI tools.

This does not mean that factual app results are artistic or fictional by design. It only means that some non-essential visual elements may have been created with AI support.

4. Treats and paid scans

The app uses an in-app currency called Treats.

Treats may be purchased through Apple's App Store in packages offered inside the app. Payment and billing are handled through Apple and are also subject to the applicable Apple terms.

Treats may be used, for example:

- to unlock the research result for a new barcode, or
- to unlock other app functions that may be introduced later.

Unless we clearly say otherwise inside the app:

- a successful new barcode scan that returns the requested product-related result costs one Treat,
- once a barcode has been successfully unlocked on a device or installation, re-scanning that same barcode from the local scan history does not consume another Treat,
- unsuccessful scans are not charged, including scans of unsupported product categories or scans that we cannot interpret well enough to return the requested result,
- Treats do not expire, and
- Treats are non-refundable, except where applicable law requires otherwise or where Apple grants a refund under its own rules.

We may, at our discretion, grant free promotional Treats, including a welcome bonus. Promotional Treats are voluntary, may be changed or discontinued at any time, and do not create a continuing right or entitlement.

5. Treat balances, devices, and scan history

Purchased or granted Treat balances may be stored on our systems.

If you use the app without registration, your ability to use the same Treat balance across multiple devices or after changing devices may be limited or unavailable.

If you create and use a registered account, we may be able to associate your Treat balance with your account so that the balance can be used across eligible devices connected to that account.

However, the app is designed with privacy in mind. We do not guarantee that your local scan history, local free re-scan rights, or device-specific usage history can be restored if:

- you lose your device,
- you uninstall the app,
- your device is reset,
- your operating system removes local app data, or
- a device migration does not preserve local data.

Depending on your device and operating-system settings, some data may survive a device migration, but we do not promise that this will happen.

6. Registration and anonymous use

You may be able to use parts of the app without creating an account.

Some features may require registration, such as submitting corrections or using account-based functions.

If you choose to remain anonymous, some features may not be available, and some restoration or synchronization options may be limited.

7. Connectivity and availability

The app requires internet access for full functionality. In particular, the first start of the app requires at least one online session before normal use can begin.

Some locally available re-scans may work offline if the required local data is still present on your device.

We do not guarantee that the app, any result, or any feature will always be available, accurate, complete, fast, or error-free. Availability may be affected by, for example:

- network access,
- third-party services,
- source data,
- operating system or device limitations,
- unsupported product categories,
- barcode quality,
- app maintenance,
- abuse prevention measures, or
- regional or legal restrictions.

We may change, limit, suspend, or discontinue features, supported barcode categories, Treat packages, pricing, research methods, service providers, data providers, or parts of the service at any time.

If the service is permanently discontinued, we do not promise any specific compensation or conversion for unused Treats unless applicable law requires otherwise.

8. User submissions and correction requests

Registered users may be able to submit correction requests. Such submissions may include text and up to the number of product photos allowed inside the app.

Please only submit material that:

- relates to the product in question,
- you are allowed to submit, and
- does not violate the rights of others or applicable law.

You remain responsible for your submissions.

By sending us a correction request, feedback, text, image, or similar material through the app, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, copy, review, use, analyze, adapt, and process that material for purposes such as:

- reviewing your request,
- operating and improving the service,
- correcting data,
- preventing abuse, and
- internal quality assurance.

We may review, reject, ignore, remove, or edit submissions at our discretion. You are not entitled to compensation for submissions unless we explicitly agree otherwise.

We handle submissions internally and confidentially, except where disclosure is required by law.

9. Complaints and correction requests by companies or rights holders

We want the product and ownership information shown in the app to be as accurate as reasonably possible. If you represent a company, brand owner, rights holder, or other affected party and believe that information shown by the app is materially incorrect, incomplete, or outdated, please contact us directly at info@buyfromfriends.app.

You do not need to create an app account or purchase Treats in order to contact us about such issues.

We are generally willing to review reasonable correction requests cooperatively and in good faith. To help us process your request efficiently, please provide enough information for us to identify the affected product or brand and understand the issue.

Submitting a complaint does not automatically guarantee removal, correction, or a particular outcome. We review reports in our own discretion and based on the information available to us.

10. Acceptable use

You may not misuse the app or help others misuse it. In particular, you may not:

- use the app for business, commercial monitoring, resale, or bulk intelligence gathering,
- use bots, scripts, automation, scraping, or similar methods to access or use the service,
- attempt to avoid Treat consumption or manipulate whether a scan is charged,
- interfere with the app, its security, or its normal operation,
- reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, copy, modify, or create derivative works from the app except where mandatory law does not allow that restriction,
- share, sell, transfer, or sublicense access to the app or Treat-related benefits in an unauthorized way,
- submit false, misleading, unlawful, abusive, or irrelevant correction requests,
- use the app to harass, defame, threaten, or harm any person or company, or
- use the app in any way that violates applicable law or third-party rights.

11. Suspension and termination

We may suspend, restrict, or terminate your access to all or part of the app, with or without notice, if we reasonably believe that:

- you breached these Supplemental Terms, including the "Acceptable use" section,
- you breached Apple's terms or other platform rules relevant to the app,
- your use of the app, or content submitted through it, infringes or is reasonably suspected of infringing intellectual-property rights or other rights of us or a third party,
- fraud, chargeback abuse, or other payment-related abuse is suspected,
- continued access could create legal, security, operational, or reputational risk for us, the app, or other users, or
- we are required to do so for legal or compliance reasons.

Whether and how we respond in a particular case is at our discretion, unless applicable law requires otherwise. If your right to use the app ends, your right to future use of the app under these Supplemental Terms also ends.

You may stop using the app at any time.

12. Intellectual property

The app, including its software, structure, selection, arrangement, design, branding, text, graphics, logos, and non-user content, is owned by us or licensed to us and is protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.

Except where applicable law allows it despite this restriction, you may not copy, reproduce, sell, publish, distribute, modify, or exploit any part of the app without our prior written permission.

All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved.

13. Privacy

Your use of the app is also subject to our Privacy Policy, which explains how we handle personal data and related privacy matters.

Our Privacy Policy is made available in the app and on the applicable app-store listing for your region or language.

By using the app, you acknowledge that you have had the opportunity to review the Privacy Policy.

14. Purchases, refunds, and platform terms

In-app purchases on iOS are processed through Apple. Billing, payment methods, and platform purchase handling are also subject to Apple's applicable terms and policies.

Refund requests must be made through Apple unless applicable law clearly requires another route.

If any issue is governed by mandatory Apple platform terms, store rules, or applicable law, those mandatory rules control to that extent.

15. No warranty

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the app and all related information and services are provided "as is" and "as available".

We do not promise or guarantee that the app will be uninterrupted, secure, accurate, complete, current, useful for your purpose, or free from defects.

This does not limit rights that cannot legally be excluded.

16. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, goodwill, business opportunity, or data, arising out of or in connection with the app or your use of, inability to use, or reliance on the app.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, our total liability arising out of or in connection with the app is limited to the amount you paid for the app and in-app purchases in the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim.

Nothing in these Supplemental Terms excludes or limits liability where such exclusion or limitation is not allowed by law, including liability for intent, gross negligence, injury to life, body, or health, fraudulent concealment, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

17. Minors

The app is not directed specifically at children.

If you are under the age at which you may validly enter into this agreement under the law that applies to you, you may use the app only with the involvement or permission of a parent or legal guardian, to the extent required by applicable law.

18. Changes to the app and to these Supplemental Terms

We may update the app and these Supplemental Terms from time to time.

The current version will be made available at https://buyfromfriends.app/eula-ios/ and can be identified by its release date.

Unless applicable law requires a different approach, updated Supplemental Terms apply from the time they are published or from the next time you use the app after publication, whichever is later.

If you do not agree to an update, you must stop using the app.

19. Governing law

To the extent permitted by applicable law, these Supplemental Terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding its conflict-of-law rules and excluding the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.

If you are a consumer, mandatory consumer-protection rules of the country where you have your habitual residence remain unaffected.

20. Transfer and assignment

You may not transfer or assign your rights or obligations under these Supplemental Terms without our prior written consent, unless applicable law requires otherwise.

We may transfer or assign these Supplemental Terms, in whole or in part, to an affiliated company, successor, or acquirer in connection with a corporate restructuring, merger, acquisition, sale of assets, or similar business transaction, subject to applicable law.

21. Severability

If any provision of these Supplemental Terms is found to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect to the extent legally possible.

22. Contact

If you have questions about the app, these Supplemental Terms, data corrections, or complaints about product-related information, please contact us at: info@buyfromfriends.app